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Last updated: November 11, 2026 · $11.70T tracked

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No. 231United States

Brad Jacobs

Logistics · Greenwich, Connecticut

Net worth

$13.5B

Today

+$67M+0.50%

Past month

+$1.2B+9.51%

As of Nov 11, 2026, 1:50 PM EST

Most of Brad Jacobs' fortune comes from Greenwich-based QXO, Inc., a publicly traded roofing and building materials company operating in the U.S. and Canada. Jacobs acquired QXO through a tender offer in 2025, fourteen years after creating the commercial trucking company XPO Logistics. In 2021, XPO spun off its warehousing business into GXO Logistics, which contracts with retailers to manage inventory and fill orders. In 2022, it spun off its truck brokerage business into RXO. In the 1990s, Jacobs consolidated rural trash hauling, building United Waste and flipping it to Waste Management in 1997 for $1.9 billion. He then built United Rentals into the biggest heavy equipment rental company in the world. Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange.

Net worth over time

+9.51%+$1.2B over the past month
$13B$13B$12B
Oct 12Nov 11

Principal holdings

5 positions
CompanyShareValue

Private and other holdings

55.1%$7.4B

QXO

NYSE: QXO

40.2%$5.4B

XPO Logistics

NYSE: XPO

3.7%$493M

GXO Logistics

NYSE: GXO

0.7%$94M

RXO

NYSE AMERICAN: ROX

0.3%$46M

Also known for

  • A trained classical pianist, Jacobs studied piano and mathematics at Brown University before dropping out.
  • Jacobs has a Palm Beach mansion a few doors down from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago.