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Oct 5, 2021 · Close behind in age—if not net worth—are fellow crypto entrepreneurs Brian Armstrong ($11.5 billion) and Fred Ehrsam ($3.5 billion), cofounders of crypto exchange Coinbase, and Baiju Bhatt ($2 ...
Apr 1, 2024 · Updated Mon, Apr 1, 2024, 9:03 AM 6 min read. Sometime around age 50, the average American can now expect a household net worth exceeding $1 million. How did so many 50-somethings become ...
Oct 5, 2021 · The top 20 on the list are together worth a stunning $1.8 trillion. Forbes calculated net worths for the list using stock prices from September 3, 2021—which turned out to be close to record ...
Retired president Don Engstrom, 90, said he's proud to have his oldest grandchild, Monica Engstrom, 33, and her brother, Daniel Engstrom, 22, join the family business.
- Gallo Family
- Rollins Family
- Goldman Family
- Stryker Family
- Cathy Family
- 19 (Tie). Ziff Family
- 19 (Tie). Dorrance Family
- Hunt Family
- Dupont Family
- Busch Family
Net worth: $12.4 billion The dynasty responsible for Gallo wines began with a tragic story. Italian immigrant Joseph Gallo set up an illegal but successful wine business during Prohibition, but on the eve of the repeal, he and his wife were both found dead at their farm. After their parents’ death, sons Ernest and Julio established a legal business...
Net worth: $13.1 billion This family made its fortune through pest control and owns Orkin — the biggest pest control company by revenue in North America. O. Wayne Rollins and John Rollins originally founded Rollins Broadcasting, a radio and TV business, in the 1940s, but the brothers kept expanding into other sectors and later purchased Orkin for $...
Net worth: $13.2 billion One of the richest families in real estate, the Goldman clan owns more than 700 properties across the country as well as stakes in the World Trade Center developments in lower Manhattan, says Forbes. Sol Goldman started his real estate business, Solil Management (named for Sol and his wife Lillian), by purchasing foreclosed...
Net worth: $13.2 billion Homer Stryker, an orthopedic surgeon from Kalamazoo, Michigan, decided to invent his own medical devices to meet his patients’ needs — one of them is the mobile hospital bed — and started his own business to produce them in 1941. His three grandchildren inherited an estimated 13% stake in the company, and granddaughter Rond...
Net worth: $14.2 billion S. Truett Cathy opened the Atlanta diner Dwarf Grill (later renamed The Dwarf House) in 1946. Following its success, he launched Chick-fil-A in 1967, and it’s become one of America’s biggest quick-service chicken restaurants. Today, sons Dan and Bubba Cathy lead and own the fast food franchise, which has more than 2,500 out...
Net worth: $15 billion Dirk, Robert and Daniel Ziff are heirs to media conglomerate Ziff Davis LLC, which was originally founded by their grandfather, William Bernard Ziff Sr., as a publishing company in 1927. William B. Sr.’s son William B. Jr. sold the publisher to Forstmann, Little & Company for $1.4 billion in 1994, and his three sons used the ...
Net worth: $15 billion John T. Dorrance invented the process for making condensed soup in 1899 — and made his brand Campbell’s Soup a household name across the globe. The Dorrance descendants are now one of the richest families in the U.S. They own about 41% of the company collectively, reported CNBCin 2018. John’s granddaughter Mary Alice Malone, ...
Net worth: $15.5 billion Arkansas cotton trader H.L. Hunt — who also inspired the character of J.R. Ewing on TV series Dallas— turned a $50 loan into a lucrative oil empire, and today his heirs are reaping the benefits. His eldest children sold his Hunt Petroleum to XTO Energy in 2008 for $4.2 billion in cash and stock, says Forbes, but sons Ray Le...
Net worth: $16 billion There are around 4,000heirs to chemical giant DuPont, which traces its origins all the way back to 1802. Only one, Eleuthere I. du Pont, still sits on the company’s board of directors today. E.I. du Pont first founded the company as a gunpowder manufacturer, but it has since expanded to include clean technologies, consumer pr...
Net worth: $17.6 billion The Busch family is responsible for beer brands Budweiser and Bud Light. Adolphus Busch co-founded local brewery Anheuser-Busch with his father-in-law Eberhard Anheuser in the 1850s in St. Louis. Although the family continued to pass down the business from generation to generation following Adolphus’ death, InBev purchased ...
Jun 10, 2020 · Stig Engstrom, known in Sweden as the “Skandia man” because he left the head office of the Skandia insurance company shortly before Palme’s assassination on February 28 1986, is the “one ...
Oct 29, 2021 · It took 34 years, 10,000 interviews, and 134 confessions to solve the murder mystery of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme.
