Founders & Entrepreneurs

Bill Hynes Net Worth 2026: UFD Founder and Stadium Truck Racer

Bill Hynes founded United Fiber & Data and Think Loud in York, Pennsylvania, and races the No. 57 Stadium Super Truck. No reputable outlet has published a figure for his net worth.

Bill Hynes
Full name
William Hynes
Known as
Bill Hynes
Profession
Entrepreneur, racing driver
Born
January 31, 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality
American
Source of wealth
United Fiber & Data, Think Loud Studios and Think Loud Development, real estate
In this article
  1. What is Bill Hynes's net worth?
  2. Where the money comes from
  3. Early life and education
  4. Professional life
  5. Racing career
  6. Legal cases and recent news (2023–2025)
  7. Personal life, age and height
  8. Why there is no reliable figure

No reputable outlet has published an estimate of Bill Hynes's net worth. An earlier version of this page gave $14 million and a salary table with no source, and it described him as the founder of the Stadium Super Trucks series, which he did not create. We have removed those claims. What the record does show is a York, Pennsylvania entrepreneur who founded the fiber company United Fiber & Data, races the No. 57 truck in Stadium Super Trucks, and has spent years in court over the money that passed through his companies.

What is Bill Hynes's net worth?

There is no figure from Forbes, Bloomberg, Celebrity Net Worth or any business publication. The $14 million number that circulates online has no traceable origin. Two things make any estimate hard. First, most of his ventures are private limited liability companies that do not publish accounts. Second, his best-known company, United Fiber & Data (UFD), ended badly for its investors: according to the York Daily Record, UFD sold its remaining assets, including its data lines, to Cablevision Lightpath for $36.6 million in June 2024, less than half of the more than $85 million the company owed. That sale does not point to a large equity payout for founders.

Bill Hynes
Bill Hynes

Where the money comes from

Hynes's income has come from a string of businesses rather than from racing prize money. His official website lists the ventures he says he founded or runs:

  • Think Loud Studios, which began as a recording studio in York and, by his account, now covers creator development, TikTok Shop agency work, podcasting and content production.
  • Think Loud Development, a commercial real estate developer in Pennsylvania.
  • United Fiber & Data, the long-haul fiber network company he founded.
  • 101st Holdings, a commercial property holding company.
  • BKS Capital, an investment vehicle.
  • Newer brands including Mastermine (computing and energy infrastructure), Bombe (edge data centers), Brumby Brew coffee and Rocqua skincare.
  • ThrillCast, an interview show with racers and founders, and Team UFD Racing, his motorsport team.

None of these companies publishes revenue or profit, so their value to him cannot be measured from public records. Treat the list as a map of his activity, not as proof of wealth.

Early life and education

Wikipedia records that William Hynes was born on January 31, 1972, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, which makes him 54 in 2026. He went to Union Catholic Regional High School, spent part of his sophomore year at Hillside High School, and graduated from Union Catholic in 1990. While still a junior he joined the U.S. Army Reserve as a military police officer, and after school he served during the Gulf War era and was stationed in Panama. His website also describes him as a military veteran.

He holds a degree in business administration. Before business ownership he worked as a corrections officer recruit with the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission in 1996 and 1997, as an operations manager for Velocity Express in the Lehigh Valley, and as a warehouse supervisor at a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Philadelphia.

Professional life

The career timeline below is drawn from Wikipedia and the York Daily Record.

YearEvent
2002Became a real estate agent, with holdings in Arizona and Colorado
Late 2000s101st Holdings, which held two commercial buildings, closed during the Great Recession
2011Founded Think Loud Development with members of the rock band Live to redevelop struggling parts of Pennsylvania
2012The same group formed United Fiber & Data
2014UFD became primary sponsor of James Hinchcliffe's IndyCar for Andretti Autosport; Hynes made his Stadium Super Trucks debut in Toronto
2015Live's members left Think Loud
2019UFD built a 340-mile fiber cable from Ashburn, Virginia, to New York City; in November Hynes stepped down as CEO after an arrest, staying on the board
2020UFD and investor Louis Appell III sued Hynes and former co-CEO Chad Taylor over use of company funds
2022That civil case was settled in August
2023State police filed charges alleging he took about $4.39 million from UFD; he denies them
2024UFD sold its remaining assets to Cablevision Lightpath for $36.6 million
2025His defamation suit against Chad Taylor was settled in March

See also: Bill Duker Net Worth

Racing career

Hynes is a racer, but not the creator of Stadium Super Trucks. According to Wikipedia, he started in the series at the 2014 Honda Indy Toronto, finishing seventh in his first race. His best championship result was fourth in 2022, and he placed seventh in 2024. As of May 2026 he had made 130 starts with one win and six podiums, all in the No. 57 truck. He also raced in Aussie Racing Cars from 2017 to 2019 and has driven sports cars and touring cars.

