The Fisher Family – $11 Billion.
The Fisher family got their fortune back in 1969 when they got into the world of clothing manufacturing and retail. Donald Fisher, who died back in 2009, was tired of looking for jeans that he could wear — especially those dreaded Levi’s that were always being shucked at him. So he created the Gap store that we know and love today. The original name for the store would have been ‘Pants and Disc’s’ as he also wanted to focus on music.
The Fisher Family
The Mellon Family – $12 Billion
The Mellon family made their fortune in a rather traditional way: real estate and banking. Judge Thomas Mellon moved from Ireland to America in 1818 and it would only take until the year 1840 for Thomas Mellon to turn his family into some of the wealthiest in the country.
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The Mellon Family
