1. Ernest J Gallo was an American businessman and philanthropist.
11 Facts About Ernest Gallo
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Ernest Gallo was born on March 18,1909, in Jackson, California.
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Ernest Gallo's father operated a boarding house for the miners in Jackson, California and a saloon in Oakland, California.
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In 1910, at one year old, Ernest Gallo lived with his maternal grandparents, Batista Biancos, in Hanford, California.
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At about age 6, Ernest Gallo returned to live with his parents.
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On June 21,1933, Ernest Gallo's father shot his mother and killed himself.
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Ernest Gallo attended Modesto Junior College, but he did not graduate.
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Ernest Gallo Winery, using $5,900 in borrowed cash from his mother-in-law.
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In 2008, Ernest Gallo donated $800k to the University of Notre Dame, $600,000 to Stanford University, and $3.835 million to Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health.
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Ernest Gallo was ranked 297th on the 2006 Forbes 400 list of billionaires, with an estimated wealth of US$1.2 billion.
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On March 6,2007, Ernest Gallo died in Modesto, California, twelve days shy of his 98th birthday.