The lineage of the Boddie family can be traced as far back as William Boddie, a captain in the English navy during the reign of Henry VIII. Your account has been registered, and you are now logged in. Despite his business success, he was down-to-earth and always remained very unassuming, approachable and open to new ideas and new ventures., Johnson said, He believed strongly in the ability of individuals to direct their own lives and to improve not only themselves but provide opportunities for others.. Today, 70 members of the Coors family share their $2.9 billion beer fortune. Technology companies Greenwich, CT 170 Herschend family, $1.1 B, 34 (EST.) Leon W. Harman, 80 Company: Harman Management Corp.; Los Altos, Calif. Holdings: Kentucky Fried Chicken (284); Taco Bell (3); A&W/Pizza Hut (12). Neither was content, however, to spend the rest of his life doing more of the same. ), Construction, Engineering SanFrancisco, CA 29 Reyes family, $8 B, Three, Food & Beer Distrubution, Chicago,IL 29 Simplot family, $8 B, Three(EST. Forbes magazine has produced the first list that charts the richest families in America worth more than one billion dollars. The company is famed for inventing Milky Way and Snickers and M&Ms. 7: The reclusive Cox family owns Cox Communications which operates Auto Trader among many publications. McGraw-Hill, New York, NY 108 Sperling family, $2.1 B, Two, Online university, Phoenix, AZ 115 Annenberg family, $2 B, 15, Publishing, Los Angeles, CA 115 Batten family, $2 B, Three, Media, Hampton Roads, VA 115 Ford family, $2 B, 40 (EST.) He credits other business success to his country ride with Black. Attorney Sam Johnson, of the Poyner Spruill law firm, counseled Boddie about legal matters. We are thankful to have partnered with him over the past 50 years. East Carolina Council Executive and CEO Doug Brown Jr., in an email on Wednesday, said, We will never be able to thank Mayo enough for all the many things he did for Scouts in the East Carolina Council, often behind the scenes., Brown said, I always enjoyed visiting with him and hearing his stories of camping as a Scout and how he wants the same for Scouts today fun, adventure, learning to be self-reliant. Williams said Mayo Boddie Sr. continued working at Boddie-Noell headquarters in his golden years and that he met with him at his office as recently as this past autumn. We were looking to have a similar setup on both cars we run. Their brother John died in an aircrash in 2005 and at the time of his death was worth $18.3 billion, 2: Koch Brothers: Charles and David Koch own Koch Industries Inc.
