Early Life, Education, and Business Career
Berg was born in Maddock and raised on a farm in Hettinger. His father was a large animal veterinarian and his mother was a writer. His grandfather immigrated to the United States from Norway.
Berg graduated from Hettinger High School. He earned a wrestling scholarship to the North Dakota State School of Science. He attended for a year before transferring to North Dakota State University, where he graduated with a B.A. in Agricultural Economics.
In 1982, after college he co-founded Midwest Management Company (which became Goldmark Property Management in 1994), a real-estate management firm in Fargo. In 1987 he moved on to an affiliate commercial real estate company spun off from Midwest. In 1996 along with other early partners in Midwest he founded Goldmark Commercial Corporation which has since been renamed to Goldmark Schlossman Commercial Real Estate.
Rick Berg was the 13th wealthiest member of Congress.
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