Edward Bass
$2.49B
as of 04/06/25
About Edward Bass
In 1959 Edward Bass and his three brothers inherited $2.8 million each from oil tycoon uncle Sid Richardson.
The brothers parlayed their inheritance into multi-billion dollar fortunes with the help of bets on oil and pipelines that paid off big.
In early 2017, Bass and his three brothers sold their oil company to ExxonMobil for $5.6 billion in stock. Future payouts could total $1 billion.
In 2018, Bass pledged $160 million to refurbish the Peabody Museum at Yale University.
Bass owns Sundance Square, a 37-block area of downtown Fort Worth dedicated to historical preservation and community building.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Oil, investmentsResidence
Fort Worth, TexasMarital status
MarriedBirth date
09/10/45 (age 79)Number of children
1Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Yale UniversitySelf-made
inherited and growingEdward Bass’s fortune is worth
42K
troy ounces of gold
38K
median U.S. household
25K
median U.S. income
0.05%
U.S. credit card volume
0.01%
GDP of the United States
0.007%
United States debt
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Did you know?
In 1991, Bass spent $150 million backing the Biosphere 2 project in Arizona, an experimental enclosed system designed to prove that humans could live in space.
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NYSE | XOM-US
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