Lynda Resnick
$5.4B
Born
Jan 18, 1943
Age
82
Source of Wealth
Agriculture
Residence
Beverly Hills, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Married
Children
5
Education
- From almonds & oranges in California's Central Valley to seedless lemons in South Texas, Lynda Resnick and her husband Stewart are worth billions from farming as the world's leading grower of tree nuts and America's largest citrus grower.
- They cofounded and co-own the Wonderful Company, among the largest farming operations in America. As a couple, they share a fortune worth an estimated $10.8 billion.
- Lynda dropped out of college at 19 to start her own ad agency. Stewart came to her looking for marketing help.
- Both previously divorced, they met in the 1970s when she provided marketing help for a burgeoning janitorial business.
- Lynda focuses on philanthropy; the Resnicks have pledged more than $2 billion to charitable causes, including climate change research.
- A former child actress, Resnick dropped out of community college and started her own advertising agency at 19 years old.
- Resnick was an unindicted co-conspirator in the Pentagon Papers investigation. The leaks were copied on her ad agency's Xerox machine. The case was later dropped.
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