[quote=earlyretirement] NO, no way the Jack in the Box fortune was anything like a billion. [/quote]
Just a bit of SD history. Robert Peterson sold Jack in the Box to Ralston Purina more than 45 years ago. By that time, he’d already opened a bank, (I’m pretty sure it was Southern California First National Bank) one of the more successful local banks in SD history. After a few name changes, it’s currently Union Bank. Peterson gave away 10’s of millions during his lifetime. Otherwise, the Jack in the Box fortune could very easily have been worth $1B today.
