Fred Wilson

Fred Wilson is a famous businessman based in the United States of America. He is also a venture capitalist with a knack for blogging as he is a professional blogger too. He is the co-founder of the venture capital firm called the Union Squares Venture in New York that has investments in popular Web 2.0 companies like Tumblr, Twitter, Elsy, MOnoDB, and Zynga, which brought him immense fortune and fame from around the world.

Well, how well do you know about Fred Wilson? If not much, we have compiled all you need to know about Fred Wilson’s net worth in 2021, his age, height, weight, wife, kids, biography and complete details about his life. Well, if you’re all set, here is what we know about Fred Wilson to date.

Biography and Early Life

Fred Wilson was born in New York of the United States of America on the 20th of August of the year 1961. He is now 59 years old as of the current year 2021. Any information regarding his parents, siblings, and family is not available to the media.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Fred Wilson in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, Fred Wilson’s age is 59 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 20 August 1961. Though, he is 6′ 00″ in feet and inches and 182 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 167 lbs in Pound and 76 kg in Kilograms.

Education

Wilson attended the James I. O’Neill High School to complete his primary schooling and later went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology to pursue his major in Mechanical Engineering. He also has an MBA degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

Fred is a happily married man who loves to spend time with his family even if he is exceptionally busy with his work, but he revealed in an interview that he makes enough time for the family from his schedule for them to spend some quality time together. He is currently married to his wife Joanne Wilson, with whom he has three lovely children named Jessica Wilson, Josh Wilson, and Joanne Wilson. All of his three children are known to have graduated from Wesleyan University.

Is Fred Wilson Gay?

Fred Wilson is married to Joanne Wilson, who is a woman and even has his children with her. He identifies himself as a straight man, which makes it safe to conclude that he is anything but gay.

Professional Career

Fred started his career as an associate and then became the General Partner of Euclid Partners, where he worked from the year 1987 to 1996. After leaving the company, he and his partner Jerry Colonna started the company Flatiron Partners, which was based in New York in 1996. The name of the company is known to have come from the district named Flatiron. Their company is known to specialize in follow-on investing and has already invested in dot-com bubbles which brought success and failure side by side for the company.

Flatiron also has investments in various organizations like PlanetOut, Alacra Networks, Starmedia, Standard Media International, Kozmo.com, Yoyodyne, Scout Electromedical, The New York Times Digital, ComScore, Geocities, Return Path, and VitaminShoppe.com.

Chase Manhattan Corp’s private equity arm known as Chase Capital Partners, along with Softbank Technology Ventures, invested in Flatiron’s fund in 1996, which capitalized at an estimated amount of 150 million dollars. In 2001, Flatiron again raised another fund estimated at 500 million dollars with Chase Capital Partners alone.

Later Wilson with Brad Burnham founded their venture capital firm named Union Square Ventures, based in New York City. Fred is working with this company to date and has already invested in various 2.0 companies like Tumblr, Twitter, Zynga, Elsy, and MongoDB.

The social networking platform for venture capitalists named TheFunded.com rated Fred Wilson as their favorite venture capitalist in 2007. Wilson is also known to have appeared in New York’s BigApps competition as a judge. Mayor Michael Bloomberg started this competition.

Awards

Fred Wilson is one of the most successful businessmen of the United States, and his successful career in investment got him the 55th rank in the list of Upside Elite 100.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Fred Wilson in 2021

Wilson’s net worth is calculated to be around a whopping $100 million, estimated as of 2021. This massive fortune is generated from his successful career as a businessman and a venture capital investor. He is also a blogger, which adds to his net worth, but most of it comes from his business career.

Some Interesting Facts You Need To Know

• Wilson revealed in an interview that he loves to do yoga, skiing, biking in his past time and also is a music and art lover.
• He is one of the board members of DonorsChoose.org and is also known to have an active involvement in Pier 40 Partnership.

Fred Wilson is a successful businessman, and his hard work is evident from the net worth he has managed to gather. He is also a charity worker who gives back to society and helps the community in many ways. Even though he has a hectic schedule, he still finds time for his family, which is a commendable characteristic of his that becomes an inspiration for a lot of people around the world.