The World's Richest Families

[xxCivicxx]

Either the author of this list is an idiot who doesn't research anything, or its an outdated article. The Rothschild's ain't got it like that no more. All their fortune is split between hundreds of heirs and heiresses.

Nigga noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Please please PLEASE don't be that ignorant

Either the author of this list is an idiot who doesn't research anything, or its an outdated article. The Rothschild's ain't got it like that no more. All their fortune is split between hundreds of heirs and heiresses.

Doesn't that still make them members of the same family?

Not necessarily. Plus these hundreds of heirs are spread out around the world. I doubt these niggas meet up once a month to discuss shit they no longer have the power to control.

Please stop posting about things that you don't know about smh

Wow people love spreading misinformation

Correct me then, cause it was already broken down

That whole list is bullshit no diss and loitered with grammatical errors too.

For the record David Thomson of the Thomson family is actually Canada's richest person and family, he's not from USA he's born and raised from Canada. His father was Ken Thomson and his uncle was Roy Thomson. David Thomson was born in the Rosedale neighbourhood of Toronto (one of the wealthiest neighbourhoods in Canada). And to further correct that it's actually his SISTER who's the richest.

The Rothschild is bullshit too, and are no where NEAR what they were 600 years ago. Conspiracy theorists need to stop it, the Rothschild were dismantled by many of world's largest banks because they tried to hold a monopoly over banking. Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, etc. took them out a looong time ago. The richest and most powerful family in the world is the Walton family not House of Saud.

Smh

That's just a history

 

[xxCivicxx]

These are the banks they still own/control. Idk when you niggas are gonna stop listening to niggas talking on this site and just research yourself smh

Afghanistan: Bank of Afghanistan

Albania: Bank of Albania

Algeria: Bank of Algeria

Argentina: Central Bank of Argentina

Armenia: Central Bank of Armenia

Aruba: Central Bank of Aruba

Australia: Reserve Bank of Australia

Austria: Austrian National Bank

Azerbaijan: Central Bank of Azerbaijan Republic

Bahamas: Central Bank of The Bahamas

Bahrain: Central Bank of Bahrain

Bangladesh: Bangladesh Bank

Barbados: Central Bank of Barbados

Belarus: National Bank of the Republic of Belarus

Belgium: National Bank of Belgium

Belize: Central Bank of Belize

Benin: Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)

Bermuda: Bermuda Monetary Authority

Bhutan: Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan

Bolivia: Central Bank of Bolivia

Bosnia: Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana: Bank of Botswana

Brazil: Central Bank of Brazil

Bulgaria: Bulgarian National Bank

Burkina Faso: Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)

Burundi: Bank of the Republic of Burundi

Cambodia: National Bank of Cambodia

Came Roon: Bank of Central African States

Canada: Bank of Canada – Banque du Canada

Cayman Islands: Cayman Islands Monetary Authority

Central African Republic: Bank of Central African States

Chad: Bank of Central African States

Chile: Central Bank of Chile

China: The People’s Bank of China

Colombia: Bank of the Republic

Comoros: Central Bank of Comoros

Congo: Bank of Central African States

Costa Rica: Central Bank of Costa Rica

Côte d’Ivoire: Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)

Croatia: Croatian National Bank

Cuba: Central Bank of Cuba

Cyprus: Central Bank of Cyprus

Czech Republic: Czech National Bank

Denmark: National Bank of Denmark

Dominican Republic: Central Bank of the Dominican Republic

East Caribbean area: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

Ecuador: Central Bank of Ecuador

Egypt: Central Bank of Egypt

El Salvador: Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea: Bank of Central African States

Estonia: Bank of Estonia

Ethiopia: National Bank of Ethiopia

European Union: European Central Bank

Fiji: Reserve Bank of Fiji

Finland: Bank of Finland

France: Bank of France

Gabon: Bank of Central African States

The Gambia: Central Bank of The Gambia

Georgia: National Bank of Georgia

Germany: Deutsche Bundesbank

Ghana: Bank of Ghana

Greece: Bank of Greece

Guatemala: Bank of Guatemala

Guinea Bissau: Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)

Guyana: Bank of Guyana

Haiti: Central Bank of Haiti

Honduras: Central Bank of Honduras

Hong Kong: Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Hungary: Magyar Nemzeti Bank

Iceland: Central Bank of Iceland

India: Reserve Bank of India

Indonesia: Bank Indonesia

Iran: The Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iraq: Central Bank of Iraq

Ireland: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland

Israel: Bank of Israel

Italy: Bank of Italy

Jamaica: Bank of Jamaica

Japan: Bank of Japan

Jordan: Central Bank of Jordan

Kazakhstan: National Bank of Kazakhstan

Kenya: Central Bank of Kenya

Korea: Bank of Korea

Kuwait: Central Bank of Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan: National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic

Latvia: Bank of Latvia

Lebanon: Central Bank of Lebanon

Lesotho: Central Bank of Lesotho

Libya: Central Bank of Libya (Their most recent conquest)

Uruguay: Central Bank of Uruguay

Lithuania: Bank of Lithuania

Luxembourg: Central Bank of Luxembourg

Macao: Monetary Authority of Macao

Macedonia: National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia

Madagascar: Central Bank of Madagascar

Malawi: Reserve Bank of Malawi

Malaysia: Central Bank of Malaysia

Mali: Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)

