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Grizzly Bulls’ Billionaires Index

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# 838 Behdad Eghbali 

$3.89B

Real Time Net Worth
as of 7/25/2024

# 838 Behdad Eghbali 

$3.89B

Real Time Net Worth
as of 7/25/2024
OccupationCofounder and Managing Partner, Clearlake Capital
Source of WealthPrivate Equity
Age48
ResidenceLos Angeles, California
Marital StatusMarried
EducationBachelor of Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley
Age-Adjusted Net Worth$8.75B
Behdad Eghbali
Behdad Eghbali
United States
Net worth: $3.89B

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Biography

Overview

Behdad Eghbali is an Iranian-American billionaire known for co-founding Clearlake Capital in 2006.
Clearlake Capital is a private equity firm with over $70 billion in assets under management, renowned for its high returns.
In May 2022, Clearlake Capital, along with a consortium, purchased Chelsea Football Club for £4.25 billion, owning about 60% of the club.

Early Life and Education

Behdad Eghbali was born in Iran and immigrated to the U.S. with his family as a child.
He graduated from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor of Business Administration.

Career

Eghbali began his career in investment banking in the technology group at Morgan Stanley.
He later joined TPG Capital, focusing on buyouts and turnarounds.
In 2006, Eghbali co-founded Clearlake Capital with José E. Feliciano.
Clearlake Capital has been described as one of the fastest-growing buyout firms in the world by the Financial Times in 2022.
Clearlake Capital's strategy includes shifting between buyouts and distressed securities, capitalizing on economic conditions.

Major Investments and Roles

Clearlake Capital acquired a majority interest in WhiteStar Asset Management in June 2020.
In 2018, Clearlake sold a minority stake to fund the creation of a credit unit.
Eghbali serves on the boards of several companies including Chelsea FC, Confluence, Constant Contact, Cornerstone OnDemand, DigiCert, and others.
He also serves on the boards of nonprofits, including the Noor Foundation, his family foundation.

Notable Achievements

Clearlake Capital was ranked 14th in Private Equity International's PEI 300 in June 2023.
Eghbali is recognized as one of the most visible owners of Chelsea FC post-acquisition.
Clearlake Capital's use of General partner-led Private-equity secondary markets has proven highly profitable, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

How long would it take you to become as rich as Behdad Eghbali?

If you started with $10,000 and invested an additional $500 each month at a 44.11% CAGR, it would take you 5 years to reach Behdad Eghbali's net worth of $3.89B.

Is this realistic? It depends how closely the VIX-TA-Macro Advanced model performs to its history in the future. Since Grizzly Bulls launched on January 1, 2022, it's returned 52.22% compared to 16.62% for the S&P 500 benchmark.

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Behdad Eghbali is very wealthy, but what's stopping you from reaching that same level of success? As summarized in our five fundamental rules to wealth building, becoming wealthy in a modern capitalist economy is not complicated. There's actually only three variables:

  1. Your starting capital
  2. Your earnings after expenses
  3. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of your savings

Most people start with zero or very little, so if you weren't born into wealth, don't fret! The majority of the fortunate folks listed in our Grizzly Bulls’ Billionaires Index came from middle class or lower backgrounds. The most distinguishing characteristic of the group is their ability to consistently earn a high CAGR on their savings.

Every billionaire has a unique strategy to achieve high CAGR. For Behdad Eghbali, Private Equity is the primary source. Whether you choose to invest your savings in your own businesses or the businesses of others is not as important. The salient piece of the puzzle is ensuring that your hard-earned savings are generating sufficient CAGR to reach your long term goals.

Most people simply invest their money in index funds and call it a day. There's nothing wrong with this approach, but it guarantees relative mediocrity. To achieve greatness, you need to invest your money to earn higher than average returns. In the long run, better investors will always finish ahead of better earners.

Source: Grizzly Bulls reporting

Methodology: Grizzly Bulls' Billionaires Index is a daily ranking of the world's billionaires and richest people. Grizzly Bulls strives to provide the most accurate net worth calculations available. We pull data from public equity markets, SEC filings, public real estate records, and other reputable sources.

The index is dynamic and updates daily at the close of U.S. stock market trading based on changes in the markets, economy, and updates to Grizzly Bulls' proprietary algorithm of personal wealth calculation. Stakes in public companies are tracked daily based on the relevant closing prices of the underlying securities. Additionally, stakes in private companies, cash, real estate, and other less easily valued assets are updated periodically through careful analysis of insider transactions, comparable public company sales / EBITDA multiples, etc.

Edited by: Lee Bailey