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The du Pont family (English: / d uː ˈ p ɒ n t /) or Du Pont family is a prominent American family descended from Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739–1817). It has been one of the richest families in the United States since the mid-19th century, when it founded its fortune in the gunpowder business.
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Feb 8, 2024 · Du Pont family. The heirs to one of America's oldest corporations, chemical company DuPont, are estimated to number least 3,500. DuPont was founded as a gunpowder manufacturer in 1802 by E.I. du ...
Feb 24, 2024 · The du Pont family, known for owning the DuPont Co., has made the recent Forbes list highlighting some of the most affluent families in the United States for 2024. With a net worth of $18.1 ...
One of his sons, Henry Algernon du Pont (1838–1926), was a graduate of West Point and a Medal of Honor winner in the Civil War; he entered the family business in 1878 and pushed for its incorporation in 1899. Retiring in 1902, he was U.S. senator from Delaware from 1906 to 1917. In 1902, three cousins—Thomas Coleman du Pont (1863–1930 ...
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Jan 19, 2023 · 0:58. Irénée du Pont Jr., the patriarch of Delaware's prominent, wealthy and influential du Pont family, died Monday. He was 103. Du Pont was the great-great-grandson of DuPont Co. founder ...
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Mar 16, 2014 · Worldwide, there were 3,301 descendants of Pierre S. du Pont living in 2011—that’s roughly 80 percent of the family tree—but only 211 of them carried the du Pont surname, Hayward says. Today’s Delaware du Pont might be a Hayward or a Copeland, or a Kitchell, a Lickle, a Carpenter, a Craven, a Ketcham, a Stabler or a Dean.
Feb 2, 2023 · The du Pont family's wealth remains today, though according to a 2020 listing by Forbes magazine, the family's worth of an estimated $16 billion is spread among about 4,000 heirs.
