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Richest person you know

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californiagrown
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whose the richest person you know, and what did they do to aquire their wealth?

You have to actually know this person too, like they would for sure greet you by your first name whenever they saw you...it cant be someone you met a few times.
Apr 21 2011 2:07PM
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LS.
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went to high schools with some of the albertsons, grocery store thats in like 8 states
Apr 21 2011 2:10PM
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SPskier543
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either my grandpa who owned milton bradley (connect four, candy land games) or my uncle who owns The Food Bag gas stations/convenience stores
Apr 21 2011 2:11PM
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*rkp*
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my parents are quite good friends with Tom Budd.

former investment banker.

he was Calgary's first billionaire.
Apr 21 2011 2:13PM
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Randy_Quench
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Dan Brown.

He is part of the big brother/big sister program and his "little brother" is a friend of mine.
Apr 21 2011 2:15PM
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Shark.
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one of my high school friends has a ridiculous amount of old money. His dad was a Rockefeller descendant and his mum descendant from Warren Buffet. talk about bi-winning.
Apr 21 2011 2:16PM
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Blurst
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Can't tell if this is real or not.
Apr 21 2011 2:17PM
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JibbaTheHutt
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i don't know the exact figure but my uncle sold his business for at least £2million ($3.5million, roughly)
Apr 21 2011 2:18PM
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240sxKid
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I pretty much live a block away from warren buffet.

/Claim
Apr 21 2011 2:18PM
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Anathema
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this cute little lady that i know lives in a fucking palace in one of the richer neighborhoods in all of the US and goes yachting in the caribbean and rides horses worth more than our homes..

dont hit me plz ;)
Apr 21 2011 2:19PM
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SPskier543
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why wouldnt it be real? if i were to make something up, i would say bill gates or something like that

Apr 21 2011 2:19PM
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Blurst
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Well thats not believable at all but something like milton bradley certainly is.
Apr 21 2011 2:21PM
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californiagrown
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ummm warren buffet is like 70, so the mom is either the daughter or a niece?


And old money for the win. Anyone heard of the Hearst Castle? all the OLD yay area gold rush era families get to kick it there for a few weeks out of the year, when they close it off to the public. nothing short of epic.
Apr 21 2011 2:25PM
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.frenchy
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Haha no way.. There is a food bag in my town!
Apr 21 2011 2:26PM
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kozy
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My whole neighbourhood is pretty rich million dollar + homes, but as for richest my one neighbor is apparently worth 60+ mill and another was laughing while telling me about the guy who is suing him for 10 mill

Apr 21 2011 2:26PM
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pmsnow
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My moms friends own the palms, the kings, and have a skateboard competition named after them. Unfortunately she never boinked them so I am not rich :(
Apr 21 2011 2:27PM
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TechnoPotamus
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this guy i know from the gym i go to. his parents opened the place...it's this massive place in NJ with a dome and baseball complex in addition to the gym, and the parents are the parents of the baseball player Jack Cust who plays for the mariners now i think.

look it up...

Healthquest of Hunterdon, NJ
Jack Cust Baseball Academy

they are so fuckin loaded it's disgusting
Apr 21 2011 2:29PM
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rudager
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My girlfriend's dad is the VP of an NEXEN Energy (Oil and Other).

Besides that, my old neighbours owned a hotel in Lake Louise, they had such a nice Lambo
Apr 21 2011 2:31PM
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broto
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a guy named mark congell. he went to high school with my dad. this guys dad builds malls and rents out space to companies for a living. has like 10+ malls in NY.

i have a camp on the same lake as him and sometimes we boat down to his house. he's got a heated pool that's like 14 feet deep with a hot tub set in stone, guest house the size of a normal house, tennis court, multiple wooden boats in perfect shape that are pre 50's in a big ass boathouse, high dive, and like a whole gang of landscapers that are there constantly. it's crazy. and that's just his summer home.
Apr 21 2011 2:34PM
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.AR6rider.
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Hmm...I know Shane Battier on a first name basis because my dad is good friends with his father-in-law and represents Shane, so I see him a lot/have gone to family gatherings and whatnot haha. Also, A friend of mine that I go to school with now is rich as fuck, drives a Carrera to school, lives in a penthouse apartment in a rich town all funded by his parents, but I have no idea what they do. Um...my neighbor's house is like 14,000 sq ft, they have an indoor and outdoor pool, tennis court, full gym, and full basketball court in their "basement" I think he used to be a partial owner of the Cavs, and they own some local corporation or something. My parents live in a very rich town, so most of my neighbors are extremely wealthy for one reason or another. The guy down the street just built a new house with a 25 car garage. It's the biggest house I've ever seen in real life.

