Rank #791
Thomas Tull
Net worth $5.3B
Movies, investments · United States
- Born
- Jun 11, 1970
- Age
- 55
- Source
- Movies, investments
- Residence
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 0
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Hamilton College
Net worth over time
Biography
- Former film financier and founder of production company Legendary Entertainment, Thomas Tull's biggest hits came from backing blockbusters.
- In 2015, Tull inked a deal with Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin's Wanda Group to sell Legendary for up to $3.5 billion in cash, stock and debt.
- Tull stepped down as CEO of Legendary in 2016 to concentrate on his Tull Investment Group, which has invested in the likes of Magic Leap.
- He rolled his firms Tulco, Acrisure, Teton Ridge, and both arms of USIT into a new joint venture, TWG Global, and owns shares in publicly-traded scrubs maker Figs and high-tech makeup company Oddity.
- A sports fan, Tull owns minority stakes in the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Yankees along with a collection of baseball memorabilia.
- Tull was born to a single mother in Binghamton, New York and grew up poor.
- After attending Hamilton College on a football scholarship, Tull started a chain of laundries.