William Berkley

Chairman and CEO, W. R. Berkley

$4.38B

as of 07/05/24

About William Berkley

William R. Berkley founded insurance firm W.R. Berkley with only $2,500 in 1967 while he was getting his MBA from Harvard.

His company, which went public in 1974, insures everything from mobile surgery units to jewels to fine art and has operations in 60 countries.

Berkley stepped down as CEO in 2015 but remains chairman; he owns 20% of the company, which generated $9.5 billion in sales in 2021.

His son, William Robert Berkley Jr., is the current CEO and president.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

Insurance

Residence

Coconut Grove, Florida

Marital status

Married

Birth date

09/01/46 (age 77)

Number of children

Education

Master of Business Administration, Harvard University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, New York University

Self-made

self-made

William Berkley’s fortune is worth

73K

troy ounces of gold

67K

median U.S. household

44K

median U.S. income

0.088%

U.S. credit card volume

0.018%

GDP of the United States

0.013%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Berkley chairs the board of trustees of NYU, his alma mater.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

NYSE | WRB-US

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