Mother Jones 400
April 1996

41. Richard T. Farmer

Farmer is chairman of Cintas Corporation, a uniform-rental supplier to firms such as Coke and Delta Airlines, now looking to invest in Mexico. A member of Forbes 400 ($525 million net worth), Farmer profits with almost every new OSHA rule that requires employers to issue uniforms to employees. NAFTA's potential to enforce uniform requirements in other countries could create a gold mine for Cintas. On the flip side, government regulation has troubled him: Cintas has been fined for discharging illegal chemicals from its laundries.

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