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A Fortune in Food

Lynsi Snyder
Owner, President
In-N-Out Burger

THE MONEY: Upon turning 35, took over 96% ownership of the Irvine-based burger chain founded in 1948 by her paternal grandparents, Harry and Esther Snyder. She had seen a slow increase in her holdings in the company for a decade as part of a trust created by her grandparents.

THE NUMBERS: The 358-store chain posted $1 billion in 2020 revenue, up 9% year-over-year, according to Technomic.

KEY FIGURE: Forbes has ranked Snyder as the youngest woman on its 400 listing of billionaires. The magazine currently pegs her fortune at $3.6 billion, $900 million over our estimate, which factors in a price of a little more than $7.5 million per In-N-Out location, if it were to be sold.

PORTFOLIO: In-N-Out owns all of its stores, and Synder is on record vowing that it will remain a private company.

FAMILY HISTORY:
She took over the president’s role in 2010 from Mark Taylor, who’d served as president since her grandmother’s death in 2006. Her father died in 1999.

MOVING PLANS: News reports in April said Snyder had put her nearly 19,000-square-foot home in L.A.’s Bradbury Estates on the market for $16.8 million. It was previously owned by former Dodger Adrián Beltré; she paid $17.4 million for it, according to reports. No word on where she would move, post-sale.

+17%
• NET WORTH:
$2.7 billion
• LAST YEAR: $2.3 billion
• AGE: 39
• LIVES IN: L.A. County
• SOURCE OF WEALTH: restaurants

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