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Below are the 200 Wealthiest Families In America For 2018 - People ask us all the time who are the richest families in the United States? Many of these families are behind well-known brands - Gore-Tex, Campbell’s soup, Estee Lauder cosmetics, Coors and Budweiser beer, Comcast cable TV, to name just a few. Other fortunes lie in publicly traded companies, and others are 100% family-owned businesses. America’s 200 Richest Families includes multigenerational families of all sizes, ranging from just 2 brothers to the 3,500 members of the Du Pont clan. Families needed a combined net worth of $1.2 billion to make the cut.
Below you will find the families who made FORBES second annual ranking of America’s Richest Families.
Below you will find the families who made FORBES second annual ranking of America’s Richest Families.
| Rank | Family Name | Worth | How Many Share | Source of Wealth | Headquarters Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walton family | $149 B | 6 | Wal-Mart | Bentonville, AR |
| 2 | Koch family | $86 B | 4 | diversified | Wichita, KS |
| 3 | Mars family | $80 B | 3 | candy | McLean, VA |
| 4 | Cargill-MacMillan family | $45 B | 23 (EST.) | Cargill Inc. | Minneapolis, MN |
| 5 | Cox family | $34.5 B | 3 | media | Atlanta, GA |
| 6 | Hearst family | $32 B | 66 | Hearst Corp. | New York, NY |
| 7 | Pritzker family | $30 B | 13 | hotels, investments | Chicago, IL |
| 8 | S.C. Johnson family | $28.8 B | 11 | cleaning products | Racine, WI |
| 9 | Johnson family (Edward) | $26 B | 4 | money management | Boston, MA |
| 10 | Duncan family | $22.4 B | 4 | pipelines | Houston, TX |
| 11 | Newhouse family | $18 B | 2 | magazines, newspapers | New York, NY |
| 12 | Lauder family | $16.5 B | 6 | Estee Lauder | New York, NY |
| 13 | Ziff family | $15 B | 3 | publishing | New York, NY |
| 14 | Du Pont family | $14.5 B | 3,500 (EST.) | DuPont | Wilmington, DE |
| 15 | Hunt family | $14.2 B | 33 | oil | Dallas, TX |
| 16 | Sackler family | $14 B | 20 (EST.) | pain medicines | Stamford, CT |
| 17 | Dorrance family | $13.6 B | 11 (EST.) | Campbell Soup Co. | Camden, NJ |
| 18 | Busch family | $13.5 B | 30 (EST.) | Anheuser-Busch | St. Louis, MO |
| 19 | Johnson family (Charles & Rupert) | $13.4 B | 5 | mutual funds | San Mateo, CA |
| 20 | Brown family | $12.8 B | 25 (EST.) | liquor | Louisville, KY |
| 21 | Mellon family | $11.5 B | 200 (EST.) | banking | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 22 | Fisher family (Don & Doris) | $11 B | 4 (EST.) | The Gap | San Francisco, CA |
| 23 | Rockefeller family | $11 B | 200 (EST.) | oil | New York, NY |
| 24 | Butt family | $10.4 B | 5 | supermarkets | San Antonio, TX |
| 25 | Gallo family | $10.3 B | 14 (EST.) | wine, liquor | Modesto, CA |
| 26 | Marshall family | $9 B | 3 | diversified | Dallas, TX |
| 27 | Crown family | $8.8 B | 3 (EST.) | investments | Wilmette, IL |
| 28 | Reyes family | $8.6 B | 3 | food & beer distrubution | Chicago, IL |
| 29 | Bass family | $8.2 B | 4 | oil, investments | Fort Worth, TX |
| 30 | Shoen family | $8 B | 13 (EST.) | U-Haul | Phoenix, AZ |
| 31 | Hughes family | $7.9 B | 3 | Public Storage Inc. | Glendale, CA |
| 31 | Meijer family | $7.9 B | 4 | supermarkets | Grand Rapids, MI |
