Fayez Sarofim
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Fayez Sarofim

United States 97 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
money management
Residence
Education
Harvard University (Master of Business Administration)
University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
Children
5

Assets

  • Kemper Corp.
    2,470,000 shares @ -
    -
    KMPR-US
  • Kinder morgan energy partners
    2,350,000 shares @ -
    -
    KMP-US
  • Kinder Morgan Inc
    29,479,000 shares @ -
    -
    KMI-US
  • Sabine Royalty Trust
    650,000 shares @ -
    -
    SBR-US

Biography

Octogenarian investment manager Fayez Sarofim is chairman and Co-Chief Investment Officer of money management firm Fayez Sarofim & Co.

Sarofim, nicknamed "The Sphinx," was one of the first investors in energy pipeline firm Kinder Morgan.

He received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School before starting his own investment firm in 1958.

He sits on the board of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

About

He is the son of a wealthy Egyptian cotton farmer.

He made his fortune as a buy-and-hold specialist with long-term investments in Philip Morris, Coca-Cola, and Procter & Gamble.