Gene Haas

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gene Haas
Occupation	Engineer
Date Of Birth	Nov 12, 1952(1952-11-12)
Age	72
Birthplace	Youngstown
Country	United States
Birth City	Ohio
Horoscope	Scorpio

Gene Haas Biography

Gene Haas is one of the most popular and richest Engineer who was born on November 12, 1952 in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. Eugene “Gene” Francis Haas (born on November 12, 1952) is the founder as president, the sole stockholder and president for Haas Automation, a CNC machine tool maker. He is also active in motorsports having founded the NASCAR Team Haas CNC Racing (now known as Stewart-Haas Racing) and the Formula One team, Haas F1 Team.

In the year 1996 Haas has outgrown the facility at Chatsworth, California, and began a search that eventually led in Oxnard, California. In March 1997 the move was completed and became Oxnard. Oxnard factory, which was a 420,000 square-foot (39,000 meters) facility. In 2005, the facility had grown up to 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 metres).

In 2002, Haas formed a NASCAR race team, Haas CNC Racing. After purchasing the Concord, North Carolina-based Craftsman Truck race facility from Hendrick Motorsports, Haas CNC Racing began work on its first entry in the Winston Cup (now known as the NASCAR Cup Series) Series as a single-car team. The first entry for the new team was September 30, 2002 with driver Jack Sprague, who finished 35th after a crash. The team raced only three times in 2002. By 2003 the team was running full-time with several driver changes over the season. The team won its first race in the then-Busch Series in 2004 with driver Jason Leffler. By 2006 the team had relocated to a new, state-of-the-art facility in Kannapolis, North Carolina, and was fielding a full-time two car team in the Cup Series. At the end of 2008, the team was still struggling with a career- average finish of just under 27th place.

On June 19, 2006, Haas was arrested by IRS agents for investigation of filing false tax returns, witness intimidation, and conspiracy. Four others were indicted together with Haas, all of whom pleaded guilty.

In 1988, Haas began manufacturing an enclosed CNC machine that was priced under the market. Many believed that Haas duplicated or reverse engineered the machine, however at the time, the existing machines were so difficult to use that Haas employed them as an example of what not do. As time passed, Haas machine tools became highly popular, mostly due to the fact that they were very simple, economical, and user-friendly.

Gene Haas Net Worth

Gene Haas is one of the richest Engineer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gene Haas 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Haas completed his studies at California State University, Northridge in 1975, earning an undergraduate degree in finance and accounting. He was originally a major in engineering but shifted to business following the time that Lockheed almost went bankrupt. After graduating, he was unable to find work which paid more than the amount was being earned at the summer machine shop. Therefore, for the next several years, working as a machinist as well as a CNC programming. The year 1978 was when he started Pro-turn Engineering, a small machine shop employing two workers.

In the year 1980, Haas noticed that it took one of his employees quite a lengthy time in order to place an indexer. Haas believed that constructing his own indexer using an electric motor was more efficient. He constructed one for himself, as well as a some for machine shops around the world. He presented an indexer in WESTEC (an trade show for industry). After seeing the enthusiastic response of the crowd He decided to create Haas Automation to mass-produce them. The first product he launched commercially is HBI-5C, HBI-5C (Haas Brothers Indexer) proved popular because it was easily programmed and affordable. The year 1986 was the year that Haas along with a co-worker received an US patent on their design.

The Gene Haas Foundation has provided charitable donations since 2001 including Hospice Foundation, Boy Scouts of America, Los Angeles Mission, YMCA Kids Camp, NAACP, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, MS Society, and others.

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Who is Gene Haas Dating?

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Haas was present at the first team win in May 2009 when Stewart won the All- Star Race. Haas also joined Stewart on the podium at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 20, 2011, as Stewart won the Ford EcoBoost 400 that day and claimed his third Sprint Cup Championship. Stewart-Haas won their second Cup title with Kevin Harvick in 2014. On September 30, 2015, Stewart announced his retirement from the Cup Series as a driver following the 2016 season.

Facts & Trivia

Gene Ranked on the list of most popular Engineer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Gene Haas celebrates birthday on November 12 of every year.

With Cole Custer’s victory at New Hampshire in September 2014, Haas joined a select club of owners who have won as an owner in all three national touring series, joining Rick Hendrick, Richard Childress and Jack Roush.

Is Gene Haas a billionaire?

Gene Haas net worth: Gene Haas is an American businessman and entrepreneur who has a net worth of $250 million dollars. Gene Haas was born in November 1952.

Does Gene Haas still own Haas F1?

2022 Formula One World Championship
First entry| 2016 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry| 2022 Monaco Grand Prix
Races entered| 129
Engines| Ferrari

Will Gene Haas sell his F1 team?

25.02. 2022. Formula One Testing, Day Three, Barcelona, Spain. Friday. Michael Andretti says he has approached Gene Haas about selling his Formula 1 team “five or six” times, but the American is refusing to sell up.

How much does Gene Haas spend on F1?

Haas F1 Team to Run with $110 Million Budget Gene Haas has revealed his new team will have a budget of just $100-$110 million (£66-£72 million) for the 2016 season.

Who is the richest F1 owner?

Bernie Ecclestone
Nationality| British
Occupation| Businessman
Years active| 1950–present
Title| Chairman Emeritus of Formula One Group (2017–2020)