Patrick Ryan
$8.25B
$49.7M (-0.6%)
as of 08/10/26
About Patrick Ryan
Patrick Ryan is founder and executive chairman of Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Holdings, 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 what became Ryan Specialty Holdings two years later.
In 2021, Ryan brought RSH public in 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.
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United States of AmericaSource of wealth
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Winnetka, IllinoisMarital status
MarriedBirth date
05/15/37 (age 89)Number of children
3Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Northwestern UniversitySelf-made
self-madePatrick Ryan’s fortune is worth
137K
troy ounces of gold
127K
median U.S. household
82K
median U.S. income
0.165%
U.S. credit card volume
0.033%
GDP of the United States
0.024%
United States debt
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Ryan's first business venture was selling scrapbooks to female students to pay for Northwestern.
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