Herbert Allen Jr & family

$2.2B

$10.7M (0.5%)

as of 09/03/26

About Herbert Allen Jr & family

Herbert "Herb" A. Allen controls boutique investment bank Allen & Co., which focuses on tech companies.

Allen & Co. has had a hand in several large tech IPOs of the last decade, including Twitter, Groupon and LinkedIn.

The firm was founded as an investment partnership in 1922 by Allen's uncle Charles.

Allen was reportedly named president of the firm's nascent underwriting business in 1966 at the age of 26.

In the summer of 1982 Allen & Co. sold Columbia Pictures to the Coca-Cola Company.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

Investment banking

Residence

New York, New York

Marital status

Divorced

Birth date

03/05/40 (age 86)

Number of children

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Williams College

Self-made

inherited and growing