Joe Shoen


Edward Joseph Shoen is an American billionaire businessman and lawyer. He is the president, chairman, and chief executive officer of U-Haul Holding Company, the holding company of U-Haul International. His efforts managing U-Haul have been credited with the company's expansion in the self-moving business.
As of August 2023, Shoen was estimated to have a net worth of $4.1 billion.

Early life and education

Joe Shoen is the third son of U-Haul founder Leonard Shoen. He was raised in Phoenix, Arizona. He attended the College of the Holy Cross, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, and then received a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He wrote his thesis at Harvard on self-storage businesses.
Immediately after graduating from Harvard, Shoen became a member of the executive board of U-Haul. He quit briefly in 1978 and attended the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, where he earned a Juris Doctor degree in 1981.

Personal life

As of 2017, Shoen lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife, Sylvia, and two sons: Carty and Joseph.