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Jim Justice, II. – $1.7 Billion

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Much of Jim Justice’s attention focuses on giving the historic Greenbrier Resorts a facelift. After buying Greenbrier out of bankruptcy in 2009, Justice has transformed it into a 10,000-acre complex with PGA-quality golfing, an underground casino, and with any luck, ski slopes. The source of his original wealth, the coal business he inherited from his dad, has however caused headaches–and not just because coal prices have fallen.

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