1. Daniel Gilbert was born on January 17,1962 and is an American billionaire, businessman, and philanthropist.
31 Facts About Dan Gilbert
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Dan Gilbert is the co-founder and majority owner of Rocket Mortgage and founder of Rock Ventures.
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Dan Gilbert operates the Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, home to the Cavaliers and Monsters.
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Dan Gilbert was born to a Jewish family in Detroit, Michigan.
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At age 12, Dan Gilbert organized a pizza delivery service with children on bikes delivering in the neighborhood.
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Dan Gilbert grew up in Southfield, Michigan, where he attended Southfield-Lathrup High School.
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Dan Gilbert earned his bachelor's degree from Michigan State University and a Juris Doctor from Wayne State University Law School, and he is a member of the State Bar of Michigan.
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Dan Gilbert founded Rock Financial in 1985 with Ron Berman, Lindsay Gross and his younger brother Gary Dan Gilbert.
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In 2005, Dan Gilbert bought the Cleveland Cavaliers for $375 million, which was then a record price for an NBA team.
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In 2006, Dan Gilbert purchased the Cleveland Monsters, a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League.
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Dan Gilbert has been an active and vocal owner, often speaking out on social media and in public about his teams and the NBA.
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Dan Gilbert has been involved in efforts to bring major sporting events to Cleveland, including the NBA All-Star Game and the NFL Draft.
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Additionally, Dan Gilbert has faced criticism for his treatment of former head coach David Blatt.
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Dan Gilbert is a founding partner in the private equity group Rockbridge Growth Equity LLC.
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Dan Gilbert cofounded StockX, a stock market of things for high-demand, limited edition products such as sneakers.
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Dan Gilbert is invested and involved in the operation of several consumer-based technology-centered businesses, including Fathead, Veritix, Xenith, StyleCaster and Quizzle.
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Dan Gilbert launched nonprofit Bizdom in 2007, which promotes both tech and brick-and-mortar entrepreneurship in Detroit and Cleveland by supporting on-the-ground service providers.
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In 2019, Dan Gilbert sold the Greektown Casino to Vici Properties.
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In November 2017, former professional Call of Duty player and 100 Thieves CEO Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag announced that Dan Gilbert had made a multimillion-dollar investment into the esports organization.
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Dan Gilbert's initiative has led others, such as Ford Motor Company to invest millions into the city.
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Dan Gilbert often paid cash for the buildings, since lenders would not finance the transactions.
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Dan Gilbert led Bedrock Detroit to acquire a total of 131 properties and 18 million square feet of space.
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In September 2013, Dan Gilbert was named co-chair of the Blight Removal Task Force.
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Dan Gilbert's eldest son was born with neurofibromatosis and died at the age of 26 in 2023.
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Dan Gilbert is on the boards of the Children's Tumor Foundation, the Cleveland Clinic, and the Children's Hospital Foundation ; and is the vice-chairman of the not-for-profit M-1 RAIL initiative which is dedicated to promoting light-rail transportation in downtown Detroit.
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In 2015, Dan Gilbert donated $750,000 to the presidential candidacy of Chris Christie.
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In September 2016, Dan Gilbert donated $5 million to Wayne State University Law School.
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In 2020, Dan Gilbert made a $1.2 million donation to help COVID-19 relief efforts in the city of Detroit.
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In 2023, the Dan Gilbert Family donated nearly $400 million to open the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab at the Henry Ford Health campus in Michigan.
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Dan Gilbert's wife is on the Gilbert Family Neurofibromatosis Institute at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC, and on the boards of ORT America and the Israeli and Overseas Committee of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit.
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On May 26,2019, Dan Gilbert was taken to the hospital and treated for a stroke at the age of 57.