Alia Tutor Net Worth: Philanthropy & Success Beyond $50M

Alia Tutor’s name is attached to one of the more talked-about philanthropy reversals in recent memory, a $17.5 million pledge to Columbia Law School that made headlines in 2022, only for her to quietly withdraw it three years later. Long before that story, she had already built an identity apart from her husband, construction billionaire Ronald N. Tutor, as a Columbia Law graduate, a former United Nations adviser, and now the president of her own family foundation. Here’s what’s actually documented about her career, her family, and the wealth behind her name.

Date of Birth	August 1, 1971
Age	55 years
Nationality	American
Zodiac Sign	Leo
Occupation	Business Executive & Philanthropist
Full Name	Alia Star Tutor (née Feltenstein)
Husband	Ronald N. Tutor (his third wife)
Children	Twin sons, Ronald and Richard
Stepchildren	Tracy Tutor, Kristin Tutor Eberts

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She is widely recognized as the wife of prominent American businessman Ronald Newton Tutor, chairman and chief executive officer of Tutor Perini and president of Tutor-Saliba Corporation. Beyond that connection, Alia Tutor has built her own record in law, business, and philanthropy, and now leads the Alia Tutor Family Foundation as its president.

Biography

Alia Star Tutor was born in the United States in August 1971, into a family with deep ties to Columbia Law School. Her grandfather, Sidney J. Feltenstein, and great-grandfather, Moses Feltenstein, both graduated from the law school decades apart, as did a cousin on her father’s side. Florida corporate filings for the Alia Tutor Family Foundation list her mother as Lisa Feltenstein, and a Sidney Feltenstein with ties to Nourish Capital and Yorkshire Global Restaurants also appears on the foundation’s paperwork, which is consistent with Feltenstein being her family name before she married. It has not been directly confirmed in any interview or profile, but the surname trail is consistent across every public record available.

On her mother’s side, her grandparents settled near Columbia’s Morningside Heights campus after surviving the Holocaust. Her grandmother, Marie, opened a small boutique clothing store across from the university, a business her mother eventually grew into a local staple. Tutor has pointed to those early memories, picnicking on campus as a child, as the root of her lifelong connection to the school.

Tutor followed her grandfather and great-grandfather to Columbia Law School, graduating with the class of 2000. While there, she was named a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, an honor reserved for students who complete a substantial course load without a grade below B-. She has stayed closely tied to the school ever since through its Dean’s Council.

Career

Long before she became known for philanthropy, Tutor built a career in the private sector. She has held executive roles as vice president of business development for both Nourish Capital and Yorkshire Global Restaurants, two companies where a Sidney Feltenstein, understood to be a close relative, has also held senior positions, so that early career appears to run through her own family’s business network rather than sitting apart from it. She later served as an adviser to the United Nations Office for Partnerships, where she worked to broker collaborations between the UN, corporations, and civil society groups in support of the Millennium Development Goals.

Tutor now leads the Alia Tutor Family Foundation as its president, directing family giving toward healthcare, education, and the arts. At the University of Southern California, she sits on the President’s Council and was an inaugural member of the Keck Medicine of USC Board of Councilors before being elected to the USC Board of Trustees in June 2024, joining her husband, a longtime USC trustee, in that role. In 2014, she endowed the Alia Tutor Chair in Reproductive Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine, a position first held by fertility specialist Dr. Richard Paulson.

Her giving also extends to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, where she serves on the board of directors and the CHLA Foundation Board of Trustees. She funded the hospital’s Global Online Pediatric Subspecialty Training Program and has co-chaired its Government Relations Committee.

Tutor’s most talked-about act of philanthropy involves Columbia Law School. In October 2022, her family foundation pledged $17.5 million toward a full renovation of the school’s law library, at the time the largest single gift in the school’s history, and the space was set to be renamed the Alia Tutor Law Library once construction finished. Columbia later honored her with its 2024 Medal for Excellence, citing both the pledge and her earlier work establishing the Sidney J. Feltenstein ’26 Scholarship Fund in 2020 in her grandfather’s name. In October 2025, however, Tutor withdrew the pledge. Columbia has not publicly explained the reason for the change. Fellow alumnus Li Lu stepped in with a $15 million gift of his own, and the finished space opened in December 2025 as the Li Lu Law Library instead.

