[post_page_title]Different from ‘earning’[/post_page_title]
Unusually enough, Whittaker was already very wealthy when he won the sum. He had a net worth of about $17 million, which he got by working his way up from poverty, to becoming the owner of a West Virginia contracting company, to riches. He found, however, the money he won was nothing like the money he had earned. Despite the fact he did a lot of good with the money he had won, Whittaker was robbed, got involved in suitcases, and lost his granddaughter to an overdose.