| 31 | Stryker family | $7.9 B | 3 | inheritance | Kalamazoo, MI |
| 34 | Pigott family | $7.7 B | 30 | trucks | Bellevue, WA |
| 34 | Simon family | $7.7 B | 5 | shopping malls | Indianapolis, IN |
| 36 | Simplot family | $7.5 B | 3 (EST.) | agribusiness | Boise, ID |
| 37 | Rollins family | $7.4 B | 11 | Orkin pest control | Atlanta, GA |
| 38 | Bechtel family | $7.3 B | 4 (EST.) | construction, engineering | San Francisco, CA |
| 39 | Chao family | $7.2 B | 3 | Chemicals | Houston, TX |
| 39 | E. W. Scripps family | $7.2 B | 50 (EST.) | newspapers | Cincinnati, OH |
| 41 | Cathy family | $7 B | 2 | Chick-fil-A | Atlanta, GA |
| 42 | Marriott family | $6.9 B | 7 (EST.) | hotels | Bethesda, MD |
| 43 | Jenkins family | $6.8 B | 25 | Publix Super Markets | Lakeland, FL |
| 44 | LeFrak family | $6.6 B | 4 (EST.) | LeFrak Group | New York, NY |
| 44 | Phipps family | $6.6 B | 300 (EST.) | Carnegie Steel, Bessemer Trust | New York, NY |
| 46 | Johnson family | $6.3 B | 60 (EST.) | Johnson & Johnson | New Brunswick, NJ |
| 46 | Smith family | $6.3 B | 60 (EST.) | tools, banking | Chicago, IL |
| 48 | Barbey family | $6.1 B | 12 (EST.) | textiles, apparel | Greensboro, NC |
| 49 | Haslam family | $6 B | 4 | truck stops, Cleveland Browns | Knoxville, TN |
| 49 | Kluge family | $6 B | 5 (EST.) | TV stations, investments | New York, NY |
| 49 | Tisch family | $6 B | 5 | diversified | New York, NY |
| 49 | Van Andel family | $6 B | 4 (EST.) | Amway | Ada, MI |
| 53 | France family | $5.7 B | 20 | Nascar racing | Daytona Beach, FL |
| 54 | Dolan family | $5.5 B | 19 (EST.) | cable television | Town of Oyster Bay, NY |
| 54 | Moran family | $5.5 B | 10 (EST.) | Toyota distribution | Deerfield Beach, FL |
| 56 | Getty family | $5.4 B | 28 | Getty Oil | Los Angeles, CA |
| 56 | Perot family | $5.4 B | 2 | investments | Dallas, TX |
| 56 | Simmons family | $5.4 B | 3 | finance | Dallas, TX |
| 59 | Durst family | $5.2 B | 33 | real estate | New York, NY |
| 59 | Gore family | $5.2 B | 24 (EST.) | Gore-Tex | Newark, DE |
| 61 | Rudin family | $5.1 B | 30 (EST.) | real estate | New York, NY |
| 62 | Alfond family | $4.8 B | 4 (EST.) | shoes | Portland, ME |
| 63 | Glazer family | $4.7 B | 21 | real estate, sports teams | - |
| 63 | Ingram family | $4.7 B | 5 | book distribution, transportation | Nashville, TN |
| 65 | McCaw family | $4.6 B | 5 | telecom | Hunts Point, WA |
| 66 | Ricketts family | $4.5 B | 6 | TD Ameritrade | Omaha, NE |
| 67 | Milliken family | $4.4 B | 35 (EST.) | textiles | Spartanburg, SC |
| 67 | Wirtz family | $4.4 B | 11 | alcohol distribution | Chicago, IL |
| 69 | Chandler family | $4.2 B | 200 (EST.) | newspapers | Los Angeles, CA |
| 70 | Friedkin family | $4.1 B | 2 | Toyota distributor | Houston, TX |
| 71 | Coors family | $4 B | 250 (EST.) | beer | Golden, CO |
| 71 | Wegman family | $4 B | 2 (EST.) | supermarkets | Rochester, NY |
| 73 | Haseotes family | $3.9 B | 8 (EST.) | convenience stores | Framingham, MA |
| 73 | Stephens family (Warren, Witt & Elizabeth) | $3.9 B | 3 | investments | Little Rock, AR |
| 75 | Nordstrom family | $3.8 B | 11 | department stores | Seattle, WA |
| 75 | Pohlad family | $3.8 B | 20 (EST.) | real estate, banking, sports | Minneapolis, MN |
