4) Mars Family (U.S.) – Net Worth: $60 billion
According to Fortune magazine, this family was the richest family in the US in 1988. Today they occupy the third position. They own the confectionery company Mars, Inc. With an annual turnover of around $27.5 billion, Mars is considered to be the largest confectionery company in the world.
John Mars – Net Worth: $20.1 Billion
Forrest Mars, Jr. – Net Worth: $20.1 Billion
Jacqueline Mars – Net Worth: $20.1 Billion
3) Koch Family (U.S.) – Net Worth: $89 Billion
Charles and David Koch are bothers. They are also majority stakeholders in Koch Industries, the second-largest privately held company in the US, after Cargill Inc. They are now the fifth- and sixth-wealthiest people in the world. The three brothers have a combined wealth of $86.7 billion.
Charles Koch – Net Worth: $41.3 Billion
David Koch – Net Worth: $41.3 Billion
William Koch – Net Worth: $4.1 Billion
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…