Beyond USC, CHLA, and Columbia, Tutor serves on the University of Miami’s Board of Trustees, sits on the board of the Aspen Music Festival and School, and previously served on the board of Indego Africa, a nonprofit supporting women artisans in Rwanda. In February 2024, she joined the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute’s Board of Trustees alongside media banker John Momtazee. The Los Angeles Ballet also honored her with an Angel Award at its 2023 gala for her support of the company.

Personal Life

Tutor is married to Ronald N. Tutor, the chairman and chief executive officer of Tutor Perini Corporation and president of the Tutor-Saliba Corporation. She is his third wife, and the couple lives in Los Angeles. Ronald Tutor built his construction empire from his father’s firm and has led some of the country’s largest infrastructure projects, from Los Angeles subway segments to Las Vegas’s CityCenter development.

The couple has twin sons together, Ronald and Richard. Tutor is also stepmother to her husband’s two daughters from earlier marriages, Tracy Tutor and Kristin Tutor Eberts. Tracy is a familiar face to reality television viewers as a longtime cast member on Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, while Kristin works as an interior designer. Ronald Tutor was also once a co-owner of Miramax Films, though he has since exited that stake, giving the family a brief brush with Hollywood beyond Tracy’s television career.

Tutor keeps a relatively low personal profile online. She has not publicized any personal Instagram, X, or TikTok accounts, and most of what the public knows about her comes through her foundation work and the institutions she serves.

Net Worth

Alia Tutor’s personal net worth has not been independently verified through any court filing, financial disclosure, or credible business publication, and any specific figure attached to her name online should be treated with skepticism. What is documented is the scope of her giving, since her family foundation alone has directed tens of millions of dollars toward Columbia Law, USC’s Keck School of Medicine, and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

Her financial standing is closely tied to her marriage. Ronald Tutor’s fortune, built primarily on his Tutor Perini Corporation holdings, has been estimated at close to $1 billion by outlets covering his construction business, though that figure represents his stock and assets rather than any wealth held independently by his wife. Tutor also draws on her own executive background, having earned income as a vice president at both Nourish Capital and Yorkshire Global Restaurants, roles that appear to run through her own family’s business connections rather than a fully separate career path. Absent a verified figure of her own, it is more accurate to describe her as part of a family with substantial, well-documented wealth than to attach a specific personal number to her name.

FAQs

Who is Alia Tutor’s husband? Alia Tutor is married to Ronald N. Tutor, the chairman and CEO of Tutor Perini Corporation and president of Tutor-Saliba Corporation. She is his third wife, and the couple has twin sons together.

What is Alia Tutor’s maiden name? She has never confirmed it directly in an interview or profile, but public filings for the Alia Tutor Family Foundation list her mother as Lisa Feltenstein, and the surname matches her grandfather, Sidney J. Feltenstein. Every public record points to Feltenstein as her family name before marriage.

Does Alia Tutor have children? Yes. She and Ronald Tutor have twin sons, Ronald and Richard. She is also stepmother to his daughters from earlier marriages, Tracy Tutor and Kristin Tutor Eberts.

What is Alia Tutor’s net worth? There is no independently verified figure for her personal net worth. Her family’s wealth is tied largely to her husband’s stake in Tutor Perini Corporation, which outlets have estimated at close to $1 billion.

Did Alia Tutor really donate to Columbia Law School? Yes. In 2022, her family foundation pledged $17.5 million to renovate Columbia Law’s library, but she withdrew the pledge in October 2025. The renovated library opened later that year as the Li Lu Law Library, named for a different donor.

Where did Alia Tutor go to school? She graduated from Columbia Law School in 2000, where she was named a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.