A fact from Martin Selig appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 December2015(check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Martin Selig and his family fled the Nazis via Poland, Russia, Korea, and Japan, got off the boat in Seattle "on a whim", and later built the tallest building there?
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Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion
The Forbes real-time billionaires list no longer lists Selig as being worth at least $1 billion. Considering that his company has over $800 million in bad loans, per sources I cited in recent edits, I don't think he should be glossed as a "billionaire" in the first sentence anymore. White 720 (talk) 22:34, 10 April 2025 (UTC)Reply
