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Jun 19, 2024
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Utah's Billionaire Club (Yes, We Have One)

From Tech Moguls to Sports Team Owners: Meet Utah's Wealthiest Billionaires

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Mark Comer: there are 5 Billionaires supporting BYU within 20 min of LES

CougarCanuck76

Jun 19, 5:30pm

Ryan Smith is a nice scapegoat, but he's not remotely the only mega-donor to BYU and its athletics

Bob Vance

Jun 19, 5:31pm

Who is this person and where did he say this?

macdizzle

Jun 19, 5:32pm

Runs RBC and big donors

CougarCanuck76

Jun 19, 5:35pm

Who are the other four not named Ryan Smith?

BlooCoug

Jun 19, 6:28pm

Not Jeff Green

rivercitycoug

Jun 19, 8:13pm

I can’t say his name, but his initials are Blake Roney

andrewg3

Jun 19, 10:10pm

Is he close to a billionaire?

Hank Rearden

Jun 19, 10:20pm

Even if he’s not officially, he’s close

andrewg3

Jun 19, 10:46pm

And either way, as long as he’s using that fortune donating to BYU.

Hank Rearden

Jun 20, 8:05am

Blake is the wealthiest person in Utah according to Blake

AFitisemanu

Jun 20, 9:18am

Lol, Blake would not say that.

andrewg3

Jun 20, 11:59am

They are silent donors for a reason.

Soupie

Jun 20, 2:58am

Mark Comer is wealthy in his own right. His son committed to play QB at

dYrtbYkerYder

Jun 19, 7:42pm

Beat CC twice that year. That CC team…

Vernon Dozier

Jun 19, 8:40pm

Related to former player Cameron Comer?

Bob Vance

Jun 19, 9:44pm

Yes. Cousin.

Vernon Dozier

Jun 19, 10:03pm

Mark is Cameron's uncle.

dYrtbYkerYder

Jun 20, 12:12am

I was referring to Mark’s son Easton from the thread…

Vernon Dozier

Jun 20, 2:22pm

Mark is well off. Wealthy not so kick.

Gmoney1876

Jun 19, 10:03pm

This Mark Comer?

BYU Grounds

Jun 20, 10:57am

or this Mark Comer?

BYU Grounds

Jun 20, 10:59am

#NeverKenGarff

shimmy

Jun 19, 5:33pm

Ken died in 97. His son, Robert, is ceo and was a bishop in our stake.

conetah

Jun 19, 8:33pm

Robert passed away 4 years ago. John is the CEO.

Cougstreak

Jun 19, 8:57pm

John's dead

Cru Jones

Jun 19, 10:00pm

Guess I was talking about John haha

conetah

Jun 20, 9:15am

Pretty sure that John is running the show...

moabmax

Jun 20, 12:16pm

KenGarf sponsors many college teams including BYU. We need Polyamorous sponsors.

ParentingNotForSissy

Jun 19, 9:54pm

Thin facade to provide plausible deniability. They’re huge Ute donors.

shimmy

Jun 19, 10:57pm

I know of a super rich donor (might be billionaire)

volleyjiver

Jun 19, 5:35pm

This is the typical ”big” BYU donor profile

CougarCanuck76

Jun 19, 5:36pm

RE: This is the typical ”big” BYU donor profile

darkcoug

Jun 19, 5:45pm

Whew, for a second I thought you were going to out me.

Y05

Jun 19, 6:05pm

Nah, The one I'm talking about is Z06

volleyjiver

Jun 19, 6:19pm

We are keeping your secret

pappabear246

Jun 19, 7:41pm

Oh wow! Happy Pride Month!

RootieBoy

Jun 19, 9:33pm

RE: Mark Comer: there are 5 Billionaires supporting BYU within 20 min of LES

Borg

Jun 19, 5:40pm

Guess who eyerolled and gave my post a stamp of approval?

CougarCanuck76

Jun 19, 5:46pm

Who are these people? The billionaires of Utah lists I'm looking at list 3

OverratedHumor

Jun 19, 5:47pm

Probably El Jefe

crack

Jun 19, 5:48pm

Those $10 payments really add up.

