Roxanne Quimby went from anti-capitalist to centimillionaire entrepreneur in the span of four decades.

“I had renounced the pursuit of capital as a radical 19-year-old in the 1960s,” says Quimby, the cofounder of Burt’s Bees, known for its lip balms and lotions. “I was going to live without money. I didn’t need it. I was going to trade and grow stuff and keep my expenses low.”

The former hippie, who took Burt’s Bees from a rural Maine operation selling at craft fairs to an international brand, eventually sold the company in two nine-figure transactions in the mid-2000s. Flush with cash, Quimby purchased thousands of acres of land across the country, aiming to preserve the land rather than develop it. In 2016, she donated roughly $75 million worth of her holdings to the National Park Service -- over 87,000 acres overall -- and $6 million to other causes, landing her the Number 32 spot on Forbes List of America’s Top 50 Givers.

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