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Samuel E. Wyly, known as Sam Wyly (born October 4, 1934), is an American entrepreneur and businessman, author, philanthropist, and major contributor to conservative campaigns and candidates. In 2006, ''Forbes'' magazine estimated his net worth at $1.1 billion. His older brother, Charles Wyly, Jr., had about half his wealth; the two brothers were close with their business affairs, and were often referred to as the "Wyly brothers". Wyly's memoir, ''1,000 Dollars & an Idea: Entrepreneur to Billionaire'', was published in September 2008. He is of Scots, Irish, Welsh and English descent. His forebears came to America in the 1600s, 1700s and 1800s. His new book is titled ''The Immigrant Spirit: How Newcomers Enrich America.'' == Early life and education == Wyly was born in Lake Providence, which Mark Twain described in ''Life on the Mississippi'' as, “the first truly southern” town as you go downriver.It is the parish seat of East Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana and one of the poorest communities in the United States.〔Rigoni, Gene. ("Sam Wyly 'Innovates To Opportunity' Time And Time Again" ), ''Monroe Street Journal'', Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, January 13, 1997〕 He began working at an early age, helping his father, Charles Wyly, Sr., and mother, Flora Wyly, to publish a weekly newspaper, ''The Delhi Dispatch'' in Richland Parish. He sold advertising, wrote stories, folded and addressed the finished papers, and cleaned the printing presses.〔〔("Sam Wyly, Chairman, Sterling Software Inc. and Michaels Stores, Inc." ), Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, retrieved September 21, 2007〕 In the summer, he rough necked in the Delhi Oil Field. In high School he played nose guard on a football team that became state champions. His Cherokee teammate, Monroe Fowler, said, "We were 'oil field trash' who moved to Delhi with the big oil discovery. But, when Bubba took me to his home, I could feel the gentility of the old South." Following high school, Wyly went to Louisiana Tech University〔 partly working his way through college by selling class rings.〔 His brother, Charles, had a football scholarship that paid tuition, room, and board, and laundry, plus $15 a month. Sam was elected class president and student senate president and participated on the college debate team arguing whether America should "recognize Red China." In 1952, known at the time as "Bubba" Wyly, he was the head page in the Louisiana House of Representatives, recalled one of the young men who worked under his supervision, Jasper "Jake" Smith, III, son of State Representative Jasper K. Smith of Caddo Parish. The Wyly brothers later honored one of their Tech professor, Robert C. Snyder, of the English department, with an endowed chair.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Robert C. Snyder Obituary )〕 And in 1983, they endowed the University with the sixteen story Wyly Tower of Learning using profits from their University Computing stock. Wyly went to graduate school at the University of Michigan's School of Business in Ann Arbor, where he dropped the “Bubba” and became “Sam.” In 1957 he received a Master of Business Administration. He was Michigan's first Patron scholar and was able to attend only because of that new scholorship. He took their first course taught in computers. He is one of five Michigan Business School graduates who are billionaires. He coded programs in machine language on the IBM 650 computer and learned the von Neumann concept in which both the data and the program are stored in the same memory. He saw the computer as being a productivity tool as powerful as the tractors, trucks and electricity that were increasing the productivity of American farm workers as much as 100 to one for his home parish cotton farmers, and sending farm boys and girls to work in the cities. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sam Wyly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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