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Name

Manuel Moroun

Primary Residence

Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Notre Dame

Citizenship

United States

Forbes Self Made Score

Source Of Wealth

transportation, Self Made

Net Worth

$1,800,000,000

Forbes Profile

https://www.forbes.com/profile/manuel-moroun

Forbes 2019 Billionaires List Rank:

1281

Forbes List Rank One: Title

#1281 Billionaires 2019

Forbes List Rank One: Link

https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/

Forbes List Rank Two: Title

#342 Forbes 400 2015

Forbes List Rank Two: Link

https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/

Summary

Manuel (Matty) Moroun owns Detroit's Ambassador Bridge, the largest border crossing between the U.S. and Canada.He is CEO of holding company CenTra and other family-held transportation and logistics companies.Moroun plans to invest $1 billion on a new span and is opposing U.S. and Canadian plans for a competing publicly-owned bridge. His son Matthew joined the business in 1995.

Did you know?

In 1979, Moroun used his small trucking company's credit line to buy out Warren Buffett's 25% stake in the Ambassador Bridge for $30 million. He wanted to be a doctor but after graduating from Notre Dame in 1949, he went to work at his father's gas station in Detroit.

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Number of Children

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Moroun