- for the average researcher these days - its pretty obvious - once you determine who runs the main media - and who's sitting in control of most wealth - and on the cabinet of the stooge in the Whitehouse - it ain't rocket science chaps -
Rupert Murdoch and his family runs the world’s largest global media empire. Nothing comes close.
Richest families:
1. Walton Family - Walmart
Estimated Wealth: $215 billion
2. Mars Family - Mars
Estimated Wealth: $120 billion
3. Koch Family - Koch Industries
Estimated Wealth: $109.7 billion
4. Al Saud - Saudi Royal Family
Estimated Wealth: $95 billion
5. Ambani Family - Reliance Industries
Estimated Wealth: $81.3 billion
6. Dumas Family - Hermès
Estimated Wealth: $63.9 billion
7. Wertheimer Family - Chanel
Estimated Wealth: $54.4 billion
8. Johnson Family - Fidelity Investments
Estimated Wealth: $46.3 billion
9. Boehringer, Von Baumbach Families - Boehringer Ingelheim
Estimated Wealth: $45.7 billion
10. Albrecht Family - Aldi
Estimated Wealth: $41 billion
Richest Individuals
1 | Jeff Bezos | $196.4 B | $0 | 57 | Amazon | United States |
2 | Bernard Arnault & family | $168.6 B | $0 | 72 | LVMH | France |
3 | Elon Musk | $166.9 B | $0 | 49 | Tesla, SpaceX | United States |
4 | Bill Gates | $130.4 B | $0 | 65 | Microsoft | United States |
5 | Mark Zuckerberg | $113.8 B | $0 | 36 | United States |
6 | Warren Buffett | $100.6 B | $0 | 90 | Berkshire Hathaway | United States |
7 | Larry Ellison | $100.0 B | $0 | 76 | software | United States |
8 | Larry Page | $98.6 B | $0 | 48 | United States |
9 | Sergey Brin | $95.6 B | $0 | 47 | United States |
10 | Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family | $80.0 B | $0 | 67 | L'Oréal | France |
The first thing I noticed about these lists is that the majority of the names listed represents new wealth rather than old money.
The other thing that i find interesting is that neither of these lists includes anyone from the UK. The little irreverent island in the North Atlantic used to rule the entire planet and controlled the planet’s wealth. One would think that with all of their hoarded gold and jewels stolen from foreign lands it would have put the Royal Family on one of those lists. But in the span of a century, they lost their control and lost their wealth. Seems some Englishmen are still upset about that loss power, wealth and control. At least you still have the family jewels.