Fayez Sarofim
| Fayez Sarofim | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1929 (age 86–87) Egypt |
| Nationality | United States |
| Ethnicity | Egyptian |
| Net worth |
 US$ 1.91 billion (August 2015)[1] |
| Religion | Coptic Orthodox |
| Spouse(s) |
Louisa Stude (divorced) Linda Hicks (divorced) Susan Krohn |
| Children |
with Stude: --Christopher Sarofim --Allison Sarofim with Hicks: --Andrew Sarofim --Phillip Sarofim -- Maxwell Sarofim --stepson |
Fayez Sarofim (Arabic: فايز ساروفيم) (born 1929 in Egypt) is a Coptic American heir to the Sarofim family fortune, fund manager for a number of Dreyfus family stock funds, an original and second largest shareholder of Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI) and part owner of the NFL team Houston Texans; ranked 5th Most Valuable NFL team worth $1.85 billion.[2] He is divorced with five children, and lives in Houston, Texas. With an estimated current net worth of $1.91 billion, Sarofim is ranked by Forbes as the 847-richest person in the world, in 2015. His investment firms oversees over $30 billion in assets.
Biography
Fayez Shalaby Sarofim was born in 1929 in Cairo, into Egyptian nobility. As the son of an Egyptian aristocrat and agricultural magnate, Sarofim lived a life among Egypt's political and wealthy elite, in modern Heliopolis. As a Bey equivalent to European peerage title Marquess, Sarofim's father held large feudal and Egyptian cotton estates throughout North Africa. Sarofim came to the United States in 1946 and became a naturalized American citizen in 1961. After, earning degrees from the University of California Berkeley, and Harvard Business School, Sarofim took a job with cotton company Anderson, Clayton in Houston.[3] In August 1958, he founded Fayez Sarofim & Company, a Houston investment firm. In 1997, he was inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame. Sarofim is ranked third on the most influential Egyptian Americans. The Sarofim family is recorded in Burke's Peerage and the 'Imperial and Asiatic quarterly review and oriental and colonial record'.
Philanthropy and political donations
His philanthropic efforts provide vital assistance to critical institutions and programs in a number of fields. Sarofim is a major contributor to the Houston Ballet and the Museum of Fine Arts, a favorite of his daughter Allison. He has provided support to Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center, the Texas Children’s Hospital and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston for construction of the $120 Million environment friendly, Fayez S. Sarofim Research Building. Sarofim also has made financial gifts to the Houston Grand Opera, the Houston Symphony, donating high seven figures to the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, creating the 2600 seat, Sarofim Hall, designed for touring Broadway shows, the Alley Theatre, and the Los Angeles Opera.
Sarofim is a major supporter of Jeb Bush's 2016 presidential candidacy.[4]
Personal life
Sarofim has been married three times. In 1962, he married Louisa Stude, adopted daughter of Herbert Brown, founder of Brown and Root;[3] they had two children: Christopher Sarofim and Allison Sarofim.[3]
In 1984, he had a son, Andrew Sarofim, with Linda Hicks, a former employee at his company.[3] In 1986, they had another son, Phillip Sarofim; and in 1989, she had another child with a different father whom Sarofim adopted.[3] In 1990, he divorced his first wife who received a $250 million divorce settlement.[3] In 1990, he married Hicks;[3] in 1996, they divorced with Hicks receiving a $12 million settlement.[3] Hicks later died while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.[3]
In December 2014, he married Susan Krohn, the mother of his son's wife.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Forbes The World's billionaires: Fayez Sarofim August 2015
- ↑ Forbes NFL Valuation August 2015
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Texas Monthly: "Can’t Buy Me Love" by Skip Hollandsworth October 2000
- ↑ O'Keefe, Ed (24 March 2015). "George H. W. Bush, Barbara Bush to attend Houston fundraiser for Jeb Bush". Washinton Post. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ↑ Houston Culture: "Houston billionaire weds son's mother-in-law at his Hawaii retreat with lavish New Year luau" By Shelby Hodge January 15, 2015
- ↑ Daily Mail: "Texas billionaire, 85, set to marry his son's mother-in-law 'after being introduced by their children'" by Joel Christie July 18, 2014