Who Is The Richest Person In Your Town?

In his new book, The Richest Man in Town, Worth magazine founder W. Randall Jones writes about his search to identify the richest men or women in 100 towns across the U.S. “Every town has a richest person and I wanted to find out who they were. I started out with the largest cities but wanted to make sure that I included as many states as possible,” he says. “The people on my list have a net worth ranging from $40 billion down to $100 million. Of course, for most Americans $100 million would go pretty far in my hometown of Carrollton, Ga., or pretty much anywhere in the U.S.” What these people all had in common was that all of them plainly enjoy what they do — and that all of them are self-made. Click Here to read the full article.

Share Your Thoughts

In reading the various stories included in the article, what other qualities do you think most of these people have in common?