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T. Denny Sanford Net Worth 2024

By David Craig

Thomas Denny Sanford was born on December 23, 1935, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, during the Great Depression. Sanford's mother, Edith, died when he was 4 years old from breast cancer. His first job was at age 8 working in his father's garment shop. In his teenage years, he was arrested for drinking and fighting and placed in a Juvenile detention center, being released after 36 days on the condition that he enroll in college. He became a student at the University of Minnesota, intending to become a Doctor. But he struggled with chemistry and switched majors. At age 20, Sanford's Father passed away. Sanford eventually graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in psychology in 1958.