Nathan Kirsh

$7.34B
as of 02/18/25

About Nathan Kirsh

The bulk of Nathan "Natie" Kirsh's fortune comes from U.S.-based Jetro Holdings, which owns restaurant supply stores Jetro Cash and Carry and Restaurant Depot.

Kirsh owns 70% of the company, which supplies wholesale goods to bodegas, small stores and restaurants in the United States.

Kirsh made his first fortune in his native Swaziland, where he launched a corn milling business in 1958.

He expanded into wholesale food distribution in apartheid South Africa, and then into supermarkets and commercial property development.

Personal stats

Source of wealth

Retail, real estate

Residence

Ezulwini

Marital status

Married

Birth date

01/06/32 (age 93)

Number of children

3

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Witwatersrand

Self-made

self-made

Nathan Kirsh’s fortune is worth

122K

troy ounces of gold

113K

median U.S. household

73K

median U.S. income

0.147%

U.S. credit card volume

0.029%

GDP of the United States

0.022%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Kirsh's charitable efforts focus on Swaziland, where he has supplied more than 12,000 people with starter capital for small businesses.

Net worth over time

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Financial assets

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