Hypnotoad

Jun 19, 6:28pm

They probably have lots of homes

GfB

Jun 19, 6:00pm

Maybe it's 20 minutes via the secret rich person tunnels they have everywhere

ryebrye

Jun 19, 6:27pm

RE: Maybe it's 20 minutes via the secret rich person tunnels they have

yahtzee

Jun 19, 7:27pm

idk if Min Kim is a billionaire but he's a big time donor and corp sponsor

Str8CashCougar

Jun 19, 7:30pm

Every BYU fan should be buying more Nutricost stuff

molodyets

Jun 19, 8:02pm

Love their products!

Rise Against

Jun 19, 8:19pm

Sleezeball

Zombre

Jun 19, 9:44pm

Tell us how you really feel.

kalifi

Jun 19, 10:22pm

Biting a hand that feeds us? Really? If players really hated him then no one would take his money

HarlemCoug

Jun 19, 10:56pm

He is the worst.

wildlandfireguy

Jun 20, 3:35pm

and he is a piece of crap

wildlandfireguy

Jun 20, 12:22am

Not a good guy

topnotchbyu

Jun 20, 7:17am

Josh James?

El Jefe

Jun 19, 8:08pm

I'm pretty sure that several billionaires own homes in P.C., but not many have

CougMAGA

Jun 19, 8:22pm

Ryan Smith’s brother has to be one of the five, right?

rivercitycoug

Jun 19, 6:21pm

I highly doubt it. He is not a friend of the church

maxpowers

Jun 19, 6:22pm

Bummer.

rivercitycoug

Jun 19, 6:22pm

But is he a friend of, uh, Ryan Smith?

WaffleCheese

Jun 19, 7:05pm

Not required to be a friend of the church to be a friend of BYU

icecougar

Jun 19, 7:36pm

Given what I know about him, I’d be shocked if he’s a friend to BYU

maxpowers

Jun 19, 7:53pm

That’s unfortunate

icecougar

Jun 19, 8:24pm

His wife gave a forum address at BYU 3 years ago

Charles Darwin

Jun 19, 9:54pm

That was a waste of close to 40 minutes for me

greatbam

Jun 20, 3:41am

Why wouldn't you listen to it on 2x? I could never go back to normal speed again

Undefeated

Jun 20, 7:14am

I usually listen at around 1.25x. It was like 3 or 4am this morning when I decided to listen to it.

greatbam

Jun 20, 7:57am

I’m aware

maxpowers

Jun 20, 5:53am

Ryan’s dad Scott has more money than Ryan

provofan

Jun 19, 8:38pm

According to Forbes, Scott’s net worth is $1.2B and Ryan is $2.2B

maxpowers

Jun 20, 5:56am

Jared absolutely does not care about BYU or BYU sports

Zombre

Jun 19, 9:44pm

I think he's friendly toward BYU. He met with us several times during my MBA.

dYrtbYkerYder

Jun 20, 10:22am

Fun fact about Jared. He joined Google early enough to have jared@google.com as

dYrtbYkerYder

Jun 20, 10:23am

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AF Cougar

Jun 20, 6:08pm

RE: Mark Comer: there are 5 Billionaires supporting BYU within 20 min of LES

Ghost Pirate LeChuck

Jun 19, 6:52pm

The difference now is how they can support BYU via NIL

CougarCanuck76

Jun 19, 7:14pm

That’s cool but not a ton compared to some other schools

Srg

Jun 19, 7:34pm

There are others outside of Provo and outside of Utah

2FarGone

Jun 19, 7:37pm

And we see how far that support has led to major sports athletic success for Cal

BlooCoug

Jun 19, 8:16pm

Why not the resources for BYU football? Or is it there but being misused?

