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The Gondi family of Florence, financial partners of the Medici family in the 15th century. The Fugger family of mercantile bankers and venture capitalists, the richest family in the 16th century. [62] The Welser family, alongside the Fugger one of the most important families of merchant bankers in 16th-century Europe.
Many of these families moved to national prominence from a single state or region, for example: the Huntingtons of Connecticut, the Longs of Louisiana, the Harrisons and Lees of Virginia, the Roosevelts of New York, the Daleys and the Stevensons of Illinois, the Muhlenbergs of Pennsylvania, the Tafts of Ohio, the Frelinghuysens of New Jersey, the Lodges of Massachusetts and the DuPonts of ...
A noble house is an aristocratic family or kinship group, either currently or historically of national or international significance [clarification needed], and usually associated with one or more hereditary titles, the most senior of which will be held by the "Head of the House" or patriarch.
The dos Santos–Van-Dúnem-Vieira Dias family. José Eduardo dos Santos (President of Angola, 1979–2017); Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos 'Nandó' (cousin of José Eduardo dos Santos; Vice-President of Angola, 2010–2012; Speaker of the National Assembly 2008–2010; Prime Minister 2002–2008)
As of 2016, there 2,188 billionaires across the world -- and some major companies have a higher concentration of the richest of the rich than others.
The Rockefeller File offers a critical look into the lives -- and secrets -- of the controversial family behind the colossal fortune. The shocking, true story was written by Gary Allen almost 30 ...
Congressional leaders posthumously gave their highest honor Tuesday to the 13 U.S. service members killed during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan three years ago. The Congressional Gold ...
Mian Muhammad Azhar (Governor of Punjab, 1990-1993, Mayor of Lahore 1987-1991; Hammad Azhar (Previous Finance Minister of Pakistan); Mian Family of Baghbanpura. Justice Mian Shah Din, (1868–1918), Elected President of the All-India Muslim League(March 1908), Member of the Simla Deputation in 1906, First Muslim Judge in British India, Poet and Writer.