Lynsi Snyder Biography
Lynsi Snyder (Full name- Lynsi Lavelle Snyder-Ellingson) is an American billionaire businesswoman who was born on May 5, 1982, Glendora, California, U.S.
She is the owner and heiress of the In-N-Out Burger company. She is the only child of Lynda and H. Guy Snyder and the only grandchild of Harry and Esther Snyder, who founded In-N-Out in 1948.
In 2012, Snyder was the youngest American female billionaire, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. As the sole beneficiary of family trusts, she is currently In-N-Out’s majority owner and ultimately received control of the company’s stock in its entirety on her 35th birthday, becoming the sole owner.
Lynsi Snyder Family
Snyder was born to Lynda Lou (née Wilson) and Harry Guy Snyder in Glendora, California. She is of Dutch descent on her father’s side. Snyder’s parents separated when she was 12. Subsequently, she moved with her mother to the small town of Shingletown, California, where she lived on a ranch and graduated from Redding Christian School, a private high school in Palo Cedro, California, that her parents helped found.
Eventually, her parents divorced in January 1997. She has two older half-sisters (Traci and Teri) through her mother. Traci is married to former In-N-Out President and current COO Mark Taylor. In 1993, Snyder’s uncle Rich died in a plane crash, and her father died in 1999 from an accidental drug overdose.
Lynsi Snyder Spouse
Lynsi Snyder has four children and has been married four times. She was first married to Jeremiah Seawell (2000–2003). Seawell was a local boy from Redding, California, and was Snyder’s high school sweetheart. The couple married shortly after her 18th birthday, in summer 2000, and moved back to her hometown of Glendora. They separated within two years and eventually divorced in 2003.
Her second husband was Richard Martinez (2004–2011) a former In-N-Out employee. Lynsi Snyder gave birth to fraternal twins (one boy, one girl) before filing for divorce in September 2010. The divorce was finalized in late 2011.
While still married to Martinez, Snyder began dating Val Torres Jr., a race car driver, in 2010. She gave birth to their son on July 15, 2011. Her divorce from Martinez was finalized later in 2011 whereby she married Torres in a small ceremony, shortly after. In 2013, Snyder filed for divorce from Torres with the marriage officially ending the following year.
Lynsi Snyder became engaged to another ex-In-N-Out employee, Sean Ellingson, a native of La Verne, California, in May 2014. They married on July 5 of that year in Malibu, California, and had a small ceremony in her hometown of Glendora. In late 2014, Snyder gave birth to their son, her fourth child. Ellingson is the older brother of actor Evan Ellingson. Presently, she is still married to Ellingson.
Lynsi Snyder Age
Snyder was born on May 5, 1982, Glendora, California, to a father of Dutch descent. Her parents separated when she was 12. Snyder is 37 years old as of 2019.
Lynsi Snyder House
Lynsi Snyder reportedly purchased a 7-bedroom, 16-bathroom mansion with 16,600 square feet (1,540 m2) of interior space in Bradbury, California in August 2012. It was said to be bought from Texas Rangers third baseman Adrián Beltré for a sum in excess of US$17 million. Snyder has stated that she works primarily out of the Baldwin Park office, home of In-N-Out University and formerly company headquarters, rather than the Irvine corporate headquarters because it is closer to her Bradbury home.
Lynsi Snyder Email
lsnyder@innout.com
Lynsi Snyder Net Worth
Lynsi Snyder’s grandparents opened the first In-N-Out in Los Angeles in 1948. After her grandfather died in 1976, her uncle, Rich Snyder, took over the family business. Uncle Rich ran In-N-Out until he was killed in a plane crash in 1993. At that point, Snyder’s dad, Gary Snyder, took over the family business. His mother supervised Gary’s tenure at In-N-Out as Gary was a drug addict. Gary was at the helm of the burger empire until he died from a prescription drug overdose in 1999.
In 2006, Lynsi Snyder’s grandmother died and as the only biological Snyder heir, Lynsi inherited the entire company. She became president of In-N-Out when she was just 28 years old. At the age of 35, she became the sole owner of the company. Snyder has an estimated net worth of $3 billion.
Forbes
Forbes magazine ranked Lynsi Snyder at position 271 in the list of the top 400 richest Americans in 2018. Forbes also ranked her at position 745 in the world’s richest individuals in 2019.