Today i am going to introduce you with The Top 10 Richest Families In the World 2017. Of this list Richest family are most popular and the media focused them on television, movie, and magazine cover. There are some interesting story about the family that you should know about as well.
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All of them listed are Businessman & Businesswomen. They are investors , manufacturers & property developers etc. The best way to be rich is to born in rich families , here some of them get money, name and fame from their ancestors and all they have to do is to carry on their family business and to be said as richest families , royals etc.
Below the list of Top 10 Richest Families In The World with included their Worth, Origin, Born Year and Current age :
10 . Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez Family– $11B (Mexico City, Mexico)
Born : 22 August 1931 ( Age – 85 Years )
Alberto Baillères is a Mexican billionaire businessman. Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez is the chairman of Mexico’s second largest mining company and one of the world’s largest silver miners. He owns department store chain Grupo Palacio de Hierro, insurance company Grupo Nacional and owns a stake in Mexican Coke bottler FEMSA. He is a head member of the board of ITAM .
9 . Iris Fontbona Family – $13.6B ( Santiago, Chile )
Born : 1942 ( Age – 74 Years)
Iris Fontbona is a chilean businesswomen and the widow of Andrónico Luksic who died in 2005 because of cancer . Andrónico was who earned alot of gains in mining and beverages. He left his businesses for his wife and three sons: Jean-Paul, Andronico and Guillermo . Iris Fontbona lives in santiago , chile , & she is the richest person in Chile .
8 . Theo Albrecht Jr. – $15B ( Essen, Germany )
Born : 1950 ( Age – 66 Years )
Theodor “Theo” Albrecht Jr is a German billionaire businessman, the son of Theo Albrecht , the co-founder of Aldi. In 2010, his father Theo Albrecht died, and left the ownership of the German supermarket chain Aldi Nord and US supermarket chain Trader Joe’s .
7 . Thomas & Raymond Kwok Family – $15B ( Portuguese, Macau )
Born : 1951 ( Age – 66 Years )
Thomas Kwok was the Joint-Chairman and Managing Director of Sun Hung Kai Properties , which are the largest real estate developer company in Hong Kong . He controls the business along with his brother raymond kwok .
6 . David Thomson Family – $27.6B ( Toronto , Canada )
Born : 12 June 1957 ( Age – 59 Years )
David Kenneth Roy Thomson is a Canadian media magnate. He is the son of the late Kenneth Thomson. He became the chairman of Thomson Corporation in 2006 at the death of his father and after the acquisition of Reuters, became the chairman of the merged entity, Thomson Reuters in 2008.
5 . Michele Ferrero Family – $20.4B ( Dogliani )
Born : 26 April 1925 ( Age – 91 Years )
4 . Christy Walton Family – $5.2B ( Wyoming, United States )
Born : 8 February 1949 ( Age – 68 Years )
Christy Ruth Walton is the widow of John T. Walton, one of the sons of Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart. In June 2005 John T. Walton died beacuse of plane crash. As of 2015 Christy Walton became richest woman in the world .
3 . Bernard Arnault Family – $40.5B ( Roubaix, France )
Born : 5 March 1949 ( Age – 67 years )
Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault is a French business magnate, an investor, and an art collector. Arnault is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of LVMH. He is the richest man in France, and the 12th richest person in the world.
2 . Liliane Bettencourt Family – $39.2B ( Paris, France )
Born : 21 October 1922 ( Age 94 )
Liliane Henriette Charlotte Bettencourt is a French socialite, heiress and a businesswoman. She is one of the principal shareholders of L’Oréal and according to Forbes, she is the richest woman in the world, making her the eleventh richest person in the world with a net worth of US$39.2 billion, as of the 2017 version of “The World’s Billionaires”.
1 . Carlos Slim Helu and Family – $49.1B ( Mexico City, Mexico )
Born : 28 January 1940 ( Age – 77 Years )
Carlos Slim Helú is a Mexican business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. From 2010 to 2013, Slim was ranked as the richest person in the world. His business includes education, health care, industrial manufacturing, transportation, real estate, media, energy, hospitality, entertainment, high-technology, retail, sports, and financial services. He accounts for 40% of the listings on the Mexican Stock Exchange
He derived his fortune from his extensive holdings in a considerable number of Mexican companies through his conglomerate, Grupo Carso. As of 31 July 2016 he was #7 on Forbes list of billionaires .
Most of the people still thinking that they are lizard people of the New World. It’s hard to know too much about the Richest family since they are so secretive. They don’t appear to have the same influence over world affairs as they once did after a spread of wealth.
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