Thomas Tull
Media & Entertainment

Thomas Tull Net Worth

Thomas Tull is an American entrepreneur and film producer who was born in Westlake Village, California in 1970. He is the founder of Legendary Entertainment, which he sold to Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin's Wanda Group for $3.5 billion in 2016. After stepping down as CEO, Tull focused on his Tull Investment Group, which funds life science, media and technology companies. Tull grew up in poverty and attended Hamilton College on a football scholarship. He then started a chain of laundries and tax-prep businesses before going into private equity. He raised $500 million from Wall Street and headed to Hollywood in 2005 to finance films. He is also a minority stakeholder in the Pittsburgh Steelers, owns an extensive collection of baseball memorabilia, and is a backer of Derek Jeter's Players' Tribune site.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day June 09, 1970
Birth Place Westlake Village, California, United States
Age 52 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Cancer
Residence Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater Hamilton College
Occupation Film producer, businessman
Years active 2003–present
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Alba Tull

💰 Net worth: $2.7 Billion (2024)

Thomas Tull, a prominent figure in the media and entertainment industry in the United States, is anticipated to have a net worth of a staggering $2.7 billion in 2024. Tull's immense success and wealth can be attributed to his exceptional entrepreneurial skills and numerous accomplishments in the world of film production and financing. Having founded the widely recognized Legendary Entertainment, Tull has been responsible for the creation of numerous critically acclaimed and commercially successful films. His remarkable net worth is a testament to his significant contributions to the media and entertainment landscape and highlights his exceptional business acumen.

2016 $1.1 Billion
2017 $1.1 Billion
2018 $1.19 Billion

Biography/Timeline

1992

Tull grew up in Endwell, New York, the son of a dental hygienist single mother. As a youth, Tull was an athlete, playing baseball and playing football, earning a football scholarship. Tull graduated from nearby Hamilton College in 1992. After college, Tull abandoned plans to become a Lawyer and instead went into Business, starting a chain of laundromats. Among his distinguishing innovations was different prices according to demand at different times of day. Tull went into the field of financing, buying and selling several tax and accounting offices. In the private equity Business, Tull rose to President of Convex Group and later as the Chief of Operations of Tax Services of America. His firm invested in entertainment, where Tull began to learn the entertainment Business. After discussing the potential of private equity with a film executive in 2003, Tull quit Convex, raising $600 million in equity to Finance movies under the Legendary Pictures banner. The company entered into a partnership in 2005 with Warner Bros. to jointly Finance and produce films. In 2009, Tull became the majority shareholder of Legendary, in a buyout of the original Investors. The Warner deal was followed by a similar deal with Universal Studios in 2013. He also helped produce the film Blackhat.

2009

Tull is a member of the board of trustees for the American Film Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, and the San Diego Zoo. In 2009, Tull became a part-owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team. Tull had been a fan of the Steelers since age four, watching the Steelers take on the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IX.

2018

He resides in Thousand Oaks, California with his wife Alba and their children. On January 16, 2018, his home was listed for $85 million and is one of the largest private residences in the world. He plans to move his Business and family to the Pittsburgh area.

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