The Cuban Family – $3.9B
The entertainment mogul Mark Cuban, with working class family roots, now owns all kinds of things, including film companies and an NBA team. Early ventures in systems and software introduced Cuban to success, but he soon decided to take his talents to Hollywood and founded the film company 2929 Entertainment. Among its first projects was the film Good Night, and Good Luck by George Clooney, and the film went on to become an indie success, receiving six Oscar nominations. Other movie projects, documentaries, and the purchase of a majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks brought Cuban’s wealth to a whole different level.
The Cuban Family – $3.9B
The Dorrance Family – $17.1B
You might not believe it, but the Dorrance family practically invented soup in 1897, when John Dorrance invented a method to condense soup, turning him into an industry legend. The business has been run by the family for several generations, with eleven Dorrances now in control of Campbell’s everyday affairs, and it now has subsidiaries, including V8, Pepperidge Farms and Prego. The current major board members are Dorrance’s grandchildren and great-grandson, though his granddaughter Charlotte went into retirement in 2014. Ippy, another grandchild, sold his shares (roughly ten percent) and left the company.
The Dorrance Family – $17.1B