Dirk Edward Ziff was born in 1965 in the USA, of American Jewish and German ancestry and is a businessman. Ziff is a co-owner of Ziff Brothers Investment Company – he founded the aforementioned company alongside his brothers Daniel and Robert Ziff. Dirk is also known for his family relations as he is the eldest son of the publishing executive William Bernard Ziff Jr., who was the owner of Ziff Davis Inc. Dirk Ziff has been active in the business industry since 1994.
How much is the net worth of Dirk Edward Ziff? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth is as much as $4.8 billion, as of the data given in late 2017. Investments and inheritance are the main sources of Ziff’s fortune.
Dirk Ziff Net Worth $4.8 Billion
To begin with, the boy was raised by his parents William Ziff Jr. and Barbara Ingrid Beitz. His maternal grandparents were honoured with the honorific Righteous Among the Nations for risking their lives during the Holocaust to save Jewish people. Talking about the father of Dirk, he was press magnate, the owner of Ziff – Davis which was known for printing such magazines as “Car and Driver”, “PC Magazine” as well as “Popular Aviation” among others. After matriculation from Trinity School based in New York City, Dirk Ziff enrolled at Columbia University from which he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree, and later from Harvard University earned a Master’s degree in Business Administration.
Concerning his professional career, Dirk and his brothers came into money after their father sold his business to Forstmann Little. William Ziff Jr. wanted to give his company to his children, yet they did not want to continue their father’s work. So, after Dirk Ziff alongside his brothers inherited more than $1 billion, they founded Ziff Brothers Investments, and worked with hedge funds, private equity, real estate as well as commodities. The brothers became co-owners of the hedge funds as part of Och-Ziff Capital Management Group. To conclude, all the above mentioned companies have added huge sums to the outright size of Dirk Ziff net worth.
Finally, in the personal life of the businessman, Dirk Ziff is married to journalist Natasha Bacigalupo, who worked as a reported for Forbes magazine; the family has two children, and reside in North Palm Beach, Florida, US. Ziff also owns a mansion in Martha’s Vineyard, located in Dukes County, Massachusetts, US.
