The Waltons topped the list of the world’s richest families, with more than 10,000 Walmart stores around the world, followed by the Mars family of confectionery and long shelf life products (M & Ms, Milky Way and Snickers). The corresponding list was published on Friday, September 17, in Bloomberg.
In 1950, Sam Walton founded Walmart, and Walton Enterprises is now worth an estimated $ 238.2 billion. Over the past year, the company has sold $ 6 billion in shares.
According to the agency, the fortune of the Mars family is estimated at $ 141.9 billion (+ $ 39.2 billion). At the same time, the Koch family is on the third line in the ranking of the richest families, which is behind Mars by about $ 20 billion ($ 124.4 billion).
The top ten also includes Erme, who own the Hermes fashion house, their fortune is equal to $ 116 billion and the royal family of Saudi Arabia Al Saud ($ 100 billion). The next were the owners of the fashion house Chanel Wertheimers ($ 61.8 billion) and the owners of the Thomson Reuters news agency Thomsons ($ 61.1 billion).
Earlier, on August 30, the richest family in Russia was named according to Forbes magazine. It was about the spouses Tatiana and Vladimir Bakalchuk, who are the founders and owners of the online retailer Wildberries. The total family fortune is estimated at more than $ 13 billion.