Ed Bass

Male, Person

1945 –

85

Who is Ed Bass?

Edward Perry "Ed" Bass is a businessman, financier, philanthropist, and environmentalist who lives in Fort Worth, Texas. He financed the Biosphere 2 project, an artificial closed ecological system, which was built between 1987 and 1991. He is the chairman of Fine Line, an investment and venture-capital management firm in Fort Worth, and president of the board of directors of the Sid W. Richardson Foundation, a philanthropic organization. He was listed as #239 on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans in 2012, with an estimated net worth of $2 billion.

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Born
Sep 10, 1945
Fort Worth
Also known as
  • Edward Bass
Siblings
Spouses
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • Yale University
  • Phillips Academy
Lived in
  • Fort Worth

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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