article_snippet: It was only after Ronald Read death last June that Ronald Read talent for picking successful stocks became public knowledge when Ronald Read left $6 million to Ronald Read local library and hospital in Brattleboro, Vermont .
article_snippet: Ronald Read fortune only became public knowledge after Ronald Read's death last June when Ronald Read bequeathed $6 million to Ronald Read local library and hospital.
article_snippet: Ronald Read most expensive possession was a 2007 Toyota Yaris valued at $5,000, which gave no hint of the size of Ronald Read  fortune. '
article_snippet: Bokum together with Claire Johns, the executor of Ronald Read's will, is currently going through a five-inch-thick stack of stock certificates to determine his exact worth. '
article_snippet: At the time of his death Ronald Read owned at least 95 stocks, many of which his had held for decades.
article_snippet: When Ronald Read received dividend checks in the mail his plowed the money back into more shares, said Bokum.
article_snippet: At the time of his deathhis death, Ronald Read also had large stakes in J.M. Smucker, CVS Health and Johnson & Johnson.
article_snippet: When Ronald Read died last year his also had large stakes in companies including Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson .
highlights_snippet: Ronald Read who died last June age 92 had secretly amassed a fortune of around $8 million .
  