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John Joseph Ricketts (born July 16, 1941) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the founder, former CEO and former chairman of TD Ameritrade . [ 3 ] He has an estimated net worth of US$4.1 billion as of 2024, according to Forbes . [ 4 ]
J. Joe Ricketts – Chairman, TD Ameritrade According to Business Insider, Ricketts and his wife gave more than $20 million to GOP causes in 2020, and are again supporting the party in 2024. In ...
Todd Ricketts is the son of Marlene Margaret (née Volkmer) and TD Ameritrade founder and billionaire Joe Ricketts. [5]Ricketts grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. [6] Forbes' estimate of the Ricketts' family wealth ($1 billion), consolidated under J. Joseph Ricketts name, placed them at No. 371 on the Forbes 400 list. [7]
How they made their billions: Ricketts, 55, is the son of Joe Ricketts, an early online stock-trading pioneer and founder of the brokerage firm Ameritrade, which went public in 1997 and spent $2.9 ...
Forbes released its 2022 Billionaires List on April 5, with quite a lot of shake-ups appearing on the roster. In total, 329 of last year's billionaires fell off the list, while 236 new names joined...
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, [10] Thomas Stuart Ricketts is the son of Marlene Margaret (Volkmer) and Joe Ricketts, who founded Ameritrade when Tom was eight years old.Joe Ricketts let it be known that he wanted his children to establish themselves through their own hard work and would not be allowed to join TD Ameritrade until they reached the age of 30.
In 1957, Fortune magazine developed a list of the seventy-six wealthiest Americans, which was published in many American newspapers. [6] Jean Paul Getty, when asked his reaction to being named wealthiest American and whether he was worth a billion dollars, said, "You know, if you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars" and then added, "But remember, a billion dollars isn't ...
Whatever their path to wealth, there are a lot of crazy rich people in America — 735 billionaires in 2023 alone were worth a collective $4.5 trillion. While there are states with more than their ...