Tom DuPont is a seventh generation grandson of Pierre Samuel DuPont, who came to the United States from France a little over 200 years ago, and founded a company that manufactured gunpowder, dynamite, paints, plastics, and later invented Kevlar, nylon, and Teflon.

This company made the DuPont family one of the top 15 richest families in America to this day.

Tom is a super interesting guy and a local entrepreneur from the Tampa area,

and he created the DuPont registry back in the 80s.

But in the year 2000, which was the 200th anniversary of the family coming to America,

they celebrated on E.I. DuPont, the founder of the company, on his birthday in June.

And so this was in 2000, and it's now 19 years later.

And back then, there were 2,800.

So there's probably over 4,000 now.

Holy crap.

And that's direct descendants from the man and wife that landed here in the United States in Delaware in 1800.

In 1800, the first descendants of your family came from France to Delaware.

And why did they migrate here and what were they doing in France at the time?

Well, the family has a fascinating history and most of the world is aware of their history when it involved chemical spills.

Right.

And black sheep members of the family who broke the law.

Yeah, the documentaries seem to follow the dark side.

But if you drift into Wilmington, Delaware, you'll notice school after building, after hospital,

after something that has been a product of my family's influence over years, hundreds of years.

And I think that the family's mantra of always being community-minded is something that's carried

down. It's in my blood.

You know, we're all very fortunate.

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