Jeff Yass

$49.64B
as of 12/10/24

About Jeff Yass

Jeff Yass is a cofounder of Susquehanna International Group, one of Wall Street's largest and most successful trading firms.

He went to SUNY Binghamton, became a pro gambler, then began trading on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange in 1981 backed by billionaire Israel Englander.

In 1987, he cofounded Susquehanna with a handful of partners; it's now a giant in options trading and making markets, with more than 3,000 employees worldwide.

It recruits and trains traders using poker tournaments to sharpen decision-making skills; its traders have won 3 World Series of Poker bracelets.

Susquehanna has invested in hundreds of private companies globally, including TikTok parent ByteDance, its most valuable holding based on Forbes reporting.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

Trading, investments

Residence

Haverford, Pennsylvania

Marital status

Married

Birth date

07/17/58 (age 66)

Number of children

4

Education

Bachelor of Science, SUNY Binghamton

Self-made

self-made

Jeff Yass’s fortune is worth

827K

troy ounces of gold

764K

median U.S. household

496K

median U.S. income

0.993%

U.S. credit card volume

0.199%

GDP of the United States

0.146%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

In the 1990s, Yass' father Gerald helped build Susquehanna's back-office bookkeeping operations.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Images © Forbes.com. All rights reserved.