=Ever wondered who are the richest families in our world... maybe the Kardashian? Not even close!
Because you probably have never heard of these families. But their fortunes are outrageously greater than your entire nation! So check out these top 10 world's wealthiest clan and be mind-blown by how they started from zero to billions!
Who would have thought that an orphan would soon create his empire of luxuries? Thierry Hermès started from hand stitching saddles for horses in France. But with his incredible talent, Thierry became the artisan of leathers for the royal family back in the 19th century.
Fast forward to the fourth generation, Thierry's family, or widely known as the Hermès, was now an iconic high-end brand in the fashion world. Bet you wouldn't believe how valuable their pieces are!
Hermès handmade leather bags became an ultimate status symbol for affluent people because of its extravagant price from the market. In fact, some rare Hermès collections were auctioned!
"Fashion trends come and go, but Hermès lasts forever," according to The Chic Selection website. Therefore, the current combined net worth of the Hermès – Dumas Family was about $49.2 billion.
A tech-business tycoon from the United States named Sergey Brin became a co-founder of the enormous search-engine company commonly known as Google. But there was more! He was also the president of the world's fifth-largest technology company named Alphabet Inc.
So there was no surprise why Sergey ranked as the tenth richest person in the world. But how much does his whole family make?
Sergey had a daughter and son from his ex-wife, Anne Wojcicki. She was a biotech analyst and entrepreneur with a net worth of 480 million dollars.
Sergey then re-married and had a daughter with a legal tech founder named Nicole Shanahan. Hence, Sergey had three heirs sharing his wealth that valued around $51.1 billion!
A common German supermarket called Aldi was owned by two brothers named Karl and Theo Albrecht. The supermarket had a total of 10,000 chains in 20 different countries.
It might seem like a single enterprise for everyone, but some people didn't know that the company already separated for the two siblings.
Since Karl and Theo had differences, they decided to divide the Aldi into two groups, which were the Aldi Nord and Aldi Sud. But this doesn't mean that their family assets drained down.
As a matter of fact, their wealth skyrocketed into $53.5 billion! Then the brothers continued to gain success from extending their supermarket chains across the globe.
Forty countries were still under a monarchy rule, and Thailand was one of them. A family renowned as the Chakri Family had their dynasty in Thailand for 238 years.
Now, imagine the amount of wealth they flourished for the past two centuries!
Besides being the highest and respectable clan in Thailand, the Royal Family titled as the world's richest monarch in 2018. In fact, their current King Maha Vajiralongkorn had $30 billion of personal wealth.
And if combined with his family's net worth, the total would be a roaring $60 billion!
Behind the wealthiest family in Asia was Mukesh Ambani, India's richest man. He was a chairman, business entrepreneur, managing director, and a significant shareholder of various enterprises such as Fortune Global 500 and Reliance Industries Ltd.
You probably saw his family in the headlines when they threw the grandest wedding celebration in history.
The wedding featured a private Beyonce concert and jam-packed with big names like Nick Jonas, Hillary Clinton, Priyanka Chopra, and Arianna Huffington. Another surprise was when Bollywood artists and movie stars pretended to be a server in the event.
And that night, people could see the guests transported by private planes! We couldn't envision how much the wedding would cost, but we could tell you that Mukesh's fortune was worth $60.7 billion!
Along with Sergey Brin, Larry Page created Google at their garage back in 1988. He was a computer scientist, internet entrepreneur, and the CEO of Alphabet Inc.
Not only was he a mogul for giant companies, but Larry had also shown his interest in startups.
Larry was the founding investor of a space exploration enterprise called Planetary Resources, and a company that was currently building a flying car! With the number of finances he made from huge to smallest companies, there was no doubt that his net worth racked up in $64.3 billion.
However, he announced his retirement from being the executive of Google and Alphabet Inc. and decided to live a serene life with his wife and two children.
The third-largest software company was the Oracle Corporation, in which Larry Ellison was the chairman. It was a multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in cloud computing, computer hardware, and enterprise software.
Mainly the reason why Larry became the sixth richest person in the world with a net worth of $69.1 billion.
From 2010 to 2013, the Slim family was the wealthiest clan in the world. It was all because of Carlos Slim, who was a business tycoon, engineer, investor, and Mexico's richest man!
He was the CEO of the huge Latin American corporation of Telmex, América Móvil, and Grupo Carso. However, Carlos didn't just stop there.
Carlos also owned stocks from Mexican construction, mining, real estate, and consumer goods companies. As well as the 17% share of the New York Times!
Unfortunately, he had a total of $24.1 billion dropped from the past years. But despite that, Carlos still stands as the eighth richest person in the world, with a value of $63.3 billion.
The genius Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook with just the tip of his fingers. But before being an internet entrepreneur and a young billionaire, Mark was almost expelled from Harvard University because of his attempt to run a website for their campus he formerly called Face Book.
And that was the beginning of his billion-dollar idea...
Mark also blessed with two daughters and a wife, Priscilla Chan. She was an American doctor and philanthropist he met during their college days.
Priscilla was with Mark from the very start until his Facebook soared in the world of the internet. Facebook now holds the world's biggest social networking site providing the Zuckerberg family an asset of $72.1 billion!
People have never thought that America's richest family was a clan that sells pet foods and confectioneries. The Mars family, or the owners of Mars Inc., had established the 5th largest privately held company in the United States!
As a result, their business extended into five headquarters all around the globe. And when you hear their products, you'll instantly recognize them!
Because Mars Inc. manufactured your favorite chocolate brands of M&Ms, Milky Way, and Snickers, also, pet supplies such as Pedigree and Whiskas!
Although the family had avoided the limelight as much as possible, they couldn't hide the fact that their company had been towering the industry for 106 years. Therefore, their family had a net worth of 89.7 billion dollars!