WabiSabi

Jun 19, 7:38pm

It's there and being spent well. Football has 85 roster players as opposed to 15

Rise Against

Jun 19, 7:40pm

^ this ^

Dryfire

Jun 19, 7:53pm

5 billionaires - BILLIONAIRES? If it's true we should be seeing much more

WabiSabi

Jun 19, 8:05pm

A $10 - $20 million contribution for a billionaire (multi-billionaire) is a drop

WabiSabi

Jun 19, 8:14pm

10-20 million one time or annually?

cougarfann888

Jun 19, 11:50pm

RE: Mark Comer: there are 5 Billionaires supporting BYU within 20 min of LES

BW84

Jun 19, 7:57pm

Does Ainge live within 20 min?

ColonelMustard

Jun 19, 7:59pm

Yes

El Jefe

Jun 19, 8:09pm

This article names 7 billionaires in Utah. Ryan, his brother & dad, Gail Miller,

Tare

Jun 19, 8:05pm

There are more Billionaires than who is listed. I know of at least 2 others that live here that are not listed.

specsauce

Jun 19, 8:46pm

For example - Dave Bateman. Not saying he is a donor, just providing names.

Atmospheric_Cougar

Jun 19, 9:13pm

I doubt he’s a billionaire. Wealthy sure

Tare

Jun 19, 9:24pm

I have it on good authority he is a billionaire.

Atmospheric_Cougar

Jun 19, 9:39pm

I doubt BYU would mbe looking for donations here

Cougstreak

Jun 19, 10:22pm

He lost his control of his company due to posting things about Jewish people

Charles Darwin

Jun 19, 10:28pm

Yeah sounds like he went pretty loco

greatbam

Jun 20, 7:02am

Right, which is why I said he is an example, but not a donor….

Atmospheric_Cougar

Jun 20, 7:12am

He left Utah and the church

Charles Darwin

Jun 19, 9:55pm

Yup, He lives in Puerto Rico and has a place in UT. I’ve been to his place in PR

Atmospheric_Cougar

Jun 20, 7:15am

I have a neighbor who is a billionaire and wouldn't be on anybody's radar. Dude

Trent

Jun 20, 3:32pm

Does King Hussein live in Provo? He's probably a billionaire and I know that

CougMAGA

Jun 19, 8:16pm

He’s a class act

BR549

Jun 19, 9:04pm

I don't think they live in Provo

Styro

Jun 20, 8:50am

I know the owner of W.W. Clyde Construction in Orem is a big time booster

Zip

Jun 19, 9:13pm

Gary Crittenden and several of his BYU Wall Street pals support BYU in a big

Gentleman Stan

Jun 19, 10:00pm

Todd Pederson? John Pestana? John Pope?

JupiterJones

Jun 19, 10:55pm

Todd Pederson has got to be close

Nuke

Jun 19, 11:15pm

I thought he sold vivent for 2.1 billion

Millhouse

Jun 20, 11:27am

He didn't own 100% of it 🙂

JupiterJones

Jun 20, 4:23pm

Keith Nellesen is another that comes to mind

Tuskaloosa Cougar

Jun 20, 3:10am

BYU fan but no billionaire

maxpowers

Jun 20, 5:58am

Kevin and Melisa Nellesen are big supporters of UVU. Related to Keith?

NYC and Japan

Jun 20, 9:08am

Yoon kim helps with NIL stuff. He's loaded but not a billionaire.

pinolero

Jun 19, 11:25pm

Rodger Galland is probably a billionaire. Not sure if or how much he donates to

volleyjiver

Jun 20, 6:37am

Rodger flies so far underneath the radar, it's crazy.

Ham

Jun 20, 9:08am

these are the best kind of super wealthy people. Sneaky rich as my wife calls it

maxpowers

Jun 20, 11:08am

Didn't even have to look to know who rolled their eyes

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY

Jun 20, 7:49am

A roll eye emoji = "You are right, I have nothing to say on the matter".

AltTabbins

Jun 20, 10:08am

Dang! NOT how I think about that when I sometimes use it on a woke post. 😉

Trent

Jun 20, 4:46pm

If you want to know who the big donors are just see who is in court side seats.

Oldcougfan

Jun 20, 10:41am

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93grad

Jun 20, 12:02pm

I used to think that BYU would 100% be left on the outside...

311polo

Jun 20, 3:06pm

Im actually about 25 mins away

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