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Location: Dallas/Fort Worth | Net Worth: $4.90 B
Location: Dallas/Fort Worth | Net Worth: $4.90 B
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Rowling used that money to form TRT Holdings in 1989 to manage the family money. In 1996 he purchased Omni hotels and Gold’s Gym in 2004. Now, his Omni Hotel chain, his biggest money maker, boasts 20,000 rooms in 60 countries worldwide. In 2013, he donated $25M to the UT Austin Business school’s future home of the McCombs School of Business’ graduate programs (opening 2017).