Gerald J. Ford
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- Should not be confused with the US president Gerald Ford.
Biggest score: selling California's Golden State Bancorp to Citigroup for $6 billion in 2002; personal stake now worth more than $1.1 billion.
Other investments include auto-finance company AmeriCredit, 120,000 acres (486 km²) of ranch land in New Mexico.
The Gerald J. Ford Stadium, the football stadium at Southern Methodist University is named for Ford - he contributed the majority of the money for the stadium.
Gerald J. Ford was raised in Pampa, Texas and graduated from Pampa Senior High School before attending Southern Methodist University. During his school days in Pampa, Texas, he spent many hours helping his father at Ford's Paint and Body Shop. This is where he learned that all important lesson of what it takes to earn money.
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Gerald J. Ford was raised in Pampa, Texas and graduated from Pampa Senior High School before attending Southern Methodist University. During his school days in Pampa, Texas, he spent many hours helping his father at Ford's Paint and Body Shop. This is where he learned that all important lesson of what it takes to earn money.
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