Minnesota’s Richest Man Keeps Giving Back: $172 Million in Farmland Will Help Local Groups

Tech billionaire Glen Taylor takes an ‘entrepreneurial approach to giving.’

Minnesota multibillionaire Glen Taylor, majority owner of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, speaks at a Timberwolves press conference on June 6, 2014. AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt, File

It would be difficult to find a better friend to the state of Minnesota than Glen Taylor, the self-made multibillionaire who grew up on a farm, built his businesses, raised his family, and still lives in the North Star State.

Mr. Taylor, 82, has been immensely generous through the years, using his fortune to support a variety of organizations and causes in the state.