Ken Langone
$9.69B
as of 10/04/24
About Ken Langone
In 1978, Ken Langone made an early investment in Home Depot and became a cofounder with Arthur Blank and Bernard Marcus, now billionaires.
The grandson of Italian immigrants, Langone dug ditches for the Long Island Expressway before he went to Bucknell University to study economics.
After two years in the U.S. army, he made a name for himself on Wall Street, taking Ross Perot Sr.'s Electronic Data Systems public in 1968.
Langone, who gave $200 million to NYU's hospital a decade ago, pledged $100 million to its School of Medicine in 2018. School is tuition-free.
A devout Catholic, he donated $100,000 to the restoration of the Notre Dame Cathedral.
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United States of AmericaSource of wealth
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Sands Point, New YorkMarital status
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09/16/35 (age 89)Number of children
3Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Bucknell University; Master of Business Administration, Leonard N. Stern School of BusinessSelf-made
self-madeKen Langone’s fortune is worth
162K
troy ounces of gold
149K
median U.S. household
97K
median U.S. income
0.194%
U.S. credit card volume
0.039%
GDP of the United States
0.029%
United States debt
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Did you know?
He donated $10 million to NYU's part-time MBA program in 1999 and $200 million to the university's medical center in 2008, which was renamed NYU Langone Health.
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