Celebs And Billionaires That Supported Trump For President
#1. Joe Ricketts
Joe Ricketts founded brokerage firm Ameritrade forty years ago, and he and the company pioneered online stock trading . The company was acquired TD Waterhouse for $2.9 billion in stock and cash in 2006 and renamed itself TD Ameritrade, helping Rickets establishes a net worth of $2.1 billion. Though retired, Rickets still owns 7% of the company, making him the largest individual shareholder, while his children own the Chicago Cubs baseball team. Ricketts and his wife Marlene didn’t officially donate to the 2016 Trump campaign, but they’ve contributed $1,050,600 to Trump pacs in 2020.
Born: July 16, 1941 (age 79 years), Nebraska City, Nebraska, United States
Net worth: $2.7 billion (2019)
Spouse: Marlene Ricketts (m. 1963)
Children: Thomas S. Ricketts, Todd Ricketts, Laura Ricketts, Pete Ricketts
