12. Duncan family (U.S.) – Net Worth: $25.4 Billion
Dan Duncan is a self –made billionaire. He struck it rich in oil, natural gas and petrochemical pipelines. When he passed away in 2010, he left nearly $10 billion estate to his four children. The family fortune has since grown by approximately $15 billion.
11. S. C. Johnson family (U.S.) Net Worth: $25.5 Billion
S. C. Johnson founded Johnson’s Prepared Paste Wax Company in 1886. His son Herbert Fisk Johnson inherited the company and ran it till he passed away in 1928. He died without a will. The estate was divided between his two children Herbert Fisk Jr and Henrietta Johnson Louis. Herbert Fisk Jr’s grandchildren run the company today.
The Third Archon says
HOLY. SH*T. The House of Saud is just…f*ck. WOW!
And our “leadership” (conservative OR otherwise it would seem) here in America are falling over themselves to KISS THEIR F*CKING *SSES! Shouldn’t really come as a SURPRISE given that their plutocratic values probably mean that the Crown Prince of the House of Saud is like the equivalent of the plutocrat Pope to them. Yes, money CLEARLY gets distributed based on MERIT–who can believe THAT f*cking lie, really, ANYONE, when you have the SCuM OF THE EARTH as far as human rights are concerned with TEN TIMES THE WEALTH of the next closest (the Waltons) family.
Now GRANTED, it’s A LITTLE misleading because the Waltons are what, six remaining heirs, whereas the wealth of the House of Saud is spread out over thousands of princes (as the article mentions), so if you adjusted for family size over which that wealth is distributed that might change the rankings or at least close some of the gaps, but STILL! HEINOUS! Are we going to reach a day soon where we have to break in the term TRILLIONAIRE? Because THAT won’t be a OMINOUS milestone in the human story…