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Apr 21 2011 2:37PM
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icantskiiFILM
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my uncle owns a HUGE construction company in new jersey. they build towns or huge shopping plazas and stuff like that. homes as well. he owns a rediculous number of cars and has the nicest house ever. prob around 10 mil for that house alone.
Apr 21 2011 2:41PM
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yelsel
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MaryLou Whitney
Apr 21 2011 2:43PM
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Jane6
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/thread for golddigging
Apr 21 2011 2:45PM
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chuck_testa
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in my old school a kids dad was in the NFL.. So yea they have money.
Apr 21 2011 2:47PM
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californiagrown
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not necessarily...actually they probly dont have nearly as much as you think.
Apr 21 2011 2:55PM
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DirtyDan
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One of my friends has an xbox I think.
Apr 21 2011 2:55PM
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Ski_the_east01
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common misconception...unless he is a one of really well known players

most careers in the nfl only last a few years and even earning a million dollars a season is not even close to being considered rich
Apr 21 2011 2:57PM
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Ski_the_east01
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common misconception...unless he is a one of really well known players

most careers in the nfl only last a few years and even earning a million dollars a season is not even close to being considered rich
Apr 21 2011 2:57PM
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mistahfabbydavis
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Hey I jus took out 100 Euros today, thats like $140, wanna hook up?
Apr 21 2011 3:01PM
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futurespin
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My great great uncle is Barney Pressman. Founded the Barney's department store in NYC. His grandkids ran it into the ground but it sold for $ 930 mil in 2007.
Apr 21 2011 3:02PM
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throwin_steeze
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my fish is pretty rich. he has his own personal cave! hes so rich he gets to poop wherever he wants!
Apr 21 2011 3:09PM
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Style+eeze
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Friend's grandpa started weyerhauser, his dad inherited it and is worth 120 mil
Apr 21 2011 3:10PM
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amo
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i thought it was this dude named jeff vinik, who used to be my baseball coach, but i was looking on bostons 50 wealthiest people and right above jeff vinik was edward linde, the father of the girl who i'm talking to on AIM right now. (vinik is worth $515mil, linde is worth $546)
Apr 21 2011 3:16PM
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jmason
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this
Apr 21 2011 3:23PM
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hey-dude-its-me
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my ex girlfriend
Apr 21 2011 3:48PM
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BarryFeinstein
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I have had many wealthy clients, although I would consider myself wealthier than any of the persons I have served.
Apr 21 2011 3:49PM
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Timotheezy.
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the dike family, owner of bushmaster guns n shit, live a few miles from me
Apr 21 2011 3:58PM
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Skittle.
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my good buddy has a shit ton of land in texas where they drill for oil so he has quite a bit, other friends' grandparents own like a famous island er some shit, theyre the worthingtons
Apr 21 2011 4:17PM
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H8CH
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I spoke to Shane Battier in the grocery store once - he was in front of me in Houston...

Big tall fucker... first famous BBall player i've ever met - in fact, first murican sports star i've met - super nice guy actually.

Apr 21 2011 4:20PM
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ImNotARacist
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Larry Miller
Apr 21 2011 4:21PM
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steep
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My dads boss and good family friend. This guy is extremely wealthy. He is a successful business man, owned the celtics for 6 years, and when he sold them he netted around 220 million dollars of profit. He has a large fleet of yachts and private jets. He has a ton of cars and over 10 houses. He also does oil/water/electricity out in Texas. Guys insanely rich
Apr 21 2011 4:22PM
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KillaSeason
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one of my friends dad owns a steel company, pretty rich. I have no idea what my other friends parents do but shes got a fucking huge house...
Apr 21 2011 4:24PM
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Username_42069
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I don't know what you consider to be rich, but a mil a year over the course of several years( on top of zero debt from school, assuming
Apr 21 2011 4:28PM
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.AR6rider.
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Haha yeah he's super chill. Also about 6'9" I think. He went to high school in my town, and a lot of his family still lives here, so that's how our families kinda got hooked up. His son is also gonna be huge. I saw him when he was like 1.5 years old and he was probably 3 feet tall and dunking on a kids mini basketball hoop already haha.
Apr 21 2011 4:28PM
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S.C
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The eargens (sp?) go to my school. multi-Billionaires they own dish network
Apr 21 2011 4:29PM
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Lt-Aldo-Raine
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My friends parents.
Both are well know plastic surgeons.
Apr 21 2011 4:29PM
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Brenone
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I worked for Joseph Moinian for 4 years. He is/was a multi billioanire real estate developer. Hes also a giant scumbag.
I've met a few other billionaire real estate moguls in my line of work. Rick Hilton, Ian Schrager, Avi Banyasz (Managing partner of a company called Westbrook Partners)
Ive met quite a few millionaires also. I find the more money most of them have the bigger ego they have, but thats NYC for you.
Apr 21 2011 4:30PM
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H8CH
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Battier is actually a great player I think... the Rockets down here miss him I think....

Anyway - as for the thread - probably me...

Apr 21 2011 4:31PM
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Username_42069
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They were playing on scholarship), is more that enough to put you in the top 90% of income ea
Apr 21 2011 4:32PM
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1337
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yup, you're probably the richest person i know, or my grandfather
Apr 21 2011 4:32PM
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Mt_P0wDerJuNkIe
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I was a caddy  at a super exclusive golf course for a couple years. Charles Schwab was the richest dude Ive ever caddy'd for. He also owned the golf course I worked at. He was super chill, nice and pretty fun to caddy for.
Apr 21 2011 4:59PM
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