His Profit was $8 per house…

Read today of the passing of a true rags to riches story, Larry Weinberg, first started in real estate building houses. That sounds enterprising for a young 20 something, recently married, but his profit was $8 a house. Even back then that’s not much. Its people like Larry that have made this country great for the opportunity we all have…

Stu Inman, left, then-general manager of the Portland Trail Blazers basketball team, speaks during a meeting with, from left, assistant coach Rick Adelman, Trail Blazers executive vice president Harry Glickman, team owner Larry Weinberg and coach Jack Ramsay in Portland, Ore., in this undated photo.

Stu Inman, left, then-general manager of the Portland Trail Blazers basketball team, speaks during a meeting with, from left, assistant coach Rick Adelman, Trail Blazers executive vice president Harry Glickman, team owner Larry Weinberg and coach Jack Ramsay in Portland, Ore., in this undated photo. PHOTO: TOM TREICK/THE OREGONIAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS

https://www.wsj.com/articles/larry-weinberg-survived-horrific-war-injuries-founded-home-builder-and-owned-nba-team-11547220600