John Stanton

$2.4B
as of 07/12/26

About John Stanton

John Stanton is the chairman of the Seattle Mariners baseball team, serving as managing partner of a group of investors that has owned the franchise since 2016.

He made his fortune as an executive in the wireless telecommunications industry, helming four of the top wireless operators in the United States.

He formed Western Wireless Corporation in 1994; its spun-off subsidiary VoiceStream Wireless later became T-Mobile USA after a sale to Deutsche Telekom.

Stanton is currently a managing director of Bellevue, Washington-based venture capital firm Trilogy Equity Partners, which he founded in 2006.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

wireless

Residence

Bellevue, Washington

Marital status

Married

Birth date

07/31/55 (age 70)

Number of children

2

Education

Master of Business Administration, Harvard University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Whitman College

Self-made

self-made

John Stanton’s fortune is worth

40K

troy ounces of gold

37K

median U.S. household

24K

median U.S. income

0.048%

U.S. credit card volume

0.01%

GDP of the United States

0.007%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Other than during his time at university, Stanton has lived in the Seattle area for almost his whole life.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

NASDAQ | COLM-US

Columbia Sportswear Co.

NASDAQ | COST-US

Costco Wholesale

NASDAQ | LBRDK-US

Liberty Broadband C shares

NASDAQ | MSFT-US

Microsoft

NYSE | OWLT-US

Owlet

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