Brad Jacobs
$8.59B
as of 10/04/24
About Brad Jacobs
Most of Brad Jacobs' fortune comes from XPO Logistics, a commercial trucking company that delivers goods to warehouses and distribution centers.
Jacobs created XPO Logistics, now XPO, in 2011 and serves as its chairman.
In 2021, XPO spun off its warehousing business into GXO Logistics, which contracts with retailers to manage inventory and fill orders. In 2022, it spun off its truck brokerage business into RXO.
In the 1990s he consolidated rural trash hauling, building United Waste and flipping it to Waste Management in 1997 for $1.9 billion.
He then built United Rentals into the biggest heavy equipment rental company in the world. Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
LogisticsResidence
Greenwich, ConnecticutMarital status
MarriedBirth date
07/01/56 (age 68)Number of children
4Education
Drop Out, Brown UniversitySelf-made
self-madeBrad Jacobs’s fortune is worth
143K
troy ounces of gold
132K
median U.S. household
86K
median U.S. income
0.172%
U.S. credit card volume
0.034%
GDP of the United States
0.025%
United States debt
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Did you know?
Jacobs has a Palm Beach mansion a few doors down from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago.
Net worth over time
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Financial assets
NYSE | GXO-US
GXO LogisticsNASDAQ | QXO-US
QXONYSE AMERICAN | ROX-US
RXONYSE | XPO-US
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