David Hoffmann, a Washington native who bought up dozens of properties in Missouri wine country, made the Forbes World Billionaires List for the third consecutive year.
There are lots of ways to define who's rich and who's not. If you're measuring wealth in Missouri and you're defining that word by cold, hard cash, the 5 richest families have bling in the billions.
"In the 1930s and 1940s, local surfers had trouble staying in the ocean for more than a half-hour, due to the frigid Alaskan Current turning their skin blue and rubbery," writes columnist Ross Eric Gibson. "They resorted to second-hand sweaters, sometimes treated with oil (a nerdy look for surfers), but they preferred 1890s wool bathing suits, which were 15ยข each at Goodwill. Then in 1959, Jack O'Neill opened his Cowell Beach surf shop where Dream Inn now stands."
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