Founding father of the Hearst fortune, William Randolph Heart (Image via Wikipedia)
The richest family is made up of the six heirs to Sam Walton and his brother James (known as Bud), who together founded retailer Wal-Mart. Sam’s three surviving children all rank in the top twenty richest; adding their fortunes to the other three Waltons on the list gets a combined tally of $93 billion.
The oldest fortune is that of the Cargill family. W.W. Cargill founded a grain storage company in 1865 which has since grown into the world’s largest private company. Seven members of the fourth generation Cargill and MacMillan families are on the 400 this year; their combined net worth is $14.3 billion.
Here, the 18 families. Number of relatives refers to members on The Forbes 400 in 2011:
Walton 6 relatives. Combined net worth: $93 billion. Source: Wal-Mart, founded by Sam Walton in 1962, with revenues of $405 billion in 2010.
Koch 3 brothers. Combined net worth: $54 billion. Brothers David and Charles own large stakes in $100 billion (revenues) Koch Industries, which operates pipelines, produces fertilizer, chemicals, polymers and owns forestry company Georgia Pacific.
Mars 3 siblings. Combined net worth: $41.4 billion. Siblings share ownership of Mars, the world’s largest confectioner, maker of M&Ms, Milky Way and 3 Musketeers and a long list of others. Revenue: nearly $32 billion.
Cox 3 relatives Combined net worth: $24 billion. Family members share ownership of Cox Enterprises, whose assets include cable company Cox Communications and newspaper, TV and radio group Cox Media. Jim Kennedy, grandson of the founder, is the chairman of Cox Enterprises.
Pritzker 11 relatives. Combined net worth: $19.6 billion. The family inherited pieces of a diversified fortune that includes Hyatt Hotels and host of industrial assets that were built up A.N. Pritzker and his sons Jay (d. 1999) and Robert.
Cargill 7 relatives. Combined net worth: $14.3 billion. Seven members of the Cargill and MacMillan families inherited stakes agribusiness giant Cargill Inc., which had revenues of $119.5 billion in the fiscal year through May 2011.
Duncan 4 siblings. Combined net worth: $13.6 billion. Siblings inherited their wealth from their father Dan Duncan, who built Enterprise Products into an energy company that owns 49,000 miles of pipelines.
Ziff 3 brothers. Combined net worth: $12.6 billion. Brothers share ownership of Ziff Brothers Investments, a diversified portfolio of hedge funds, real estate, equities and commodities. Their father built the Ziff-Davis publishing empire.
Newhouse 2 brothers. Combined net worth: $12.5 billion. Brothers S.I. and Donald run newspaper and media company Advance Publications (owner of magazine publisher Conde Nast) and own stock in Discovery Communications.
S. C. Johnson 5 relatives. Combined net worth: $11.5 billion. H. Fisk Johnson is CEO of household products company S.C. Johnson, with $9 billion in revenues.
Hearst 5 relatives. Combined net worth: $9.8 billion. Five grandchildren of the late media baron William Randolph Hearst own stakes in Hearst Corp., which has newspapers, magazines, TV and radio stations, and stakes in cable networks ESPN, Lifetime, and A&E. The family’s stake in ESPN is worth more than $6 billion.
Bass 4 brothers. Combined net worth: $9.5 billion. Brothers share an oil fortune originally created by their uncle, Sid Richardson.
Lauder 2 brothers. Combined net worth: $9.6 billion. Brothers Leonard and Ronald inherited stakes in cosmetics empire Estee Lauder from their mother, who died in 2004. They each own vast art collections.
Bechtel 2 relatives. Combined net worth: $6 billion. Father Stephen and son Riley own stakes in San Francisco-based engineering giant Bechtel Corp., the firm that built the Hoover Dam and the Chunnel.
Stryker 3 siblings. Combined net worth: $4.7 billion. Siblings inherited stake in medical device company Stryker, founded by their grandfather Homer H. Stryker.
Reyes 2 brothers. Combined net worth: $4 billion. Brothers Christopher and Jude oversee food and beer distribution conglomerate Reyes Holdings, with $14 billion in revenues.
Fisher 2 relatives Combined net worth: $3.5 billion. Doris Fisher and deceased husband Don founded retailer Gap.
Richest Families On The Forbes 400
Page 3 of 3
Marriott 2 relatives Combined net worth: $2.7 billion. Two brothers inherited stake in hotel empire Marriott. Bill (aka J.W. Marriott Jr.) runs Marriott while Richard runs Host Hotels.
Sam Walton Credit: Louie Psihoyos/Corbis
Không có nhận xét nào:
Đăng nhận xét