The 4.5 Billion Cabinet

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The 4.5 Billion Cabinet. Forbes, Jan 24, 2017 (in the section "Leader Board").
http://www.forbes.com/sites/chas ... worth/#8f258ce6f021

Quote:

"BETSY DEVOS
1.25 BIL
Secretary of Education
daughter-in-law of Amway cofounder Richard DeVos, she's married to Richard Jr, the eldest of DeVos's four children; Forbes estimates that the couple gets about one-fourth of the family fortune. She previously served as chair of the Michigan GOP.

"ELAINE CHAO
24 MIL
Secretary of Transportation
Married to Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, Chao is the daughter of a shipping magnate, and the bulk of her and husband's wealth comes from her family (including an investment account worth at least $5 million given to the couple). The Harvard grad sits on four corporate boards, including Wells Fargo's.

Note:
(a) The print does not have authorship, but the inline version says "Chase Peterson-Withorn," a man.
(b) Amway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amway
(Headquarters Ada, Michigan)

A suburb of Grand Rapids, the Ada Township was "named for Ada Smith, the daughter of the first postmaster."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Township,_Michigan

(c) The Dutch surname DeVos (spelled De Vos in the Netherlands) is "from Middle Dutch de vos the fox."
(i) (Modern) Dutch-English dictionary:
* vos (noun masculine): "fox"
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vos
(ii) Dutch grammar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_grammar
(section 4 Articles)