Tara Ramirez

Win Date

February 25, 2012

State

NY

Winner Type

individual

Marital Status

single

Payment Choice

lump sum

After Tax

$29M

Tara Ramirez was 37, living in Hartsdale, New York, with a young daughter. When she won $70 million on February 25, 2012, she did something most winners don't: before anyone knew her name, she created Case Park, LLC. The company — not Tara Ramirez — claimed the $28.9 million check. Then she disappeared from Hartsdale and reappeared in Chappaqua — the same exclusive hamlet where Bill and Hillary Clinton live, known for its top-ranked schools and wooded privacy. Her daughter Emma enrolled in Horace Greeley High School. Years later, Tara wasn't hiding. She became Chappaqua PTA President. She organized Black History Month walks. She sat on the town's Council on Race and Equity. In 2017, she even filed a class-action lawsuit against a tech scammer. Not a victim — a leader.