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  1. 1/23/2007, 10:12 PM #1
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    Who's the richest person you know personally?

    I'm being crass, here; talking about money. Not being rich in the really important stuff like love, family, friends, health, freedom, peace of mind, faith, SF.com sponsorships, etc. Nope, none of that really good stuff, just MONEY.

    I know a guy who is the top dog of a utility company. His daughters go to school with mine (they could definitely afford a much more expensive school.) The guy recently got about $7 million in stock options. He's a real down to earth guy, smallish, humble, polite, considerate, very smart of course, just like your average Joe, but he drives a brand new shiny black Aston-Martin. He said it's supposed to go 192 mph, but he's only gotten it up to 150. I haven't asked to drive it yet.

    Last month, his family hosted a Christmas party for the girls on the school soccer team. Instead of giving directions to his house, he just hired two stretch Caddy Escalades to haul the girls over there. His wife is a sweety, too. Just like all the other moms, except for the bank account. His girls are nice too. Mrs TU was collecting money ($18) for some sweat shirts, and the girl wanted to know if we had change for a fifty. Heck, I'm flush if I've got $20 on me at any given time, including the change wearing a hole in my Dockers.

    Anyway, them be the wealthiest folks I know.
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  2. 1/23/2007, 10:19 PM #2
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    Re: Who's the richest person you know personally?

    You mean, like hang out with, or just have met.

    Because I'll win if it's just have met. Unless jkm has actually met Bill Gates...

    Anyways, the company I work for is owned by Berkshire Hathaway, and I had the honor of meeting it's owner a while back.

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  3. 1/23/2007, 10:20 PM #3
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    Re: Who's the richest person you know personally?

    This friend of mine buys in bulk.

    I wish I was loaded like that.
  4. 1/23/2007, 10:22 PM #4
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    Re: Who's the richest person you know personally?

    Most of the wealthy people I know won't actually come out and say how much they're worth, either that or I just won't ask them.

    Since I got into trucking, every company I've worked for had a millionaire owner. The richest being Roger Hardesty from Tulsa, but I never actually met him. In fact, I can't think of any time I was employed by a poor person.
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  5. 1/23/2007, 10:22 PM #5
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    Re: Who's the richest person you know personally?

    myself.


    oh wait......
  6. 1/23/2007, 10:22 PM #6
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    Re: Who's the richest person you know personally?

    My wife's aunt.

    I think.
    Just imagine there's a really obnoxious graphical sig here
  7. 1/23/2007, 10:25 PM #7
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    Re: Who's the richest person you know personally?

    Quote Originally Posted by TopDaugIn2000
    myself.


    oh wait......
    I don't believe you even know that person.
    You tell me it's the institution. Well, you know, you'd better free your mind instead.
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  8. 1/23/2007, 10:29 PM #8
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    Re: Who's the richest person you know personally?

    Frank Rizzo.
  9. 1/23/2007, 10:41 PM #9
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    Re: Who's the richest person you know personally?

    I once met "Mr. Binion" (I can't spell it)

    He owned one of the casinos in Vegas - the Golden Horshoe, I think.

    He has since passed.
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  10. 1/23/2007, 10:44 PM #10
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    Re: Who's the richest person you know personally?

    Probably Jim Burton.

    You know Burton Hall on campus?

    Yeah, him.
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  11. 1/23/2007, 10:55 PM #11
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    Re: Who's the richest person you know personally?

    I've met George Kaiser on several occasions. He's ranked somewhere in the top 100 of the Forbes 400 list.
  12. 1/23/2007, 11:02 PM #12
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    Re: Who's the richest person you know personally?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jerk
    Most of the wealthy people I know won't actually come out and say how much they're worth, either that or I just won't ask them.

    Since I got into trucking, every company I've worked for had a millionaire owner. The richest being Roger Hardesty from Tulsa, but I never actually met him. In fact, I can't think of any time I was employed by a poor person.
    Does that make you think ?
  13. 1/23/2007, 11:10 PM #13
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    Re: Who's the richest person you know personally?

    The jackass I work for is pretty loaded, but he's still a jackass.
    " A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have"
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  14. 1/23/2007, 11:16 PM #14
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    Re: Who's the richest person you know personally?

    Quote Originally Posted by olevetonahill
    Does that make you think ?

    Howard, I am a truck driver, not an intellect.
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  15. 1/23/2007, 11:38 PM #15
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    Re: Who's the richest person you know personally?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jerk
    I once met "Mr. Binion" (I can't spell it)

    He owned one of the casinos in Vegas - the Golden Horshoe, I think.

    He has since passed.
    If by "passed" you mean murdered by his wife and her lover, than yes, he has "passed".
  16. 1/23/2007, 11:43 PM #16
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    Re: Who's the richest person you know personally?

    A guy named Hughes Dillard. He's the patron of the Young Conservatives of Texas and a Baylor grad.

    On top of being loaded he knows damned near every politician, lawyer, and judge in the state of Texas. He's one of those "larger than life" figures that you rarely have the opportunity to meet let alone get to know very well. The guy is HIGHLY eccentric and somewhat crazy, but he's an absolute freaking riot. I could sit here and tell Hughes stories all night.
  17. 1/24/2007, 12:18 AM #17
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    Re: Who's the richest person you know personally?

    Quote Originally Posted by SicEmBaylor
    A guy named Hughes Dillard. He's the patron of the Young Conservatives of Texas and a Baylor grad.

    On top of being loaded he knows damned near every politician, lawyer, and judge in the state of Texas. He's one of those "larger than life" figures that you rarely have the opportunity to meet let alone get to know very well. The guy is HIGHLY eccentric and somewhat crazy, but he's an absolute freaking riot. I could sit here and tell Hughes stories all night.
    ever notice that there are no eccentric homeless people?
  18. 1/24/2007, 01:18 AM #18
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    Re: Who's the richest person you know personally?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ike
    ever notice that there are no eccentric homeless people?
    There's a good reason for that.
  19. 1/24/2007, 01:29 AM #19
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    Re: Who's the richest person you know personally?

    I know a Koch brother. I think he is in the top 10 in the world.
  20. 1/24/2007, 02:13 AM #20
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    Re: Who's the richest person you know personally?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ike
    ever notice that there are no eccentric homeless people?

    crazy+money= eccentric
    crazy+homeless=crazy
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