Mega-rich dynasties across America

The land of opportunity, America is home to some of the wealthiest families in the world, from old-money dynasties such as the Mellons and Johnsons, to nouveau-riche clans like the Zuckerbergs and Buffetts. Click or scroll through to discover the most moneyed family in every single state using data from Forbes unless otherwise stated.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.2/51 SLIDES © Courtesy EBSCO Industries Inc.

Alabama: the Stephens family – $4 billion

Together with siblings Dell, Elton and Jane, James Stephens inherited his father’s empire, EBSCO Industries, when he passed away in 2005. The company grew from humble origins as a door-to-door magazine subscription service, and the late Elton B. Stephens grew it into one of the largest 200 privately-owned companies, leaving his heirs with a plentiful inheritance of $4 billion, according to Money Inc. Pictured here is Bryson Stephens, EBSCO’s current chairman and grandson of Elton B. Stephens.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.3/51 SLIDES © Fsdbb3 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)

Alaska: the Hyde and Rubini families – $300 million each

Partners Leonard Hyde and Jonathan Rubini own equal stakes in JL Properties, Alaska’s biggest real estate firm with a portfolio market value of more than $2 billion. Hyde and Rubini, President and CEO of the company respectively, own and manage some Alaska’s most iconic buildings, including the JL Tower (pictured) and the ASRC Building. While their wealth may be modest compared to others in this round-up, this business has allowed each family to accumulate a net worth of $300 million.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.4/51 SLIDES © Courtesy LMU/U-Haul

Arizona: the Shoen family – $5.4 billion+

The Shoens rule the roost in Arizona. The family has a large stake in DIY moving company U-Haul, which was founded by the late Leonard Shoen and his wife Anna Mary Carty in 1945 with a loan of $5,000, which is the equivalent of $71,221 in today’s money. Today, their children Mark and Joe Shoen have net worths of $2.9 billion and $2.5 billion respectively. This brings the family fortune to more than $5.4 billion, as it doesn’t include grandson Stuart Shoen (pictured), who also runs the Phoenix-based firm.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.Slideshow continues on the next slide5/51 SLIDES © Courtesy The Walton Family

Arkansas: the Walton family – $175.2 billion

The richest family in Arkansas, the Waltons control around 50% of supermarket behemoth Walmart, America’s largest business with annual revenues of $524 billion in 2019. Brothers Sam (pictured with his wife and children) and James ‘Bud’ Walton co-founded the business in 1962. Today Sam’s children Jim, Rob and Alice Walton are the main shareholders, while Bud’s children Ann Walton Kroenke (who is married to Stanley Kroenke, who features later on this list) and Nancy Walton Laurie hold smaller shares. The family was worth $175.2 billion in 2019 according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.6/51 SLIDES © Charles Ommanney/AP/Facebook handout

California: the Zuckerberg family – $54.7 billion

For years, the wine-producing Gallos were California’s wealthiest clan, until Facebook came along. These days, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, who share daughters Max and August, are worth a total of $54.7 billion, making them the richest family in the state. That said, the Facebook billionaires have committed to donating the bulk of their fortune to good causes through The Giving Pledge set up by Bill and Melinda Gates with Warren Buffett.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.7/51 SLIDES © Javier Rojas/Zuma Press/PA

Colorado: the Anschutz family – $11 billion

Over in Colorado, the Anschutz family is tops. The family fortune derives from patriarch Philip Anschutz (pictured), who worked in his father’s oil business in the 1960s, before moving into sports, entertainment and more. Today, the tycoon and his family own everything from the NHL LA Kings and Staples Center to the Coachella Music Festival, giving him a net worth of $11.6 billion.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.8/51 SLIDES © Courtesy Sackler School of Medicine

Connecticut: the Sackler family – $13 billion+

The Sackler family still owns 100% of Purdue Pharma, the firm behind the controversial opiate painkiller OxyContin. Physician brothers Mortimer and Raymond (pictured with his late wife Beverley) bought the company in 1952 and made the lion’s share of their fortune from the drug, which was released in 1996 and has been blamed for fueling America’s opioid crisis. The company has since sought out bankruptcy protection as swaths of lawsuits have been served on the family. While the Sackler family’s net worth was valued at $13 billion in 2016, critics suspect they could be worth a lot more.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.9/51 SLIDES © Courtesy Gore-Tex

