Profiles in Wealth: Debra Waller, $90 million

"I'm not like other CEOs," says Jockey International CEO Debra Waller. Adopted as an infant into the family that owned what was then called Cooper's Underwear Co., Waller became CEO of the underwear manufacturer in 2001. A teacher before she joined Jockey in 1982, she has focused the company's philanthropy on support for adoptive families and initiatives to encourage adoption. "In my mind," she says, "every kid should have a home." And some underwear.

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