Diane Hendricks
Diane Hendricks is an American businesswoman, film producer and philanthropist from Wisconsin.[1] She is the widow of Ken Hendricks.[1]
Biography
Business
Diane Hendricks owns the Hendricks Holding Company and she serves as chairperson of ABC Supply Co., Inc.[1][2][3][4] She is worth US$3.8 billion and she is thus the richest woman in Wisconsin.[2][3][5]
Philanthropy
She is a donor to WisconsinEye and co-chair of Rock County 5.0.[1][3] She has sat on the boards of Stateline Boys & Girls Club and Beloit Memorial Hospital, Forward Janesville, Kandu Industries, Blackhawk Bank, the Beloit Foundation, Beloit College and the Hendricks Family Foundation.[5]
Hollywood producer
She has produced movies, including The Stoning of Soraya M., about an execution in an Iranian village, and An American Carol.[3][6]
Political donor
She donated $500,000 to Governor Scott Walker's re-election campaign and was his biggest donor.[2][7] She also supports Paul Ryan.[3]
Taxes
In 2010, she paid no income state tax. This was the first zero obligation posted by the Beloit resident since at least 2002, according to records from the state Department of Revenue. She had paid a seven-figure Wisconsin tax bill in four of the previous five years, the records show.[2][7][8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Hendricks Holding
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Cary Spivak, Beloit billionaire pays zero in 2010 state income tax bill, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 30, 2012
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Rick Romell, Widow a power in Beloit, beyond, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 25, 2010
- ↑ Ten Questions For Diane Hendricks, Forbes, 11.04.10
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Forbes Diane Hendricks
- ↑ imdb
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Diane Hendricks, Billionaire And Scott Walker's Largest Donor, Owed No 2010 State Taxes, The Huffington Post, 05/31/12
- ↑ Associated Press, Billionaire backer of Wisconsin Gov Scott Walker paid ZERO taxes in 2010... and 35,000 other rich Americans dodged the taxman, too, The Daily Mail, May 31, 2012
External links
- Who is Diane Hendricks? from Milwaukee Magazine
- Ten Questions For Diane Hendricks from Forbes
- Widow a power in Beloit, beyond from Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
- Q&A With Diane Hendricks from Beloit Daily News
- Government, get out of the way of business – opinion piece by Diane Hendricks in USA Today
- The Business Must Go On from The New York Times