Wyly is apparently unrelated to the wealthy businessmen brothers Sam Wyly and Charles Wyly, Jr., who were also born in Lake Providence.
Lee S. Ainslie III is the head of hedge fund Maverick Capital, which in 1993 he helped form at the invitation of billionaire Sam Wyly.
Sam Wyly and his brother Charles Wyly bought the small Bonanza restaurant chain three years later.
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Charles and Sam Wyly, businessmen who endowed Wyly Tower of Learning at Louisiana Tech.