He is divorced from art collector and philanthropist Barbara Bluhm-Kaul. Īccording to Forbes, he had a net worth of US$7.0 billion in October 2021. The family is a minority owner of the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox. īluhm and his children own real estate in Chicago and elsewhere, including Chicago's 900 North Michigan and Four Seasons and Ritz Carlton Hotels. Soon thereafter, with Greg Carlin, he co-founded Rush Street Gaming. In 1994, he co-founded Walton Street Capital, a private equity firm. In 1969, he co-founded JMB Realty with Judd Malkin, his high school friend and college roommate. He started his career as a lawyer and eventually a partner in the Chicago law firm of Mayer, Brown & Platt. In 2009, he received Northwestern's Alumni Medal, the highest honor an alumnus can receive from the university. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1959, studying accounting, and in 1962, he received a juris doctor degree from Northwestern University. He attended a high school on Chicago's northwest side. He grew up in a cramped apartment near his immigrant grandparents. His father left the family when he was 13, and his mother worked as a bookkeeper. Early life īluhm was born to a Jewish family in 1938 in Chicago. He had an estimated net worth of US$7 billion in October 2021. He is a partner of Midwest Gaming & Entertainment, which owns several casinos. Neil Gary Bluhm (born 1938) is an American billionaire real estate and casino magnate.

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