Bill Pulte Net Worth

What is Bill Pulte's Net Worth?

Bill Pulte is an American businessman who has a net worth of $100 million. Bill Pulte serves as the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency as well as chairman of the government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He previously founded the investment firm Pulte Capital Partners and the nonprofit the Blight Authority.

Bill's grandfather, William Pulte, had 14 children. In 1956, William founded home builder Pulte Homes. William took the company public in 1972. PulteGroup is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. As of this writing, the company has a market cap of $23 billion. It is the third-largest home construction company in the United States.

Bill has claimed that the vast majority of his net worth was self-earned and had nothing to do with the company founded by his grandfather. He instead has claimed that he earned his wealth through his own private equity firm, Pulte Capital.

According to an interview in 2019:

"The bulk of his wealth came from two big Pulte Capital deals; the 2016 sale of Southern Air & Heat Holdings and the sale earlier this year of Astar Heating & Air. Both sales were to other private equity firms." 

Bill told freep:

"Those have been very good liquidity events for me. So by the grace of God, I've done extremely well financially. I feel like I've been blessed to make that money at a young age, and why shouldn't I try to find a way to give to people who are deserving?'"

Early Life and Education

Bill Pulte was born on May 28, 1988, in Boca Raton, Florida as the first son of Noreen and Mark. He is the grandson of William J. Pulte, the founder and chairman of the residential home-construction company PulteGroup. Taking after his grandfather, Pulte worked for a construction company as a teenager. For college, he attended Northwestern University, from which he graduated with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism.

Business Career

Pulte began his business career while still in college when he launched an aerial photography business. Following his graduation, he interned for the Detroit-based private equity firm Huron Capital Partners, and later for Penske Capital Partners. In 2011, Pulte founded his own investment firm, Pulte Capital Partners, with a focus on home-service businesses. By 2014, the firm had about 200 employees and $30 million in revenue. In 2016, Pulte was named to the board of his family's company PulteGroup amid a leadership dispute. He became one of the youngest board members of a Fortune 500 company, at the age of 28. Pulte remained on the board until 2020. Later, in 2025, he took control of the publicly-traded government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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Philanthropy

Pulte is known for using the social media platform Twitter to conduct philanthropic activity. He claims that he was inspired by fellow businessman Andrew Yang's pledge to donate $1,000 a month. On Twitter, Pulte often includes giveaways in his posts that require users to follow him to receive the benefits. He has also done many promotional posts for GoFundMe campaigns, including one for the victims of the Uvalde school shooting in 2022. In other philanthropic endeavors, Pulte founded the nonprofit the Detroit Blight Authority, which cleaned up empty homes and trash. He later founded the Blight Authority in Pontiac, Michigan.

Federal Housing Finance Agency

In early 2025, Pulte was confirmed by the US Senate in a 56-43 vote as the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Personal Life

Pulte is married to his college sweetheart, a chemical engineer he met at Northwestern University.

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