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Family name Notable members Combined wealth in US$ billions (estimated) Source of wealth Country or region Wallenberg [5]: Marcus Wallenberg Jr., Jacob Wallenberg (1892–1980), Marcus Wallenberg Sr., Gustaf Oscar Wallenberg, Marc Wallenberg, Peter Wallenberg Sr., Jacob Wallenberg, Peter Wallenberg Jr., Marcus Wallenberg, Raoul Wallenberg.
The Rothschild family (/ ˈ r ɒ θ (s) tʃ aɪ l d / ROTH(S)-chylde German: [ˈʁoːt.ʃɪlt]) is a wealthy Ashkenazi Jewish noble banking family originally from Frankfurt that rose to prominence with Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812), a court factor to the German Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel in the Free City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, who established his banking business in the ...
Polish names in Germany abound as a result of over 100,000 people (including 130,000 "Ruhrpolen") immigrating westward from the Polish-speaking areas of the German Empire. Many Polish-named Germans reside in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia and Berlin , though they are mostly " Germanized " by form (e.g. Orlowski , Schimanski ...
Name Citizenship Net worth Sources of wealth 32 Klaus-Michael Kühne Germany: 39.2 billion Kuehne + Nagel: 37 Dieter Schwarz Germany: 38 billion Schwarz Gruppe: 45 Reinhold Wuerth Germany: 33.6 billion Würth Group: 68 Stefan Quandt Germany: 27.3 billion BMW: 71 Susanne Klatten Germany: 26.5 billion BMW, Altana, Nordex, SGL Carbon: 118 Beate ...
In 1957, Fortune magazine developed a list of the seventy-six wealthiest Americans, which was published in many American newspapers. [6] Jean Paul Getty, when asked his reaction to being named wealthiest American and whether he was worth a billion dollars, said, "You know, if you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars" and then added, "But remember, a billion dollars isn't ...
Name Net worth Source of wealth 54 Sir James Dyson: 27.3 billion Consumer 61: Sir Jim Ratcliffe: 25 billion: Industrial 91: Hinduja family: 15 billion: Diversified 171 Duke of Westminster: 13.2 billion Real Estate 242 Michael Platt: 9.91 billion Finance 247 Denise Coates: 9.75 billion Gambling 288 Lord Bamford & family: 8.73 billion Industrial 330
This is a list of richest monarchs and family members, as estimated by forbes.com in 2015, [1] Business Insider in 2018, [2] and the CEOWORLD magazine in 2019. [3] The evaluations are based on their personal net worths, excluding properties held by the State, Government or Crown, and all of the figures are in U.S. dollars.
Dutch family names were not required until 1811 when emperor Napoleon annexed the Netherlands; [1] prior to 1811, the use of patronymics was much more common. In Dutch linguistics , many names use certain qualifying words (prepositions) which are positioned between a person's given name and their surname .