The list of America’s 25 richest families is out. The list prepared by Forbes, shows that these families have been able to hold on their wealth over generations, in some cases since the late 1800s. Twelve of the 25 fortunes fell compared to a year ago, while 10 increased. Two were unchanged and one is new. To make the top 25 list, the net worth cutoff was $10.7 billion.
| Rank | Name | Net Worth | Origin of Wealth |
| 1 | Walton family | $130 billion | Wal-Mart |
| 2 | Koch family | $82 billion | diversified |
| 3 | Mars family | $78 billion | candy |
| 4 | Cargill-MacMillan family | $49 billion | Cargill Inc. |
| 5 | Cox family | $41 billion | media |
| 6 | S.C. Johnson family | $30 billion | cleaning products |
| 7 | Pritzker family | $29 billion | hotels, investments |
| 8 | (Edward) Johnson family | $28.5 billion | money management |
| 9 | Hearst family | $28 billion | Hearst Corp. |
| 10 | Duncan family | $21.5 billion | pipelines |
| 11 | Newhouse family | $18.5 billion | magazines, cable TV |
| 12 | Lauder family | $17.9 billion | Estee Lauder |
| 13 | Dorrance family | $17.1 billion | Campbell Soup Co. |
| 14 | Ziff family | $14.4 billion | publishing |
| 15 | Du Pont family | $14.3 billion | DuPont (chemicals) |
| 16 | Hunt family | $13.7 billion | oil |
| 16 | Goldman family | $13.7 billion | real estate |
| 18 | Busch family | $13.4 billion | Anheuser-Busch |
| 19 | Sackler family | $13 billion | pain medicines |
| 20 | Brown family | $12.3 billion | liquor |
| 21 | Marshall family | $12 billion | diversified |
| 22 | Mellon family | $11.5 billion | banking |
| 23 | Butt family | $11 billion | supermarkets |
| 23 | Rockefeller family | $11 billion | oil |
| 25 | Gallo family | $10.7 billion | wine, liquor |
Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2016/06/29/billion-dollar-clans-americas-25-richest-families-2016/#58e4b7bc43b4
