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Richard Bass (Richard Daniel Bass) was born on 21 December, 1929 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S., is an American mountaineer and businessman (1929–2015). Discover Richard Bass'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 85 years old?

Popular As Richard Daniel Bass
Occupation Businessman, mountaineer
Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 21 December, 1929
Birthday 21 December
Birthplace Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Date of death 26 July, 2015
Died Place Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Who Is Richard Bass's Wife?

His wife is Rita Crocker (divorced) Marian Martin (divorced) Alice Worsham

Family
Parents Harry W. Bass Sr. Wilma Schuessler
Wife Rita Crocker (divorced) Marian Martin (divorced) Alice Worsham
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Children 2 sons, 2 daughters

Richard Bass Net Worth

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Source of Income Businessman

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1929

Richard Daniel "Dick" Bass (December 21, 1929 – July 26, 2015) was an American businessman, rancher and mountaineer.

He was the owner of Snowbird Ski Resort in Utah and the first man to climb the "Seven Summits", the tallest mountain on each continent.

Richard Bass was born on December 21, 1929, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

His father, Harry W. Bass, Sr., was a co-founder of the Goliad Corporation and the Goliad Oil and Gas Corporation.

1932

He had a brother, Harry W. Bass, Jr. Bass moved with his family to Texas in 1932.

Bass was educated at Texas Country Day School and then the Highland Park High School in Dallas, Texas.

1950

He enrolled at Yale University at 16 and graduated in 1950 with a degree in geology.

After completing some graduate work at the University of Texas, Bass served two years with the U.S. Navy on board the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) during the Korean War.

1953

Bass returned to Texas in 1953 to join in the running of the family oil and gas business and ranching operations.

He was the owner of ranches in Central Texas.

1960

During the 1960s, Bass invested $10,000 in the development of the ski resort in Vail, Colorado.

He also built the largest private residence in Vail, later inviting President Gerald Ford to winter there with his family.

The home became the Winter White House during his Presidency.

1966

He served on the Board of Directors of Vail Associates, Inc. from 1966 to 1971.

1971

Bass opened the Snowbird ski resort in Utah with investor Ted Johnson in 1971; he was its sole proprietor until he sold his stake in May 2014.

Together with Frank Wells, future president of The Walt Disney Company, Bass decided to pursue the adventure challenge of summiting the highest mountain on each of the seven continents: Denali (Mount McKinley, at the time), North America; Aconcagua, South America; Mount Elbrus, Europe; Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa; Vinson Massif, Antarctica; Mount Kosciuszko, Australia; and Mount Everest, Asia.

This became known as the Seven Summits Challenge.

The pair successfully completed all but Everest, being rebuffed there in a first attempt.

1985

In 1985, he became the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, aged 55.

He climbed with David Breashears and Nepalese sherpa Ang Phurba, surpassing the record by five years set in April of that year by Englishman Chris Bonington.

On his third attempt, Bass was guided by David Breashears to the summit of Everest on April 30, 1985, achieving the Seven Summit feat.

At the time, he was also the oldest person to have climbed Everest.

1993

Bass's record stood until 1993 when it was broken by 60-year-old Ramon Blanco.

1994

Wells chose to forego further attempts at Everest and died in 1994.

Bass later co-wrote the book Seven Summits chronicling the achievement.

The list of mountains that Bass summited became known as the "Bass List," one of two commonly accepted lists.

The other, called the "Messner List," lists Carstensz Pyramid as the highest summit of Oceania, instead of Kosciuszko.

1997

Jon Krakauer's 1997 book Into Thin Air argues that Bass's ascent of Mount Everest with Breashears pulled the mountain into a "postmodern era" wherein commercial guided expeditions became big business and encouraged climbers with limited experience to pay large sums of money to these enterprises in order to ascend Everest.

Bass was married three times, first to Rita Crocker.

After their divorce he married Marian Martin, which also ended in divorce.

He then married Alice Worsham.

He had two sons, Jim and Richard Jr. (also known as Dan), and twin daughters, Bonnie Bass Smith and Barbara Bass Moroney.

2015

Bass died on July 26, 2015, in Dallas, Texas, from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

His funeral was held at the St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church on July 31, 2015, in Dallas.