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Cargill Family
The Cargill family, also known as the Cargill-MacMillan family, refers to the multi-generational descendants of the American business executive William Wallace Cargill (December 15, 1844 – October 17, 1909) and his son-in-law John H. MacMillan Sr. The Cargill-MacMillan family is the fourth-wealthiest family in America. Descendants of Cargill and MacMillan have owned common equity in the "agribusiness giant" Cargill, Cargill Inc, one of the largest privately owned corporations in the United States, for over 140 years. William Cargill founded the Cargill company as an Iowa grain storage business in 1865, during the post–American Civil War, Civil War period, and was its CEO for almost 40 years. Following the death of William Cargill in 1909, his son-in-law John H. MacMillan Sr, John MacMillan steered the company out of a debt crisis and into stability. The two branches of the family—the MacMillans and the Cargills—continue to be represented on the board of directors of Cargil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to intensive agriculture; deciduous forests in the southeast, now partially cleared, farmed, and settled; and the less populated North Woods, used for mining, forestry, and recreation. Roughly a third of the state is covered in forests, and it is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" for having over 14,000 bodies of fresh water of at least ten acres. More than 60% of Minnesotans live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, known as the "Twin Cities", the state's main political, economic, and cultural hub. With a population of about 3.7 million, the Twin Cities is the 16th largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Other minor metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas in the state include Duluth, Mankato, Moorhead, Rochester, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is an American businessman, politician, philanthropist, and author. He is the majority owner, co-founder and CEO of Bloomberg L.P. He was Mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013, and was a candidate for the 2020 Democratic nomination for President of the United States. He has served as chair of the Defense Innovation Board, an independent advisory board that provides recommendations on artificial intelligence, software, data and digital modernization to the United States Department of Defense, since June 2022. Bloomberg grew up in Medford, Massachusetts, and graduated from Johns Hopkins University and Harvard Business School. He began his career at the securities brokerage Salomon Brothers before forming his own company in 1981. That company, Bloomberg L.P., is a financial information, software and media firm that is known for its Bloomberg Terminal. Bloomberg spent the next twenty years as its chairman and CEO. As of June 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Soros
George Soros ( name written in eastern order), (born György Schwartz, August 12, 1930) is a Hungarian-American businessman and philanthropist. , he had a net worth of US$8.6 billion, Note that this site is updated daily. having donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations, of which $15 billion has already been distributed, representing 64% of his original fortune. ''Forbes'' called him the "most generous giver" (in terms of percentage of net worth). Born in Budapest to a non-observant Jewish family, Soros survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary and moved to the United Kingdom in 1947. He studied at the London School of Economics and was awarded a BSc in philosophy in 1951, and then a Master of Science degree, also in philosophy, in 1954. Soros began his business career by taking various jobs at merchant banks in the United Kingdom and then the United States, before starting his first hedge fund, Double Eagle, in 1969. Profits from his first fund furnis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austen S
Austen is surname deriving from the Latin ''Augustine'', and first used around the 13th century. Notable people with the surname *Abigail Austen (born 1964), British Army officer *Alice Austen (1866–1952), American photographer *Augusta Amherst Austen (1827–1877), British composer * Bob Austen (1914–1999), Australian rules footballer *Cassandra Austen (1773–1845), English painter * Cecil Austen (1918–2017), Australian cricketer *Charles Austen (1779–1852), English admiral *Chuck Austen, American writer *Col Austen (1920–1995), Australian rules footballer and coach * Dale Austen (1910–?), New Zealand actress *David Austen, English cricketer *Don Austen (born 1958), English puppeteer * Edmund Godwin Austen (1854–1932), English cricketer * Edward Austen (1820–1908), English cricketer * Eric Austen (1922–1999), English designer * Ernest Austen (1900–1983), Australian cricketer *Ernest Edward Austen (1867–1938), English entomologist *Ernie Austen (1891–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James R
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Anne Cargill
