WTH? I Thought Kohl Was A Billionaire?

[Dinger]

http://blogs.wispolitics.com/dcwrap/2009/09/hill-ranks-richest-members-of-congress.html

According to this, he's "only" worth about 5 million?

[undeterred]

1. Kagen worth more than Kohl?

That's interesting.

[Dinger]

2. Weird, I Know (nt)

[dragonlady]

3. He gives a lot to charity

Herbert H. Kohl Charities gives small grants to numerous charitable groups and also, I believe to individual students and teachers. In 2005, to take a recent year, the distribution was more than $800,000.

http://herbert-h-kohl-charities-inc.idilogic.aidpage.com/herbert-h-kohl-charities-inc/

[undeterred]

4. The numbers in this June 09 article

are quite a bit different, listing Kohl's assets at 110 million. I'd heard elsewhere that he was "worth" 250 million at some point in time.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/48035532.html

[Poiuyt]

5. Forbes has him at ~$243M

http://www.forbes.com/2006/11/17/senate-politics-washington-biz-wash_cx_jh_1120senate.html

I think the only billionaires in Wisconsin are the owner of Menards and Johnson of Johnson Wax.