Dallas Cowboys Owner Together with her brother B. Wayne Hughes Jr., Tamara Gustavson sits on the board of Public Storage. Phil Knight established the sportswear giant with Bill Bowerman in 1962 as Blue Ribbon Sports and is still closely involved with the company. She previously served as the company's vice president and is its largest shareholder with an 11% stake.Gustavson is also the chairwoman of the board of another of her father's companies, American Homes 4 Rent, a publicly traded real estate investment trust focused on single-family rental homes.An alumna of the University of Southern California, Gustavson is married with two children. The Wysses, who reside in Wilson, are major charity donors, having doled out millions to organizations that protect the environment, promote social justice and undertake scientific research. Pierre and Pamela Omidyar are renowned philanthropists, having committed hundreds of millions of dollars to good causes throughout the world.The richest person in Idaho may be health products entrepreneur Frank VanderSloot, who has a net worth of $3.8 billion, but the wealthiest family is the Simplot clan. Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. She resides in Lexington at Spendthrift Farm, the racehorse breeding farm that is home to 2017 Preakness Stakes winner Cloud Computing.The only other Kentuckian to be on Forbes' list of the 400 wealthiest American is Gustavson's father, who is No. Since then, the real estate mogul has developed property valued in the billions, bought a major baseball team and become the largest private landowner in the Washington DC area.
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While their wealth may be modest compared to others in this round-up, this business has allowed each family to accumulate a net worth of $300 million.The Shoens rule the roost in Arizona. Olen Properties Founder