Joe Mansueto was born on September 03, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois, United States, is Chairman and CEO, Morningstar. Joe Mansueto started financial information company, Morningstar, in 1984 with $80,000 in savings.
In January 2017 Mansueto stepped down as CEO after more than 30 years at the helm.
He owns 56% of the publicly traded firm, which manages or advises on over $200 billion in assets.
He joined the board of Whole Foods in May 2017.
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💰Joe Mansueto Net worth: $4.4 Billion
2009
$1.15 Billion
2010
$1.2 Billion
2011
$1.6 Billion
2012
$1.65 Billion
2013
$2.1 Billion
2014
$2 Billion
2015
$2.2 Billion
2016
$2.2 Billion
2017
$2.2 Billion
2018
$2.52 Billion
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Biography/Timeline
1984
In 1984 Mansueto founded Morningstar out of his home with $80,000. Morningstar went public in May 2005.
1988
In 1988 Mansueto married JapaneseAmerican Rika Yoshida, a Morningstar analyst. They have three children and live in a newly constructed home in Lincoln Park estimated to cost $22 million to build. Mansueto keeps strict work hours, 8:30 a.m. to 5 or 6 p.m., with an occasional Saturday at the office. He enjoys early morning jogs along Lake Michigan and reading the occasional annual report. Mansueto's younger brother John died in 2003 of West Nile virus.
2005
Mansueto purchased the financial magazines Inc. and Fast Company in June 2005. He was a limited partner in the publication of the entertainment magazine Time Out Chicago from 2005 to 2013.
2008
As of June 2008, Mansueto owned about 60.4% of Morningstar Common stock. In 2011, his majority ownership of Morningstar gained him inclusion on the Forbes World's Billionaires list, with a net worth at time of publication of $1.6 billion.
2010
As of December 2010, Mansueto was the only Chicagoan on the list of American billionaires pledging to give away half of their wealth, as part of The Giving Pledge by Warren Buffett.
2011
In May 2008 it was announced that Mansueto and his wife Rika pledged $25 million to the expansion of the main University of Chicago library. The new wing, called the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, designed by Chicago-based Architect Helmut Jahn opened to the public on May 16, 2011.
2016
In September 2016, Morningstar announced that it had appointed Kunal Kapoor as chief executive officer, effective January 2017, with Mansueto becoming executive chairman at the same time.