These are the richest families in the world and this is their net worth

Mars Family — Mars Estimated Wealth: $120 billion

Mars is the Walmart of candy: a multigenerational family business that is ubiquitous, cheap, and popular. Today, the company is better known for making M&Ms than for its eponymous Mars bar. In 2017, the world’s largest candy company diversified with the purchase of VCA, a pet care company, for $9.1 billion.7

Siblings Jacqueline and John Mars, whose grandfather, Frank Mars, founded the company, each have a net worth of $24.7 billion, tied for No. 29 in 2020 on the Forbes annual list of billionaires. The company is now being run by some of their children, the fourth generation of Mars family members.