Inman Connect
He didn’t even know his father owned a mortgage company but when he found out, it changed everything.
United Wholesale Mortgage CEO Mat Ishbia made the Forbes billionaires list for the first time in 2020 after taking his company public late last year. He became one of the richest mortgage executives in the U.S., second only to Rocket Mortgage CEO Daniel Gilbert, and the 51st richest person in the country.
United Wholesale Mortgage CEO Mat Ishbia
Back in September, UWM, the nation’s largest wholesale mortgage lender, announced it was going public via a merger with Gores Holdings IV, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) established by global investment firm The Gores Group.