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List of the largest family businesses

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The ranking only lists companies that are managed by the same family in at least the second generation. To qualify as a family business, family members must continue to be involved in the management of the company, either on the board of directors, in the executive management or on the supervisory
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board. In addition, the family must hold at least 50 percent of the shares or voting rights in private companies and at least 32 percent of the shares in public companies.
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was the largest family business company in the world, with sales of more than $ 500 billion.
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All data comes from the 1024:Desmarais family (50.6%) 522:Schaeffler family (100%) 26:Family Business Index 500 937:Idemitsu family (37.6%) 792:Törnqvist family (100%) 317:Cargill-Macmillan family 34:University of St. Gallen 1503:Bolloré family (75.4%) 731:Batista family (35.8%) 609:Arnault family (47.5%) 348:Roberts family (33.8%) 130:Buffett family (37.2%) 1632:Family-owned companies 1590:www.manager-magazin.de 1532:Haslam family (50.1%) 1387:Penske family (60.0%) 1358:Merckle family (100%) 1085:Knight family (84.2%) 966:Naouri family (56.5%) 702:Mittal family (35.6%) 435:Ambani family (44.3%) 191:Schwarz family (100%) 69:Family (shareholding) 1416:Saadé family (74.1%) 1309:Louis Dreyfus Company 1251:CK Hutchison Holdings 908:Tyson family (70.6%) 618:George Weston Limited 1338:Phoenix Pharmahandel 1240:Porsche-Piëch family 1178:Reyes family (100%) 801:Anheuser-Busch InBev 464:Chey family (32.7%) 406:Bosch family (100%) 377:Dell family (75.0%) 1561:Lee family (44.8%) 1474:Roig family (100%) 1445:Butt family (100%) 850:Kim family (38.1%) 580:Koo family (33.7%) 415:Reliance Industries 66:in bn. US$ (2020) 1637:Lists of companies 1584:magazin, manager. 1367:Penske Corporation 1271:Li family (56.2%) 975:A. P. Møller-Mærsk 879:He family (32.0%) 650:Aditya Birla Group 200:Ford Motor Company 110:Berkshire Hathaway 1565: 1564: 1094:Mars Incorporated 386:Robert Bosch GmbH 357:Dell Technologies 30:Ernst & Young 18:family businesses 1644: 1616: 1615: 1608: 1602: 1601: 1599: 1597: 1581: 1552: 1550: 1549: 1523: 1521: 1520: 1494: 1492: 1491: 1465: 1463: 1462: 1436: 1434: 1433: 1407: 1405: 1404: 1378: 1376: 1375: 1349: 1347: 1346: 1320: 1318: 1317: 1291: 1289: 1288: 1262: 1260: 1259: 1230: 1228: 1227: 1198: 1196: 1195: 1169: 1167: 1166: 1137: 1135: 1134: 1105: 1103: 1102: 1076: 1074: 1073: 1044: 1042: 1041: 1015: 1013: 1012: 986: 984: 983: 957: 955: 954: 928: 926: 925: 899: 897: 896: 870: 868: 867: 841: 839: 838: 812: 810: 809: 783: 781: 780: 751: 749: 748: 722: 720: 719: 693: 691: 690: 661: 659: 658: 629: 627: 626: 600: 598: 597: 571: 569: 568: 542: 540: 539: 513: 511: 510: 502:Schaeffler Group 484: 482: 481: 455: 453: 452: 426: 424: 423: 397: 395: 394: 368: 366: 365: 339: 337: 336: 307: 305: 304: 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Index

family businesses
revenue
Ernst & Young
University of St. Gallen
Walmart
Walmart
United States
Walton family
Berkshire Hathaway
United States
Exor
Italy
Agnelli family
Schwarz Group
Germany
Ford Motor Company
United States
Ford family
BMW
Germany
Quandt family
Koch Industries
United States
Koch family
Cargill
United States
Cargill-Macmillan family
Comcast
United States
Dell Technologies

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