Mary West was born on 1945 in San Diego, California, United States. Mary West and her husband Gary, a hospital administrator, founded WATS Telemarketing in 1978 in their garage.
They sold WATS in 1980, and she founded West TeleServices in 1986; her husband joined a year later.
The couple took West TeleServices public in 1996; they sold their majority stake in it for $1.4 billion in 2006.
Since then, Mary and Gary have set up multiple non-profit organizations and contributed over $350 million to improve healthcare for aging seniors.
Mary owns nearly 10% of West Corp. which went public again in 2013.
💰Mary West Net worth: $610 Million
2015
$610 Million
2016
$500 Million
2017
$570 Million
2018
$570 Million
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Biography/Timeline
1978
In 1978, with her husband Gary, she co-founded WATS Telemarketing in the garage of their house in Omaha, Nebraska. They sold WATS in 1980, and in 1986, she founded West TeleServices in 1986, which went public in 1996.
2008
In 2008, she and her husband had a combined net worth of $2.2 billion.