Jack Roush is a Covington, Kentucky-born American businessman best known for being the founder, co-owner and present CEO of the NASCAR team, Roush Fenway Racing. Born on 19 April 1942, Jack is also the chairman of the board of Roush Enterprises which is the parent company for many other industries as well as Roush Fenway Racing. A well-known figure when it comes to the car racing businesses, Jack has been active in the field since 1970.
Better known as “the cat in the hat” by his colleagues on the NASCAR circuit, one may wonder how rich is Jack Roush at the present? As of early 2016, Jack counts his net worth at the amount of $200 million. Needless to say, being the co-owner of Roush Fenway Racing as well as Roush Enterprises has been the major source of income over the years for this millionaire.
Jack Roush Net Worth $200 Million
Raised in Covington, and Manchester, Ohio, Jack attended Berea College where he graduated with his Mathematics degree in physics. Later he earned his masters degree in scientific mathematics from Eastern Michigan University. After graduation, he briefly worked at Ford before leaving the company in 1970 to pursue his own engineering business, by partnering with Wayne Gapp.
Eventually, his business started to flourish as he secured a deal to develop road racing vehicles for Ford. This was a pivotal point in Jack’s career as he was on his way to become one of the most successful businessmen in car racing industry, while his net worth also began to rise. Since then, he has been a vocal supporter of Ford and is noted for verbally being in opposition to Toyota and its involvement in NASCAR.
His companies like Roush Fenway Racing, Roush Industries and others have more than 2000 employees working as of now and the companies earn him more in millions of dollars each year. His main interest has been NASCAR, and he has had a hand in winning seven titles in their three series, as well as a World Truck Series title. Of course his successes have helped him amass his rising net worth.
For all of his contributions towards car racing and automobile engineering, Jack has been honored on several occasions. In 2006, he was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, and in 2008, into the Sports Hall of Fame. Of course, all of these have encouraged Jack to become more and more successful in his field.
As for his personal life, Jack has been through a lot of personal mishaps which include two plane crashes that he survived, the first April 2002 in Troy, Alabama and next in June,2010 – both times Jack was listed in a serious condition in hospital but healed with time. He is married to Pauline Correll, but generally likes to keep his family life quite personal which is why nothing much is known about his other personal details.
As of now, 73 years old Jack has been enjoying his life as one of the most successful businessmen in America. More recently, he is working on Roush Clean Tech which is another company that aims to provide energy efficient and eco-friendly motor parts to NASCAR. Meanwhile, Jack’s present net worth of $200 million caters to his daily life in every possible way.
