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Grizzly Bulls’ Billionaires Index

⬅ # 474 Robert Ziff|# 476 Pedro Moreira Salles ➡

# 475 John A. Sobrato 

$6.26B

Real Time Net Worth
as of 7/25/2024
$162 (0.00%)

# 475 John A. Sobrato 

$6.26B

Real Time Net Worth
as of 7/25/2024
$162 (0.00%)
OccupationFounder and Chair, Sobrato Development Cos.
Source of WealthReal Estate
Age85
ResidenceAtherton, California
Marital StatusMarried
Children3
EducationBS, Santa Clara University
Age-Adjusted Net Worth$1.15B
John A. Sobrato
John A. Sobrato
United States
Net worth: $6.26B

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Wealth History

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Biography

Overview

John Albert Sobrato was born around May 23, 1939, to Italian immigrants Ann Ainardi and John Mossimo Sobrato.
His father owned the popular San Francisco restaurant, John's Rendezvous, which his mother sold after his father's death from cancer in 1952 to invest in real estate.
Sobrato began his own real estate investing in 1957 while studying at Santa Clara University.
He founded the Sobrato Organization in 1979 and worked closely with successful investor Carl Berg for many years.
Sobrato's son, John Michael Sobrato, took over leadership of the company in 1998, while Sobrato became chairman emeritus.

Career Highlights

Founded the Sobrato Organization in 1979, which grew to hold more than 110 commercial buildings and over 30 apartment complexes.
Moved away from managing company operations in 2013 to focus on charitable activities.
Sobrato's real estate holdings include over 4.7 million square feet of office space in Silicon Valley and about 6,450 apartments.
Notable tenants in Sobrato-owned properties include Netflix.
Pledged $100 million to Santa Clara University in 2017 for a new STEM education center.
Signatory of the Giving Pledge, committing to donate wealth for charitable purposes.

Philanthropy

Sobrato Philanthropies, encompassing family-directed giving and corporate giving through The Sobrato Organization, donated over $314 million in money and property by 2014.
Major beneficiaries include Santa Clara University, Sobrato High School, and Bellarmine College Preparatory.
Offered the biggest individual pledge to the University of San Francisco in 2015, worth $15 million.

Personal Life

John and his wife Susan reside in Atherton, California.
They have three children: John Michael Sobrato, Sheri Sobrato Brisson, and Lisa Sobrato Sonsini.
John M. Sobrato is a minority owner of the San Francisco 49ers.
The Sobratos have five grandsons and two granddaughters.

How long would it take you to become as rich as John A. Sobrato?

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 John A. Sobrato's net worth of $6.26B.

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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John A. Sobrato 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 John A. Sobrato, Real Estate 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