Delaware: the Gore family – $1.8 billion+

Down in Delaware, the Gore family is number one. In 1969, father and son team Bill (pictured with his wife Genevieve) and Bob Gore invented the go-to sports fabric Gore-Tex by accident. These days, Bob Gore is chairman and a major shareholder of the family business W. L. Gore & Associates, which markets the material and turns over $3.7 billion annually. Bob shares the top spot for the richest Delawarean with his sister, Elizabeth Snyder, as both siblings are worth a cool $885 million each. The whole family fortune adds up to more than $1.8 billion.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.Slideshow continues on the next slide10/51 SLIDES © Eric Piermont/AFP/Getty Images

Florida: the Peterffy family – $18 billion

The Peterffys are the most affluent family in Florida. Hungarian-born Thomas Peterffy (pictured) heads up electronic brokerage firm Interactive Brokers, which he established in 1978 as T.P. & Co, and has earned him an impressive net worth of $18 billion. Unlike fellow Hungarian-born financier George Soros, Peterffy is a prominent supporter of the Republican Party and admirer of President Trump. He is even a member of The Mar-a-Lago Club, Trump’s exclusive members-only club in Palm Beach.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.11/51 SLIDES © Courtesy Cox Enterprises

Georgia: the Cox family – $37.2 billion

Atlanta media conglomerate Cox Enterprises has a wide array of newspapers, radio stations and TV channels in its company portfolio and annual revenues of $21 billion. Cox Enterprises was founded by James M. Cox in 1898, and his five living heirs, who include current company chairman James Cox Kennedy (pictured), still control the majority of the company. As of 2018, the family net worth came to a staggering $37.2 billion, according to Inequality.org.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.12/51 SLIDES © Dario Cantatore/Getty Images

Hawaii: the Omidyar family – $17.5 billion

The founder of eBay, Pierre Omidyar resides with his wife Pamela and their three children in Honolulu, making them Hawaii’s richest family with a fortune of $17.5 billion. Pierre and Pamela Omidyar are renowned philanthropists, having committed hundreds of millions of dollars to good causes throughout the world.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.13/51 SLIDES © Courtesy Simplot

Idaho: the Simplot family – $7.5 billion

The richest person in Idaho may be health products entrepreneur Frank VanderSloot, who has a net worth of $3.8 billion, but the wealthiest family is the Simplot clan. The family controls the agribusiness company founded by frozen French fries inventor J. R. Simplot (pictured) back in 1929, J.R Simplot Co., which generates $6 billion in revenues annually. The company was supplying a third of America’s French fries back in 2008, shortly before J. R. Simplot passed away, and in 2015 his ancestors still had a very healthy fortune of $7.5 billion.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.14/51 SLIDES © Brian Cassella/Zuma Press/PA

Illinois: the Pritzker family – $26.6 billion

The Pritzker family made a colossal fortune from shrewd investments in firms such as Berkshire Hathaway, as well as ownership of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation. The hotel group was founded by Jay Pritzker in 1957. His siblings and children share the family wealth, which was a gigantic sum of $26.6 billion in 2018, according to Inequality.org. The image shows Jay Pritzker’s venture capitalist and politician descendent J. B. Pritzker.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.Slideshow continues on the next slide15/51 SLIDES © Courtesy Cook Group

Indiana: the Cook family – $10.6 billion

The Cook Group was established in 1963 by Gayle and William Cook in the spare bedroom of their Bloomington home. From humble beginnings, the medical device company has grown to turn over more than $2 billion annually. Its current CEO, the couple’s son Carl Cook (pictured), is now the richest individual in Indiana, with a net worth of $10.6 billion.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.16/51 SLIDES © Wang Ping/Xinhua News Agency/PA

Iowa: the Stine family – $3.8 billion

Fittingly in a state where agriculture is big business, the richest family is none other than the Stines, the owners of America’s largest independent seed company, Stine Seed. The firm was founded in the 1950s by the father of current head honcho Harry Stine (pictured), the only billionaire in the state of Iowa with a net worth of $5.6 billion.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.17/51 SLIDES © Courtesy Koch Industries

Kansas: the Koch family – $107 billion

Fred C. Koch founded the oil refining company that became Koch Industries in 1940 and passed it on to his four sons upon his death in 1967. The company pioneered a new refining method, which generated billions of dollars over the years. Charles and David successfully sued their brothers William and Frederick for control of the firm during the 1980s and 1990s. David (pictured left, with Charles) passed away in late 2019, but the family was worth $107 billion in 2018, according to Inequality.org.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.18/51 SLIDES © Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Scalable Grid Engine / CC0

