Ronald S. Baron

Ron Baron Net Worth

Ron Baron Net Worth: Ron Baron is an American money manager who has a net worth of $2.2 billion. Ron Baron joined the billionaire rankings as the head of Baron Capital, which manages $25.4 billion in assets. A native of Asbury Park, New Jersey, Ron Baron made his beginnings doing a great variety of day jobs like a lifeguard, waterskiing teacher and ice-cream truck driver. At night, he attended the George Washington law school and later started to serve as a biochemistry teaching fellow at Georgetown University. Next, he landed a job post as patent examiner in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and eventually became a securities analyst in 1970. It was in 1982 that he set up Baron Capital, which hosts a highly coveted annual investors conference at the Metropolitan Opera House, featuring surprise performances by musicians and similar entertainers. Baron is the owner of one of the largest estates in the Hamptons that takes around 52 oceanfront acres and costs $130 million. However, it is not his only property as he also owns homes in New York City and Vail.