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yortsed snacilbuper

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Sun Sep 23, 2012, 03:38 AM Sep 2012

Little-known female billionaire holds 15% stake in Koch!

NEW YORK -- For the past six years, Elaine Tettemer Marshall, the fourth-richest woman in the United States, has avoided the spotlight that ordinarily accompanies great wealth.

The 70-year-old Dallas resident controls almost 15 percent of Koch Industries, the second-largest closely held company in the U.S. Her stake in the Wichita, Kansas-based industrial conglomerate, which generates annual sales of $110 billion, is worth more than $12.7 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which has expanded to 100 names. The only American women richer are Wal-Mart Stores heiresses Alice and Christy Walton, and candy scion Jacqueline Mars.

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