Forbes

54. STEWART & LYNDA RESNICK

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BILLION  SELF-MADE SCORE: * SOURCE: AGRICULTUR­E, WATER AGE: 82,76 RESIDENCE: BEVERLY HILLS, CA PHILANTHRO­PY SCORE: At age 4 Lynda started performing on a live weekly television show in Philadelph­ia. Stewart, at age 13, worked as a stockroom boy at a drugstore in New Jersey and saved enough money to buy a camera and take pictures of neighborho­od homes, selling the images to the homeowners. The two met when Stewart interviewe­d her ad agency Lynda Limited, which she started after dropping out of college, to work on a campaign for his janitorial services company. Together ever since, they own The Wonderful Company, the biggest producer of almonds and pistachios and the owner of Halos mandarin oranges.

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