re: Richest man in New Orleans according to Forbes

When Edison Chouest died in 2008 at the age of 91, he probably left the business to his three sons, Gary, Laney, and Edison Jr. All three boys worked in the business when they were growing up, but Gary was chosen to run the company when Edison stepped down. So Gary probably owns at least a third of Edison Chouest ($1.6 billion), and probably has investments that total several hundred million. He's worth, at a bare minimum, $2 billion. He very well could be worth a lot more - the company is likely worth far more than $5 billion, the CEO probably has a higher share of the company than his other two brothers, and Gary probably has enormous sums of money in investments and capital. To put his wealth into perspective, he's worth anywhere between Mavs owner Mark Cuban ($2 billion) and Blazers owner Paul Allen ($13.5 billion).

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Benson is richest in Louisiana if I remember correctly

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No, he is the richest that allows his net worth to be published.

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From what I hear Chouest has been losing millions per day with all their boats sitting in the docks.

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Plenty of the boats are stacked up in Fourchon but plenty are also under contract.

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And yes Chouest still has frick you money but he ain't worth no 2.2 billion.

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The bolded part above kind of proves this 2.2 billion quote to be false.

Looks like no one really knows what he is worth

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Benson

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I didn't realize there was that kind of money in syndication.



I've dealt with Laney Chouest, that's a straight-up down-to-earth hombre rat dere.

...tits are fun to look at.