Sid Bass

Sid Bass

United States 84 years old

Overview

Source of Wealth
Oil, investments
Industry
Energy
Residence
Fort Worth, Texas
Education
Stanford University (Master of Business Administration)
Yale University (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
Marital Status
Divorced
Children
2

Assets

  • Exxon Mobil Corp.
    12,874,080 shares @ -
    -
    XOM-US

Biography

Sid Bass inherited several million dollars from his oil tycoon great-uncle Sid Richardson in 1959. He's been diversifying ever since.

Bass has nurtured the careers of famed investors like Richard Rainwater.

He personally negotiated the $6 billion sale of Bass oilfields in 2017 with then ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson.

He rescued ice cream maker Blue Bell with an investment after a 2015 listeria outbreak.

About

The 2018 Malibu wildfires destroyed the Frank Gehry-designed home Bass bought there in 2015 for $15 million.

A September 2001 margin call wiped out billions worth of Bass-owned shares in Disney.