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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 Fugger family of mercantile bankers and venture capitalists, the richest family in the 16th century. [63] 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.
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.
This is a list of the wealthiest Americans ranked by net worth.It is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets by Forbes and by data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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 ...
When your family's fortune is more than many countries' gross domestic products, there stands a chance it is among the richest families in the world. Most of the world's wealthiest families got ...
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 family is collectively worth about $267 billion, according to Forbes. An estimated 45% of Walmart's stock is owned by the families of seven heirs of the founders. Top 10 richest families in ...