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Financed by the Vicks VapoRub fortune, the Smith Richardson Foundation is estimated to have assets of about $250 million. It became active in supporting conservative causes in 1973, when R. Randolph Richardson became president. The foundation funded the early "supply-side" books of Jude Wanniski and George Gilder. The Richardsons are estimated by Forbes to have a net worth of $870 million, making them one of the country's richest families.
