Meet The 37-Year-Old CEO Who Runs Her Family’s Rice Business And Asked Trump To Double Down On Tariffs

By Chloe Sorvino,

Forbes

At the White House earlier this month, President Donald Trump joined a roundtable of America’s farmers to announce $12 billion in bailouts. But when Meryl Kennedy, the 37-year-old CEO of her family’s Louisiana rice mill, spoke up to tell him that “the tariffs are working but we need to double down,” he was surprised: “You want more?” Trump asked.

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