Malta: Central Bank of Malta

Mauritius: Bank of Mauritius

Mexico: Bank of Mexico

Moldova: National Bank of Moldova

Mongolia: Bank of Mongolia

Montenegro: Central Bank of Montenegro

Morocco: Bank of Morocco

Mozambique: Bank of Mozambique

Namibia: Bank of Namibia

Nepal: Central Bank of Nepal

Netherlands: Netherlands Bank

Netherlands Antilles: Bank of the Netherlands Antilles

New Zealand: Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Nicaragua: Central Bank of Nicaragua

Niger: Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)

Nigeria: Central Bank of Nigeria

Norway: Central Bank of Norway

Oman: Central Bank of Oman

Pakistan: State Bank of Pakistan

Papua New Guinea: Bank of Papua New Guinea

Paraguay: Central Bank of Paraguay

Peru: Central Reserve Bank of Peru

Philip Pines: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Poland: National Bank of Poland

Portugal: Bank of Portugal

Qatar: Qatar Central Bank

Romania: National Bank of Romania

Russia: Central Bank of Russia

Rwanda: National Bank of Rwanda

San Marino: Central Bank of the Republic of San Marino

Samoa: Central Bank of Samoa

Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency

Senegal: Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)

Serbia: National Bank of Serbia

Seychelles: Central Bank of Seychelles

Sierra Leone: Bank of Sierra Leone

Singapore: Monetary Authority of Singapore

Slovakia: National Bank of Slovakia

Slovenia: Bank of Slovenia

Solomon Islands: Central Bank of Solomon Islands

South Africa: South African Reserve Bank

Spain: Bank of Spain

Sri Lanka: Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Sudan: Bank of Sudan

Surinam: Central Bank of Suriname

Swaziland: The Central Bank of Swaziland

Sweden: Sveriges Riksbank

Switzerland: Swiss National Bank

Tajikistan: National Bank of Tajikistan

Tanzania: Bank of Tanzania

Thailand: Bank of Thailand

Togo: Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)

Tonga: National Reserve Bank of Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago: Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia: Central Bank of Tunisia

Turkey: Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

Uganda: Bank of Uganda

Ukraine: National Bank of Ukraine

United Arab Emirates: Central Bank of United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom: Bank of England

United States: Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Vanuatu: Reserve Bank of Vanuatu

Venezuela: Central Bank of Venezuela

Vietnam: The State Bank of Vietnam

Yemen: Central Bank of Yemen

Zambia: Bank of Zambia

Zimbabwe: Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe

 

[xxCivicxx]

Talking about bullshit ass goldman fucking sachs smh

I'm talking MUCH bigger than that

They own entire countries by way of said country's centralized bank

JP Morgan was their underling

 

[xxCivicxx]

Before 9/11 there were like 7 countries on this planet without a centralized bank(almost all of them in the middle east)

I think there are like 2 left now

 

[The Lonious Monk]

Either the author of this list is an idiot who doesn't research anything, or its an outdated article. The Rothschild's ain't got it like that no more. All their fortune is split between hundreds of heirs and heiresses.

My nigga did you even read? The article said the same thing you just said.

 

[blackrain]

real estate in Hong Kong and China.

Umm...ain't Hong Kong in China? I know I ain't that high reading this article

 

[Maximus Rex]

real estate in Hong Kong and China.

Umm...ain't Hong Kong in China? I know I ain't that high reading this article

Naw manyne, Hong Kong borders Nanda Parbat to the north, Genosha to the East, Themyscira to the South, and Latveria to the West.

 

[Idiopathic Joker]

Before 9/11 there were like 7 countries on this planet without a centralized bank(almost all of them in the middle east)

I think there are like 2 left now

The shit about them owning everything is horse shit.

And those banks you listed are all public companies and you can download the annual reports of who owns what shares/percentage of the bank from political figures to family trusts and not ONE Rothschild has even a single % of any of them. Anybody in banking or economics knows of the story of what happened to their family. When U.S. and European banks became powerhouses, they ousted the Rothschild influence over banking and politics hundreds of years ago and took over banking in their respective countries that's why there's an oligopoly between 5-6 banks in most countries. And no whole countries aren't owned by them you cant OWN a country like that. Personal strife, lack of knowledge, spoiled heirs, tough competition and competitive advantages from other banks destroyed them internally and externally. Niggas need to stop getting information from Alex Jones and conspiracy sites and read an annual report and proxy statements of said companies (which is free to download from the SEC website).

He gets his info from YouTube conspiracy videos.

 

[xxCivicxx]

Before 9/11 there were like 7 countries on this planet without a centralized bank(almost all of them in the middle east)

I think there are like 2 left now

The shit about them owning everything is horse shit.

