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- Gautam Adani
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- The Lee Family
- The S.C. Johnson Family
- The Lauder Family
- The Rausing Family
- The Hartono Family
- The Albrecht Family
- The Pritzker Family
- The Kwok Family
- The Thomson Family
- The Quandt Family
Most of the family’s fortune is derived from Samsung. The company did not always produce electronic devices. When it was started in 1938 by Lee Byung-Chul, it exported fruits, vegetables, and fish. It began producing electronic items in 1969. When Lee passed on, his grandson Lee Kun-hee took over.
This family is wealthy thanks to the establishment of SC Johnson. Samuel Curtis Johnson started the company in 1886 after he acquired a parquet flooring company. Later on, his son Herbert Fisk Johnson ran the company until 1928. Today, the company is managed by the fifth generation of the Johnsons. The company has a diverse portfolio of household c...
It was Estee Lauder’s idea to start a family business called Estee Lauderin 1947. She started the family business after receiving her first major order of $800 worth of skincare products. Today, the family business has 31 different makeup brands, which generate $14.3 billion in revenue. Estee’s business became successful in the 1990s when she embar...
Hans Rausing and his brother Gad Rausing inherited Tetra Pak in 1983 after their father passed on. By the time the brothers inherited the company, it was already the major leader in food packaging. While Hans’ father was alive, he worked as the CEO. In the 1980s, Hans opted out of the business and sold the share of his business to Gad for $7 billio...
This family is successful largely due to its cigarette company, Djarum. Djarum is the third-largest manufacturer of clove cigarettes in the world. Due to the ban on clove cigarettes in the United States, the company mainly focuses on producing premium cigarettes. Oei Wei Gwan bought the cigarette company in 1950. When Oei died in 1963, he left it t...
This family made their fortune through their chain of discount grocery stores called Aldi. Today, Aldi has at least 10,000 stores worldwide. The idea of the family business began when Karl and Theo Albrecht’s mother owned a small grocery store. The sons figured out ways of expanding the small store into the major business it is today. Since the fam...
Their wealthy journey began with A.N. Pritzker. He began investing in real estate and companies while working in his father’s law firm. At some point, he left the firm to focus on his investments. Eventually, the family figured out a way of shielding A.N.’s investments from taxes through a network of trusts. By 1999, the family had built an empire ...
This family became wealthy once Kwok Tak-seng established a real estate company called Sun Hung Kai Properties in 1963. He decided to venture into every sector of the property business, from residential to commercial. When he passed away in 1990, his company was passed down to his oldest son, Walter.
Roy Thomson is responsible for the massive wealth this family enjoys today. It all began in 1934 when he acquired a newspaper in Ontario, Canada. Soon after, he began buying up more newspapers and radio stations. By the 1950s, he owned 19 newspapers and was the president of the Canadian Daily Newspaper Publisher’s Association. Still, he continued t...
The family became successful once Herbert Quandt turned BMWfrom a struggling car company to one of the largest luxury car companies. Herbert served as the owner of BMW before allowing his daughter Susanne and son Stefan to take over. The children have become one of the wealthiest people in Germany due to their position in BMW.
Oct 28, 2022 · The Cargill and MacMillan families, whose grain and beef giant’s revenue surged 23% to a record $165 billion in fiscal 2022, added $13.6 billion to their fortune in the past year.
- Rothschild Family. Net Worth: $400 Billion. The richest family to ever exist is the Rothschild family. The historical origin of Rothschild dates back to the 1760s when a Jewish banker Mayer Amschel Rothschild started his banking business.
- Walton Family. Net Worth: $238.2 Billion. Walton family is the second richest family in the world. Sam Walton founded the world’s largest retail corporation, Walmart, in 1962.
- Koch Family. Net Worth: $124.4 Billion. Koch family is the third richest family in the world. In 1940, Fred C. Koch founded an oil refining corporation “Wood River Oil and Refining Company” in Wichita, Kansas.
- Mars Family. Net Worth:$141.9 Billion. Mars family is the fourth richest family in the world. In 1911, Franklin Clarence Mars founded Mars Inc. in Washington.
Apr 5, 2022 · W. ar, pandemic and plunging stock markets have dented the fortunes of many of the richest people on the planet this year. Forbes found 2,668 billionaires around the globe for the 2022 World’s ...
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Dec 8, 2023 · Fidelity had a record $25.2 billion in revenue in 2022. 1943: Boston-based lawyer Edward C. Johnson II becomes president and director of the Fidelity Fund. 1957: Edward C. “Ned” Johnson III ...