| 75 | Steinbrenner family | $3.8 B | 5 | New York Yankees | New York, NY |
| 78 | Haas family | $3.7 B | 255 (EST.) | Levi Strauss & Co. | San Francisco, CA |
| 79 | Van Tuyl family | $3.5 B | 8 (EST.) | car dealerships | Phoenix, AZ |
| 80 | Smith family (Richard Alan) | $3.4 B | 10 (EST.) | investments | Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 80 | Gund family | $3.4 B | 15 (EST.) | Sanka, banking | Cleveland origin, OH |
| 80 | Lerner family | $3.4 B | 3 (EST.) | banking, sports teams | - |
| 83 | Demoulas family | $3.3 B | 9 | supermarkets | Tewksbury, MA |
| 83 | Schneider family | $3.3 B | 6 (EST.) | trucking | Green Bay, WI |
| 83 | Tyson family | $3.3 B | 10 (EST.) | Tyson Foods | Springdale, AR |
| 86 | Karfunkel family | $3.2 B | 5 (EST.) | insurance, real estate | New York, NY |
| 86 | Kerkorian family | $3.2 B | 5 | casinos, movie production | Los Angeles, CA |
| 86 | Perdue family | $3.2 B | 4 (EST.) | chicken | Salisbury, MD |
| 86 | Ueltschi family | $3.2 B | 20 (EST.) | pilot training | Flushing, NY |
| 90 | Fertitta family | $3.1 B | 2 | casinos, entertainment | Las Vegas, NV |
| 90 | Gottwald family | $3.1 B | 7 (EST.) | Ethyl Corp. | Richmond, VA |
| 90 | Milstein family | $3.1 B | 6 (EST.) | real estate | New York, NY |
| 93 | Bresky family | $3 B | 3 (EST.) | agribusiness | Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 93 | Fasken family | $3 B | 4 | oil | Midland, TX |
| 95 | Bancroft family | $2.9 B | 30 (EST.) | Dow Jones & Co. | New York, NY |
| 96 | Haas family (Otto) | $2.8 B | 38 | chemicals | Philadelphia, PA |
| 96 | Boyle family | $2.8 B | 3 | Columbia Sportswear | Portland, OR |
| 96 | Hall family | $2.8 B | 3 | Hallmark | Kansas City, MO |
| 96 | Ziegler family | $2.8 B | 6 (EST.) | cigars | Darien, CT |
| 100 | Batten family | $2.7 B | 3 (EST.) | media | Hampton Roads, VA |
| 100 | Booth family | $2.7 B | 30 (EST.) | investments | Los Angeles, CA |
| 100 | Schottenstein family | $2.7 B | 200 (EST.) | retail | Columbus, OH |
| 103 | Asplundh family | $2.6 B | 130 (EST.) | tree trimming | Willow Grove, PA |
| 103 | Dobson family | $2.6 B | 3 | Whataburger | San Antonio, TX |
| 103 | Epprecht family | $2.6 B | 5 (EST.) | cheese | Hiram, OH |
| 103 | Jones family | $2.6 B | 7 | bakery supplies | Jackson, MI |
| 103 | Wanek family | $2.6 B | 2 | furniture | Arcadia, WI |
| 103 | Whittier family | $2.6 B | 70 (EST.) | oil | Beverly Hills, CA |
| 109 | De Young family | $2.5 B | 24 (EST.) | newspaper, TV stations | San Francisco, CA |
| 109 | Gochman family | $2.5 B | 3 (EST.) | sporting goods retailer | Katy, TX |
| 109 | Holding family | $2.5 B | 4 | oil, resorts | Salt Lake City, UT |
| 109 | Magness family | $2.5 B | 4 (EST.) | cable TV, investments | Denver, CO |
| 109 | McGraw family | $2.5 B | 11 (EST.) | McGraw-Hill | New York, NY |
| 109 | Shea family | $2.5 B | 20 (EST.) | real estate, venture capital | Los Angeles, CA |
| 109 | Yates family | $2.5 B | 16 | oil | Artesia, NM |
| 116 | Gates family | $2.4 B | 3 | Investments | Denver, CO |
| 116 | Jackson family | $2.4 B | 7 (EST.) | winemaking, vineyards | Sonoma, CA |
| 116 | Wasserstein family | $2.4 B | 9 | investment banking | New York, NY |
| 119 | Collier family | $2.3 B | 30 (EST.) | real estate | Naples, FL |
