Aug 29, 2023
Goodbye, Mr. Snyder
One assertion I hear far too often is that anyone who’s a self-made billionaire MUST be smart.I only need one name to counter the argument: Dan Snyder.
PROFILE
Dan Snyder
$5.3B
Real Time Net Worth
as of 10/7/26
Reflects change since 5 pm ET of prior trading day.
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Last Updated Sep 15, 2026, 6:30am EDT
- Dan Snyder initially made his fortune with a marketing business, Snyder Communications, that he started as a college dropout.
- After taking the company public in 1996, Snyder sold it to French firm Havas for $2.1 billion in stock in 2000.
- In 1999, he bought the NFL's Washington Commanders for $750 million, borrowing $350 million to do so. He sold the franchise for $6.05 billion in 2023.
- After years of controversy over the Native American origins of the team's former name, the Redskins, Snyder renamed the team the Commanders in 2022.
- He dropped out of college to start a business chartering planes to fly college kids to sporting events. By 20 he was a millionaire.
- Snyder cleaned and mopped the floors at the cafeteria inside the National Institute for Health as a high school student.
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list appearances
33
Personal Stats
- Age
- 61
- Source of Wealth
- Washington Commanders, Self Made
- Residence
- Potomac, Maryland
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Drop Out, University of Maryland
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