And those banks you listed are all public companies and you can download the annual reports of who owns what shares/percentage of the bank from political figures to family trusts and not ONE Rothschild has even a single % of any of them. Anybody in banking or economics knows of the story of what happened to their family. When U.S. and European banks became powerhouses, they ousted the Rothschild influence over banking and politics hundreds of years ago and took over banking in their respective countries that's why there's an oligopoly between 5-6 banks in most countries. And no whole countries aren't owned by them you cant OWN a country like that. Personal strife, lack of knowledge, spoiled heirs, tough competition and competitive advantages from other banks destroyed them internally and externally. Niggas need to stop getting information from Alex Jones and conspiracy sites and read an annual report and proxy statements of said companies (which is free to download from the SEC website).

Please don't quote me, you know that I don't respect your opinion on any topic

You were the first person to bring up controlled opposition agent alex jones. Don't put words in my post and don't make goofy assumptions about me, you'll embarrass yourself every time

I repeat, send your bullshit at other posters that fall for it

 

[Idiopathic Joker]

Before 9/11 there were like 7 countries on this planet without a centralized bank(almost all of them in the middle east)

I think there are like 2 left now

The shit about them owning everything is horse shit.

And those banks you listed are all public companies and you can download the annual reports of who owns what shares/percentage of the bank from political figures to family trusts and not ONE Rothschild has even a single % of any of them. Anybody in banking or economics knows of the story of what happened to their family. When U.S. and European banks became powerhouses, they ousted the Rothschild influence over banking and politics hundreds of years ago and took over banking in their respective countries that's why there's an oligopoly between 5-6 banks in most countries. And no whole countries aren't owned by them you cant OWN a country like that. Personal strife, lack of knowledge, spoiled heirs, tough competition and competitive advantages from other banks destroyed them internally and externally. Niggas need to stop getting information from Alex Jones and conspiracy sites and read an annual report and proxy statements of said companies (which is free to download from the SEC website).

Please don't quote me, you know that I don't respect your opinion on any topic

You were the first person to bring up controlled opposition agent alex jones. Don't put words in my post and don't make goofy assumptions about me, you'll embarrass yourself every time

I repeat, send your bullshit at other posters that fall for it

Tell us what conspiracy sites to visit to get better educated

 

[Qiv_Owan]

If im not mistaken the Waltons make up 5 of the top 9 richest in our country

 

[Brian B.]

Before 9/11 there were like 7 countries on this planet without a centralized bank(almost all of them in the middle east)

I think there are like 2 left now

The shit about them owning everything is horse shit.

And those banks you listed are all public companies and you can download the annual reports of who owns what shares/percentage of the bank from political figures to family trusts and not ONE Rothschild has even a single % of any of them. Anybody in banking or economics knows of the story of what happened to their family. When U.S. and European banks became powerhouses, they ousted the Rothschild influence over banking and politics hundreds of years ago and took over banking in their respective countries that's why there's an oligopoly between 5-6 banks in most countries. And no whole countries aren't owned by them you cant OWN a country like that. Personal strife, lack of knowledge, spoiled heirs, tough competition and competitive advantages from other banks destroyed them internally and externally. Niggas need to stop getting information from Alex Jones and conspiracy sites and read an annual report and proxy statements of said companies (which is free to download from the SEC website).

Please don't quote me, you know that I don't respect your opinion on any topic

You were the first person to bring up controlled opposition agent alex jones. Don't put words in my post and don't make goofy assumptions about me, you'll embarrass yourself every time

I repeat, send your bullshit at other posters that fall for it

I didn't know he was an "agent" all of a sudden but apparently you do. You embarrassed yourself with that monkey shit you posted.

If you want to stay stupid, be stupid and revel in your stupidity good for you. You can do bad all by yourself. My father told me never argue with a fool cuz from a far you can't tell who's who.

So, jigga is ya pops?

tf outta here

 

[Idiopathic Joker]

Before 9/11 there were like 7 countries on this planet without a centralized bank(almost all of them in the middle east)

I think there are like 2 left now

The shit about them owning everything is horse shit.

And those banks you listed are all public companies and you can download the annual reports of who owns what shares/percentage of the bank from political figures to family trusts and not ONE Rothschild has even a single % of any of them. Anybody in banking or economics knows of the story of what happened to their family. When U.S. and European banks became powerhouses, they ousted the Rothschild influence over banking and politics hundreds of years ago and took over banking in their respective countries that's why there's an oligopoly between 5-6 banks in most countries. And no whole countries aren't owned by them you cant OWN a country like that. Personal strife, lack of knowledge, spoiled heirs, tough competition and competitive advantages from other banks destroyed them internally and externally. Niggas need to stop getting information from Alex Jones and conspiracy sites and read an annual report and proxy statements of said companies (which is free to download from the SEC website).

Please don't quote me, you know that I don't respect your opinion on any topic

You were the first person to bring up controlled opposition agent alex jones. Don't put words in my post and don't make goofy assumptions about me, you'll embarrass yourself every time

I repeat, send your bullshit at other posters that fall for it

I didn't know he was an "agent" all of a sudden but apparently you do. You embarrassed yourself with that monkey shit you posted.

If you want to stay stupid, be stupid and revel in your stupidity good for you. You can do bad all by yourself. My father told me never argue with a fool cuz from a far you can't tell who's who.

So, jigga is ya pops?

tf outta here

Lmao

 

[xxCivicxx]

Before 9/11 there were like 7 countries on this planet without a centralized bank(almost all of them in the middle east)

I think there are like 2 left now

The shit about them owning everything is horse shit.

