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Rane grew up in the small town of Abbeville, Alabama. His father was the son of Italian immigrants and a World War II veteran who operated several restaurants and hotels, eventually becoming the president of the local chamber of commerce. [6] [7] [8] His mother’s family has lived in Abbeville for over 200 years. [8]
The founder and CEO of Great Southern Wood Preserving — who appears in his company’s TV ads as “the Yella Fella” cowboy — made a 2019 Forbes list as the richest person in Alabama.
The Forbes 400 Richest Americans list has been published annually since 1982. The combined net worth of the 2020 class of the 400 richest Americans was $3.2 trillion, up from $2.7 trillion in 2017. [1] As of March 2023, there were 735 billionaires in the United States. [2]
Elon Musk has since surpassed John D. Rockefeller as the richest person in the history of the United States, and of modern history, according to size of wealth compared to GDP. In December 2024 his wealth reached $474 billion dollars (1.61% of USA's GDP at that year) compared to Rockefeller's 1.5% at the height of his wealth. [5]
Below is a list of other top wealthiest people in the Southeast, according to Forbes. ... Alabama: Jimmy Rane: Worth $1.2 billion. Georgia: Dan Cathy, Bubba Cathy and Trudy Cathy White: Worth $11 ...
The deal makes Cancro one of the world's 500 richest people, with a roughly $7.5 billion fortune. Cancro went from a single sandwich shop to about 3,000 locations by using a franchise model.
This is a listing of U.S. states (plus the District of Columbia) according to the number of billionaires residing in each. As of 2024, there are 756 billionaires living in 43 of the 50 US states or Washington, D.C. [1] [2] The only states with no billionaire residents are Alaska, Delaware, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Vermont, and West Virginia.
Garry Neil Drummond Sr. was born in 1938 at Sipsey, Alabama. [1] [2] His father, Heman Edward Drummond, was the founder of the Drummond Company, a coal company, in 1935.[3] [4] Drummond started working in his father's coal mines at the age of fifteen.