Charles Schwab turned 2,600-acre Montana ranch into private golf retreat

Every wealthy executive eventually wonders where to escape when the phones stop ringing. For Charles Schwab, the discount brokerage pioneer, the answer was a quiet corner of western Montana, where a century-old horse ranch offered fishing, dirt roads, and a genuine chance to be an ordinary neighbour. Rather than simply visit, he spent heavily to rebuild the property as a private retreat with a golf course, restored barns, guest houses, and homesites for sale. This article explains how Thoroughbred pastureland became the Stock Farm in the Bitterroot Valley, what it cost, who it was built for, and why it mattered.How Charles Schwab swapped boardroom suits for waders and jeans at his Bitterroot Valley ranch hideawayAccording to Forbes, there was nothing Charles Schwab enjoyed more than slipping away to his reclusive ranch in the Bitterroot Valley, about 35 miles south of Missoula.