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re: World's Top Billionaires - Louisiana's Only One, Tom Benson, is #1006
Posted on 3/3/15 at 1:04 pm to Jakesonaplane
Posted on 3/3/15 at 1:04 pm to Jakesonaplane
I was gonna say Chouest (he has more than 1 btw). There are a handful of billionaires in Louisiana but they are very low key which should be a hint to any of you that ever become billionaires.
Posted on 3/3/15 at 1:07 pm to Shexter
There are more. The smart ones distribute their wealth over time to their family rather than making a list.
Posted on 3/3/15 at 1:10 pm to LSUdubai
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The smart ones distribute their wealth over time to their family rather than making a list.
So......... They are NOT Billionaires.
Posted on 3/3/15 at 1:14 pm to Wiseman of the East
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I was gonna say Chouest (he has more than 1 btw). There are a handful of billionaires in Louisiana but they are very low key which should be a hint to any of you that ever become billionaires.

Every fricking time this thread happens on the OT people post all this cryptic shite about people in Louisiana they know of having more than a billion dollars. The truth is Forbes values private companies too - you know Koch Industries is private, right? And Mars, and plenty of other privately held companies. And they're still on the list. Hell, I bet Morris Bart is within spitting distance of Gary Chouest's net worth.
This post was edited on 3/3/15 at 1:19 pm
Posted on 3/3/15 at 1:36 pm to GaryMyMan
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I bet Morris Bart is within spitting distance of Gary Chouest's net worth.

Posted on 3/3/15 at 1:44 pm to GaryMyMan
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Every fricking time this thread happens on the OT people post all this cryptic shite about people in Louisiana they know of having more than a billion dollars. The truth is Forbes values private companies too - you know Koch Industries is private, right? And Mars, and plenty of other privately held companies. And they're still on the list. Hell, I bet Morris Bart is within spitting distance of Gary Chouest's net worth.
I could believe that they've missed some billionaires and/or over-under inflated the net worth of others because it's impossible to know every investment in which they have a stake.
But we're talking about the area that just crosses the threshold. Do I think Gary Chouest is really worth 5 billion and nobody has a clue? No.

This post was edited on 3/3/15 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 3/3/15 at 1:47 pm to Shexter
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WYHI?
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FORBES pegs her net worth at $41.7 billion, up from $36.7 billion a year ago.
Not legit
Posted on 3/3/15 at 1:47 pm to GaryMyMan
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Morris Bart is within spitting distance of Gary Chouest's net worth.
not quite...prob half of what GC is worth
Especially now that GC just bought Bollinger Shipyards for $950M.
Posted on 3/3/15 at 1:48 pm to GaryMyMan
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Hell, I bet Morris Bart is within spitting distance of Gary Chouest's net worth.
I'd bet that Morris Bart couldn't maintain the Chouest family's jets much less be even close in net worth.
Laney Chouest isn't even close to Gary's net worth and he paid cash to build Nola Motorsports and it went over budget to almost $100mill.
Posted on 3/3/15 at 1:51 pm to Sisyphus
Id go gay to marry somone on that list
Posted on 3/3/15 at 1:51 pm to Shexter
$41.7 billion that's incredible! She makes Benson look poor! Congrats to the Waltons 

Posted on 3/3/15 at 2:10 pm to Bluefin
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Elizabeth Holmes
From what I've read about her she's quite the introvert. Work is her life. She doesn't date, go on vacations, etc.
Posted on 3/3/15 at 2:35 pm to GaryMyMan
There are 3-4 others besides Benson with two being worth a good deal more than Benson.
Posted on 3/3/15 at 2:38 pm to GREENHEAD22
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There are 3-4 others besides Benson with two being worth a good deal more than Benson.
Name them.
Posted on 3/3/15 at 2:45 pm to GaryMyMan
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Name them.
Joe Bob, Boudreaux and Cap'n.

Posted on 3/3/15 at 2:48 pm to Shexter
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that spot for five out of the past six years. FORBES pegs her net worth at $41.7 billion, up from $36.7 billion a year ago.
and, of course, WYHI?
not only would I hit it, I would do alot more disgusting things than that. I would be the world's nastiest and biggest gigolo for $41.7 billion dollars.
Posted on 3/3/15 at 2:49 pm to GaryMyMan
Chouest and Boelte and possible a third in NLA but I think he died.
Posted on 3/3/15 at 2:51 pm to GREENHEAD22
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Boelte
Boelte resides in Natchez, MS not Louisiana.
But yes he does have a couple billion. He has just as much money as Benson, probably more (especially when oil prices go back up with Who Dat and Delta House).
This post was edited on 3/3/15 at 2:53 pm
Posted on 3/3/15 at 2:53 pm to Tigerstudent08
He is from LA and his company is based here and I would be willing to bet its a couple more than a couple. Chouest is the wildcard, I have seen estimates from 4 to 17 B.
The guy from Shreveport area name is escaping me but he has been mentioned on here before.
The guy from Shreveport area name is escaping me but he has been mentioned on here before.
This post was edited on 3/3/15 at 2:56 pm
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