The Mars Family – $72 Billion
In case the name didn’t give it away, the Mars Family runs the Mars Inc. candy empire, which owns the like of M&Ms, Milky Way, and Mars Bars. Like so many other children of rich families, Jacquelyn and John Mars inherited a majority stake in the company after their father passed away back in 1999. Thanks to that stake, the Mars family’s worth currently sits at a massive $72 billion.
Today, Jacquelyn’s son, Stephen Barger, works as the current chairman of Mars Inc. Meanwhile, his other siblings are in charge of the Mars Foundation, which donates millions and millions to educational, environmental, cultural, and health-related causes.