Ed Bass

For the first American Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Massachusetts, see Edward Bass.

Ed Bass
Born
Edward Perry Bass

(1945-09-10) September 10, 1945 (age 79)
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Occupation(s)Philanthropist, Environmentalist
Spouses
Vicki Skinner Bass
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(m. 1995; div. 2016)​
Sasha Camacho Bass
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(m. 2018)​
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Parent(s)Perry Richardson Bass
Nancy Lee Bass
RelativesRobert Bass (brother)
Sid Bass (brother)
Lee Bass (brother)
Hyatt Bass (niece)
Sid W. Richardson (great-uncle)

Edward Perry "Ed" Bass (born September 10, 1945)[2] is an American 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,[3] and chairman of the board of directors of the Sid W. Richardson Foundation, a philanthropic organization.[4] He was listed as #239 on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans in 2012, with an estimated net worth of $2 billion.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference star-telegram.com was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "The Bass Family Tree". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. April 26, 1998.
  3. ^ Chronicle of Philanthropy; November 23, 2006, Vol. 19 Issue 4, p6-6. Retrieved May 26, 2008.
  4. ^ "Sid W. Richardson Foundation Board of Directors". Archived from the original on June 13, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2008.
  5. ^ "Edward Bass". Forbes. September 19, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2012.