Wesley Edens
$2.3B
Born
Oct 31, 1961
Age
64
Source of Wealth
Investments
Residence
New York, New York
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Married
Children
4
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Oregon State University
- Wes Edens cofounded asset manager Fortress Investment Group in 1998.
- A former BlackRock partner, Edens first became a billionaire alongside his four cofounders when Fortress went public in 2007.
- Fortress was acquired by SoftBank in 2017 for $3.3 billion. Edens walked away with about $500 million pretax.
- He is the CEO of publicly traded liquefied natural gas company New Fortress Energy.
- He is a co-owner of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks, Premier League soccer team Aston Villa and Portugal's Vitoria Club Sport soccer club.
- His Brightline railway, the only private passenger line in the U.S., operates high-speed trains from Orlando to Miami.
- Edens began construction on Brightline West, his second railway, in 2024. The $12 billion project line will be the first true high-speed train in the U.S.
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