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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 ...
The Welser family, alongside the Fugger one of the most important families of merchant bankers in 16th-century Europe. The Baring family, owners of an important merchant bank in London in the 18th to 19th centuries. The Schröder family, a leading Hanseatic family of Hamburg in the 18th to 19th centuries.
Indeed, the list of America’s 10 richest families of 2024 compiled by Forbes includes familiar names like Mars and Walton, the former of candy maker fame and the latter of Walmart fame.
The Rockefeller family (/ ˈ r ɒ k ə f ɛ l ər / ROCK-ə-fell-ər) is an American industrial, political, and banking family that owns one of the world's largest fortunes. The fortune was made in the American petroleum industry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries by brothers John D. Rockefeller and William A. Rockefeller Jr., primarily through Standard Oil (the predecessor of ...
The Johnson Family. Approximate Net Worth: $10.7 billion Source of Wealth: Investing The Johnson family is now in its third generation of helping average Americans invest their money after Abigail ...
One of the richest families in America, the Kennedys were worth $1.2 billion as of 2015, according to Forbes. Most of the family fortune is spread across dozens of trusts, ranging in value from ...
In 1957, Fortune magazine developed a list of the seventy-six wealthiest Americans, which was published in many American newspapers. [7] Jean Paul Getty, when asked his reaction to being named wealthiest American and whether he was worth a billion dollars, said, "You know, if you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars" and then added, "But remember, a billion dollars isn't ...
Forbes introduced the first ranking this year of the nation's families who are worth $10 billion or more; 45 families made the list. Together, they're worth a combined $1.3 trillion, according to ...