Profil Financier
Lee Bass occupe actuellement le rang #1426 du classement mondial StarFortune (secteur Énergie). Fortune nette estimée : $2.9 B (+$171 sur 24h).
In 1959 Lee Bass and his three brothers inherited $2.8 million each from oil tycoon uncle Sid Richardson.
The brothers parlayed their inheritance into multi-billion-dollar fortunes with the help of bets on oil that paid off big.
In early 2017 the four Bass brothers sold their oil company to ExxonMobil for $5.6 billion in stock.
Bass owns El Coyote and La Paloma ranches in Texas' Rio Grande Plains, where he raises longhorn cattle.
Avid conservationists, the Basses have funded efforts to reintroduce the Aplomado falcon in Texas.
Bass and his brothers inherited St. Jo island, near Corpus Christi, Texas. A barrier island 28 miles long, it was hit by Hurricane Harvey in August 2017.