Patrick Ryan

Chairman and CEO, Ryan Specialty Group

$11.06B

as of 07/05/24

About Patrick Ryan

Patrick Ryan is CEO and founder of Chicago based Ryan Specialty Group, a wholesale brokerage and specialty insurance firm.

His first brokerage, Ryan Insurance, merged with Combined Insurance in 1982 to form Aon, one of the largest insurance firms today.

He left Aon in 2008 after 41 years as CEO, and founded wholesale brokerage and specialty insurance firm Ryan Specialty Group two years later.

In July 2021, Ryan brought RSG public in July with an IPO that valued the company at $1.3 billion.

Ryan and his wife were already the largest benefactors in Northwestern's history before announcing a $480 million gift to their alma mater in 2021.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

Insurance

Residence

Winnetka, Illinois

Marital status

Married

Birth date

05/15/37 (age 87)

Number of children

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Northwestern University

Self-made

self-made

Patrick Ryan’s fortune is worth

184K

troy ounces of gold

170K

median U.S. household

111K

median U.S. income

0.221%

U.S. credit card volume

0.044%

GDP of the United States

0.033%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Ryan owns 10% of the Chicago Bears, the very first football team in the NFL.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

NYSE | AON-US

AON Corp.

NYSE | RYAN-US

Ryan Specialty Group Inc