Robert Muse Bass, born in Fort Worth, Texas, on 19 March 1948, is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is a member of the Texas oil family whose fortune traces to his great-uncle Sid W. Richardson, and he studied at Yale University and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In 1985 he founded the Robert M. Bass Group, renamed Keystone in 1990, and in 1986 Oak Hill Capital Partners as a family office. His deals included the 1987 purchase of Taft Broadcasting and the 1988 acquisition of American Savings and Loan Association of Stockton. He founded the supersonic aircraft developer Aerion Corporation in 2003 and served as its initial chairman until Tom Vice replaced him in August 2018. He has chaired the Stanford Management Company and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and is a major university donor.
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Bass founded Aerion in 2003 and served as its initial chairman.
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Bass founded Aerion in 2003 and served as its initial chairman.
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He was the founder of Aerion Corporation, an American aerospace firm
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