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The McLean Ear: McLean Neighbors at White House State Dinner, Two Neighbors Richest of the Rich

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White House Guests. McLean neighbors invited to the lovely White House State Dinner Wednesday night for the British Prime Minister included  Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind, and wife Christine. Terry McAuliffe, former DNC chair, and wife Dorothy. Honorable Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and Mrs. Maureen M. Scalia. They were among 350 guests that included actor George Clooney, Anna Wintour, the editor in chief of Vogue; and the investor Warren Buffett. If we missed a McLean neighbor on that A-List just let us know. The Richest of the Rich. McLean neighbors Steve Case, An AOL founder,  and William Conway, Co-founder and managing director of The Carlyle Group  remain on the Forbes list of the richest people "on…

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3 McLean Neighbors On List of the Wealthiest Americans

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Three McLean neighbors were among the 400 wealthiest men and women in the U.S. named Thursday by Forbes Magazine as the Forbes 400. The price of admission to the Forbes 400: a net worth above $1 billion. Here are the neighbors by their ranking and net worth: 20. Forrest Mars, $13.8 billion. Yes this is Mars Inc., the candy company that is headquartered on Elm Street in downtown McLean. Their address is a bland office building with a locked door. Forbes listed Big Horn, Wyo., as the address for Forrest Mars, but he also has a McLean address. 139. William Conway, $2.7 billion. Co-founder and managing director of The Carlyle Group. Yes that Carlyle Group. One of the largest private equity firms in the world. Leveraged buyouts. 331. Steve Case…

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Chuck Stevens

4:46 pm on Friday, September 23, 2011

Wow, Heather, what planet do you live on? If you consider living the American Dream to be ripping off the taxpayers (Carlyle Group) as seen on 60 Minutes or ripping off Time Warner (AOL Merger) creating the biggest corporate losses in history (up to that point), you may want to rethink your priorities. Virtually no one accumulates 10s of billions of dollars in one lifetime honestly. Mars is the …   more ›