Roger Milliken. In 1947, the tall, bespectacled South Carolinian inherited his family’s Spartanburg-based textile company, a business that would make him one of the richest men in America. Milliken eagerly invested these monies in conservative causes. He sunk tens of thousands of dollars into Regnery Publishing and gave National Review a substantial amount to facilitate the magazine’s launch (and remained a major contributor, leading Buckley to label him National Review’s “most important asset”).