Kentucky: the Hughes/Gustavson family – $8.9 billion

Kentucky’s wealthiest citizen is Tamara Gustavson, with a net worth of $4.7 billion. Tamara’s wealth comes from the jackpot storage company Public Storage that her father, B. Wayne Hughes, founded in 1972. Hughes now only owns 1% of Public Storage, giving the bulk of shares to his daughter, as well as his son B. Wayne Hughes Jr, who is worth $1.4 billion. B. Wayne Hughes Sr went on to set up home rental company American Homes 4 Rent in 2011, and is now worth $2.8 billion. The family’s combined wealth reaches $8.9 billion.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.19/51 SLIDES © Ronald Martinez/Getty Images

Louisiana: the Benson family – $3.2 billion

The richest family in Louisiana is a divided one. After the late owner of the NFL New Orleans Saints and NBA New Orleans Pelicans, Tom Benson (pictured center), changed his will in 2014, his family fought over the terms. Benson had initially intended to leave his shares to his daughter Renee Benson (center right) and his grandchildren, but changed his will in 2014 to favour his third wife Gayle Benson (pictured left). When Tom Benson died in 2018, Gayle received control of the teams and is currently the state’s richest person, with a net worth of $3.2 billion.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.20/51 SLIDES © Courtesy Harold Alfond Foundation

Maine: the Alfond family – $4.8 billion

Like the Pritzker family, Maine’s Alfond clan has made incredible sums of money from Berkshire Hathaway shares. The family’s Dexter Shoe Company, which was founded by patriarch Harold Alfond in 1956, was sold to Berkshire Hathaway in 1993 in exchange for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of stock. Alfond’s three living children Bill, Susan, and Ted are worth $1.6 billion each today, bringing the family’s combined net worth to $4.8 billio. Warren Buffett has described the deal as the worst he ever made.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.21/51 SLIDES © Win McNamee/Getty Images

Maryland: the Lerner family – $4.4 billion

Back in 1952, Ted Lerner borrowed $250 from his wife Annette, which is the equivalent of $2,419 in today’s money, and set up real estate firm Lerner Enterprises in Rockville. Since then, the real estate mogul has developed property valued in the billions, bought a major baseball team and become the largest private landowner in the Washington DC area. His net worth at the time of writing is $4.4 billion.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.22/51 SLIDES © Courtesy Fidelity Investments

Massachusetts: the Johnson family – $38.7 billion

Together with her father Ned and two siblings, Abigail Johnson (pictured), who has been described as the most powerful woman in finance, owns a controlling stake in Fidelity, the fund management company started by her grandfather Edward C. Johnson II. The Boston-based investment firm boasts a staggering $7.3 trillion in customer assets, and altogether the family wealth reached an impressive $38.7 billion in 2018, according to Inequality.org.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.23/51 SLIDES © Courtesy Meijer

Michigan: the Meijer family – $11.2 billion

The Meijer family fortune derives from Dutch immigrant Hendrick Meijer, who opened the first of the clan’s namesake grocery stores in Greenville, slap bang in the middle of the Great Depression. These days, Meijer counts over 230 locations throughout the Midwest, with annual sales of $17.8 billion. This image shows the late matriarch Lena Meijer opening a new store with son Hank to her left. Hank and his brother Doug took over the family business in 1990 and remain on its board of directors; together they are worth $11.2 billion.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.24/51 SLIDES © Courtesy Palm Springs Art Museum

Minnesota: the Cargill-MacMillan family – $42.9 billion

Four members of the Cargill-MacMillan clan featured in the most recent Forbes 400, while another four – the great-great-great-granddaughters of Cargill founder W.W. Cargill – dropped off the list last year. It hasn’t dented the family wealth too much though, as owning America’s largest privately-owned company has secured them a joint net worth of $42.9 billion, according to Bloomberg. The image shows the late company patriarch Cargill MacMillan Jr.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.25/51 SLIDES © Courtesy Kelly Dunn/University of Southern Mississippi

Mississippi: the Duff family – $2.8 billion

Brothers Thomas (left) and James Duff have transformed the small-scale tire business their father Ernest founded in 1973 into Southern Tire Mart, one of America’s biggest tire dealers. The duo also owns a frozen food trucking business and a number of other lucrative firms. Together, the Mississippi siblings are worth an estimated $2.8 billion.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.26/51 SLIDES © Chris Graythen/Staff/Getty Images