| 119 | Hewlett family | $2.3 B | 17 | Hewlett-Packard | Palo Alto, CA |
| 119 | Mosing family | $2.3 B | 11 (EST.) | oilfield services | Amsterdam |
| 122 | Blaustein family | $2.2 B | 30 (EST.) | Amoco oil | Baltimore, MD |
| 122 | Carlson family | $2.2 B | 9 | hotels, restaurants, travel | Minnetonka, MN |
| 122 | Elghanayan family | $2.2 B | 8 (EST.) | real estate | New York, NY |
| 122 | Soffer family | $2.2 B | 8 | real estate | - |
| 126 | Anderson family (John) | $2.1 B | 5 (EST.) | beer distribution, real estate | Los Angeles, CA |
| 126 | Annenberg family | $2.1 B | 15 (EST.) | publishing | Los Angeles, CA |
| 126 | Walsh family | $2.1 B | 2 | construction | Chicago, IL |
| 129 | Belk family | $2 B | 20 (EST.) | department stores | Charlotte, NC |
| 129 | Farmer family | $2 B | 15 | uniforms | Cincinnati, OH |
| 129 | Ford family | $2 B | 40 (EST.) | Ford Motor | Dearborn, MI |
| 129 | Lindner family | $2 B | 7 (EST.) | investments, insurance | Cincinnati, OH |
| 129 | Young family | $2 B | 11 | plastic packaging | Plymouth, MI |
| 134 | Bean family | $1.9 B | 25 (EST.) | L.L. Bean | Freeport, ME |
| 134 | Bucksbaum family | $1.9 B | 12 (EST.) | real estate | Chicago, IL |
| 134 | Hess family | $1.9 B | 19 | oil and gas | New York, NY |
| 134 | Sheetz family | $1.9 B | 35 (EST.) | convenience stores | Altoona, PA |
| 134 | Trinchero family | $1.9 B | 4 | wine | - |
| 139 | Graham family | $1.8 B | 5 (EST.) | Washington Post Co. | Washington, DC |
| 139 | Krehbiel family | $1.8 B | 3 | Electronics | Lake Forest, IL |
| 139 | Maines family | $1.8 B | 2 | food distribution | Conklin, NY |
| 139 | Merage family | $1.8 B | 5 | microwavable snacks | Englewood, CO |
| 139 | Mitchell family | $1.8 B | 11 (EST.) | oil | The Woodlands, TX |
| 139 | Resnick family | $1.8 B | 18 (EST.) | real estate | New York, NY |
| 139 | Roberts family | $1.8 B | 5 | cable TV | - |
| 139 | Sorenson family | $1.8 B | 8 | medical equipment | Salt Lake City, UT |
| 139 | Walter family | $1.8 B | 2 (EST.) | oil & gas | Houston, TX |
| 139 | Yoh family | $1.8 B | 3 | construction | Philadelphia, PA |
| 149 | Colson family | $1.7 B | 3 (EST.) | senior housing | Vancouver, WA |
| 149 | Davidson family | $1.7 B | 10 | glassmaking | Auburn Hills, MI |
| 149 | Estes family | $1.7 B | 7 (EST.) | trucking | Richmond, VA |
| 149 | Mark Davis family | $1.7 B | 7 (EST.) | dairy | Le Sueur, MN |
| 149 | Pitcairn family | $1.7 B | 200 | PPG Industries | Bryn Athyn, PA |
| 149 | Reed family | $1.7 B | 4 (EST.) | lumber, paper, land | Seattle, WA |
| 149 | Rogers family | $1.7 B | 2 (EST.) | Mary Kay cosmetics | Addison, TX |
| 149 | Weyerhaeuser family | $1.7 B | 250 (EST.) | timber | Federal Way, WA |
| 157 | Clark family | $1.6 B | 4 | construction, real estate | Bethesda, MD |
| 157 | Dayton family | $1.6 B | 92 | Target | Minneapolis, MN |
| 157 | Donnelley family | $1.6 B | 10 (EST.) | printing, business services | Chicago, IL |
| 157 | Fisher family | $1.6 B | 4 (EST.) | real estate | New York, NY |
| 157 | Kim family | $1.6 B | 10 (EST.) | semiconductor packaging | Chandler, AZ |
| 157 | Pulitzer family | $1.6 B | 50 (EST.) | publishing | St. Louis, MO |
| 163 | Love family (J. Erskine) | $1.5 B | 6 (EST.) | packaging | - |
| 163 | Cullen family | $1.5 B | 50 (EST.) | oil, coal | Houston, TX |
