The Richest Families Around The World

1. The Brown Family - Worth $20.4 Billion

imagesource/familymindedIndustry: FoodSay hello to the masterminds behind Jack Daniels Whiskey and Finlandia Vodka. George Garvin Brown, originally a pharmaceutical salesman, partnered up with his accountant George Forman to create the brand Brown-Forman Corp in the 1800s. When Brown died, his family inherited 50% of the publicly traded firm making them one of the richest families in the world.

2. The Hearst Family - Worth $21 Billion

imagesource/lovemediaIndustry: MediaWilliam Randolph Hearst bought the San Francisco Examiner in 1887, before going on to collect media companies, newspaper, television and radio broadcasting networks. His son then went on to become a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and his grandson is now chairman of the Hearst corp.

3. The Duncan Family - Worth $22 Billion

imagesource/greenwichtimeIndustry: EnergyThe Duncan Family, had humble beginnings, before making their fortune in the pipeline industry. After Dan Duncan founded Enterprise Products Partners in 1968, his four children inherited his enormous fortune when he passed away in 2010. Back then, the estate was worth a hefty $10 Billion, it has since doubled and considering most of his children had little involvement in the company, they've not done too bad for themselves.

4. The Lee Family - Worth $29 Billion

imagesource/youtubeIndustry: TechnologyEveryone's heard of Samsung haven't they? Well, South Korea's Lee family owns the cellphone maker and several other subsidairies, making them one wealthiest families there is. Back in 1938, Lee Byung-chul opened a dry goods store with just $25 and over decades, the family expanded into hospitality, electronics, insurance, advertising and even weapons-making. Lee Byung-chul's decendents know live a cushty life thanks to him!

5. The Chearavanont Family - Worth $30.7 Billion

imagesource/bangkokpostIndustry: Agriculture, Food, Manufacturing, Real Estate, CommerceThai entrepreneur, Chia Ek Chor opened the Charoen Pokphand Group in 1921 and a century later the little humble enterprise was one of the world's biggest businesses. The family now controls interests in Honda, Heineken, 7-Eleven and the True Corporation.

6. The Johnson Family - Worth $33.8 Billion

imagesource/SCjohnsonIndustry: Consumer products, Financial servicesWindex, Shout, Saran wrap Ziploc bags and Glade Air Fresheners are all products we'll find in our homes. But when Samuel Johnson opened his firm in Wisconsin, 1886, I don't think he knew how wealthy his company would actually become. The fifth generation of his family continues to manage his empire, with Herbert Fisk Johnson serving as chairman.

7. The Ferrero Family - Worth $34.5 Billion

imagesource/businessinsiderIndustry: Consumer goodsWho doesn't love a Ferrero? Because I do! Not only do Ferrero's compant make Nutella, but they also make Tic Tacs, Kinger and Mon Chéri - some of the better known on the other side of the Atlantic making the Ferrero's Italy's wealthiest family.

8. The Prtizker Family - Worth $35.3 Billion

imagesource/pbsIndustry: HospitalityThe Hyatt hotel brand is recognised globally, but what you probably didn't know was there was no Mr or Mrs Hyatt. Jack Dyer Crough and Hyatt Robert von Dehn opened this hotel chain together back in the 50s. The first being down the street from LAX where brothers Jay and Donald Pritzker saw $$$ signs in expanding their airport-adjacent hotel. The Brothers went on to buy von Dehn and Crouch's property and took the idea of putting hotels near runways on the road.

9. The Kwok Family - Worth $35.6 Billion

imagesource/businessinsiderIndustry: Real EstateKwok Tak-Seng, who was the wealthiest realtor in Hong Kong, created some greedy children. Even after inheriting his $30 billion fortune, Tak-Sengs youngest sons, Raymond and Thomas squabbled over their inheritance before kicking their eldest sibling, Walter, out of the family. Walter died in 2018 just months before Raymond and Thomas were arrested for bribery. Wow. What a family.

10. The Rausing Family - Worth $35.9 Billion

imagesource/dailymailIndustry: PackagingSwedish businessman Ruben Andersson founded the food packaging firm Tetra Pak in the 50s, his son Hans, moved to the United Kingdom in the 80s to avoid hefty Swedish taxes before selling his shares of the company to his brother, Gad for $7 billion. With great wealth, comes great tragedy, Hans' wife, Eva died from a drug overdose in 2012 after having been arrested for trying to bring crack cocaine into London's US embassy.

11. The Cox Family - Worth $38.6 Billion

imagesource/celebritynetworthIndustry: CommunicationsJames M. Cox, started out purchasing his hometown Dayton, Ohio's Evening News. Like William Randolph Hearst, Cox acquired more and more media outlets during his life and today, Cox communications employs over 20,000 people in it's cable, TV, broadband and other divisions.

