Background
Margaret Anne Cargill was born September 24, 1920, in Los Angeles, the daughter of Austen Cargill and granddaughter of W. W. Cargill. She grew up in the Midwest.
Margaret Anne Cargill was born September 24, 1920, in Los Angeles, the daughter of Austen Cargill and granddaughter of W. W. Cargill. She grew up in the Midwest.
University of Minnesota.
She earned a degree in arts education from the University of Minnesota and moved to Southern California. Philanthropy She became one of eight heirs to the Minneapolis-based grain-trading conglomerate. Forbes magazine listed her in 2005 as the 164th richest American, with a Netto worth of $1.8 billion.
She was a major donor to the American Red Cross, the Nature Conservancy, the Smithsonian Institution"s National Museum of the American Indian and the American Swedish Institute.
She gave away more than $200 million, always anonymously. She established the Anne Ray Charitable Trust which provides grants for charitable and educational programs and scholarships.
She provided that, after her death, the Margaret A. Foundation would use her wealth for charitable purposes. Death She died from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on August 1, 2006, at her home in Louisiana Jolla, San Diego, California.
