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Top 10 Richest Families In America

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1 year ago

September 29, 2024

The United States of America maintains the status of a global world power due to its powerful economy, military domination, technological breakthroughs, and cultural impact. Its economic power and domination can be traced to certain families, particularly the top ten wealthiest families in the world.

These wealthy families contributed massively to America’s reputation as a world power, dominating areas such as technology, entertainment, retail, energy, hospitality, and banking and more.

Here is a list of the top ten richest families in America.

10. The Cox Family: Media and Automotive

The Cox family ranks tenth on this list, with an estimated fortune of $26.8 billion derived mostly from media and automobile companies. The family’s empire began in 1898 when James M. Cox bought the Dayton Evening News, which later became Cox Enterprises.

Cox Enterprises gradually expanded into radio, television, cable, and digital media and entered the automotive market with companies such as Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book, solidifying its position as a key player in both industries, with annual revenues exceeding $22.1 billion.

Today, Cox Enterprises is still privately owned, and the family continues to manage its wide portfolio, thereby remain among the wealthiest families in America.

9. The Duncan Family: Oil and Gas

The Duncan family in the ninth position made its money in the oil and gas industry and is worth an estimated $30 billion. Dan Duncan built a pipeline empire in 1968, which accounts for the majority of the family’s riches.

The Duncan family owns Enterprise Products Partners, a corporation that delivers oil, natural gas, and other petroleum products across the United States.

According to Forbes, Duncan’s four children inherited the company upon his death, and it has continued to grow under family management.

8. The Cathy Family: Fast Food

The Cathy family runs one of the most profitable fast-food franchises in the United States and is worth an estimated $33.6 Billion and eight on the list. Truett Cathy founded it in 1946 owes its riches to Chick-fil-A one of the most popular fast-food company in the United States.

Despite being closed on Sundays, the fried chicken fast-food company has over 3,000 outlets and is generates $6.4 billion in sales by 2022. The Cathy family’s conservative principles and devotion to philanthropy have helped to cement their reputation in the fast-food sector and beyond.

7. The Johnson Family: Cleaning Products

SC Johnson, a global leader in cleaning products and household goods that manufactures brands such as Windex, Pledge, Glade, Ziploc, Raid, and others is seventh on the list, and is worth an estimated $38.5 Billion.

S.C. Johnson launched the company in 1886 after working as a salesperson for a parquet flooring manufacturer and eventually purchasing it. The family’s dedication to environmental sustainability and innovation has helped the company maintain its industry-leading position for more than a century.

6. The Pritzker Family: Hotels & Investing

The Pritzker family (Jay Pritzker and his brother Donald) established Hyatt Hotels Corporation, one of the world’s largest and most prominent hotel companies and is worth an estimated $41.6 Billion and is sixth on the list.

The Pritzker family has long been a major participant in American industry and involved in philanthropy and politics.

The Pritzker family now has ten individual billionaires, including former US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and movie producer Gigi Pritzker.

5. The Johnson Family: Money Management

The Johnsons are one of the wealthiest families in the America and are worth an estimated $44.8 billion and are fifth on the.

The Johnson family is the driving force behind Fidelity Investments, one of the world’s largest asset management organizations created by Edward C. Johnson II in 1946.

4. The Cargill-MacMillan Family: Agribusiness

The Cargill-MacMillan family owns one of the largest privately held enterprises in the United States, which was formed in 1865 by William Cargill worth an estimated $60.6 Billion and is fourth on the list.

In the fiscal year 2023, Cargill Inc. made $177 billion in sales and other revenues from a variety of products including chocolate and livestock feed.

Cargill’s businesses have broadened throughout time to encompass agricultural commodity trading, processing, and distribution, as well as food production and risk management.

3. The Koch Family: Energy & Diversified Holdings

The Koch Family’s fortune is derived from Koch Industries, a conglomerate formed by Fred C. Koch in 1940 that has grown to become one of the largest privately held firms in the United States and is worth an estimated $116 Billion and is third on the list.

The Koch family is one of America’s wealthiest families, well known for their vast interests in the energy sector and diverse assets.

Koch Industries engages in a variety of industries, including oil refining, chemicals, energy, and consumer products, making it a major player in the worldwide market. The Koch family has also made significant donations to political and philanthropic organizations, campaigning for free-market ideals and funding a variety of educational endeavours.

2. The Mars Family: Candy and Pet Food

The Mars Family controls Mars, Inc., which was founded in 1911 by Frank C. Mars and has since grown to become a global leader in candy and pet care products such as M&Ms, Snickers, Pedigree, and Whiskas and is worth an estimated $117 Billion is second on the list.

1. The Walton Family: Retail

The Waltons control Walmart, which began as a single store that Sam Walton built in Rogers, Arkansas, in 1962. The store has expanded to nearly 10,000 locations across 19 countries, generating $648 billion revenue in 2024 fiscal year and is worth an estimated $267 Billion.

Walmart has a market valuation of about $486 billion, and an estimated 45% of its shares are owned by seven members of the Walton family.

The family is the richest in America, mostly because they own Walmart, the biggest retailer in the world.

This article was culled from Yahoo Finance.

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FULL LIST: US To Review Green Cards From 19 ‘Countries Of Concern’ After Washington Shooting

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15 hours ago

November 29, 2025

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The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it will review the immigration status of all permanent residents, or “Green Card” holders, from Afghanistan and 18 other countries following the attack on National Guard troops in Washington, D.C.

