[3] In 1997, Orthwein held 1.6 million shares in Anheuser-Busch, more than any other company insider with the exception of his first cousin, chairman and president August Busch III.
However, those plans were derailed when Boston paper magnate Robert Kraft, owner of Foxboro Stadium, refused to accept a buyout of the lease.
Knowing this, Kraft staged what amounted to a hostile takeover, offering to buy the team outright for $175 million.
Although future St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke offered to buy the team for $200 million and move it to St. Louis, Orthwein would have been saddled with all relocation expenses.
[5] One of Orthwein's wives was Romaine Dahlgren Pierce, who had married and divorced William Simpson and David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven.
[1] For 35 years, Orthwein was Master of Foxhounds at Bridlespur Hunt Club; he was a member of the Missouri Horseman's Hall of Fame.