12. The Van Damme, de Spoelberch and de Mevius Families - Worth $40.2 Billion

imagesource/oldmoneysocietyIndustry: Beer, LiquorGerman immigrant Adolphus Busch and his father-in-la, Eberhard Anheuser, set up a brewery in St. Louis in 1850, by 1913, Busch was worth $60 million. His descendants kept on with brewing and even the prohibition couldn't sink his operation. Fast-forward to present day, Anheuser-Busch merged with Belgian beverage giant InBev, meaning that every Budweiser purchased in America, sends dollars overseas to the Van Damme, de Spoelberch and de Mevius families.

13. The Newhouse Family - Worth $41.6 Billion

imagesource/redditIndustry: PublishingOnce upon a time, publishing was a very good way to make money. Samuel Irving Newhouse, started Advance Publications in 1922, and with many purchases and acquisitions later, the company was rolling over billions of dollars in annual revenue. This is thanks for the likes of the New Yorker, Vogue and Vanity Fair.

14. The Dassault Family - Worth $41.9 Billion

imagesource/southchinamorningpostIndustry: Software, AviationMarcel Dassault, born in Paris in the late 1800s, designed an aircraft propeller that became widely used in World War I by the French military. By the 60s, Dassault Aviation was a major producer of military planes. Nowadays, the Dassault Group produces software, media and real estate, in addition to a 3D modelling company, thats generated $5 billion in revenue.

15. The Quandt Family - Worth $42.3 Billion

imagesource/businessinsiderIndustry: AutomotiveBayerische Motoren Werke (better known as BMW) has been around since long before the Second World War, their plants, which were based in Munich were heavily bombed by the Allies. But after the Nazis surrendered, BMW nearly went under before Herbery Qerner Quandt took the business into a completely new direction.

16. The Mulliez Family - Worth $45.9 Billion

imagesource/businessinsiderIndustry: Sporting GoodsOne of France's wealthiest families, The Mulliez's have their hands in every pie it seems. Restaurants, electrical appliances, retail, sports, clothing and tonnes of others sectors! They made their fortune with sporting goods lines like Decathlon and Auchan department stores. The empire consists of over 7,000 stores in over 30 countries.

17. The Hoffmann and Oeri Families - Worth $47.3 Billion

imagesource/handelszeitungIndustry: HealthcareIn the 1910s, healthcare company, Roche, expanded across Europe and into America becoming a pharma giant in traditional medicine. La Roche's descendants have brought up many other brands over the years, making Roche the world's largest players in pharma and vitamins.

18. The Lauder Family - Worth $49.3 Billion

imagesource/esteelaudercompaniesIndustry: CosmeticsEstee Lauder was raised in Queens by Hungarian-Czech immigrants before she started selling beauty products in high-end salons in New York. She eventually launched her own skincare company and within a year, she was taking large orders from Saks Fifth Avenue. Estee is no longer alive, but her family still manages the company, which had a $16.2 billion revenue turn over in 2021.

19. The Albrect Family - Worth $51 Billion

imagesource/businessinsiderIndustry: Consumer GoodsDuring World War II, Germany's Albrecht brothers took over their mother's thrift store and expanded Aldi to thousands of location around the world. The family went on to buy out Trader Joe's chain in 1979 and what a lot of people also don't know, is that the family rarely give out interviews or live ostentatiously.

20. The Cargill and MacMillan Families - Worth $51.6 Billion

Industry: AgribusinessScotsman, W. W. Cargill's grain storage business started off as a small family business but is now worth over $100 billion. A whopping 14 of the Cargill-MacMillan clan are billionaires, ranking them high up on the list of wealthiest families in the world. Who would have known grains could make people so rich?

21. The Boehringer and Von Baumbach Families - Worth $59.2 Billion

imagesource/bloombergIndustry: HealthcareThe Boehringer Ingelheim group is the second-largest pharmaceutical company in Germany and employs over 50,000 people. The family, who are known for being press-shy and extremely private, pumped a lot of finance into research on a vaccine for COVID-19.

22. The Thomson Family - Worth $61.1 Billion

imagesource/canadianbusinessIndustry: Publishing, CommunicationsTaking a leaf out of the book of Hearst, Roy Thomson purchased the Timmins Daily Press in Ontario as a new businessman in the early 21st century. By the 50s, he owned over 20 papers and founded the Canadian Weekly Review as a way to serve Canadians who had emigrated to the UK.

