Hardee's changed ownership in April 1997 when CKE Restaurants Inc. bought the ailing chain. Lumber, paper, Seattle, WA 147 Belk family, $1.4 B, Eight (EST.) Additionally, Mayo Boddie Sr. was committed to the Boy Scouts, so much so he was honored in 2017 as the organizations East Carolina Council Alumnus of the Year. In 1960 Wilbur Hardee opened a McDonald's knockoff in Greenville, North Carolina. Edward Johnson family (Fidelity) $39 billion money management, Republican, 6. The company is famed for inventing Milky Way and Snickers and M&Ms. The property was sold off and the family, on the verge of poverty, was forced to move to a small house owned by his mother-in-law. Later made money in real estate; bought first 14 restaurants in 1992. Timber, FederalWay, WA 136 Donnelley family, $1.6 B, 10 (EST) R.R.Donnelley&Sons, Chicago, IL 136 Haas family, $1.6 B, 255 (EST.) After his first year, Gavin formally began stock market trading. Johnson family $25.5 billion cleaning products manufacturer, Republican, 10. You have permission to edit this article. Thats all Mayo, Williams said of the facility. Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services is in charge of arrangements. Fixed-rate loans from firms like Franchise Mortgage Acceptance Co. totaled $3.6 billion to the restaurant sector alone last year, compared with $752 million in 1996. 1: The Waltons: The richest family not only in America but the world, the Waltons still own more than 50 percent of Wal-Mart Stores, the firm their father, Sam Walton, founded in Bentonville, Arkansas in 1962.Their staggering combined wealth of $152 billion has grown from the fortune inherited from Sam and his brother, Bud. Hardee's first franchisee and the co-founder of Boddie-Noell Enterprises, Mayo Boddie Sr., passed away on March 31. Principal Competitors: Burger King Corporation; McDonald's Corporation; YUM! Mayo Boddie Sr., who came to prominence in the fast food restaurant business and gave money and his time back to the Twin Counties and eastern North Carolina, died on Tuesday evening at his home.