What is George Kaiser's Net Worth?
George Kaiser is an American businessman who has a net worth of $14 billion. George Kaiser earned his net worth by being the President and CEO of Kaiser-Francis Oil, which is an oil company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. George B. Kaiser was born in July 1942. He grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma and earned a degree from Harvard College in 1964. Kaiser earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1966. He worked for his father at Kaiser-Francis Oil Company and took control in 1969. He purchased Bank of Oklahoma in 1990 out of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation receivership. He has expanded the bank into nine states. He purchased an interest in The Professional Basketball Club LLC in April 2014. The company owns the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder and the NBA Development League's Tulsa 66ers. He has three children from a previous marriage and is currently married to Myra Block. In 2008 George was listed third in BusinessWeek's list of top 50 American philanthropists. He established the George Kaiser Family Foundation to fight childhood poverty. He also founded the National Energy Policy Institute. He was a fundraiser for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. Kaiser has been listed as one of the 100 richest people in the world.
Net Worth details: George Kaiser is the sole owner of Kaiser-Francis Oil. He is also the owner of Argonaut Capital, whose for-profit division has assets worth $3.5 billion and invests in sectors including laser printing and clean energy. Kaiser owns the $100 million Excelerate Energy. He also owns 61 percent of BOK Financial.
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