3 VA Billionaires On Bloomberg List Of World’s Richest People

WASHINGTON, DC — The Bloomberg Billionaire Index tracks the world’s 500 richest people on an almost continuous basis, with the figures getting updated after the close of every trading day at the New York Stock Exchange.

Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon, maintains his spot as the richest person in the world. Overall, 176 of the 500 richest individuals are American, and United States citizens also make up seven of the top 10 richest people globally.

In Virginia, three people are among the 500 richest people in the world; no Washington, D.C., residents made the cut, although Bezos does own a home in D.C. Two of the Virginia residents are members of the Mars family that owns the country's biggest candy company; three other Mars family members who live in other states are also on the list.

Here are the billionaires from Virginia that are on the elite list:

No. 20: Jacqueline Mars: Virginia

• Total Net Worth: $41.5B
• Industry: Food & Beverage (Mars candy heiress)
• Age: 80

Mars’ wealth could buy:

• 33.6M troy ounces of gold
• 779M barrels of crude oil

Company holdings: "The majority of Mars's fortune is derived from a one-third interest in McLean, Virginia-based Mars Inc., a closely held U.S. candy, food and pet products company. The Mars family is the sole shareholder of the company, according to private company filings. ... The business is the world's largest candy maker and best known for such confections as Snickers, Milky Way and Twix. ... (Mars) sells such brands as Big Red, Doublemint, Eclipse, Juicy Fruit and Orbit. Its other popular candies include Skittles, Starburst, Life Savers and Altoids. Its food brands include Uncle Ben's and Suzi Wan, and pet food and care brands include Pedigree, Whiskas and Eukanuba."

No. 144: Pam Mars-Wright: Virginia

• Total Net Worth: $10.3B
• Industry: Food & Beverage (Mars candy heiress)
• Age: 59

Mars-Wright’s wealth is:

• 182,810 times the median U.S. household income
• 164% of the top 200 U.S. executives’ total awarded compensation

No. 412: Winnie Johnson: Virginia

• Total Net Worth: $4.88B
• Industry:SC Johnson & Son household cleaning products
• Age: 59

Johnson’s wealth is:

• 77% of the top 200 U.S. executives’ total awarded compensation
• 86,358 times the median U.S. household income

Bloomberg says of the company: "The company's early products were waxes and enamels, but in 1954, 26-year-old Sam Johnson, then head of product development, emerged from a company lab with the formula for Raid House and Garden Bug Killer, the first water-based insecticide that could be used safely on plants. ...Within a few years, the labs developed Pledge furniture polish and then Edge, the first gel-based shaving cream."

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6 VA, DC Billionaires On Forbes List Of Richest Americans 2019

The top 10 richest Americans in the world are:

• Jeff Bezos: $111 billion
• Bill Gates: $108 billion
• Warren Buffet: $84.0 billion
• Mark Zuckerberg: $72.8 billion
• Larry Page: $62.3 billion
• Charles Koch: $61.3 billion
• Sergey Brin: $60.5 billion
• Larry Ellison: $59.7 billion
• Rob Walton: $54.1 billion
• Jim Walton: $53.9 billion

See the full list and read more via Bloomberg.