Posted 4/3/2024, 9:00:00 AM
Pennsylvania's Richest: Jeff Yass Tops List of 17 Keystone State Billionaires Including Swift, Yuengling, and 84 Lumber Owner
- Pennsylvania had 17 billionaires on the 2023 Forbes list including Taylor Swift, Richard Yuengling Jr., Edward Stack, and Jeff Yass
- Jeff Yass of Haverford is the richest with a net worth of $27.6B as a co-founder of trading firm Susquehanna International Group
- Michael Rubin of Bryn Mawr comes in 2nd in PA with $11.5B as founder of ecommerce company GSI Commerce and CEO of Fanatics
- 10 of the 17 billionaires saw their net worths increase over the past year, with the largest gains from Thomas Hagen of Erie Indemnity (+$3.4B)
- Margaret Hardy Knox of Belle Vernon makes the list with $2.7B as owner of 84 Lumber, the largest privately owned building supplier in the U.S.