And those banks you listed are all public companies and you can download the annual reports of who owns what shares/percentage of the bank from political figures to family trusts and not ONE Rothschild has even a single % of any of them. Anybody in banking or economics knows of the story of what happened to their family. When U.S. and European banks became powerhouses, they ousted the Rothschild influence over banking and politics hundreds of years ago and took over banking in their respective countries that's why there's an oligopoly between 5-6 banks in most countries. And no whole countries aren't owned by them you cant OWN a country like that. Personal strife, lack of knowledge, spoiled heirs, tough competition and competitive advantages from other banks destroyed them internally and externally. Niggas need to stop getting information from Alex Jones and conspiracy sites and read an annual report and proxy statements of said companies (which is free to download from the SEC website).

Please don't quote me, you know that I don't respect your opinion on any topic

You were the first person to bring up controlled opposition agent alex jones. Don't put words in my post and don't make goofy assumptions about me, you'll embarrass yourself every time

I repeat, send your bullshit at other posters that fall for it

Tell us what conspiracy sites to visit to get better educated

Just read the stuff I posted in here

 

[xxCivicxx]

If im not mistaken the Waltons make up 5 of the top 9 richest in our country

I'm not sure why y'all think the richest people in the world would tell the world EXACTLY how much money they have, or even who they are

That's very optimistic thinking

 

[Maximus Rex]

Not necessarily. Plus these hundreds of heirs are spread out around the world. I doubt these niggas meet up once a month to discuss shit they no longer have the power to control.

Daddy Rex, (my great grandfather,) had ten brothers and sisters. Somewhere in Nacogdoches, TX, there's somebody running around named Rex and have a common relative, my great-great grandmother Ginsy and somebody in Nacogdoches is related to Grandma Ginsy. According to your logic, though myself and my Texas cousins have never met and despite having a common ancestor, you're saying that we aren't related.

These are the banks they still own/control. Idk when you niggas are gonna stop listening to niggas talking on this site and just research yourself smh

Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, Thailand: Bank of Thailand

Kuwait: Central Bank of Kuwait, Morocco: Bank of Morocco, Oman: Central Bank of Oman, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency

Bruh, these are countries that are either absolute monarchies or have very strong kings, and with the exception of Thailand,) these are all Islamic countries. An Islamic king isn't about to let a family of Jews have the abilityto control and fuck with their money.

Cuba: Central Bank of Cuba

Hong Kong: Hong Kong Monetary Authority

The Chinese government controls this. China has a state run economy.

Russia: Central Bank of Russia

Putin´s Confident: Putin to Nationalize Rothschild´s Central Bank and Purge “Collaborators” with West. “War till One Side Collapses inevitable”
http://new.euro-med.dk/20141215-put...st-war-till-one-side-collapses-inevitable.php

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Anders

Abstract:Despite efforts by the Rothschild controlled Central Bank of Russia (CBR) and the use of dozens of billions of foreign exchange reserves – the value of the ruble against the dollar has, therefore,declined by 39% this year.

Putin will soon nationalize the CBR and the ruble according to his confidant Yevgeny Fyodorov – to raise money for his (armament) projects.

Also, considering the history of anti-semitism in Russia, Putin wasn't about to allow Jews control the finances of his country.

Cuba: Central Bank of Cuba

This how I know this is a bullshit Illuminati conspiratorialist list and you know absolutely nothing of history and geopolitics. The only family running the Central Bank of Cuba is this one.

See Castro nationalized every fucking thing Cuba after he ran Baptista up out of there when he seized control.

And those banks you listed are all public companies and you can download the annual reports of who owns what shares/percentage of the bank from political figures to family trusts and not ONE Rothschild has even a single % of any of them. Anybody in banking or economics knows of the story of what happened to their family. When U.S. and European banks became powerhouses, they ousted the Rothschild influence over banking and politics hundreds of years ago and took over banking in their respective countries that's why there's an oligopoly between 5-6 banks in most countries. And no whole countries aren't owned by them you cant OWN a country like that. Personal strife, lack of knowledge, spoiled heirs, tough competition and competitive advantages from other banks destroyed them internally and externally. Niggas need to stop getting information from Alex Jones and conspiracy sites and read an annual report and proxy statements of said companies (which is free to download from the SEC website).

As I said inhttp://community.allhiphop.com/disc...s-a-secret-society-that-controls-the-world/p1, if you want to know what the power brokers are doing all you have to do is read The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Foreign Policy Forbes, Fortune 500, and other policy and business periodicals. Muthafuckas can't even agree upon what form of government is the best or who or what God is. However, we're suppose to believe that these people come together and plot on how they're going to run and rule the world.

