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The heiress of $10 billion Perdue farms and the $12 billion Sheraton hotel empire wore hand-me-downs, still rides the subway, and flies economy

The heiress of  billion Perdue farms and the  billion Sheraton hotel empire wore hand-me-downs, still rides the subway, and flies economy

The thought of a billionaire’s lifestyle may conjure up images of Great Gatsby mansion-buying and jet-setting at the drop of a hat. But the life of an heiress with the wealth of two billion-dollar American businesses looks a lot different.  Mitzi Perdue was born into the Sheraton hotel family, and at just the age of 26, she and her siblings …

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