U.S. officials identified the suspect in Wednesday’s shooting as a 29-year-old Afghan national who previously worked alongside American forces in Afghanistan.

The individual was granted asylum earlier this year, not permanent residency, according to AfghanEvac, an organisation that assists Afghans resettled in the United States after the Taliban takeover in 2021.

“I have directed a full-scale, rigorous reexamination of every Green Card for every alien from every country of concern,” said Joseph Edlow, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), on X.

The review follows a June executive order from President Trump classifying 19 countries as “of Identified Concern.”

The order banned entry for nearly all nationals from 12 countries, including Afghanistan. The full list of these countries is:

Afghanistan

Myanmar

Chad

Congo-Brazzaville

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Haiti

Iran

Libya

Somalia

Sudan

Yemen

A partial travel ban applies to seven additional countries, though some temporary work visas remain allowed: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.

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Romanian Defence Minister Quits After Admitting Error In Academic Record

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November 29, 2025

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Romania’s defence minister resigned on Friday after saying he made a “mistake” on his CV about his university education, as controversy swirled over alleged lies on his resume.

Ionut Mosteanu – who has admitted to writing on his CV that he graduated from a university he never attended – said he did not want the row “to distract” the NATO member at a time when it and Europe are “under attack from Russia”.

Romania has repeatedly seen drone fragments fall on its soil since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, and reported a number of drone incursions.

On Tuesday, a drone crashed in eastern Romania, which borders Ukraine.

Romania has also accused Moscow of “hybrid attacks”, including meddling in presidential elections last year that were subsequently annulled.

“Today, I resigned from my position as minister of national defence,” Mosteanu said in a Facebook post, adding he wanted the country to be focused on its “difficult mission”.

“Romania and Europe are under attack from Russia. Our national security must be defended at all costs,” he added.

Mosteanu had come under pressure after a media investigation published on Thursday revealed that he wrote in a CV that he graduated from a university which he did not actually attend.

That same day he apologised for what he called “a mistake”.

“In a CV I quickly put together in 2016 using a template I found online, there is a mistake that I admit embarrasses me. I didn’t pay much attention to these details at the time,” he said on Facebook.

Mosteanu was appointed defence minister in June of this year, when a new pro-European government was formed after months of political turmoil.

Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan said in a press release that he would propose economy and tourism minister Radu Miruta take over the defence portfolio in the interim.

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Russia Insists Ukraine Must Cede Land Or Face Continued Military Push

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2 days ago

November 27, 2025

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he would end his Ukraine offensive if Kyiv withdrew from territory Moscow claims at its own — otherwise his army would take it by force.

The Russian army has been slowly but steadily grinding through eastern Ukraine in costly battles against outnumbered and outgunned Ukrainian forces.

Washington has meanwhile renewed its push to end the nearly four-year war, putting forward a surprise plan that it hopes to finalise through upcoming talks with Moscow and Kyiv.

“If Ukrainian forces leave the territories they hold, then we will stop combat operations,” Putin said during a visit to Kyrgyzstan. “If they don’t, then we will achieve it by military means.”

Russia controls around one-fifth of Ukraine’s territory. The issue of occupied land, which Kyiv has said it will never cede, is among the biggest stumbling blocks in the peace process.

Another important issue in the talks are Western security guarantees for Ukraine, which Kyiv says are needed to prevent Moscow from invading again in the future.

Washington’s original plan — drafted without input from Ukraine’s European allies — would have seen Kyiv withdraw from its eastern Donetsk region and the United States de facto recognise the Donetsk, Crimea and Lugansk regions as Russian.

The US pared back the original plan over the weekend following criticism from Kyiv and Europe, but has not yet released the new version.

Putin, who has seen the new plan, said it could be a negotiation starter.

“Overall, we agree that it could form the basis for future agreements,” he said of the latest draft, which the US is thought to have shortened to about 20 points.

US negotiator Steve Witkoff was expected in Moscow next week to discuss the revised document, Putin said.

US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is meanwhile due to visit Kyiv later this week, Ukraine’s top presidential aide Andriy Yermak said.

– ‘Little can be done’ –

In his remarks Thursday, Putin repeated the claim that Russia had encircled the Ukrainian army in Pokrovsk and Myrnograd in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region — the most fiercely embattled area and a key target for Moscow’s forces.

“Krasnoarmeysk and Dimitrov are completely surrounded,” he said, using the Russian names for the cities.

Moscow was also advancing in Vovchansk and Siversk, as well as approaching the important logistic hub of Guliaipole, he added.

The Russian offensive “is practically impossible to hold back, so there is little that can be done about it”, Putin said.

Ukraine has denied Pokrovsk and Myrnograd are encircled, insisting its forces continue to hold the enemy along the front line.

Putin also questioned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s legitimacy and said signing any agreement with him would be legally “almost impossible” at the moment, a suggestion that has drawn groans from Kyiv and its allies.

According to data analysed by AFP from the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Russian forces have conquered an average of 467 square kilometres (180 square miles) each month in 2025 — a step up from 2024.

Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, triggering the worst armed conflict in Europe since World War II.

The war has killed hundreds of thousands of people and forced millions to flee their homes.