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12-13-2020 09:22 PM
Interesting...I checked it out. Most are billionaires but one family only has several hundred million. (Cant remember which one).
The irony is that Bill Gates who is the second wealthiest in the US is not on the list because the wealthiest person lives in the same state!....he didn't make the list! LOL!
12-13-2020 09:29 PM - edited 12-13-2020 09:30 PM
@haddon9 wrote:Interesting...I checked it out. Most are billionaires but one family only has several hundred million. (Cant remember which one).
The irony is that Bill Gates who is the second wealthiest in the US is not on the list because the wealthiest person lives in the same state!....he didn't make the list! LOL!
@haddon9 I'm surprised he even is second since he gives most of it away.
12-13-2020 09:55 PM
@haddon9 wrote:Interesting...I checked it out. Most are billionaires but one family only has several hundred million. (Cant remember which one).
The irony is that Bill Gates who is the second wealthiest in the US is not on the list because the wealthiest person lives in the same state!....he didn't make the list! LOL!
He is the second wealthiest in the world.
12-14-2020 09:19 AM - edited 12-14-2020 09:40 AM
@shoesnbags wrote:
@bmorechick wrote:Dang, wish it were my name on that list!! Most of that is old money...people with vision and willing to take a chance. They say money won’t make you happy but I can tell you I’d be one happy happy fool after counting pennies all my adult life🥴. Paycheck to paycheck. One reason We haven’t retired yet. I know, be grateful I have something to count.
Tom Benson (Louisiana) definitely wasn't old money. He was a poor boy who made his fortune first with auto dealerships and then in banking. Finally he got into sports franchises, buying the Saints in 1985 and the Pelicans in 2012. Definitely a self made man. Benson passed in 2018 and left his fortune to his third wife, Gayle.
Tom Benson's influence spread to our city here in Texas he had his Chevrolet dealership's here too....I still remember the commercial jingle they had when I was a kid, "Tom Benson Chevrolet has a deal for you, a deal for your children, and their children too...." 🚗
He also did a lot in our community.. He established an endowment fund in honor of his son who died of cancer, and also established a library in honor of his son......In fact most recent, 2008, a small college was going to start having a football team and Tom and his wife built the small stadium on campus that is named in their honor..."Gayle And Tom Benson Stadium"...........
12-14-2020 09:30 AM
@Group 5 minus 1 wrote:Hubbs told me I spelled De Vos incorrectly. Sorry.
Living where we do (western MI) the Meijer and Devos,Van Andelsl have given a lot to the
different communties here.
i live near grand rapids and without these three families, GR wouldn't be nearly as prosperous. The medical facilities show that, too.
12-14-2020 12:47 PM
Good for them. Hope they enjoy the fruits of their labor.
12-14-2020 01:07 PM - edited 12-14-2020 01:08 PM
@Hoovermom wrote:Good for them. Hope they enjoy the fruits of their labor.
More than likely the fruits of their great great grandfather's labor.
12-14-2020 01:19 PM
@tansy wrote:
@Hoovermom wrote:Good for them. Hope they enjoy the fruits of their labor.
More than likely the fruits of their great great grandfather's labor.
@tansy : However they got it, good for them.
12-14-2020 01:48 PM
Interesting to read how they made their fortunes. Thanks for posting.
12-14-2020 01:50 PM
I guess I'm neutral about such fortunes. I'm not particularly impressed by it, and it doesn't give me a warm tingle unless it comes with grace, humility (no stuff about doing it all on their own), and a desire to share it in order to make this a better world.
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