The Butt Family – $10.5 Billion.
Small town supermarkets were given a chance to live thanks to the work of Florence Butt and her work opening a supermarket back in 1905. After Florence’s husband was diagnosed with tuberculosis she took it upon herself to make something out of nothing. Now there are 316 supermarkets in the USA and an additional 52 throughout Mexico.
The Rockefeller Family – $11 Billion.
Is there a name in the American lexicon that sounds wealthier than ‘Rockefeller’? We make that association for good reason, too. The Rockefeller’s were the first billionaires in American history thanks to their work in the world of oil back in the 1850s. The entire Rockefeller family has since been philanthropic minded with their fortune, giving plenty of money to schools and the needy around the world.