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Name

Lee Bass

Primary Residence

Fort Worth, Texas

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Yale University | Master of Business Administration, Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania

Citizenship

United States

Forbes Self Made Score

Source Of Wealth

oil, investments

Net Worth

$2,400,000,000

Forbes Profile

https://www.forbes.com/profile/lee-bass8

Forbes 2019 Billionaires List Rank:

1008

Forbes Philanthropy Score

Forbes List Rank One: Title

#1008 Billionaires 2019

Forbes List Rank One: Link

https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/

Forbes List Rank Two: Title

#328 Forbes 400 2018

Forbes List Rank Two: Link

https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/

Summary

In 1959 Lee Bass and his three brothers inherited $2.8 million each from oil tycoon uncle Sid Richardson. The brothers parlayed their inheritance into multi-billion dollar fortunes with the help of bets on oil that paid off big. In early 2017 the four Bass brothers sold their oil company to ExxonMobil for $5.6 billion in stock. Future payouts could total another $1 billion. Bass owns El Coyote and La Paloma ranches in deep south Texas, where he raises longhorn cattle.

Did you know?

Bass has championed the endangered black rhino, cofounding the International Rhino Foundation. He also donated rhinos to the Fort Worth, Texas zoo. Bass and his brothers inherited St. Jo island, near Corpus Christi, Texas. A barrier island 28 miles long, it was hit by Hurricane Harvey in August 2017.

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Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Bass