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Fayez Sarofim was born on 1929 in Cairo, Egypt, is an Egyptian businessman (1929–2022). Discover Fayez Sarofim's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 93 years old?

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Age 93 years old
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Born 1929
Birthday 1929
Birthplace Cairo, Egypt
Date of death 27 May, 2022
Died Place Houston, Texas, US
Nationality Egypt

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Who Is Fayez Sarofim's Wife?

His wife is Louisa Stude (divorced) Linda Hicks (divorced) Susan Krohn

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Wife Louisa Stude (divorced) Linda Hicks (divorced) Susan Krohn
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Children 6, including Christopher Sarofim

Fayez Sarofim Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Fayez Sarofim worth at the age of 93 years old? Fayez Sarofim’s income source is mostly from being a successful businessman. He is from Egypt. We have estimated Fayez Sarofim's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

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Fayez Sarofim (ϥⲁⲉⲍ ⲥⲉⲣⲁⲫⲓⲙ, فايز صاروفيم‎; 1929 – 27 May 2022) was an Egyptian Coptic-American heir to the Sarofim family fortune, fund manager for a number of Dreyfus family stock funds, largest shareholder of Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI) and part owner of the NFL team Houston Texans.

Sarofim had an estimated net worth of $1.6 billion in May 2022.

His investment firm oversaw over $30 billion in assets.

1929

Fayez Shalaby Sarofim was born in 1929 in Cairo.

His family belonged to the old nobility of Egypt.

As the son of an Egyptian aristocrat and agricultural magnate, Sarofim spent his early life as a member of Egypt's political and wealthy elite in modern Heliopolis.

Holding the title of a Bey (or Chieftain), Sarofim's father also held large, feudal cotton estates throughout North Africa.

Upon his death, Sarofim inherited a portion of his fortune.

1946

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 and Company in Houston.

1958

In August 1958, he founded Fayez Sarofim & Company, a Houston investment firm.

1962

In 1962, he married Louisa Stude, adopted daughter of Herman Brown, founder of Brown and Root; they had two children: Christopher Sarofim and Allison Sarofim.

1984

In 1984, he had a son, Andrew Sarofim, with Linda Hicks, a former employee at his company.

1986

In 1986, they had another son, Phillip, and in 1989, another son Maxwell was born.

1990

In 1990, he divorced his first wife who received a $250 million divorce settlement.

In 1990, he married Hicks; in 1996, they divorced with Hicks receiving a $12 million settlement.

Hicks later died while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.

1997

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'.

Sarofim was a contributor to the Houston Ballet and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, a favorite of his daughter Allison.

He 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 Fayez S. Sarofim Research Building.

Sarofim also made financial gifts to the Houston Grand Opera, the Houston Symphony, 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.

2014

In December 2014, Sarofim married Susan Krohn, the ex-wife of fellow billionaire Tracy Krohn, and mother of his son Phillip's ex-wife Lori Krohn.

He died on 27 May 2022.

2015

Maxwell died in 2015.

2016

Sarofim was a major supporter of Jeb Bush's 2016 presidential candidacy.

Sarofim was married three times.