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The Mars family is an American family that owns the confectionery company Mars Inc. In 1988, the family was ranked as the richest family in the United States of America by Fortune magazine. It has since been surpassed by the Walton family and the Koch family, and was ranked as the third richest family in America in 2016. [1]
Mars is an heiress among the members of the Mars family that founded and owns Mars Incorporated, holding shares in the company.As a member of the family, her shares of Mars, Inc. and other assets were estimated by Forbes magazine in April 2024 to be worth $38.5 billion, making her the 19th richest American, and #34 on its list of "The World's Billionaires". [7]
John Franklyn Mars (born October 15, 1935) is an American businessman and heir. He is the chairman of Mars, Inc. As of November 2023, Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimated his net worth at US$46.4 billion, ranking him the 24th-richest person in the world (tied with his sister Jacqueline ).
Mars Inc. (legally Mars, Incorporated) is an American multinational manufacturer of confectionery, pet food, and other food products and a provider of animal care services, with US$45 billion in annual sales in 2022; [7] that year Forbes ranked the company as the fourth-largest privately held company in the United States. [8]
As most Mars family members retired from the company and installed trusted lieutenants at the helm, Valerie remained and helped spearhead most of the company's major deals, including the $23 ...
The Mars family is famously private and has avoided publicity, Fortune reported in a 1967 story. Siblings Jacqueline, 84, and John, 88, co-own Mars but don’t manage it, according to Business ...
Forrest Edward Mars Sr. (March 21, 1904 – July 1, 1999) was an American billionaire businessman and the driving force of the Mars candy empire.He is best known for introducing Milky Way (1924) and Mars (1932) chocolate bars, and M&M's (1941) chocolate, as well as orchestrating the launch of Uncle Ben's Rice.
The Mars One Project is a privately-funded mission that will take 100 people to live on the Red Planet starting in 2026. ... He says came to terms with his wife leaving the family in a decade for ...