| 163 | Frank family | $1.5 B | 3 | Grey Goose vodka | New Rochelle, NY |
| 163 | Greenberg family | $1.5 B | 7 | sneakers | Manhattan Beach, CA |
| 163 | McKee family | $1.5 B | 5 | snack maker | Collegedale, TN |
| 163 | Mead family | $1.5 B | 35 | paper | Wisconsin Rapids, WI |
| 163 | Morse family | $1.5 B | 5 (EST.) | real estate development | The Villages, FL |
| 163 | Searle family | $1.5 B | 4 (EST.) | pharmaceuticals | Chicago, IL |
| 163 | Slawson family | $1.5 B | 3 | oil & gas | Wichita, KS |
| 163 | Stayer family | $1.5 B | 9 | sausage production | Sheboygan Falls, WI |
| 163 | Tracy family | $1.5 B | 75 (EST.) | food distribution | Mt. Sterling, IL |
| 174 | Cohen family | $1.4 B | 5 (EST.) | grocery distributor | Keene, NH |
| 174 | Levine family | $1.4 B | 4 (EST.) | Family Dollar | Charlotte, NC |
| 174 | Lewis family | $1.4 B | 5 (EST.) | insurance | Mayfield Village, OH |
| 174 | Richards family | $1.4 B | 5 | cable manufacturing | Carrollton, GA |
| 174 | Westerman family | $1.4 B | 7 | oil | Addison, TX |
| 179 | Schwab family (Les) | $1.3 B | 4 (EST.) | tire retailers | New York, NY |
| 179 | Bolch family | $1.3 B | 7 | convenience stores | Atlanta, GA |
| 179 | Briscoe family | $1.3 B | 8 (EST.) | ranch land | Uvalde, TX |
| 179 | Cadieux family | $1.3 B | 4 (EST.) | convenience stores | Tulsa, OK |
| 179 | Foster family | $1.3 B | 5 (EST.) | poultry production | Livingston, CA |
| 179 | Hagedorn family | $1.3 B | 6 | Scotts Miracle-Gro | Marysville, OH |
| 179 | Huber family | $1.3 B | 40 (EST.) | engineered materials | Rumson, NJ |
| 179 | McCaskey family | $1.3 B | 12 (EST.) | Chicago Bears | Chicago, IL |
| 179 | Shorenstein family | $1.3 B | 3 | real estate | San Francisco, CA |
| 179 | Stewart family | $1.3 B | 3 | food service | Scottsdale, AZ |
| 179 | Toll family | $1.3 B | 2 | homebuilding | Horsham, PA |
| 179 | Wood family | $1.3 B | 196 | Wawa convenience stores | Media, PA |
| 191 | Hixon family | $1.25 B | 100 (EST.) | electronics | Pasadena, CA |
| 191 | Rosen family | $1.25 B | 5 (EST.) | meat processing | Fairmont, MN |
| 193 | Gordon family (Ellen) | $1.2 B | 5 | Tootsie Rolls | Chicago, IL |
| 193 | Carhartt family | $1.2 B | 2 | work clothing | Dearborn, MI |
| 193 | Colburn family | $1.2 B | 4 (EST.) | electric equipment distributor | Irving, TX |
| 193 | Kennedy family | $1.2 B | 30 | investments | New York, NY |
| 193 | Lykes family | $1.2 B | 250 (EST.) | land, citrus groves | Tampa, FL |
| 193 | Marciano family | $1.2 B | 4 | Guess jeans | Los Angeles, CA |
| 193 | Rooney family | $1.2 B | 15 (EST.) | Pittsburgh Steelers | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 193 | Ward family | $1.2 B | 2 (EST.) | chocolate | Kansas City, MO |
America's Richest Families, or America's Wealthiest Families, is a yearly compilation of the wealthiest families compiled by Forbes. This is the 2nd year of this ranking. Last year there were only 87 families on the list. (Note: Forbes left out self-made entrepreneurs who founded their companies and already appear with their family on the Forbes 400 list. That includes Jack Taylor of Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Also absent are married couples like Forever 21 founders Jin Sook and Do Won Chang).