Rank #1705
Wesley Edens
Net worth $2.5B
Investments · United States
- Born
- Oct 31, 1961
- Age
- 64
- Source
- Investments
- Residence
- New York, New York
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 4
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Oregon State University
Net worth over time
Biography
- 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.
Financial assets
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