The Cary, NC Billionaire Conserving Our Forests and Wetlands
Tim Sweeney is only 50 years old but his accomplishments are staggering.
The Cary billionaire, whose net worth is reported by Forbes as $7.4 billion in 2021, is the founder and CEO of Epic Games (of which the game "Fortnite" was born) and the creator of Unreal Engine, a game developement platform.
He is the wealthiest man in the state of North Carolina (bypassing another Cary billionaire, James Goodnight, this past April), and he ranks 608th wealthiest in the world.
More importantly, he's a dedicated conservationist. Originally from Maryland, Sweeney has called North Carolina home since 1999, and he's taken it upon himself to preserve our wilderness, buying up thousands of acres of undeveloped land for conservation purposes.
In April 2021, Tim Sweeney made the largest private conservation land donation in North Carolina history.
Sweeney's LLC, "130 of Chatham" donated 7,500 acres in the Roan Highlands of western North Carolina to the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy. The acreage....
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