The Richest Person in Philadelphia
Most successful and secretive person in Philadelphia
The number of billionaires on Forbes’ 35th annual list of the world’s wealthiest increased dramatically to an unprecedented 2,755–660 more than a year ago. Altogether they are worth $13.1 trillion, up from $8 trillion on the 2020 list.
Today, I will uncover the richest person in Philadelphia.
According to Forbes Magazine, seventeen billionaires consider Pennsylvania their home, and none is wealthier than Jeff Yass. He lives in Haverford, Pennsylvania, with a net worth of $12 Billion. He is the 58th richest man in the country.
Yass is the cofounder of Susquehanna International Group, one of Wall Street’s largest and most successful and secretive trading firms in the world.
Early life
Jeff Yass grew up in a middle-class Jewish family in Queens, New York. Jeffrey Yass is the product of Queens public schools. He received a BA in mathematics and economics from Binghamton University. He continued graduate studies in economics at New York University but never graduated.
When he was studying at the State University of New York in Binghamton in the 1970s, Yass became friends with five students and later co-founded Susquehanna International Group…
