Elizabeth Uihlein

$6.8B
as of 05/13/24

About Elizabeth Uihlein

Elizabeth Uihlein is president of Uline, which says it is North America's biggest distributor of shipping, packaging and industrial supplies.

Headquartered in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, Uline has an estimated $7 billion in revenue from selling over 40,000 products via its 800+ page catalog to businesses nationwide.

Elizabeth (Liz) and her husband, Richard (Dick), started Uline in their basement in 1980; it now has 8,500 employees.

Together, the couple is the fourth biggest donor to political campaigns in the U.S., having reported giving over $190 million, according to FEC filings.

The couple spent over $40 million in the 2022 midterm elections backing Republican candidates, including Sen. Ron Johnson in Wisconsin, Adam Laxalt in Nevada and Herschel Walker in Georgia.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

Packaging materials

Residence

Lake Forest, Illinois

Marital status

Married

Birth date

07/07/45 (age 78)

Number of children

3

Self-made

self-made

Elizabeth Uihlein’s fortune is worth

113K

troy ounces of gold

105K

median U.S. household

68K

median U.S. income

0.136%

U.S. credit card volume

0.027%

GDP of the United States

0.02%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Forbes ranks Uline as one of the top 100 biggest private companies in the U.S.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

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