Most of the richest people in the world are tech executives. A large portion of those are founders, such as Bill Gates, Elon ...

The Walton family, heirs to the Walmart fortune, possess a staggering $432 billion, exceeding the GDP of several nations.

The richest families on the planet also include Saudi Arabia's rulers, candy dynasties Mars and Ferrero, and the Wertheimer family behind Chanel. Walmart founder Sam Walton's three surviving ...

Move over, Waltons. Another family has emerged as the richest dynasty in the world. For the first time, the House of Nahyan has joined Bloomberg’s annual ranking of family fortunes, and done so ...

But Walmart is responsible for just 70 percent of the Walton’s fortune today. Family members have expanded their investments into other areas of interest, such as sports, the arts, and philanthropy.

Walmart founder Sam Walton died more than 30 years ago, but the retail giant he started is still thriving and making his family even richer. The Waltons were recently named the world's richest ...

When it comes to the world's richest families, many may think the British Royal Family tops the chart, particularly when including the estate which manages the monarchy's property - the Crown Estate.

The Walton family, which derives its fortune from Walmart Inc., is the world’s richest family with an estimated net worth of $225 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Apart from the Walton and Mars families (who are up $ ... Here is Forbes’ definitive ranking of the 45 richest families in America. We’ve excluded individual billionaires (and their widows ...