Margaret Anne Cargill (September 24, 1920 – August 1, 2006) was an American philanthropist and heiress to part of the Cargill fortune. Biography Early life Margaret Anne Cargill was born September 24, 1920, in Los Angeles, the daughter of Austen Cargill and granddaughter of W. W. Cargill. She grew up in the Midwest. She earned a degree in arts education from the University of Minnesota and moved to Southern California. Philanthropy She became one of eight heirs to the Minneapolis-based grain-trading conglomerate Cargill. ''Forbes'' magazine listed her in 2005 as the 164th-richest American, with a net worth of $1.8 billion. She was a major donor to the American Red Cross, the Nature Conservancy, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian and the American Swedish Institute. She gave away more than $200 million, always anonymously. She established the Anne Ray Charitable Trust which provides grants for charitable and educational programs and scholarsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline MacMillan Keinath
Pauline MacMillan Keinath (born July 31, 1934 in Hennepin County, Minnesota) is an American billionaire heiress. She is a great-granddaughter of William Wallace Cargill, the founder of Cargill, the largest private company in the US. Her father was Cargill MacMillan Sr. (1900-1968). She has two siblings, Whitney MacMillan (1929-2020) and Cargill MacMillan. As of July 2020, she has a net wealth of $5.8 billion from an inherited 9% stake in Cargill. In 2014, she was the 16th richest woman in the US. In 2022, her wealth made her the richest person in Missouri. She is married, with four children, and lives in St. Louis St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ..., Missouri. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Keinath, Pauline MacMillan American billionaires Female billionaires ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer
Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer (born 1961/62) is an American billionaire heiress and equestrian.Juli WeinerAmerica’s Poor: Mitt Romney Does Not Make Forbes 400 List '' Vanity Fair'', September 19, 2012 Biography Early life She is a great-great-granddaughter of William Wallace Cargill, the founder of Cargill. Her late mother was Marion MacMillan Pictet.Brian SolomonThe Secretive Cargill Billionaires And Their Family Tree ''Forbes'', 9/22/2011 Career A show jumper, she won the Prix Credit Suisse at the Geneva International Horse Show in 2011. She also sponsors dressage.Winci Acquired for Guenter Seidel to Ride Eurodressage, 01/01/2013 '' |
Marion MacMillan Pictet
Marion Hamilton MacMillan Pictet (October 17, 1932 - August 30, 2009) was an American heiress.Brian SolomonThe Secretive Cargill Billionaires And Their Family Tree ''Forbes'', 9/22/2011 She was a great-granddaughter of William Wallace Cargill, the founder of Cargill. Her father was John H. MacMillan She had two brothers John Hugh MacMillan and Whitney Duncan MacMillan. She lived in Hamilton, Bermuda, and she was divorced. In 2010, her estate was estimated to be worth approximately US$4.5 billion. She died in The Bahamas in August 2009. Her only daughter, Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer, is an equestrian. References 2009 deaths People from Hamilton, Bermuda American billionaires Cargill people 1932 births {{Bermuda-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitney Duncan MacMillan
William Duncan MacMillan (July 5, 1930 - October 31, 2006) was an American businessman, a director of Cargill. He is not to be confused with Whitney MacMillan, William's first cousin, born in 1929. Early life He was born on July 5, 1930, the son of John H. MacMillan, Jr. and Marion Dickson. He graduated from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island in 1953 and maintained his relationship with the university as a member of the board of trustees and with philanthropic gifts to fund scholarships and build the W. Duncan MacMillan Hall. Career MacMillan was a board member of Cargill for three decades. He wrote the MacMillan-Cargill family history and led several companies, some of which he established himself. Personal life MacMillan married twice. His first wife, Sarah Stevens, died in 1995. They had four daughters, Sarah MacMillan of California, Katherine Tanner of Florida, and Lucy Stitzer and Alexandra Daitch, both of Connecticut, all of whom survived him. He was also survi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austen Cargill
Austen Stowell Cargill (April 8, 1888 – May 24, 1957) was an American businessman. He was the son of William Wallace Cargill, the founder of Cargill, the largest privately held company in the United States. Early life Austen Cargill was the fourth and youngest child of William Wallace Cargill and Ellen ("Ella") Theresa Stowell. On his father's death, he inherited one-third of Cargill. Career At the time of his death, he was president of Cargill. He was succeeded by Cargill MacMillan Sr, the eldest son of his sister Edna. Personal life He married Anne Ray, and they had two children: *Margaret Anne Cargill Margaret Anne Cargill (September 24, 1920 – August 1, 2006) was an American philanthropist and heiress to part of the Cargill fortune. Biography Early life Margaret Anne Cargill was born September 24, 1920, in Los Angeles, the daughter of Aust ... (1920–2006) * James R. Cargill (1923–2006) Later life Cargill died suddenly in California at the age of 69. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
