Ohio St. to get 100 Million gift from Les Wexner

[dabrockster]

Holy Crap.. Owner/President of Limited brands (Les Wexner) plans to donate 100 million to Ohi St. today. 65 million of his own money and 35 million from his company..

I am not sure if any other university has received such a donation from an Alumni (Maybe the Nike to OU).

http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2011/02/16/story-columbus-ohio-state-wexner-gift.html?sid=102

This guy is filthy rich. His compound in New Albany is insane. I used to drive by it and it is massive. He has over 18 houses on his property and all of them are mansions. They are enclosed with a modest fence, but he has armed security and roaming dogs all the time. Even his security detail has a sweet office at the gate..

I believe his home is the massive one off of White Barn rd off of Kitzmiller Rd.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Kitzmiller+Rd+%2B+Les+Wexner&aq=&sll=40.069796,-82.80653&sspn=0.058589,0.110378&ie=UTF8&hq=Kitzmiller+Rd+%2B+Les+Wexner&hnear=&ll=40.067595,-82.800972&spn=0.007324,0.013797&t=h&z=16

[Indy Coug]

Boone Pickens coughed up $165M

Pickens sets record with $165M Oklahoma State gift - College Sports - ESPN

[Uncle Ted]

Bill Gates coughed up a cool billion for college scholarships.

http://college.lovetoknow.com/Bill_Gates_Scholarship

[Moliere]

Boone Pickens coughed up $165M

Pickens sets record with $165M Oklahoma State gift - College Sports - ESPN

OSU > tOSU

[dabrockster]

[RC Vikings]

Do you think this will be enough to cover the expense for the 2012 and 2013 recruiting years?

[dabrockster]

Do you think this will be enough to cover the expense for the 2012 and 2013 recruiting years?

Possibly. I am not an expert. I suggest we look to USC on that type of thing..