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Montana – Dennis Washington – $5.8 Billion

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It’s been over 50 years since Dennis Washington quit his job working for his uncle to start his own construction business with a $30,000 loan. Today his Washington Co. controls Montana Rail Link, which transports freight over 900 miles of track; a copper mine in Butte; and a barge business in Vancouver. He is also the majority shareholder of Canadian container shipping firm Seaspan (son Kyle is co-chairman), which has an $8 billion contract with the Canadian Navy and Coast Guard to build 12 vessels over the next 20 years. It’s been quite a journey for Washington, who got polio at age 8 and spent 8 months in a hospital. He lived in government housing and shined shoes for pocket money.

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