$22-bn twin empires' heiress Perdue still uses subway, lives in same building as her staff
Mitzi Perdue, heiress to Sheraton and Perdue families' $22-billion business empires, told Fortune she still uses the subway and worked as a journalist, covering Russia-Ukraine conflict. She said she lives in the same building as Perdue's employees, gets her shoes fixed by cobblers and flies in economy class. She sold her engagement ring for $1.2 million for Ukrainian humanitarian efforts.