23. The Johnson Family - Worth $61.2 Billion

imagesource/bloombergIndustry: Financial servicesAnother 'Johnson' family (the richer Johnson's) of Boston rule the financial services. Fidelity was founded in 1946 by Edward Johnson before his son Edward III succeeded him. The firm made $21 billion in 2020 alone & the Johnsons collectively own 49% of the world's second largest mutual fund.

24. The Wertheimer Family - Worth $61.8 Billion

imagesource/l'officielusaIndustry: Consumer productsYou may not have heard of Pierre Wertheimer, but you've definitely heard of Coco Chanel, haven't you! Well, during the second World War, Parisian designer, Chanel was trying to make her mark in the fashion industry, when Wertheimer took a chance with her brand. Chanel passed away in 1971 but her name lives on thanks to Wertheimer, who;s grandson's Gerard and Alain are at the helm of Chanel today.

25. The Ambani Family - Worth $93.7 Billion

imagesource/familymindedIndustry: Consumer productsOil, also known as Black Gold, is what made this family so rich. $80 billion rich to be exact. Dhirubhai Ambani started out as a gas station attendant before going on to founding Reliance Commercial Corporation - which is now run by Ambani's children.

26. The Al Saud Family - Worth $100 Billion

imagesource/houseofsaudIndustry: OilSaudi Arabia was established in 1932 and less than a century later is one of the world's wealthiest nations thanks to...oil. Family's like the Al Saud Family, are known for their ostentatious spending, shelling out for gold, diamonds, cars, golden toilets and chartered flights for falcons.

27. The Dumas (Hermes) Family - Worth $110.6 Billion

imagesource/businessinsiderIndustry: Consumer productsUber chic fashion brand Hermes, started out in the 19th century, when Thierry Hermes started out making horseback gear for France's elite. But the brand would not have done so well if it wasn't for his descendant, Jean-Louis Dumas, who took Hermes to the world's stage in 1970.

28. The Koch Family - Worth $124.4 Billion

imagesource/businessinsiderIndustry: Energy, ManufacturingNow we're in the top three, we're talking about serious money now. Brothers David and Charles Koch (pronounced Coke) took their fathers oil business and rocket launched it into a $115 billion business - thats per year btw! David died in 2019, leaving his widow, Julie with $53 billion in inheritance.

29. The Mars Family - Worth $141.9 Billion

imagesource/familymindedIndustry: Candy, other consumer goodsMars Inc, make all sorts of candy, including Milky Way, Twix, M&Ms and Snickers. The Virginia based Mars family are on the list of the 400 richest people in the world and with America's appetite for candy, it doesn't look like they'll dissipate anytime soon as they continue to get richer and richer.

30. The Walton Family - Worth $238.2 Billion

imagesource/jobswithjusticeIndustry: RetailEverybody and I mean everybody had heard of Walmart. It's so big, that in some areas on the country, it handles 50% of all grocery sales. The Walton family are so rich, that they (as they should) like to give back to the community, creating foundations and charities all around the world.

31. The Slim Family - Worth $70 Billion

Image Source / Richest Families in the WorldThe Mexican Slim family is one of the wealthiest in the world, headed by business magnate Carlos Slim. Members of this family live in Europe, Lebanon and the US as well as Mexico. Carlos made his fortune from investing holding in different Mexican companies through Grupo Carso.

32. The Ortega Family - Worth $59.6 Billion

Image Source / American Red DevilsThe Ortega family from Spain are worth an estimated $59.6 billion, and the majority of this money comes from their clothing company, Inditex, which you may also know as Zara. The head of this very rich family is billionaire Amancio Ortega.

33. The Porsche Family - Worth $10.5 Billion

Image Source / Bloomberg.comThe Austrian-German Porsche family (who are also known as the Porsche-Piëch family) are descended from Ferdinand Porsche, the name many will know in the automotive industry. The members of this family have control over Porsche SE, and their family headquarters are based in Austria.

34. The Arnault Family - Worth $144 Billion

Image Source / FortuneThe head of the French Arnault family, Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault, has an estimated worth of a whopping $144 billion as of 2022. He's made his money as a business magnate, art collector and investor. He's also the chairman and chief executive of the luxury company LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.

35. The Kamprad Family - Worth $1 Billion Each

Image Source / Business InsiderIf you're a fan of Swedish furniture, then you might have heard of a little store called IKEA - and if you've shopped there (like we all have), you've contributed to the wealth of the Kamprad family, which has an estimated worth of $1 billion per brother (there's three of them!).

36. The Bettencourt Family - Worth $75.3 Billion

Image Source / Le MondeThe head of this wealthy family, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, is a French businesswoman responsible for being the chairwoman of the company L'Oréal. She's also a philanthropist, billionaire heiress in her own right and even a pianist on the side - because she can afford a piano or two, let's be honest.

