- Source of Wealth: Business
- Birth Place: Lake Providence East Carroll Parish Louisiana, USA
- Marital Status: Married (Caroline “Dee” Wyly)
- Full Name: Charles Wyly, Jr.
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: October 13, 1933
- Occupation: Businessman, Philantropist, and Civil Leader
- Education: Louisiana Tech University
- Children: 4
Charles Wyly, Jr. was an American businessman, entrepreneur, civic leader, philanthropist, and a significant contributor to art projects in Dallas, Texas as well as Republican causes. He had an estimated net worth of $1 billion.
He was able to build the AT&T Performing Arts Center, which was located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas. Last 2006, Forbes estimated that he had an estimated net worth of $1 billion. Sam Wyly, his younger brother almost has the same wealth. The brothers also became close in their business affairs and people often referred to them as the “Wyly brothers.” The brothers were able to donate almost $2.5 million to an excess of two hundred Republican committees and candidates at the federal level in the past two decades. Wyly also got inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame of the Louisiana Tech University in 2003 as a football player of the Bulldogs.