Joe Shoen

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Joe Shoen
Born (1949-03-28) March 28, 1949 (age 75)
Alma mater College of the Holy Cross (BA)
Harvard University (MBA)
Arizona State University (JD)
TitleChairman of AMERCO
President and CEO of U-Haul
Parent
Relatives Mark Shoen (brother)

Edward Joseph Shoen (born March 28, 1949) is an American billionaire businessman and lawyer. He is the president, chairman, and chief executive officer (CEO) of AMERCO, the holding company of U-Haul International. His efforts managing U-Haul have been credited with the company's expansion in the self-moving business. [1]

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As of August 2023, Shoen was estimated to have a net worth of $4.1 billion. [2]

Early life and education

Joe Shoen is the third son of U-Haul founder Leonard Shoen. [3] He was raised in Phoenix, Arizona. He attended the College of the Holy Cross, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), and then received a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from Harvard Business School. [4] He wrote his thesis at Harvard on self-storage businesses. [2]

Immediately after graduating from Harvard, Shoen became a member of the executive board of U-Haul. [1] He quit briefly in 1978 and attended the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, where he earned a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree in 1981. [5] [1]

Personal life

As of 2017, Shoen lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife, Sylvia, and two sons: Carty and Joseph. [6]

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