The New World’s 5 Richest Families
By Vipin Agnihotri
Taking out figures from the Forbes list that appeared in August this year, The India Street has come up with the world’s 5 richest families. Point to be noted here is that since then, Mukesh and Anil Ambani’s wealth has grown exponentially, thanks to the boom in the Indian market.
Furthermore, European and US markets haven’t really moved much over this period. Because of this, there hasn’t been much change in the wealth of the other families. As a result, the Ambani’s brothers, with a combined wealth of $ 78.6 billion, find themselves richer than Carlos Slim Helu of Mexico ($59 billion), Bill Gates ($ 59 billion) and Warren Buffett ($ 52 billion).
Interestingly, we haven’t included these three on our list as all of them are individual billionaires and their wealth shows no change if their entire families are considered together.
Take a look at our list:
Richest family in the world:
Number 1: The Walton Family
The Walton Family is by far the richest family in the world (the dispersed fortunes of the Rockefellers and others being unknown to the public), their wealth inherited from Bud and Sam Walton, founders of the world’s biggest retailer, Wal-Mart.
S Robson Walton: $ 16.7 billion
Jim Walton: $ 16.8 billion
Christy Walton: $ 16.7 billion
Alice Walton: $ 16.6 billion
Helen Walton: $ 16.4 billion
Total: $ 83.2 billion
Number 2: The Ambani Family
The Ambani family is the richest in India
Mukesh Ambani: $ 53.9 billion
Anil Ambani: $ 24.7 billion
Total: $ 78.6 billion
Number 3: The Ingvar Kamprad family
Talking about the Ingvar Kamprad family, it is a Swedish entrepreneurial family and founder of the home furnishing retail chain IKEA.
Ingvar Kamprad: $ 33 billion
Number 4: The Mars family
The Mars family owns the confectionery company Mars Inc., bearing its name
John Mars: $ 10.5 billion
Jacqueline Mars: $ 10.5 billion
Forrest Mars Jr: $ 10.5 billion
Total: $ 31.5 billion
Number 5: The Cox Family
The two daughters of Cox Enterprise; founder James Cox owns this media empire
Barbara Cox Anthony: $ 12.6 billion
Anne Cox Chambers: $ 12.6 billion
Total: $ 25.2 billion
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