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James R. Cargill II
Born
James Ray Cargill II

1949 (age 74–75)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Heir, Cargill
Spouses
  • Susan Kelly
    (died 2010)
  • Kathy
    (m. 2012)
Children2
Parents
FamilyCargill family

James Ray Cargill II (born 1949) is an American business owner.[1][2]

Biography

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James R. Cargill II is the great-grandson of William Wallace Cargill, the founder of the privately held, globally operating, food corporation Cargill. He has a brother, Austen S. Cargill II, and a sister, Marianne Cargill Liebmann.[2]

He sits on the Board of the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado at Boulder[3] and on the Board of Trustees of the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution.[4]

He has donated to the Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Art in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[5][6]

Through the James R. Cargill II Trust, he has owned stock in SolarAttic, a company that uses solar energy to heat swimming-pools.[7]

He lives in Birchwood, Wisconsin and is married with two children. A widower, he married Kathy Cargill in 2012.[8] As of 2019, his estimated net worth is US$4.2 billion.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "#220 James R. Cargill II - The Forbes 400 Richest Americans 2009 - Forbes.com". www.forbes.com. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b Brian Solomon, The Secretive Cargill Billionaires And Their Family Tree, Forbes, 9/22/2011
  3. ^ "Board - Center of the American West - CU-Boulder". centerwest.org. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  4. ^ "The National Air and Space Museum Board". 4 April 2009. Archived from the original on 4 April 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  5. ^ "10_financial". annualreport.walkerart.org. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Minnea" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  7. ^ "SolarAttic, Inc.: Minutes of Annual Meeting of Stockholders, February 12, 1998" (PDF). solarattic.com. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  8. ^ Hollingsworth, Jana (April 13, 2024). "Who is Kathy Cargill, the wealthy Park Point buyer who clashed with Duluth?". Minnesota Star Tribune. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  9. ^ "James Cargill, II. - Forbes". Forbes. Retrieved 1 February 2019.