Perspectives from ISB

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