Top 10 Wealthiest Families in the World.

10. Boehringer, von Baumbach Families
Estimated Wealth: $59 billion

Boehringer Ingelheim is a German pharmaceuticals company with more than 130 years of history. The Boehringer family, along with the von Baumbachs, remain in control of the company several generations later.

9. Thomson Family
Estimated Wealth: $61 billion
The Thomson family garners its wealth from Thomson Reuters, the media company. The family got its start in the 1930s when Roy Thomson started a radio station in Ontario, Canada, and later moved into newspapers.

8. Johnson Family

Estimated Wealth: $61 billion
Fidelity Investments was founded by Edward C. Johnson II in 1946 and is one of the largest financial services firms in the world, providing investment services to millions of people. The firm is now run by Johnson’s granddaughter.
Brothers Alain and Gerhard Wertheimer now co-own the company that their grandfather staked with founder Gabrielle Coco Chanel.19 The brothers are both ranked 43rd on the Forbes billionaires list, with a net worth of $31.2 billion each.

7. Wertheimer Family
Estimated Wealth: $62 billion
French high-fashion house Chanel is legendary for the timeless “little black dress,” the No.5 perfume, and the late high-profile designer Karl Lagerfeld, who died on Feb. 19, 2019.
Forbes' billionaires' list, overseeing the company’s refining, petrochemicals, oil, gas, and textiles; his brother, Anil, manages telecommunications, asset management, entertainment, and power generation.

6. Ambani Family

Estimated Wealth: $94 billion
Indian industrial conglomerate Reliance Industries, the only Asian company on our list, might be the least well known to average readers. Nevertheless, CEO Mukesh Ambani, whose late father founded the company in 1957, is 10th on the king’s executive office. Ties with Saudi Aramco, the world’s most profitable company and a behemoth of the oil industry, ensure that the Saudi royal family continues to accumulate wealth.

5. Al Saud Family

Estimated Wealth: $100 billion
The House of Saud, the Saudi royal family, has a monarchical history extending back nearly a century. The family’s massive fortune, estimated at $100 billion,8 has grown thanks to decades of payments from the Royal Diwan, apparel for the aristocracy. Today, the company dresses basketball royalty such as LeBron James. Fusing old-school and new technology, Hermès Apple Watches sell for $1,299 and up. Axel Dumas currently serves as the company’s CEO and Pierre-Alexis Dumas is the artistic director.

4. Hermès Family

Estimated Wealth: $112 billion
French fashion house and luxury purveyor Hermès has dazzled the world with its signature scarves, neckties, and perfumes, as well as its iconic Kelly and Birkin handbags. Back in the 19th century, Thierry Hermès fashioned riding candidates and libertarian think tanks, funding university professorships, and lobbying for policy positions, all aimed at furthering a conservative agenda. Charles partnered with his brother David until the latter’s death in 2019.12 Charles is worth an estimated $60 billion.

3. Koch Family

Estimated Wealth: $124 billion
Charles Koch owes his staggering fortune to an oil business founded by his father, but today, he is perhaps better known to the general public for his politics, digging into his deep pockets to place his stamp on it financing In 2017, the world’s largest candy company diversified with the purchase of VCA, a pet care company, for $9.1 billion. Siblings Jacqueline and John Mars, whose grandfather, Frank Mars, founded the company, each has a net worth of $31.7 billion.

2. Mars Family

Estimated Wealth: $142 billion
Mars is the Walmart of candy a multigenerational family business that is ubiquitous and wildly popular. Today, the company is better known for making M&Ms than for its eponymous Mars bar.

1. Walton Family

Estimated Wealth: $238 billion
The Waltons are the richest family in America and by some measures, the wealthiest in the world. At the top of the value chain, in 2022, Alice, Jim, and Rob Walton are each worth over $60 billion and ranked No. 16, 18, and 19, respectively, on Forbes' billionaire list. Walmart is a retail behemoth. Founded by Sam Walton in Arkansas in 1962, Walmart is now the world’s largest company by 2021 revenues, with $524 billion and over 2.3 million U.S. associates.
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