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People who inherited unbelievable fortunes

Incredible inheritances
Perenna Kei, net worth: $1.3 billion (£842 million)
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, net worth: $8.6 billion (£6.3bn)
Azim Premji, net worth: $10.5 billion (£7.7bn)
The Sackler heirs, net worth: $10.8 billion (£7.9bn)
The Duke of Westminster, net worth: $13.7 billion (£10.1bn)
The Dorrance heirs, net worth: $15 billion (£11bn)
Hank and Doug Meijer, net worth: $15.7 billion (£11.6bn)
Pallonji Mistry, net worth: $16 billion (£11.7bn)
Georg Schaeffler, net worth: $16.7 billion (£12.3bn)
Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken, net worth: $17.3 billion (£12.7bn)
Laurene Powell Jobs, net worth: $18 billion (£13.3bn)
The Reimann heirs, net worth: $18.1 billion (£13.4bn)
The Hearst heirs, net worth: $21 billion (£15.5bn)
Gina Rinehart, net worth: $21.9 billion (£16.2bn)
The Cheng heirs, net worth: $22.1 billion (£16.3bn)
The Persson heirs, net worth: $25 billion (£18.4bn)
The Besnier heirs, net worth: $31.3 billion (£23bn)
Giovanni Ferrero, net worth: $33.8 billion (£24.9bn)
The Cox heirs, net worth: $34.5 billion (£25.4bn)
The Johnson heirs, net worth: $36 billion (£26.5bn)
The Rausing heirs, net worth: $36.6 billion (£26.9bn)
S.C. Johnson heirs, net worth: $37 billion (£27.2bn)
The Lauder heirs, net worth: $40 billion (£29.4bn)
The Cargill heirs, net worth: $47 billion (£34.6bn)
Dieter Schwarz, net worth: $51.6 billion (£38bn)
Charles Koch, net worth: $54.1 billion (£39.8bn)
The Quandt heirs, net worth: $51.7 billion (£38bn)
Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers, net worth: $81.9 billion (£60.3bn)
Mukesh Ambani, net worth: $91 billion (£66.9bn)
The Mars heirs, net worth: $94 billion (£69.2bn)
The Walton heirs, net worth: $247 billion (£180bn)
The Getty heirs, net worth: unknown
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Incredible inheritances

Over the pandemic, the world’s wealth has surged and there are now an incredible 2,755 billionaires across the globe. While many members of the 10-figure club fought their way to the top through long hours and hard work, plenty of others became billionaires just through the fortune of birth. Read on to discover notable examples of people who inherited unbelievable fortunes.

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lovemoney staff

23 November 2021

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