Ty Warner

ABOUT TY WARNER

CEO and owner of Ty Inc., the company most well-known for the creation of Beanie Babies. As of 2013, he had an estimated worth of $2.6 billion. He generally maintains a low public profile and rarely gives interviews.

He was a college dropout who tried his hand at acting with little success and later worked for a toy manufacturer called Dakin.

He put everything he had into the founding of Ty Inc. including mortgaging his home. He was sentenced to two years probation plus community service for tax evasion.

He was born to parents Harold "Hal" and Georgia in Chicago and named after Ty Cobb . He has a younger sister named Joyce, also known as Joy. He never married or had kids.

He has donated millions of dollars to the Andre Agassi Foundation.