Missouri: the Kroenke family – $18.4 billion

Stanley Kroenke is Missouri’s richest man (pictured center), and paired with his wife Ann Walton Kroenke, who is the daughter of the late Walmart co-founder Sam Walton, the two make a formidable, and extremely rich, pair. The couple boast a combined wealth of $18.4 billion, and their portfolio is an international mix that includes 30 million square feet of real estate, American football team the Los Angeles Rams, and Arsenal Football Club in the UK.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.27/51 SLIDES © Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Montana: the Washington family – $6.2 billion

Starting out in the late 1950s as a low-paid construction worker, Dennis Washington formed his first construction company in 1964, and later diversified into mining, real estate, aviation and more, making billions in the process. These days, the tycoon and his wife Phyllis devote much of their time to philanthropy – their charitable foundation has donated millions to numerous non-profits, including $840 million donated by the couple. They have a net worth of $6.2 billion.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.28/51 SLIDES © Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

Nebraska: the Buffett family – $71.9 billion

Warren Buffett’s family is technically Nebraska’s wealthiest, though the Berkshire Hathaway boss isn’t planning to leave his kids his entire fortune by any means. Buffett (pictured here with his son Peter and daughter Susan) has signed the Giving Pledge, promising to give away more than 99% of his wealth during his lifetime or at death. Buffett has a current net worth of $71.9 billion.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.29/51 SLIDES © Anthony Kwan/Getty Images

Nevada: the Adelson family – $32.2 billion

As you’d probably expect, Nevada’s richest family made its money from gambling. Patriarch Sheldon Adelson, who started his first business at the age of 12, got into casinos in 1988 and built The Venetian in the late 1990s, cashing in on its success. Today, the 86-year-old chairman of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, who is pictured here with his wife Miriam, is worth $32.2 billion.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.30/51 SLIDES © Author unknown [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

New Hampshire: the Reimann-Ciardelli family – $720 million

The super-secretive Reimann-Ciardellis are New Hampshire’s most moneyed clan. German-born heiress Andrea Reimann-Ciardelli and her family, who live a quiet life in Hanover, share a fortune of $720 million. They’re the ancestors of German chemist Ludwig Reimann, who teamed up with Johann Adam Benckiser (pictured) to create what became Luxembourg-based investment firm JAB Holding Company. In 2003, Andrea sold her 11.1% stake in the business to other family members. Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.31/51 SLIDES © Courtesy Campbell Soup Company

New Jersey: the Dorrance family – $17.1 billion

Dubbed ‘The First Family of Soup’, the Dorrances control the celebrated Campbell Soup fortune. In 1897, Dr John Dorrance invented a cost-effective method of condensing soup and eventually gained full control of the Campbell Soup Company. In 2018, Dan Loeb, founder of Third Point Management, a shareholder in the soup company, announced his intention to oust all 12 members of the company’s board due to the company’s poor performance, and in October of that year his firm increased its stake from 5.65% to 6.98%. However, Loeb was unsuccessful, and descendants of the founder remain the company’s biggest shareholders. In fact, an estimated 11 members of the Dorrance family own half the business, and their joint wealth was valued to be around $17.1 billion in 2016.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.32/51 SLIDES © Courtesy @ClaireMChase/Twitter

New Mexico: the Chase family – $700 million

The Chase family is the richest in New Mexico. Patriarch Mack C. Chase cleaned up in the 1960s and 1970s in the oil and natural gas industry in Texas and his home state, and is now worth hundreds of millions of dollars. His sons Robert and Chance, and daughter-in-law Claire (pictured), are heavily involved in the family business.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.33/51 SLIDES © Spencer Platt/Staff/Getty Images

New York: the Bloomberg family – $48 billion

Michael Bloomberg is the richest person in The Big Apple, with a staggering net worth of $60.1 billion. After being fired from Wall Street, Bloomberg co-founded financial information and media company Bloomberg LP in 1981, which now has annual revenues of $10 billion, according to Investopedia. This media mogul then turned his attention to politics: after serving as the Mayor of New York from 2002-2013, Bloomberg ran an unsuccessful campaign to become the Democratic representative in the 2020 Presidential election, a failed attempt that cost him more than $1 billion.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.34/51 SLIDES © Brad Barket/Getty for Time Inc.

