James R. Cargill II

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James R. Cargill II
Born
James Ray Cargill II

1949 (age 7475)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Heir, Cargill
Spouses
  • Susan Kelly
    (died 2010)
  • Kathy
    (m. 2012)
Children2
Parents
Family Cargill family

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

Biography

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]

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