Rank #1734
Thomas Steyer
Net worth $2.4B
Hedge funds · United States
- Born
- Jun 27, 1957
- Age
- 68
- Source
- Hedge funds
- Residence
- San Francisco, California
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Separated
- Children
- 4
- Education
- Master of Business Administration, Stanford University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Yale University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Tom Steyer spent 26 years running hedge fund Farallon Capital; he sold his stake in 2012 and switched his focus to politics and the environment.
- The San Francisco resident has spent over $320 million in federal elections since 2010?plus another $340 million on his own presidential campaign in 2020.
- He announced a campaign for governor of California in Nov. 2025.
- Steyer and his wife, Kat Taylor, have donated tens of millions of dollars to alma maters Stanford and Yale for "advanced energy" research.
- Steyer is a passionate advocate of clean energy and founder of the environmental group NextGen Climate and the green-focused investment firm Galvanize.
- Steyer was captain of the soccer team at Yale University.
- For years, Steyer wore the same dated red wool plaid tie nearly every work day; he told Forbes he had 8 ties of the same design.