Amos Barr Hostetter Jr. (born January 12, 1937) is an American businessman, who was the founder, chairman, and CEO of Continental Cablevision. With an estimated current[update] net worth of around $3.5 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 538th richest person in the world as of 2020.[4] He has also served as the chairman of C-SPAN.
Hostetter is currently chairman of Pilot House Associates, LLC.
In 1999, Amos and his wife, Barbara Walsh founded the Barr Foundation which has given out over $710 million in the 21 years since. In 2016, the foundation had assets totaling $1.6 billion and focuses its philanthropy in the Boston region.[6]
Personal life
In 1982, Hostetter married Barbara Lynn Walsh of Lakeville, Connecticut in an Episcopal ceremony.[2] They have three children: Caroline, Elizabeth, and Tripp.[3]
In 2003, Hostetter purchased the historic Second Harrison Gray Otis House on Mount Vernon Street in Boston for an estimated $12 million.[7]
He is a Life Trustee at Amherst College, his alma mater. Barbara and Amos founded the Barr Foundation in Boston and remain trustees.[8] The $1.6 billion foundation, one of the state's largest philanthropies, makes grants for the arts, education, and climate change.[9] Hostetter donated to the Lincoln Project, a Republican-led super PAC.[10]
^Donahue, Chris. "Pingry dedicates", Courier News (Somerville, New Jersey), May 10, 2003. Accessed February 11, 2011. "The center is named after the late parents of Amos B. Hostetter Jr., who graduated from Pingry in 1954 and his sister Janet Hostetter Wilson."