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Name

Robert Bass

Primary Residence

Fort Worth, Texas

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Yale University | Master of Business Administration, Stanford University

Citizenship

United States

Forbes Self Made Score

Source Of Wealth

oil, investments

Net Worth

$5,000,000,000

Forbes Profile

https://www.forbes.com/profile/robert-bass

Forbes 2019 Billionaires List Rank:

365

Forbes Philanthropy Score

Forbes List Rank One: Title

#365 Billionaires 2019

Forbes List Rank One: Link

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

Forbes List Rank Two: Title

#134 Forbes 400 2018

Forbes List Rank Two: Link

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

Summary

In 1959 Robert Bass and his brothers inherited $2.8 million each from their oil tycoon uncle Sid Richardson.Robert has helped launch a half dozen investment shops including his Oak Hill Advisors. Private jet start-up Aerion is working with Airbus to build a supersonic business jet. Price tag: $120 million. With wife Anne, Bass has given $50 million each to Duke and Stanford.

Did you know?

He is said to have paid $42 million in 2012 for a pad on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Bass sold the Plaza Hotel to Donald Trump in 1988 for $390 million.

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Wikipedia

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