 

[Maximus Rex]

The Richest Families in America, 2016
http://www.forbes.com/families/list/

#25 Gallo family, $10.7 Billion

Fortune Founded:1933, Source of Wealth: Wine, liquor, Company Headquarters: Modesto, CA, Number of Family Members:17 (Estimated)

Wine and cheese might be the perfect pairing, but not in the Gallo family. In 1933, two Gallo brothers, Ernest and Julio, started what would become the world's largest winemaker in a Modesto, Calif. shed. Ernest (d. 2007; pictured above) and Julio (d. 1993) ran E&J Gallo Winery for six decades: Julio grew the grapes, and Ernest sold them. Five-foot-four-inch Ernest was known for his swagger; he would reportedly force distributors to keep growing or threaten to take Gallo's business elsewhere. Ten years younger than his brothers, Joseph Gallo (d. 2007) helped with the family business until 1967, when he branched out on his own to be a rancher and vineyard owner. By 1979, he had opened his first dairy. He started selling cheese under the brand "Joseph Gallo Cheese," until his brothers sued him for use of the family name. Today, his son Michael and daughter Linda and their children run the business, called Joseph Farms. Meanwhile, more then a dozen of Ernest and Julio's children and grandchildren run E & J Gallo Winery, which has an estimated $3.8 billion in revenues. Wine brands include Gallo Family Vineyards, Barefoot Cellars, Frei Brothers and William Hill Estate. The company has expanded into liquor with New Amsterdam gin and vodka and Familia Camarena tequila.

#23 Rockefeller family, $11 Billion

Fortune Founded: 1858, Source of Wealth: Oil, Company Headquarters: New York, NY

Number of Family Members: 174

The Rockefellers trace their wealth back to John D. Rockefeller (pictured above), who founded Standard Oil in 1870. The company grew to control most of the oil refining in the U.S., making John D. the nation's richest man and the country's first billionaire; adjusted to today's dollars he would have been worth in excess of $30 billion. He and son John Jr. later dedicated themselves to philanthropy, giving away more than $1 billion, including establishing the University of Chicago and Rockefeller University. John Jr. built Rockefeller Center in midtown Manhattan. Today, the fortune is spread out among 174 heirs. John D's only surviving grandson, David, who had a long career with Chase National Bank, is the world's oldest billionaire at age 101. In March 2016, the Rockefeller Family Fund, a family philanthropic entity, announced that it would divest all its fossil fuel investments, specifically calling out Exxon Mobil, a descendant of Standard Oil, for misleading the public about the risks of climate change.

#23 Butt family, $11 Billion

Fortune Founded: 1905, Source of Wealth: Supermarkets, Company Headquarters: San Antonio, TX, Number of Family Members: 5

The Texas-based Butt family owns the popular H.E.B. grocery store chain. Florence Butt opened a grocery store in Texas in 1905 after her husband was diagnosed with tuberculosis and unable to work. Her son Howard Butt took over the company in the 1920s and expanded throughout Texas. Howard's son Charles (pictured above) started as a bag boy at age 8. He has run the company, H.E. Butt, since 1971 and is the majority shareholder. His two siblings and two nephews own stakes in the $22 billion (estimated sales) business, which has 329 stores in Texas and 54 in Mexico.

#22 Mellon family, $11.5 Billion

Fortune Founded: 184, Source of Wealth: Banking, Company Headquarters: Pittsburgh, PA

Number of Family Members: 200 (Estimated)

Irish immigrant Thomas Mellon landed in America in 1818 at five years old and grew up in a log cabin near Poverty Point, Pennsylvania. He became a judge and invested his income in real estate and later banking. He disliked his peers' philanthropic tendencies and instead left his fortune to his children in 1908 --with the expectation that they grow the pile further. And they did. His son Andrew Mellon (d. 1937) was a turn-of-the-century venture capitalist, investing in companies that became Alcoa and Gulf Oil. Later generations haven't hit grand slams like those, but are still actively building businesses. Andrew's grandson, Timothy, owns a New England railroad company. His grandnephew Richard Scaife, who owned a media company in Western Pennsylvania that includes Pittsburgh's Tribune-Review, died in 2014, leaving much of his fortune to charitable foundations (which Forbes does not count toward the family's net worth). Matthew Mellon (pictured above, with his family), an entrepreneur and investor in cryptocurrency startups like Ripple Labs, is now the face of the family.

#21 Marshall family, $12 Billion

Fortune Founded: 1944, Source of Wealth: Diversified, Company Headquarters: Dallas, TX

Number of Family Members: 3 (Estimated)

The Marshall family fortune comes from late oilman J. Howard Marshall II, who traded his shares in Great Northern Oil Co in the 1960s for what became an estimated 15% stake in conglomerate Koch Industries. He passed on the stock to son E. Pierce Marshall, shortchanging his eldest son and namesake, J. Howard Marshall III. E. Pierce died in 2006, leaving his Koch Industries stake in trusts with his wife Elaine (pictured above) as income beneficiary and his two sons sharing the ownership of the stock. The family has spent millions on lawyers (to no avail) thanks to J. Howard II's financial and romantic adventures, including a May-December marriage to former Playmate Anna Nicole Smith. In July 2015, a Texas Court of Appeals upheld a prior ruling that J. Howard II never intended to make a large gift to Smith, hammering in what may be the final nail in the coffin of a twenty year battle. At least three Marshall family members share in the fortune.

