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Richard rainwater biography
Richard Rainwater
American investor and philanthropist (1944–2015)
Richard Edward Rainwater (June 15, 1944 – September 27, 2015) was an American investor and philanthropist. With an estimated net worth of $3 billion, he ranked 211th on the Forbes 400 in 2015.[1]
His investing style was described as "analytically rigorous but opportunistic and Texas-sized in its audacity."[2] Rainwater was a mentor and early backer of investors including Eddie Lampert, Roger Staubach, and David Bonderman.[3] Between 2009 and his death in 2015, he suffered from progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare disease involving neurodegeneration.
During his lifetime, Rainwater donated over $380 million to charitable causes and left nearly all of his estate to his charitable foundation.[4][5]
Early life
Rainwater grew up in Fort Worth, Texas.
Richard Rainwater was born in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1944. He grew up in a family of entrepreneurs and investors,