Sid Bass
$3.9B
as of 07/05/24
About Sid Bass
Sid Bass inherited several million dollars from his oil tycoon great-uncle Sid Richardson in 1959. He's been diversifying ever since.
Bass has nurtured the careers of famed investors like Richard Rainwater.
He personally negotiated the $6 billion sale of Bass oilfields in 2017 with then ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson.
He rescued ice cream maker Blue Bell with an investment after a 2015 listeria outbreak.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Oil, investmentsResidence
Fort Worth, TexasMarital status
DivorcedBirth date
04/09/42 (age 82)Number of children
2Education
Master of Business Administration, Stanford University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Yale UniversitySelf-made
inherited and growingSid Bass’s fortune is worth
65K
troy ounces of gold
60K
median U.S. household
39K
median U.S. income
0.078%
U.S. credit card volume
0.016%
GDP of the United States
0.011%
United States debt
Net worth history
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Did you know?
A September 2001 margin call wiped out billions worth of Bass-owned shares in Disney.
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Financial assets
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