Considered as the fourth largest landowner in the U.S., Brad Kelley is an American businessman with an estimated net worth of $2.2 billion as of April 2016 according to Forbes.

Currently, Brad Kelley holds interests in Kelley Conservation Foundation, NC2 Media and Vaon Technologies. In 1991, he founded the cigarette company, Commonwealth Brands. Several years later, he sold Commonwealth Brands to Houchens Industries for $1 billion.

Though his business is cigarette and tobacco, Brad Kelley was never a smoker. He claimed that he has never defended smoking and in fact, he wishes them to phase out from society. At the time of writing, Brad Maurice Kelly owns 1.7 million acres of ranching land in New Mexico, Florida and Texas.

Brad Maurice Kelley was born on 1956 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He is currently married to Susan Kelley with whom he has three children. The family currently lives in Franklin, Tennessee and Wyoming. After spending a short time with Western Kentucky University, he left the academe to pursue his business interests.