Wesley Edens
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Investments
- Industry
- Finance & Investments
- Residence
- New York, New York
- Education
- Oregon State University (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 4
Assets
- Golf Entertainment Group864,000 shares @ --GLFE-US
- New Fortress Energy78,722,000 shares @ --NFE-US
Biography
Wes Edens cofounded asset manager Fortress Investment Group in 1998.
A former BlackRock partner, Edens first became a billionaire alongside his four cofounders when Fortress went public in 2007.
Fortress was acquired by SoftBank in 2017 for $3.3 billion. Edens walked away with about $500 million pretax.
He is the CEO of publicly traded liquefied natural gas company New Fortress Energy.
He is a co-owner of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks, Premier League soccer team Aston Villa and Portugal's Vitoria Club Sport soccer club.
His Brightline railway, the only private passenger line in the U.S., operates high-speed trains from Orlando to Miami.
About
Edens began construction on Brightline West, his second railway, in 2024. The $12 billion project line will be the first true high-speed train in the U.S.