In 2016, the Waltons family was the wealthiest in the U.S. The fortune of this clan reached $130 billion. The family mainly inherited the fortune from Sam Walton, the founder of the world's biggest retailer, Walmart. The future billionaire opened the first store in 1945.
Number two in the list is the Koch family. Charles and David Koch, two of four brothers, run and own the majority of conglomerate Koch Industries. The four Koch siblings shared a fortune of $82 billion in 2016.
Photo: Charles Koch (right).
The third place belongs to the world-famous Mars dynasty. In 2016, the fortune of the kings of the confectionery business was estimated at $78 billion. The Mars company was founded by Franklin Mars in 1911. The Mars siblings, Jacqueline and John, and the heirs of their brother Forrest Jr. (who died in July 2016), own Mars Inc.
Photo: Jacqueline Mars.
Cargill-MacMillan clan is the forth in the rating of the richest dynasties of 2016. The fortune of this family, which is represented by 23 members, was $49 billion. Cargill-McMillan founded the agricultural empire Cargill in 1865. Every living member of this dynasty is a billionaire.
Photo: Whitney Macmillan.
The fifth place goes to the Cox family. The clan's fortune dates to 1898, when James M. Cox purchased the Dayton Evening News. In 2016, the fortune of the family totaled $41 billion. Today, his descendants own a business empire with many assets (Manheim, Kelley Blue Book, Auto Trader Group, Cox Communications, and Cox Media Group).
Photo: Jim Kennedy.
The sixth wealthiest family in the U.S. of 2016 is the Johnson family with its fortune of $30 billion. Herbert Fisk Johnson started a parquet flooring company in 1886 and developed a floor wax for his customers two years later.
The seventh place goes to the Pritzker family. In 2016, the fortune was estimated at $29 billion. The main business of this clan is Hyatt Hotels. However, not only hotels bring millions to the family, but also investments in successful projects.
Photo: Penny Pritzker.
The Johnson family, which occupies the eighth place in the rating, owes its fortune ($28.5 billion in 2016) to Edward Johnson, who founded the Fidelity Investments corporation in 1946.
Photo: Abigail Johnson.
The last in the list of the wealthiest dynasties is the Duncan family, the fortune of which totaled $21.5 billion in 2016. Representatives of this family owe their fortune to their father Dan Duncan, who successfully invested in energy in 1968 and earned the first million.
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