(Editor’s note: NBC Sports is marking the 25-year anniversary of the eventful 1996 Indy 500 – the first conducted after the IRL-CART split – through an oral history series this week, starting with ...

John Menard Jr. is widely known as the richest man in Wisconsin. A tough-minded, staunchly conservative 75-year-old billionaire, he owns a highly profitable chain of hardware stores throughout the ...

Menards did not admit to any wrongdoing, but 10 states, including Arizona, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, alleged that the company intended ...

The bitter business dispute between Carmel businessman Steve Hilbert and hardware-chain owner John Menard spilled into federal court in Indianapolis today — and entwined a celebrity, Melania Trump, in ...

Multiple Wisconsin billionaires just landed on Forbes' newest list of the richest people in the world. Across the U.S. there are a record 902 billionaires. China and India, respectively, are the ...

SONOMA, Calif. -- Roger Penske has sponsorship locked down for three of his IndyCar teams next season, with Menards signing on for 10 races with Simon Pagenaud to drive the bright yellow colors of the ...

Billionaire John Menard and his chain of mostly Midwestern home improvement stores are returning to the Indianapolis 500, which is symbolic for the IndyCar Series. Menard, 76, walked away from the ...

Roger Penske celebrated his 50th anniversary in the Indianapolis 500 with his 18th victory. Along for the ride was sponsor John Menard, like Penske celebrating nearly a lifetime of annual trips to the ...

Steve Hilbert has been ousted as CEO of Indianapolis-based MH Private Equity after a bitter battle with John Menard, the hardware store king who financed the $500 million private equity firm. Menard’s ...

John Menard defended his associations with foreign drivers in IndyCar by saying Saturday he’s had plenty of Americans. “I mean, we ran Tony Stewart, for example,” he said at Sonoma Raceway, site of ...

As you’re getting your taxes ready, here’s a number to keep in mind: $15 million. That’s the amount a tax court recently decided that Menard Inc. had improperly deducted from its corporate tax return ...

A year and a half after John Menard ousted Steve and Tomisue Hilbert as the managers of the private equity firm they all started, attorneys for the two sides continue to fight bitterly for every ...