Robert Hale Jr

$6.04B
as of 06/13/26

About Robert Hale Jr

Robert Hale is the founder and CEO of wholesale telecommunications provider Granite Telecommunications.

Hale founded Granite in 2002, less than six months after his previous company, Network Plus, filed for bankruptcy.

The company provides voice, data and other communications services to businesses and governmental agencies in the U.S. and Canada.

Granite generated over $1.7 billion in sales in 2024; the company says more than two thirds of the largest 100 U.S. companies are clients.

Hale has personally donated over $400 million toward cancer research, educational institutions and other charitable causes.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

Telecom

Residence

Boston, Massachusetts

Marital status

Married

Birth date

07/08/66 (age 59)

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Connecticut College

Self-made

self-made

Robert Hale Jr’s fortune is worth

101K

troy ounces of gold

93K

median U.S. household

60K

median U.S. income

0.121%

U.S. credit card volume

0.024%

GDP of the United States

0.018%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Hale owns a minority stake in the Boston Celtics.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

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