Richest families in the United States by Net Worth (2024)

The United States of America has more billionaires than any other nation on earth. But what of wealth in the family?

Here is a ranking of the richest families in the United States of America by net worth. You will also see their main source of wealth.

The data for this ranking is from Forbes.

Rank	Family name	Net worth	Source of wealth
1	Walton family	$247 billion	Walmart
2	Koch family	$100 billion	diversified
3	Mars family	$94 billion	candy
4	Cargill-MacMillan family	$47 billion	Cargill Inc.
5	Lauder family	$40 billion	Estee Lauder
6	S.C. Johnson family	$37 billion	cleaning products
7	(Edward) Johnson family	$36 billion	money management
8	Cox family	$34.5 billion	media
9	Pritzker family	$32.5 billion	hotels, investments
10	Newhouse family	$30 billion	magazines, newspapers
11	Duncan family	$22 billion	pipelines
12	Hearst family	$21 billion	Hearst Corp.
13	Brown family	$20.4 billion	liquor
14	Marshall family	$18.5 billion	diversified
15	Butt family	$17.8 billion	supermarkets
16	Busch family	$17.6 billion	Anheuser-Busch
17	Du Pont family	$16 billion	DuPont
18	Hunt family	$15.5 billion	oil
19	Dorrance family	$15 billion	Campbell Soup Co.
19*	Ziff family	$15 bllion	publishing
21	Cathy family	$14.2  billion	Chick-fil-A
22	Stryker family	$14 billion	medical equipment
23	Goldman family	$13.2 billion	real estate
24	Rollins family	$13.1 billion	Orkin pest control
25	Gallo family	$12.4 billion	wine, liquor
26	Reyes family	$12 billion	food & beer distrubution
27	Kohler family	$11.7  billion	plumbing products, sinks
28	Mellon family	$11.5 billion	banking
29	Smith family	$11.3 billion	tools, banking
30	Bass family	$10.8 billion	oil, investments
30**	Sackler family	$10.8 billion	pain medicines
32	Johnson family	$10.7	Johnson & Johnson
33	Marriott family	$10.4 billion	hotels
34	Crown family	$10.2 billion	investments
34***	Hughes family	$10.2 billion	Public Storage Inc.
36	Pigott family	$10.1 billion	trucks
37	Shoen family	$9 billion	U-Haul
38	Don & Doris) Fisher family	$8.9 billion	The Gap
39	Jenkins family	$8.8 billion	Publix Super Markets
40	Chao family	$8.6 billion	chemicals
40****	(Charles & Rupert) Johnson family	$8.6 billion	mutual fund
40*****	Phipps family	$8.6 billion	Carnegie Steel, Bessemer Trust
43	Rockefeller family	$8.4 billion	oil
43******	E. W. Scripps family	$8.4 billion	newspapers
45	Bechtel family	$8.3 billion	construction, engineering
46	Gore family	$8.2 billion	Gore-Tex
47	Gore-Tex	$8.1 billion	real estate
48	Taylor family	$7.8 billion	Enterprise Rent-A-Car
49	Simplot family	$7.7 billion	agribusiness
50	Barbey family	$7.3 billion	textiles, apparel

* There is no number twenty because 19 is a tie

** There is no 31 because number 30 is a tie

*** There is no 35 because number 30 is a tie

**** There is no 41 because number 40 is a tie

***** There is no 43 because number 40 is a three way tie

****** There is no 44 because number 43 is a tie