Sid Bass
Sid Richardson Bass is an American billionaire investor and philanthropist.
- Sid Bass inherited several million dollars from his oil tycoon great-uncle Sid Richardson in 1959. He’s been diversifying ever since.
- Bass has nurtured the careers of famed investors like Richard Rainwater.
- He personally negotiated the $6 billion sale of Bass oilfields in 2017 with then ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson.
- He rescued ice cream maker Blue Bell with a $125 million loan after a 2015 listeria outbreak.
