Forbes

GLEN TAYLOR

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$2.9

BILLION  SELF-MADE SCORE: ( SOURCE: PRINTING AGE: 78 RESIDENCE: MANKATO, MN PHILANTHRO­PY SCORE: As a teenager Taylor worked on his neighbors’ farms in Minnesota for $1 an hour. Three days after graduating from high school he took a job at a local printing company. He bought that company in 1975 for $2 million and grew it into Taylor Corp., a printing firm with over $2 billion in sales. Taylor owns stakes in Minnesota’s NBA team, the Timberwolv­es; its WNBA team, the Lynx; and the United FC soccer team.

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