In weary wisconsin town a billionaire fueled revival.
Wisconsin roofing billionaire.
Ken hendricks 66 was.
Hendricks was born and raised in wisconsin the daughter of dairy farmers.
As a single mother and made her billions selling roofing felt copper gutters and cement with her late husband ken.
Diane hendricks chairs abc supply one of the largest wholesale distributors of roofing siding and windows in america.
Financial publication forbes has released the 2017 version of its famous the world s billionaires list and wisconsin once again made a strong showing from home improvement moguls to cleaning.
She graduated from osseo fairchild high school in 1965 and had been divorced from her first husband for ten years when she met ken hendricks.
He was one of eight wisconsin residents to make the forbes 400 billionaire roster.
Hendricks cofounded the business with her late husband ken in beloit.
With the help of our customers we re continuously committed to supporting our community locally and worldwide by giving back to others and supporting various charities.
In 1975 she was selling custom built homes and ken was a roofing contractor.
11 5 b john menard s home improvement store chain has 306 stores and an estimated 9 5 billion in sales.
Wisconsin roofing and its associates believe that life is a true gift and it is important to give back to others.
Town of nearly.
Here are the wisconsin billionaires who made the forbes list for 2018.