Ken Langone

Kenneth Gerard Langone Sr. KSG is one of the richest businessmen in the United States. He is an investor and is one of the main investors of The Home Depot, which is the largest home improvement retailer in the United States, and he is also a major donor of The Republican Party.

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Biography and Early Life

Ken Langone was born on September 16 in 1935, in Roslyn Heights in New York City. He belonged to a middle-class family where his father was a plumber, and his mother worked in a cafeteria. He currently lives in Sands Point, New York, where he recently got shifted from his previous location of Flower Hill.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Ken Langone in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, Ken Langone’s age is 85 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 16 September 1935. Though, he is 5′ 10″ in feet and inches and 180 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 163 lbs in Pound and 74kg in Kilograms.

Education

Ken studied economics at the Bucknell University and later graduated with a master’s degree in business from the prestigious Stern School of Business of New York University.

Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

He lives in Sands Point in New York along with his wife, his children, and grandchildren. Ken got married in the year 1951 to Elaine Langone, and together they have three children. He is a member of Kappa Beta Phi, which is a secret society known for their works along Wall Street Chapter high financial experts. He is a devoted Roman Catholic and one of the Knights of St. Gregory.

Is Ken Langone Gay?

Ken Langone is married to a woman called Elaine Langone and has three children. So definitely, he is not gay.

Professional Career

Before starting his professional career, Ken worked in the U.S Army for almost two years. Initially, he helped in developing a new business strategy for a Wall Street financial service company. In 1974, he encouraged Marcus and Blank to begin a home retailer enterprise that came to be known as The Home Depot and invested in their business.

Today this enterprise has become one of the largest retailer chains with over forty thousand employees. Ken has also invested in several other companies such as Geeknet, ChoicePoint Inc, and Unifi. He became the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange’s compensation committee from 1999 till December 2003.

Since 2014 he is a major donor of The Republican Party. He is a member of the board of chairmen for The Ronald McDonald House of New York, The Medal of Honor Foundation, and the Harlem Children’s Zone.

Awards

A movie was made on Ken’s life as a small tribute to him known as The Wizard of Lies in the year 2017. In one of the premier hospitals of New York, a glass sculpture has been made to honor his contributions to the hospital.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Ken Langone in 2021

Ken Langone has a net worth of more than $6 Billion as per the reports in 2021. He has invested in several multi-national companies, and he is currently the CEO of an online retailer company.

Some Interesting Facts You Need To Know

• He is a philanthropist and has helped many students and young professionals to achieve their dreams.
• In the year 2018, Ken pledged to donate $100 Million to make tuition fees-free for medical students of the School of Medicine of New York University. However, he has donated around $200 Million to the university.
• He has donated around $100,000 for the restoration of the Notre Dame Cathedral.
• Ken loves to watch baseball matches and has a collection of baseballs signed by famous baseball players.
• He has published his autobiography called I Love Capitalism which became a bestseller in the United States.

Ken Langone belonged to a middle-class family who had neither any asset nor sufficient bank balance when working as a businessman. But today, he is one of the billionaires of the United States. In many of his interviews, he has revealed that people initially did not take him and his business ideas seriously, but after his business strategy for the company Greeknet helped the company earn high profits, people accepted his business ideas.