 

[Maximus Rex]

#20 Brown family, $12.3 Billion

Fortune Founded: 1870, Source of Wealth: Liquor, Company Headquarters: Louisville, KY

Number of Family Members: 25 (Estimated)

The Brown family's Brown-Forman Corp. produces some of the world's most popular alcohol. Its brands include Jack Daniel's whiskey, Finlandia vodka and Herradura tequila. The whiskey industry has benefited as consumers try new small-batch whiskeys and and rediscover old ones. Brown-Forman has tapped into that trend, pushing its Woodford Reserve brand (now the official bourbon of the Kentucky Derby) and Old Forester, the first bourbon bottled in America. The company was founded by pharmaceuticals salesman George Garvin Brown in 1870. The family owns an estimated 51% of the publicly-traded firm. George Garvin Brown IV, a member of the fifth generation, chairs its board. At least 25 family members share the fortune.

#19 Sackler family, $13 Billion

Fortune Founded:1952, Source of Wealth: Pain medicines, Company Headquarters: Stamford, CT, Number of Family Members:] 20 (Estimated)

The family behind popular painkiller drug OxyContin. Three doctors -- brothers Arthur (d. 1987), Mortimer (d. 2010) and Raymond Sackler (pictured above with his wife, Beverly) -- founded Purdue Pharma in 1952 after taking over a small, struggling New York drug manufacturer. The company sold several moderately successful products, like earwax remover and laxatives, but remained under the radar until the mid-1990s when it began selling what amounted to morphine in a pill. OxyContin, a long-lasting, narcotic pain reliever, launched in 1995 and by 2003 Purdue was selling $1.6 billion of the product annually. It became abused by addicts who would crush the pills for a quick, intense high, sparking controversy and legal action against Purdue. The company paid more than $600 million in 2007 to settle charges with federal prosecutors that it had misbranded OxyContin as safer and less addictive than it was. In December 2015 it settled a similar lawsuit with the state of Kentucky. Some had said the case might yield more than $1 billion in damages; the company agreed to pay $24 million and admitted no wrongdoing. Today, Purdue, still 100% owned by the Sackler family, generates some $3 billion in sales in the U.S. Separate Sackler-owned companies sell drugs in Europe, Canada, Asia and Latin America. An estimated 20 family members share the fortune.

#18 Busch family, $13.4 Billion

Fortune Founded: 1876, Source of Wealth: Anheuser-Busch, Company Headquarters: St. Louis, MO, Number of Family Members: 30 (Estimated)

The Busch family behind Budweiser beer sold the business in 2008, when a group of Brazilian and Belgian investors led InBev's takeover of Anheuser-Busch. August Busch IV (pictured above) was the CEO at the time. It was a big loss for the family that had been brewing beer since Adolphus Busch cooked up the first batch of Budweiser in 1876. Prohibition almost put the company out of business, but his son August Busch Sr. survived by selling soda and ice cream. When Franklin D. Roosevelt repealed Prohibition, August reportedly sent a 24-beer crate to the White House. The family passed down the company through the generations but ended up selling an estimated 25% of the business from 1989 to 2008, leaving them powerless to stop the $52 billion buyout bid. Now, a branch of the Busch family is back in the beer business, albeit on a much smaller scale. Billy Busch founded William K Busch Brewing in 2011 with two lagers, Kraftig and Kraftig Light. Until recently, its beers were only distributed in Missouri and Illinois -- but Billy insists it isn't a micro-brewery and announced an expansion into Texas in 2015. An estimated 30 members of the Busch family share the fortune. Anheuser-Busch Inbev has renamed Budweiser beer "America" through the presidential elections in November.

#16 Hunt family, $13.7 Billion

Fortune Founded: 1934, Source of Wealth: Oil, Company Headquarters: Dallas, TX

Number of Family Members: 33

The Hunt family fortune began with wildcatter H.L. Hunt (pictured above), an inspiration for the J.R. Ewing character on the long-running TV series "Dallas." He had 15 children (one died in infancy) by three women. Today his heirs oversee discrete fortunes: Son Ray Lee Hunt oversees Hunt Oil; son William Herbert Hunt is behind oil and gas firm Petro-Hunt; daughter Caroline founded and later sold Rosewood Hotels & Resorts. His late son, sports magnate Lamar Hunt, is said to have named the Super Bowl. His children still own the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs and a minority stake in the NBA's Chicago Bulls, plus real estate assets in Kansas City that include SubTropolis, a 6-million-square-foot underground business park built inside a former limestone mine.

#16 Goldman family, $13.7 Billion

Source of Wealth: Real Estate, Company Headquarters: New York City area, NY, Number of Family Members: 7

America's richest real estate family is the low-profile Goldman family. The clan's Solil Management owns at least 400 properties across New York City, from retail and office space along Madison Avenue in midtown, to high-end coops on the Upper East Side and a 17% stake in the World Trade Center developments in lower Manhattan. The company is headed and actively managed by Jane Goldman, the youngest daughter of late patriarch Sol Goldman, (father and daughter pictured together, above) who started buying up foreclosed properties for bargain prices in the 1950s. Sol's trademark was all-cash deals whenever possible. His children Jane, Solil co-chair Allan Goldman, Diane Goldman and Amy Kemper (both of whom are senior advisers) have preserved his investments, rarely selling. The siblings each own 25% of the company, whose assets are worth an estimated $12 billion. Separately, Sol's nephew Lloyd Goldman runs his family's real estate firm, BLDG Management, which also owns a 17% stake in the World Trade Center projects as well as 7,000 apartments and 20 million commercial square feet across the U.S. With more debt and equity partners than Solil, Forbes estimates that the BLDG portfolio is worth $1.5 billion.

