How The Duncan Family Became One Of The Wealthiest Families On The Planet With A Combined Net Worth Of 26 Billion
Dan Duncan was born in Shelby County, Texas on January 2, 1933. He grew up poor in the small East Texas town of Center, not far from the Louisiana border. When he was seven, his mother died of tuberculosis. His brother died of blood poisoning the same year. Duncan lived with his grandmother until he graduated from high school. He went to work as a pipeliner and roughneck in the oil and gas fields alongside his father....