Yes, you have to click for each one.
And yes, I'm easily amused.
Are there now only 44 states?
I thought there were 57.
Negative people hate billionaires, but I am inspired by billionaires, especially when I read many of their life stories.
My first billionaire inspiration was George Mitchell, when he was just another $400mm guy in the Fortune 500. He was the son of Armenian immigrants and built a Texas oil empire. I used to work staking his west Texas oil wells. He was a very generous and incredibly creative man. He helped my father start his own business. (I think he liked that my dad was an immigrant who came to America with nothing.) He invented the rotating drill bit that unleashed the fracking revolution. IIRC, he sold the design to Baker Hughes, who improved it and caused it to really take off. He sold his Mitchell Energy company to Devon Energy late in life.
He was known for his philanthropy, gave away many millions. Billionaires are the only people in the world that CAN give away many millions.
I love this kind of stuff, too!
Here are all of the Wisconsin billionaires that made the list, in order of net worth:
John Menard Jr., founder of Menards, $14.2 billion
Herbert Kohler Jr. and family, executive chairman of Kohler Company, $9.8 billion
Diane Hendricks, owner of Hendricks Holding Company and ABC Supply Co., $8 billion
Judy Faulkner, founder and CEO of Epic Systems, $6 billion
James Cargill Jr., Cargill Inc., $3.6 billion
S. Curtis Johnson, S.C. Johnson & Sons, $3.6 billion
Helen Johnson-Leipold, chairwoman and CEO of Johnson Outdoors, $3.6 billion
H. Fisk Johnson, chairman and CEO of S.C. Johnson & Sons, $3.5 billion
Lumber yard, plumbing supplies, toilets, bathtubs & sinks, hospital computer systems, food and OTC medicines and personal hygiene items.
Doesn’t get much better than that!
I appreciate your postings, but....
I’ll NEVER click on a Forbes link again! Unfriendly trash!