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Jay Kleberg grew up on a ranch. Perhaps you’ve heard of it. Here’s a hint: It’s larger than Rhode Island, maintains its own school district, and markets a signature cattle breed, the dark-red Santa Gertrudis. Stretching across six South Texas counties, the 825,000-acre King Ranch is the stuff of legend. It inspired Edna Ferber’s classic 1952 novel Giant (and its famous film adaptation starring James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor) and is the subject of half a dozen history books. Thanks to one of many lucrative licensing deals, for around $60,000 you can buy a Ford F-150 King Ranch edition pickup truck emblazoned with the ranch’s brand, the Running W. The ranch was founded in 1852 by steamboat captain Richard King, but its success is widely credited…

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