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Man with the golden financial touch was born and raised on a North Dakota farm

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Apr 10, 2021 at 09:04 PM CST
Directly after graduating from the University of North Dakota, Ken Hyslop and two friends went to New Mexico where they worked and invested in the copper mining industry. In six months they earned $64,000, worth $1,770,000 today. Hyslop later served as an executive with three major corporations: International Harvester, the Ford Motor Co. and Massey-Ferguson, serving as president and general manager of the latter. He also owned thousands of acres of productive farmland in North Dakota, Minnesota and Canada.

Apr 10, 2021 at 09:04 PM CST

Directly after graduating from the University of North Dakota, Ken Hyslop and two friends went to New Mexico where they worked and invested in the copper mining industry. In six months they earned $64,000, worth $1,770,000 today. Hyslop later served as an executive with three major corporations: International Harvester, the Ford Motor Co. and Massey-Ferguson, serving as president and general manager of the latter. He also owned thousands of acres of productive farmland in North Dakota, Minnesota and Canada.