harold hamm, ceo of continental resources, is worth over $20 billion.ost of that from his ex-wife, he is making the following argument, that his success and his companies is mainly due to luck. now, couples have two kinds of assets. there is active and passive assets. active assets are those that come from work, and those are the ones that can be divided by a court. passive assets, that comes from luck or passive investing, and he gets to keep all of those. so, hamm would keep passive investments or wealth that comes from passive investing. so, he's arguing, his attorneys are arguing in court that the $17 billion that he created during his marriage mainly came from luck. and you know, we just happened to discover the oil shale and grow the biggest fracking company in the world. this is a man who's run the company since 1967. he owns 70% of the company, and he is both the chairman and the ceo. now, look at the stock under his leadership or luck over the past few years, going from $61 to $154 today. the final deal, i am told, with his wife could be more i

there are somebody else i want to talk about named harold hamm. harold hamm also a fascinating story grew up in a little town in oklahoma and even that is interesting because historically the energy world that guys came from texas. oklahoma's sort of the sister and her ways. harold hamm came from a little town in oklahoma. he was really poor. he was the 13th of 13 children, a little shack of a home i visited. he couldn't even go to school until christmastime because his parents were sharecroppers india to help them in the fields. they were picking watermelon and cotton. it was so cold that he couldn't be allowed to go to school. he grew up poor and he had a pair of new shoes he recalls when his little home burned down and the people in the town chipped in and bought a new shoes and became a good day for him. he remembers it as being a positive day. he grew up really poor, didn't go to college buddy have this hunger to find oil. he traveled the country and you go to these parts, you still see these people. it's like an american archetype. there's h

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. >>> speaking of oil, america's richest energy man, harold hamm is in the midst of what could be theciest divorce ever. his wife of over 25 years is aggressively pursuing a huge chunk of his $17 billion fortune. the "today" show will have the juicy details later this morning. >>> talk about a smart gamble. the ashley furniture store in college station offered all furniture purchases between august 16th and the 1th for free. the catch here? their hometown texas a&m football team had to beat south carolina by at least ten points. well, last night's final score, aggies 52, gamecocks 28. that means about 600 furniture buyers will get more than $1 million in free stuff. the owner bought insurance so only needs to pay there 15% of that cost. good call, what do you think? >> sales of assault rifles plunged following last week's record sales. huge supplies and no sign of gun restrictions are to blame. >>> northbound's hugely popular black list cashes in big-time, and a fantastic day in the world of sports. all that for you next. tyle to express your unique personality. so why can't you do th

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