About David Green & family
- A preacher's son from a poor background, Hobby Lobby founder David Green opened his first crafts shop in 1970 with a $600 loan.
- His empire has grown from a single 300-square-foot store in Oklahoma City to over 950 locations, generating an estimated $7.9 billion in annual sales.
- A devout Christian, he still serves as Hobby Lobby's CEO and goes to work six days a week.
- Stores are closed on Sundays and workers make a minimum of $18.50 an hour as of January 2022, well above the federal minimum wage.
- He has said he plans to give 90% of the company to charity, with the remaining 10% going to his family
- He is a donor to a group called He Gets Us, a $100 million campaign to promote Jesus and Christianity, which ran two ads during the 2023 Super Bowl game.
Wealth History
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Forbes Lists
#139
Billionaires (2024)
#51
Forbes 400 (2023)
Personal Stats
- Age
- 82
- Source of Wealth
- Retail, Self Made
- Self-Made Score
- 10
- Philanthropy Score
- 2
- Residence
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital Status
- Married
- Education
- Diploma, High School
Did you know
Green won a 2014 Supreme Court case that exempted "closely held" companies with strong religious beliefs from providing employees the morning-after pill.
He and his family spent at least $500 million on the Museum of the Bible, which opened in D.C. in 2017.
In Their Own Words
I don't care if you're in business or out of business, God owns it... How do I separate it? Well, it's God's in church and it's mine here? You can't have a belief system on Sunday and not live it the other six days.
David Green & family
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