North Carolina: the Goodnight family – $9.1 billion

Since co-founding the Statistical Analysis System (SAS) Institute in 1976, data guru Jim Goodnight has made billions crunching figures, and the company boasts annual revenues of $3.3 billion. Goodnight’s family is now the richest in North Carolina, with a fortune of $9.1 billion. Family members include Jim’s wife Ann, a patron of the arts, and their retail executive daughter Leah. Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.35/51 SLIDES © Courtesy Valley City State University/Tharaldson family

North Dakota: the Tharaldson family – $1 billion

North Dakota born and raised, Gary Tharaldson owns a group of namesake companies that builds and manages business-oriented hotels across America. Together with his family, the Fargo-based entrepreneur (pictured here with his wife Connie) is worth a very respectable $1 billion, making him the only billionaire in the state and the figurehead of North Dakota’s richest family.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.36/51 SLIDES © Astrid Stawiarz/Getty for Fragrance Foundation

Ohio: the Wexner family – $4.4 billion

The Wexners are the most affluent family in Ohio. Patriarch Les Wexner founded The Limited clothing company in 1964 and built a formidable retail group over the years, adding names including Victoria’s Secret, Henri Bendel and La Senza. Wexner has recently found himself in the public eye thanks to his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who was his confidant and financial manager from the early 1990s until the mid-2000s. Wexner has a current net worth of $4.4 billion.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.37/51 SLIDES © Courtesy University of Oklahoma/Twitter

Oklahoma: the Love family – $7.2 billion

Tom and Judy Love (pictured center) founded Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores in 1964 with a $5,000 loan from his parents, which is the equivalent of $41,534 in today’s money. Over 55 years later the venture has made them the richest family in Oklahoma, with wealth of around $7.2 billion. The convenience store chain is very much a family affair, with both Tom, Judy and their four children all working for the company. Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.38/51 SLIDES © Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images

Oregon: the Knight family – $39.1 billion

The co-founder of Nike and his family are Oregon’s wealthiest clan. Phil Knight established the sportswear giant with Bill Bowerman in 1962 as Blue Ribbon Sports and is still closely involved with the company. His filmmaker son Travis (pictured here with his father) runs Laika, the family’s animation studio, and the family has a joint net worth of $39.1 billion.

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Pennsylvania: the Mellon family – $11.5 billion

Scots-Irish immigrant Thomas Mellon founded Mellon Bank, the source of the family’s wealth, back in 1867. Mellon left a vast estate to his children, who invested wisely and multiplied their inheritance. As a family keen on staying out of the limelight and capital preservation as an investment tactic, up-to-date figures for this clan’s wealth are difficult to come by, but in 2016 their collective net worth was estimated to be at $11.5 billion. Notable scions include Matthew Mellon (pictured here with his wife Nicole), who died in tragic circumstances in 2018.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.40/51 SLIDES © Courtesy Providence Equity

Rhode Island: the Nelson family – $2 billion

Known as the ‘stealth mogul’, Rhode Island native Jonathan Nelson founded media-focused private equity firm Providence Equity Partners in 1989 and has discretely amassed a $2 billion fortune over the years. Like many of the families on the list, the Nelsons are keen philanthropists – Jonathan and his wife Judy give generously to mainly education and healthcare-related charities.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.41/51 SLIDES © Courtesy InterTech Group

South Carolina: the Zucker family – $1.9 billion

The Zuckers are also renowned for their philanthropy. Together with her late husband Jerry, Anita Zucker founded chemicals company InterTech Group in 1982 and the couple went on to acquire the Hudson’s Bay Company, one of America’s oldest firms. Following Jerry’s death in 2008, Anita served as Governor of the company, until it was sold later that year. The family fortune of $1.9 billion is shared between Anita and her three children, and Anita is the only billionaire in South Carolina.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.42/51 SLIDES © Courtesy United National Corporation

South Dakota: the Sanford family – $1.6 billion

Staying with mega-philanthropists, the Sanfords put other billionaire families to shame with their lavish giving. Patriarch T. Denny Sanford, who owns the high-risk credit card provider First Premier Bank, intends to die broke and appears to be practising what he preaches – the altruistic banking tycoon has already given away more than $1.6 billion.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.43/51 SLIDES © Courtesy Hospital Corporation of America

