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H.L. Hunt, father of the Kansas City Chiefs' Lamar Hunt, invested in oil and made his family one of America's richest.
- The Hunt family is one of the wealthiest families in America.
- Their fortune came from H.L. Hunt's early investments in American oil.
- H.L. had 15 children, some of whom are still very prominent in business today.
- His son, the late Lamar Hunt, was a founding member of the American Football League and owner of the Kansas City Chiefs.
- Another son, Ray Hunt, is the richest of all his siblings - he heads up the oil and gas company Hunt Consolidated, Inc.
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