George Kaiser
Chairman, BOK Financial
$15.06B
as of 07/05/24
About George Kaiser
George Kaiser took over his family's Kaiser-Francis Oil Company in the 1960s.
Kaiser bought the Bank of Oklahoma in 1991 for $60 million; he owns about 57% of the publicly-traded bank.
He also owns 76% of publicly traded LNG firm Excelerate Energy as well as stakes in publicly traded fintech firm Alkami and the Oklahoma City Thunder.
In the 1930s, Kaiser's parents fled Nazi Germany and settled in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Kaiser has paid out nearly $2 billion from his George Kaiser Family Foundation, which focuses on early childhood education.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Oil & gas, bankingResidence
Tulsa, OklahomaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
07/29/42 (age 81)Number of children
3Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Harvard University; Master of Business Administration, Harvard UniversitySelf-made
inherited and growingGeorge Kaiser’s fortune is worth
251K
troy ounces of gold
232K
median U.S. household
151K
median U.S. income
0.301%
U.S. credit card volume
0.06%
GDP of the United States
0.044%
United States debt
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In 2018, Kaiser opened The Gathering Place, a 66-acre park in Tulsa that's the largest public park in the country built with private funds.
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Financial assets
NASDAQ | ALKT-US
Alkami TechnologyNASDAQ | BOKF-US
BOK Financial Corp.NYSE | EE-US
Excelerate EnergyNASDAQ | STEP-US
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