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Article: MDI harbors 5 of Forbes 400 Property owners make cut of magazine's richest Americans
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- October 2, 2009
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MOUNT DESERT - For people who spend time on Mount Desert Island,
one of the more scenic and popular islands on the Maine coast, it is
no secret that in the summer it often attracts wealthy, influential
and famous people who are rarely seen in other parts of the state.
But there is wealthy, and then there is the Forbes magazine list
of "The 400 Richest Americans."
Forbes, using its best analysis of public and private
information, annually updates and publishes the list, which in past
years has been so exclusive that even some people worth more than $1
billion haven't been included. This year, perhaps because of the
down economy, the wealthy have to have a fortune of at least $950
million to ...