Neal Blue & family
$3.2B
as of 10/04/24
About Neal Blue & family
Neal Blue is chairman and CEO of $3.1 billion (est. sales) General Atomics, a defense company based in San Diego.
The company is best known as the manufacturer of the Predator drone, one of the first drones to fly over Afghanistan after 9/11.
The largest private government contractor in the U.S., GA's clients include foreign nations such as Italy, Spain, and the UAE.
With his brother Linden, he bought the then nuclear energy company from Chevron for a reported $60 million in 1986.
After graduating from Yale, Blue served in the U.S. Air Force as a nuclear weapons custodian.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
DefenseResidence
San Diego, CaliforniaMarital status
WidowedBirth date
04/04/35 (age 89)Number of children
4Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Yale UniversitySelf-made
self-madeNeal Blue & family’s fortune is worth
53K
troy ounces of gold
49K
median U.S. household
32K
median U.S. income
0.064%
U.S. credit card volume
0.013%
GDP of the United States
0.009%
United States debt
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Linden Blue, who owns a smaller stake and is a vice president at the company, is worth $800 million.
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