 

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#15 Du Pont family, $14.3 Billion

Fortune Founded: 1802, Source of Wealth: DuPont, Company Headquarters: Wilmington, DE Number of Family Members: 3,500 (Estimated)

The du Pont fortune dates back more than 200 years and is shared among an estimated 3,500 family members.[A prisoner during the French Revolution, E.I. du Pont fled Europe in 1799 for America, where he founded the company that continues to make his descendants rich today. DuPont started as a gunpowder manufacturer, later expanding into dynamite, paints, plastics, dyes and materials. Its scientists invented nylon, Kevlar and Teflon. Family members no longer run the company, which has evolved into a chemicals giant, but they still hold a substantial chunk of its shares. In December 2015, DuPont and Dow Chemical announced that they would merge and split into three independent companies; the merger awaits the government's antitrust review. Pierre S. "Pete" du Pont IV (pictured above) was governor of Delaware from 1977-1985 and ran for president in 1988. Du Pont heir Robert Richards made national news in March 2014 when it came out that he had previously pled guilty to raping his three-year-old daughter. He was not the first member of the family to get in trouble with the law. In 1996 John E. du Pont murdered Olympic gold medal wrestler David Schultz. The story was retold in the 2014 film Foxcatcher, which was produced by another heir, Megan Ellison, daughter of billionaire Larry Ellison.

#14 Ziff family, $14.4 Billion

Fortune Founded: 1927, Source of Wealth: Publishing, Self Made, Company Headquarters: New York, NY Number of Family Members: 3

After shuttering their hedge funds in the U.S. and London in 2014, the third-generation Ziff brothers -- Daniel (pictured above), Robert and Dirk -- have gone their own ways. While they still use high-profile Ziff Brothers Investments to manage a portion of their investments, eldest brother Dirk has started his own family office, Ziff Capital Partners, with an office in Manhattan.The brothers are also reportedly investing some of their billions with managers who were formerly at their hedge funds. The fortune dates back to 1927 when their grandfather William Ziff Sr. first started his publishing business. Their father William Ziff Jr. built up magazine publisher Ziff Davis, which became best known for PC Magazine and Car and Driver, before selling it for $1.4 billion in 1994. The brothers have since increased the proceeds tenfold.

#13 Dorrance family, $17.1 Billion

Fortune Founded: 1882, Source of Wealth: Campbell Soup Co. Company Headquarters: Camden, NJ, Number of Family Members: 11 (Estimated)

Heirs to the Campbell Soup fortune are descendants of one-time company president and owner John T. Dorrance, who invented the formula for Campbell's famous condensed soup in 1897 and took the helm of the company in 1914. At least 11 members of his lineage today collectively own more than 50% of the global food giant, which generates more than $8 billion in annual revenue and owns brands such as Prego, V8 and Pepperidge Farm. Dorrance's billionaire grandchildren Mary Alice D. Malone and Bennett Dorrance (pictured above), as well as great-grandson Archbold D. van Beuren, sit on the company's board. Another grandchild and devoted equestrian, Charlotte Colket Weber, stepped down from the board at age 72 in 2014. John "Ippy" Dorrance III renounced his U.S. citizenship and moved to Ireland before cashing out his 10.5% stake in the mid 1990s, reportedly to avoid U.S. taxes.

#12 Lauder family, $17.9 Billion

Fortune Founded: 1946, Source of Wealth: Estee Lauder, Self Made, Company Headquarters: New York, NY, Number of Family Members: 6

Estee Lauder got her start selling homemade skin creams to women in hair salons. She founded the Estee Lauder cosmetics firm with her husband in 1946. The publicly-traded company has grown to encompass 30 brands of makeup, including Clinique, Bobbi Brown and MAC, and has minted five billion-dollar fortunes for her descendants: son Leonard (chairman emeritus, pictured above), grandson William (executive chair), son Ronald (chairman of Clinique Laboratories), granddaughter Aerin (board member and style and image director) and granddaughter Jane (board member and Clinique global brand president). Grandson Gary also has a stake and runs a technology investment firm in Silicon Valley. Members of the Lauder family together have 87% of Estee Lauder Inc.'s voting power. Ronald is a former U.S. ambassador to Austria. Both Ronald and Leonard have also made names for themselves as art collectors.

#11 Newhouse family, $18.5 Billion

Fortune Founded: 1922, Source of Wealth: Magazines, newspapers,Company Headquarters: New York, NY, Number of Family Members: 3

Media moguls Samuel "Si" (pictured above) and Donald Newhouse, born into one of the country's most powerful publishing families, inherited Advance Publications from their father Sam (d. 1979). Under the two brothers' leadership, the group became one of the largest private companies in the U.S. Today, Advance's holdings include Condé Nast Publications --publisher of Vogue, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair - and newspapers in over 25 U.S. cities; plus social news site Reddit, and a substantial stake in Discovery Communications. In 2015, the Newhouse brothers sold cable TV outfit Bright House Networks to John Malone's Charter Communications for $11.4 billion in cash and stock; the transaction closed in May 2016. Donald, age 86, currently oversees the company's newspaper division, while his son Steven has been tasked with running the day-to-day operations; Si, age 88, quietly stepped down from his role as chairman of Condé Nast in early 2015 and now serves as the company's chairman emeritus. At least 3 family members share the fortune.