Tennessee: the Frist family – $10.1 billion

Tennessee’s richest family, the Frists are worth some $10.1 billion at the time of writing. Physicians Thomas Frist and his son Thomas Frist Jr. (pictured) co-founded Hospital Corporation of America in 1968 and turned it into the largest operator of private healthcare facilities in the world. Other prominent members of the family include philanthropist Mary F. Barfield and physician-turned-politician Bill Frist.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.44/51 SLIDES © Science History Institute [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)%5D, via Wiki…

Texas: the Duncan family – $24.8 billion

A true rags-to-riches story, Texas native Dan Duncan grew up in poverty, scraping together the cash to found natural gas and oil company Enterprise Products in 1968. When Duncan died in 2010, his company had an annual turnover of $32.8 billion. The gas and oil tycoon’s four children inherited the firm and shared a $24.8 billion fortune in 2018, according to Inequality.org.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.45/51 SLIDES © USA TODAY Sports/SIPA USA/PA

Utah: the Miller family – $1.7 billion

The late Larry H. Miller was one of Utah’s all-time most successful businesspeople, counting everything from car dealerships to sports teams and movie theaters in his bulging portfolio. Following his death in 2009, ownership of the companies passed to wife Gail (pictured) and four of the multitasking tycoon’s children. Currently Gail has a net worth of $1.7 billion.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.46/51 SLIDES © By Sebastiaan ter Burg from Utrecht, The Netherlands [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licens…

Vermont: the Abele family – $640 million

With a family fortune of $640 million, the Abeles from Vermont aren’t the wealthiest bunch in this round-up, although you needn’t feel sorry for them. The co-founder of medical device company Boston Scientific, patriarch John Abele has cashed in hundreds of millions of dollars off the back of the firm’s success.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.47/51 SLIDES © Ron Sachs/Pool/Getty Images

Virginia: the Mars family – $126.5 billion

When Forrest Mars Sr. died in 1991, the confectionery tycoon bequeathed Mars Inc. to his three children: Jacqueline (pictured here with her granddaughters); Forrest Mars Jr.; and John Mars. Forrest Jr passed away in 2016, leaving behind a fortune of more than $25 billion, while his third of the Mars business came under the control of his four daughters. The remaining Mars siblings, with their extended family, have complete control over the candy and pet foods company, which has a multitude of popular brands and an enormous annual turnover of $37 billion. With that kind of income, it’s unsurprising that the family is worth $126.5 billion, according to Bloomberg.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.48/51 SLIDES © Hubert Boesl/DPA/PA

Washington: the Bezos family – $231.6 billion

Washington is home to Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man. On track to be the world’s first trillionaire by 2026, the Amazon founder currently has a jaw-dropping real-time worth of $174.2 billion. This is all still possible, even though self-made Bezos had to part with $36 billion in a record-breaking divorce settlement with his ex-wife MacKenzie (pictured right) in 2019. The settlement has given novelist MacKenzie the title of fourth richest woman on the planet, as she boasts a net worth of $57.4 billion. The couple, who share four children, are worth a combined $231.6 billion.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.49/51 SLIDES © Scott Halleran/Getty Images

West Virginia: the Justice family – $1.2 billion

The richest person in West Virginia, Jim Justice is also the current Governor of the state and hit the headlines a couple of years ago for switching from the Republican to the Democratic Party and back again. The mining and agribusiness billionaire and his family own more than 50 companies, including the stunning Greenbrier resort, bringing their net worth to an impressive $1.2 billion.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.50/51 SLIDES © Courtesy S. C. Johnson & Son

Wisconsin: the Johnson family – $18.2 billion

This moneyed dynasty – who aren’t related to the other Johnson family who appear in this round-up – wholly own cleaning products company S.C. Johnson & Son. Led by Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr., the famous Wisconsin firm has a portfolio of brands that includes Mr. Muscle, Pledge and Ziploc. Five family members shared a $18.2 billion fortune in 2018, according to Inequality.org.Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.51/51 SLIDES © By Oceana (The Wyss Foundation and Oceana) [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)…

Wyoming: the Wyss family – $5.6 billion

Swiss-born Hansjörg Wyss founded medical device manufacturer Synthes USA in 1979 and went on to sell the company to Johnson & Johnson in 2012 for $20.2 billion. The Wysses, who reside in Wilson, are major charity donors, having doled out millions to organizations that protect the environment, promote social justice and undertake scientific research. They have a net worth of $5.6 billion.

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