11:22 - 31.10.2022

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October 31, Fineko/abc.az. The rating of the richest families in the world, according to Bloomberg, for the fourth year in a row was headed by the Walton family, which owns world's largest wholesale and retail chain Walmart.

ABC.AZ reports that the agency estimated the family's fortune at $224.5 billion, for the year it decreased by $13.7 billion.

Walmart was founded by businessman Sam Walton in 1962. Now the number of stores worldwide exceeds 10,500, the headquarters is located in Bentonville (Arkansas), the company's revenue is $573 billion.

The Walton family owns 47% of the chain.

The list of the richest families also includes:

- the Mars family, owners of the manufacturer of confectionery and long—term storage products Mars - $160 billion (+$18 billion per year);

- the Koch family, owners of American petrochemical corporation Koch Industries — $124.4 billion (+$4.4 billion);

- Saudi royal family Al Saud — $105 billion (+$5 billion);

- Erme family, owners of French fashion house Hermes — $94.6 billion (-$17 billion);

- Ambani family, owners of Indian oil production and refining holding Reliance Industries - $84.6 billion (-$9.1 billion);

- Wertheimer family, owners of French fashion house Chanel — $79 billion (+$17.2 billion);

- the Cargill family, owners of agricultural company Cargill — $65.2 billion;

- Thompson family, owners of a controlling stake in Reuters news agency — $61.2 billion;

- Hoffmann family, minority owners of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche Holding - $45.1 billion.

A total of 25 families were included in the rating. Among them are the Albrecht family, which owns German chain of discount stores Aldi ($41.4 billion), the Cox family — owners of telecommunications company Cox Enterprises ($28.3 billion), the Mistry family - the main owners of Indian construction company Hapoel Pallonji Group and others.

According to Bloomberg, the combined wealth of the richest 25 families in the world is $1.5 trillion, which is $143 billion less than a year earlier. At the same time, the agency notes, the state of some super-rich families, such as the Rockefellers, is not taken into account because their assets are "too difficult to track."