About Cargill-MacMillan family
- The Cargill-MacMillan family owns Cargill, America's largest private company with revenues of $177 billion.
- The company was founded in 1865 when W.W. Cargill started a grain storage business in Conover, Iowa.
- Today the company is a major player in grain, producing corn syrup, starch and livestock feed, and is involved in meatpacking and energy trading.
- There are at least 100 family members that together own an estimated 88% of the company.
- According to Forbes, 21 of the family members are billionaires.
- Whitney MacMillan (d. 2020) was the last family member to serve as CEO, from 1976 to 1995.
Wealth History
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Forbes Lists
#4
America's Richest Families (2024)
Personal Stats
- Fortune Founded
- 1865
- Source of Wealth
- Cargill Inc.
- Company Headquarters
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
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