https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Pulte
Early life and education (1988–2010)
William John Pulte was born on May 28, 1988, in Boynton Beach, Florida.[1] He was the first son of Noreen and Mark Pulte;[2][a] Mark later married Julie.[3] Pulte's grandfather was William J. Pulte, the founder of PulteGroup, a residential home construction company.[4] In high school, Pulte worked for a construction company.[5] He graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism,[5] where he was the president of his university's chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha, in 2010.[2] He started an aerial photography business during his time at the university.[2] At Northwestern University, Pulte met his wife, a chemical engineer.[5]
Career
Private equity (2010–2016)
After graduating, Pulte interned for Huron Capital Partners and later worked for Penske Capital Partners.[5] Pulte founded investment firm, Pulte Capital, in 2011.[2] The company had two hundred employees and US$30 million in revenue by 2014. That year, he was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.[6]
Pulte Group (2016–2020)
In March 2016,[7] William J. Pulte began a campaign to remove PulteGroup's chief executive, Richard Dugas Jr.[8] Dugas announced that he would resign the following month amid pressure from Pulte, his grandson, and Jim Grosfeld.[9] The younger Pulte was appointed to the board in September,[10] becoming one of the youngest board members of a Fortune 500 company.[2] Following the elder Pulte's death in 2018, he was the only descendant to receive an inheritance, according to a lawsuit.[4] Pulte remained on the board until 2020, after being ousted due to disagreements with established board members.[5][11] During his tenure, he successfully blocked chief executive Ryan Marshall's proposal to promote Brandon Jones, the Michigan division president, to chief operating officer.[4] Pulte sued Jones in December 2022, claiming that he had been subject to harassment on Twitter.[4]
Philanthropy and nonprofit work
In 2019, Pulte began using Twitter as a platform for philanthropic efforts.[2] According to Pulte, he was inspired during a summer vacation[2] by Andrew Yang's pledge to give US$1,000 per month.[12] He has referred to himself as the "inventor of Twitter philanthropy." Pulte's posts often involve giveaways in which recipients must follow him, as well as promotional posts for GoFundMe campaigns. By August, he had established a team of ten people to work through charity requests.[2] Pulte brought attention to GoFundMe campaigns established for victims of the Oxford High School shooting[5] and the Uvalde school shooting.[13] By December 2022, he had garnered 3.2 million followers.[4]
By 2013, Pulte had founded[14] the Detroit Blight Authority, a nonprofit that clears empty homes and cleans up trash, leaving empty lots.[15] After Mike Duggan was inaugurated as the mayor of Detroit in January 2014, he requested that Pulte halt his efforts. Pulte since founded The Blight Authority, a nonprofit operating in Pontiac, Michigan, and—at the behest of Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey—St. Louis.[2] In November 2018, Pontiac mayor Deirdre Waterman stated that her city was set to be blight-free by the following year.[16] Pulte estimated his net worth to be US$100 million in an interview with the Detroit Free Press in December 2021.[5]
Political activities
In July 2019, president Donald Trump praised Pulte for promising to give two cars to two veterans if Trump retweeted the post.[17] Pulte told The Detroit News in 2019 that he had met Trump several times and that Trump was familiar with the Blight Authority. In 2024, he contributed heavily to Republican causes, including donating to the Republican National Committee and Trump's presidential campaign.[18]
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