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Name

Warren Stephens

Primary Residence

Little Rock, Arkansas

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Washington & Lee University | Master of Business Administration, Wake Forest University School of Business

Citizenship

United States

Forbes Self Made Score

Source Of Wealth

investment banking

Net Worth

$2,600,000,000

Forbes Profile

https://www.forbes.com/profile/warren-stephens

Forbes 2019 Billionaires List Rank:

916

Forbes Philanthropy Score

Forbes List Rank One: Title

#916 Billionaires 2019

Forbes List Rank One: Link

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

Forbes List Rank Two: Title

#302 Forbes 400 2018

Forbes List Rank Two: Link

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

Summary

Stephens Inc., his Little Rock investment bank, was founded by his uncle Witt in 1933; his father Jackson joined in 1946. The outfit underwrote Wal-Mart's public offering in 1970.The brothers plowed their earnings into private equity, hewing to the investment criteria, "whim and caprice." Stephens grew up in the business, became CEO in 1986 and bought out his cousins in 2006. Stephens sold his newspaper holdings, including the Las Vegas Review Journal, for $400 million in 2015.

Did you know?

A golf nut, Stephens built the Alotian Club outside Little Rock; it's ranked one of the nation's best.

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Number of Children

Wikipedia

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