12 things we know about Darla Moore:
1. Vice president of Rainwater, Inc.
2. Founder, chair of Palmetto Inst. - non profit think tank to raise per capita income in SC.
3. On the board of University of South Carolina
4. On the board of New York University's Medical School and Hospitals
5. USC business school is named in her honor.
6. First woman profiled on the cover of Fortune magazine.
7. Named to the "List of top 50 Most Powerful Women in American Business
8. Served on Martha Steward Living Omnimedia
9. Serves on the boards of The South Financial Group and MPS Group and the National Advisory Board of JP Morgan
10. "Business Person of the Year Award" from the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce.
11. Headed to the SC Business Hall of Fame.
12. Graduate of University of South Carolina and has an MBA from George Washington University.
A gift of $25 million to the University of South Carolina she and her husband gave in 1999 has grown to $37 million and makes $1.25 million in income each year.
How can money be made so fast -
“We put it in such good investments, it was a home run for the school,” Moore said, adding the money is being managed by a Texas hedge fund. “It’s in a hedge fund that we started 10 or 12 years ago. We just left it in that fund.”
What we all could learn from Darla Moor....patience.
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