
Antonio Gracias
$1.37B
as of 02/18/25
About Antonio Gracias
Antonio Gracias is the founder and CEO of Chicago-based growth equity firm Valor Equity Partners, which has $16 billion in gross assets.
In 1995, Gracias was in law school at the University of Chicago when he founded Valor's predecessor, MG Capital.
A major Musk loyalist, Gracias met Musk through a mutual friend around 2000; Valor became one of Tesla's first institutional investors in 2005.
Much of Gracias? wealth comes from his shares of Tesla, where he served as a director from 2007 to 2021.
He's known for operationally-involved investing, even sleeping on Tesla's factory floor to work through manufacturing and supply chain issues.
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United States of AmericaSource of wealth
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Chicago, IllinoisMarital status
DivorcedBirth date
11/06/70 (age 54)Number of children
3Education
Master, Georgetown School of Foreign Service; JD, University of Chicago Law SchoolSelf-made
self-madeAntonio Gracias’s fortune is worth

23K
troy ounces of gold

21K
median U.S. household

14K
median U.S. income

0.027%
U.S. credit card volume

0.005%
GDP of the United States

0.004%
United States debt
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Gracias and Musk have gone on family vacations and ski trips together.
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