Rank #962
Thomas Duff
Net worth $4.5B
Tires, diversified · United States
- Born
- Dec 31, 1956
- Age
- 69
- Source
- Tires, diversified
- Residence
- Hattiesburg, Mississippi
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Divorced
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Southern Mississippi
Net worth over time
Biography
- Brothers James and Thomas Duff cofounded and co-own Duff Capital Investors, a holding company with total revenue of $6 billion from more than 20 businesses.
- Their father Ernest Duff founded a tire dealer in 1973 and sold it in 1998. Duff and his brother Thomas bought it back in 2003, and started Duff Capital in 2007.
- The Duff's tire dealer, now called Southern Tire Mart, sells over 4 million new tires and 2.5 million truck tire retreads each year and is partnering with Pilot Flying J to open locations at their truck stops.
- Duff, who is active in Mississippi's Republican Party, launched a political action committee earlier this year and is a leading potential candidate for governor in 2027.
- Three men were arrested in November 2016 as part of what the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation described as a murder plot to kill Tom Duff.
- The Duffs have provided a semi-truck and drivers, courtesy of trucking company KLLM, to transport the Southern Miss Golden Eagles' football equipment to road games.