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Billionaire Optometrist Snaps up $65 Million New Build in Manalapan, Florida - Mansion Global

Anyone know billionaire OD Bernie Wertheim? He's got a sweet new house!
 
Joe DiGiorgio O.D. said:
He has a whole lotta Brain Power.

Interesting, he is 86, and still buying new properties. Hoping he gets his money's worth.
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BPI. Tints right?
Brain Power Inc.

Must have been worth selling the patent rights and then invested well.

I did read he was divorced in 2025 so he is ready for whatever I guess.
 
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Ken Elder said:
Honestly….im not sure I have.
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Are you familiar with the tint units for tinting spectacle lenses?

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Joe DiGiorgio O.D. said:
Maybe he had a prestigious practice with upscale patients.
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Dr. Herbie, as his friends call him, is a chatty 85-year-old optometrist and businessman who over a period of decades astutely put profits from BPI, a company he founded that makes optical tints, into a portfolio of successful stocks–from Microsoft and Apple to Amazon and aerospace firm Heico. In 2019, Forbes published an article about Herbie, calling him “the most successful investor you’ve never heard of,” worth an estimated $2.3 billion at the time. Since then, his investments have greatly increased in value.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kerrya...wife-who-alleges-he-misappropriated-millions/
 
Jeff Guthrie said:
into a portfolio of successful stocks–from Microsoft and Apple to Amazon and aerospace firm Heico.
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Dang, I got 3 or of 4 of those. If only I had added Heico to my portfolio.
Microsoft--yep
Apple-- Uh huh
Amazon--for sure

Heico--dang, I missed out on that one.

I have seen previous articles about him. He has also donated huge sums to optometry schools.
 
Jeff Guthrie said:
Dr. Herbie, as his friends call him, is a chatty 85-year-old optometrist and businessman
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I wonder if he enjoyed going into the office and fitting those ole B&L B3 and B4's back in the day? Or maybe he was majorly into those old PMMA lenses?

So how the heck did he think of those dip thingies for gradient tints in those tint tanks. He made a tint called True Black that was more resistant to turning pinkish/reddish as it got older. Just an all around smart dude.
 
Joe DiGiorgio O.D. said:
I wonder if he enjoyed going into the office and fitting those ole B&L B3 and B4's back in the day? Or maybe he was majorly into those old PMMA lenses?

So how the heck did he think of those dip thingies for gradient tints in those tint tanks. He made a tint called True Black that was more resistant to turning pinkish/reddish as it got older. Just an all around smart dude.
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Apparently the really valuable innovation was a liquid tint for plastic lenses that added UV filtering.... just as the US government needed to starting buying millions of sunglasses to fight in Vietnam...
 
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