Edward Perry "Ed" Bass (born (1945-09-10)September 10, 1945) is an American businessman, financier, philanthropist and environmentalist who lives in Fort Worth, Texas.
He financed the Biosphere 2 project, an artificial closed ecological system, which was built between 1987 and 1991.
He is the chairman of Fine Line, an investment and venture-capital management firm in Fort Worth, and Chairman of the board of directors of the Sid W.
Richardson Foundation, a philanthropic organization.
He was listed as #239 on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans in 2012, with an estimated net worth of $2 billion.