37. The Reimann Family - Worth $20 Billion

Image Source / Business InsiderThis very wealthy family is also rather secretive, but that doesn't change the fact that they're one of the richest in the world. There are 5 children with a combined net worth of at least $20 billion, who run the JAB Holding Company of Germany, with headquarters in Luxembourg.

38. The Pinault Family - Worth $33.5 Billion

Image Source / ZimbioThis French family is headed by billionaire François Pinault, whose estimated wealth in 2022 is $33.5 billion, ranking him as the 31st richest person in the world. Some of his wealth comes from his purchase of a hotel in Paris, France.

39. The Hartono Family - Worth $11.5 Billion

Image Source / Tatler AsiaBased in Indonesia, this family saw the Hartono brothers inherit Djarum - a tobacco company - from their father, but that's not even where most of their wealth comes from. They're rich mostly because of Bank Central Asia, the largest private bank in Indonesia. Michael Hartono's wealth stands at $11.5 billion.

40. The Marinho Family - Worth $28.9 Billion

Image Source / Media Ownership Monitor BrazilThe Brazilian family of the Marinhos sees its three brothers - Roberto Irineu Marinho, Joao Robero Marinho, Jose Roberto Marinho - each being a billionaire in their own right. Their combined wealth amounts to $28.9 billion, and they made their money from media.

41. The Henkel Family - Worth £15 Billion

Image Source / FlickrThe businessman of this German family Christoph Henkel (based in London, England) is worth around $1.7 billion alone, after inheriting a $1 billion stake in the German chemical company, Henkel, which passed to him after his father's death. The estimated Henkel family fortune stands at £15 billion.

42. The Schaeffler Family - Worth $11.2 Billion

Image Source / FortuneThe German manufacturing company, Schaeffler, is headed on the supervisory board by Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Schaeffler, who alone is worth $11.2 billion. He inherited the fortune through the family, and was ranked 96th richest person in the world in 2020.

43. The Bass Family - Worth (Estimated) $11.2 Billion

Image Source / Southwestern Medical FoundationThis rich family from the US is made up of four brothers: Sid, Edward, Robert and Lee Bass. Each brother gained $2.8 million in inheritance from their uncle, Sid Richardson, who was an oil tycoon. From what they inherited, the brothers have built their own wealth since.

44. The Brenninkmeijer Family - Worth $5-$26 Billion (Estimate)

Image Source / CofraThis family, of Dutch, German and Swiss lineage, is a wealthy family of manufacturers. They have amassed their wealth from an international chain of clothing stores, and also own Cofra Holding, which is based in Switzerland.

45. The Damani Family - Worth (Estimated) $13 Billion

Image Source / Campden FBHeaded by Indian billionaire investor Radhakishan Shivkishan Damani, this family are the founders of DMart. Radhakistan, a business magnate, also has a generous portfolio with his investment firm, Bright Star Investments Limited. He was ranked as the 98th richest person in the world last year.

46. The Cheng Family - Worth $22.6 Billion

Image Source / ABC MobileHong Kong's Cheng family has amassed quite the fortune at $22.6 billion, and has done so by making money from multiple businesses, including Chow Tai Fook Jewellery and Rosewood Hotels and Resorts. They also have a real estate firm called New World Development.

47. The Møller Family - Worth $21 Billion

Image Source / National Museum of American HistoryThis Danish family - known as Møller-Maersk & Family - is a household name in shipping. Across the world, it has around 90,000 employees, with the family behind it all building its wealth on container ships as well as ports. It's also made a heck of a lot of money from oil and gas.

48. The Sy Family - Worth $19 Billion

Image Source / Philippine StarMaking a fortune from SM Investments Corporation in the Philippines, the Sy family was headed by Henry Tan Chi Sieng Sy Sr., a Filipino investor as well as businessman. Sy had stayed behind in the Philippines when the rest of his family moved to China so that he could start ShoeMart.

49. The Safra Family - Worth $25 Billion

Image Source / The Times of IsraelThe family of Joseph Safra is made up of very successful bankers - which we know make a lot of money. The Safra family originally began to amass its fortune by making trade routes between key locations, like Alexandria and Aleppo. Joseph Safra's net worth in 2022 is estimated at $25 billion.

50. The Powell-Jobs Family - Worth

Image Source / Celebrity FamilyThe fortune of the Powell-Jobs family was mainly amassed by the co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs. Laurene Powell Jobs and family's fortune currently stands at $11.9 billion, while Laurene is the founder and president of the Emerson Collection (a grantmaking and investing firm).