E. JOE SHOEN

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BILLION  SELF-MADE SCORE: % SOURCE: U-HAUL AGE: 70 RESIDENCE: PHOENIX PHILANTHROPY SCORE: N.A. Shoen is chairman of U-Haul’s parent company Amerco. His parents founded the truck and trailer rental company in 1945, which now has more than 21,000 locations and has a presence in all 50 U.S. states. Shoen left U-Haul in 1979 to start a specialty paint retailer but went back and took control in 1986. He’s been chairman since.