The Cargill-MacMillan Family – $42.3B
There are at least 14 billionaires in the Cargill-MacMillan family and aside from being one of the richest families in America, they are also one of the world’s wealthiest. Cargill produces palm oil and grain, and it trades in energy, transport, and steel. In addition, it has a hand in feed production, feed ingredients production, and raising livestock. Cargill is the largest privately-owned corporation in the U.S. and the family still owns 90% of the shares. Cargill is privately owned, so it does not need to disclose financial information, which means the family might even be richer than estimated.
The Cargill-MacMillan Family – $42.3B
The Powell-Jobs Family – $10.2B
The former CEO of Apple, Inc. Steve Jobs was married to Lauren Powell (the two wed in 1991). Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple in 1976 with the goal of creating and selling a revolutionary personal computer. The Apple I was a moderately successful computer, but it was Apple II which truly brought them to a whole different level of fame. The company has since grown to a massive conglomerate, which has made the Powell-Jobs clan very wealthy. Sadly, Jobs received a cancer diagnosis in 2003 and died of pancreatic cancer in 2011.
The Powell-Jobs Family – $10.2B