Lee Bass
$2.85B
as of 06/13/26
About Lee Bass
In 1959 Lee Bass and his three brothers inherited $2.8 million each from oil tycoon uncle Sid Richardson.
The brothers parlayed their inheritance into multi-billion-dollar fortunes with the help of bets on oil that paid off big.
In early 2017 the four Bass brothers sold their oil company to ExxonMobil for $5.6 billion in stock.
Bass owns El Coyote and La Paloma ranches in Texas' Rio Grande Plains, where he raises longhorn cattle.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Oil, investmentsResidence
Fort Worth, TexasMarital status
MarriedBirth date
05/24/56 (age 70)Education
Master of Business Administration, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Yale UniversitySelf-made
inherited and growingLee Bass’s fortune is worth
48K
troy ounces of gold
44K
median U.S. household
29K
median U.S. income
0.057%
U.S. credit card volume
0.011%
GDP of the United States
0.008%
United States debt
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Bass and his brothers inherited St. Jo island, near Corpus Christi, Texas. A barrier island 28 miles long, it was hit by Hurricane Harvey in August 2017.
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NYSE | XOM-US
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