 

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#10 Duncan family, $21.5 Billion

Fortune Founded: 1968, Source of Wealth: Pipelines, Self Made, Company Headquarters: Houston, TX, Number of Family Members: 4

Siblings Randa Duncan Williams, Milane Frantz, Dannine Duncan Avara and Scott Duncan inherited a $10 billion estate from their father Dan Duncan (pictured above) when he died in 2010 at the age of 77. The family fortune has since more than doubled, thanks to generous dividend payouts and a rise in the stock price of pipeline behemoth Enterprise Products Partners, which Dan Duncan founded. Born poor in rural Texas, Dan Duncan was raised by his grandmother from age 7 on, following the death of his mother and brother. He eventually struck it rich in oil and gas pipelines. Randa, the eldest sibling, is chairman of the board of Enterprise Products Partners.

#9 Hearst family, 28 Billion

Fortune Founded:1887, Source of Wealth: Hearst Corp. Company Headquarters: New York, NY, Number of Family Members: 67

Media giant Hearst Corp. traces its roots to William Randolph Hearst (pictured above with two of his children), the son of a successful miner, who became proprietor of The San Francisco Examiner at age 24 in 1887. He went on to acquire additional newspapers before entering into radio broadcasting and television. In 1902, Hearst turned to politics and became a New York Congressman. His son, William Randolph Hearst Jr., became a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. His grandson William R. Hearst III now chairs the modern day Hearst Corp., which owns 46 newspapers, 340 magazines around the globe and valuable stakes in cable TV channels ESPN, Lifetime and A&E. Under the leadership of CEO Steven Swartz, Hearst Corp., with $10 billion in revenues, has invested in new cable channel, VICELAND and bought a majority stake in medical software firm MedHOK. Over the years, the family endured various scandals, from the kidnapping of Patty Hearst by a leftist guerrilla in the 1970s, to an acrimonious divorce between the late John R. "Bunky" Hearst Jr. and his wife Barbara. The fortune is shared among 67 family members.

#8 (Edward) Johnson family, $28.5 Billion

Fortune Founded: 1946, Source of Wealth: Money Management, Self Made, Company Headquarters: Boston, MA, Number of Family Members: 4

Third-generation family member Abigail Johnson (pictured above) took over the CEO role at mutual fund behemoth Fidelity from her father Ned in late 2014. Her grandfather Edward C. Johnson II (d. 1984) founded the Boston-based company in 1946. His son, Edward "Ned" Johnson III, ran the company from 1977 until 2014, and remains chairman of the board. The Johnson family owns 49% of the second largest mutual fund company in the world (behind Vanguard) with $1.8 trillion in assets under management. Ned's son Edward Johnson IV runs a family-owned real estate company. Another daughter, Elizabeth, is not involved at Fidelity. An estimated four family members share the fortune.

#7 Pritzker family, $29 Billion

Fortune Founded: 1936, Source of Wealth: Hotels, investments, Company Headquarters: Chicago, IL, Number of Family Members: 13

The Hyatt Hotel clan, which hails from Chicago, counts 11 billionaire members - many of whom still have stakes in the publicly traded Hyatt. Thomas, the hotel group's executive chairman, is the only Pritzker who still maintains a role at Hyatt. The family members have mostly diversified after the clan spent the 2000's feuding over trusts. They eventually divvied up the fortune. Penny is now the U.S. Commerce Secretary; Gigi is a movie producer (Drive; The Way Way Back) John owns boutique hotel group Commune Hotels; brothers Anthony and J.B. run Pritzker Group investment firm; Karen (pictured above) and her husband Michael Vlock are active investors. Liesel Pritzker Simmons, who sued her father and the Pritzker family in 2003 (the family settled), is an impact investor. Roots of the fortune date to A.N. Pritzker (d. 1986), who with his sons Jay, Donald and Robert created Hyatt Hotels and invested in holdings like industrial conglomerate Marmon Group, now owned by Berkshire Hathaway.

#6 S.C. Johnson family, $30 Billion

Fortune Founded: 1886, Source of Wealth: Cleaning products, Company Headquarters: Racine, WI

Number of Family Members: 13 (Estimated)

The Wisconsin-based Johnson family owns SC Johnson, the cleaning products giant best known for products such as Ziploc, Pledge and Glade. The founder, S.C. Johnson, for whom the business is named, started a parquet flooring company in 1886 and developed a floor wax for his customers two years later. His son Herbert Fisk Johnson, who ran it until his death in 1928, died without a will, leading to a family struggle over the inheritance. Ownership of SC Johnson was divided 60-40 between his two children, Herbert Fisk Jr. and Henrietta Johnson Louis. The Johnson family continues to own and run the $9.6 billion (estimated sales) privately-held company. H. Fisk Johnson III (pictured above), a fifth generation member of the family, is the Chairman and CEO.