Through UFD he was a long-running sponsor in IndyCar. The company backed Andretti Autosport from 2013, including a primary deal on Hinchcliffe's car in 2014, and later sponsored Marco Andretti and Carlos Muñoz. The Appell lawsuit alleged the Andretti deal was worth $11 million a year and that UFD had to pay the team $9 million when it ended in 2015. For another motorsport business profile, see Bob Germain.

Much of what is public about Hynes's finances comes from litigation, reported mainly by the York Daily Record.

  • Theft charges. In 2023 Pennsylvania State Police charged him with taking nearly $4.4 million from UFD and related businesses while he was CEO. He has said he is innocent, and as of the April 2025 report the charges were still pending.
  • Rolling Stone and defamation. In a February 2023 Rolling Stone feature, Live guitarist Chad Taylor accused Hynes of taking more than $10 million from him and the band. Hynes sued Taylor for defamation. In a March 2025 affidavit Taylor said his earlier impressions were incomplete and that investors had known of and backed Hynes's running of the companies. The suit was then settled on undisclosed terms.
  • UFD's end. The 2024 asset sale for $36.6 million left the company well short of its debt of more than $85 million.

These are allegations and settlements, not findings of guilt. We will update this section if the criminal case is resolved.

Personal life, age and height

Hynes is 54 years old as of September 2026. No reliable source we found gives his height or weight, so the figures on the old version of this page have been removed. The earlier page also named a wife; we could not confirm that from any source, so it has been dropped. Hynes posts as @thethrill57, the handle shown on his official site.

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Why there is no reliable figure

Published net worth numbers for private business owners are usually guesses unless a company is sold, listed or reported in a court filing. In Hynes's case the public filings point in different directions: large sums flowed through UFD, Think Loud and the Andretti sponsorship, but UFD ended with more debt than assets and he faces pending charges over some of that money. Until a reputable publication does its own reporting, the honest answer is that his net worth is not known.

Frequently asked questions

What is Bill Hynes's net worth?

No reputable outlet has published a net worth for Bill Hynes. The $14 million figure seen online has no source. His best-known company, United Fiber & Data, sold its remaining assets for $36.6 million in 2024, less than half its debt of more than $85 million, according to the York Daily Record.

What does Bill Hynes do professionally?

Bill Hynes is a York, Pennsylvania entrepreneur and racing driver. He founded United Fiber & Data and Think Loud Development, runs Think Loud Studios and several smaller brands, and races the No. 57 truck in Stadium Super Trucks for Team UFD Racing. He did not found the Stadium Super Trucks series.

How old is Bill Hynes?

Bill Hynes was born on January 31, 1972, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, according to Wikipedia, so he is 54 years old in 2026. No reliable source publishes his height or weight.

What happened between Bill Hynes and the band Live?

Hynes founded Think Loud Development with members of Live in 2011. Guitarist Chad Taylor later accused him in Rolling Stone of taking over $10 million. Hynes sued for defamation, Taylor filed an affidavit saying his impressions had been incomplete, and the case settled in March 2025.

Was Bill Hynes charged with theft?

Yes. In 2023 Pennsylvania State Police charged Hynes with taking about $4.39 million from United Fiber & Data and related companies while he was CEO. He has maintained his innocence, and the York Daily Record reported in April 2025 that the charges were still pending.

Who is Bill Hynes's wife?

We could not confirm Bill Hynes's marital status from any reliable source. An earlier version of this page named a wife without citing anything, so that claim has been removed until a credible source reports it.

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hynes
  2. York Daily Record (via Yahoo News): https://www.yahoo.com/news/live-guitarist-chad-taylor-settles-172833681.html
  3. Bill Hynes official website: https://billhynes.com/

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