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AJ Tiarsmith, PhD

In 1918, Milton Hershey Quietly Put About $60 Million In Stock Into A Trust. Over 100 Years Later, That Trust Still Exists And Holds About $23.6 Billion In Assets. Wealthy Donors Still Use A Similar Strategy, And The Legal Work To Set One Up Starts At A Few Thousand Dollars

A childless candy maker secretly handed his fortune to orphans in 1918, and the legal structure he chose still controls one of America's biggest snack companies today. Wealthy donors quietly use a version of…

AJ Tiarsmith · 3 weeks ago