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Drawing of Chaires' Verdura Plantation house, Leon County, Florida. Benjamin Chaires Sr. (1786–1838) was an American planter, land owner, banker and investor in Territorial Florida, and may have been the richest man in Florida in the 1830s. He was involved in the creation of the first railroads in Florida.
Arkansas: Jim Walton, $63.6 billion. The youngest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton is the chairman of his family’s Arvest Bank and the richest member of the group of heirs that Forbes says own ...
A Land Remembered is a best-selling novel written by author Patrick D. Smith, and published in 1984 by Pineapple Press. It is historical fiction set mostly in pioneer or "cracker" Florida. The story covers over a century of Florida history from 1858 to 1968. It is available in both hardcover and trade paperback editions.
In the 1996 book The Wealthy 100, authors Michael Klepper and Robert Gunther placed John D. Rockefeller atop the list of the richest Americans in history, followed by Cornelius Vanderbilt and John Jacob Astor. [9] Bill Gates was the top living person, coming in fifth.
Rank: 3rd. Industry: Technology. Net Worth: $193 billion. More: Jeff Bezos and Billionaire Bunker, Florida: World's richest buys 3rd home in less than a year Julia Koch and Family, Palm Beach ...
Billionaire Larry Ellison, who in April 2024 was ranked by Forbes as the world’s fifth richest person, a few months later paid at least $277.34 million for the Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa in ...
[6] [151] In April 2024, Forbes reported Smith was the 266th richest person in the world, [152] and in October 2024, Forbes reported Smith's net worth to be $10.8 billion, and that he was the 88th richest person in the United States.
Billionaire Larry Ellison, who in April 2024 was ranked by Forbes as the world’s fifth richest person, a few months later bought the Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa in Manalapan, the wealthy Florida ...