Red Zone: Cars, Cows, and Coaches

Big man, big voice, big boots, and big deals. Meet Red McCombs, a wheeler-dealer who shoots from the hip and asks questions later. His is a story of only in America, but with a Texas twist. In the circles he travels, people know him only as Red. They also know him as cattle and oil baron, and empire builder in cars and sports. Red started out at the age of ten, selling peanuts for a nickel a bag to laborers in his hometown of Spur, Texas. Later he dropped plans for a law degree, opting for a more profitable used car sales career, and emerged as one of the top three Ford dealers in America. But his fortune has not been made through cars alone. He co-founded what is now Clea Channel Communications [world leader in radio stations and billboards] and is a rancher, professional sports team owner (previously the San Antonio Spurs and Denver Nuggets, and now the Minnesota Vikings), and investor In more than 200 companies. Few self-made billionaires ever had a more rollicking ride for their money McCombs has power and knows how to use it. He's made a fortune and knows how to share it.