The famous big families or consortia in the world include DuPont, Rothschild, onassis, Rockefeller, IBM Watson, galvin, Ford, Max and Morgan.
1. The Rothschild family-a prestigious financial family in Europe and even the world.
originated in the early 19th century, and its founder was mayer rothschild. He and his five sons, namely "Roche Five Tigers", have successively opened banks in famous European cities such as Frankfurt, London, Paris, Vienna and Naples. Established the largest financial kingdom in the world at that time. Their power of having sex made the nobles of European palaces bow down candidly. Today, the world's major gold market is also controlled by them.
it is characterized by: father and son start a business together, and inherit the inheritance of their descendants. Established its own banking industry chain, and then with the support of Wellington's military funds, gold panning, the development of the Suez Canal, the Malacca Strait's aid to railways, and the development of oil, the family continued to prosper and affected the development of the whole European and even world history.
Second, the Rockefeller family
john rockefeller is the richest family in the United States. He is also the first billionaire in human history and the American oil magnate. The oil dynasty he founded monopolized the United States for 85 years. This family has a pivotal position in the United States.
in p>191, when John "d" Rockefeller found that his wealth had reached nearly $1 billion, he began to think about how to use it. Because he was not interested in buying French manors or Scottish castles, and disdained to buy works of art, yachts or medieval suits and all the things that the rich talked about, he invested a large part of his income in coal mines, railways, insurance companies, banks and various types of production enterprises, the most famous of which was iron ore business.
if John "d" Rockefeller were still alive, his worth would be about $35.3 billion today-according to Forbes' list of billionaires in 28, Warren Buffett, the richest man in the world at that time, was worth $46 billion.
third, dupont family
monopolizes American industry and mining. dupont family is the largest seller of gunpowder and explosives in the United States, and dupont family is the oldest, richest, strangest and largest wealth family in the United States. In 199s, dupont family controlled the wealth of 15 billion US dollars, and produced 25 super-rich and 5 super-rich people. The founder of his family is Irenee. Dupont made a fortune by manufacturing gunpowder. In the early 2th century, dupont family produced DuPont's "Big Three". In the third generation of this family, there are at least 1 pairs of cousins in the family, making it the largest family with the largest number of close relatives in the United States.
Today, DuPont Consortium is one of the top ten consortia in the United States, and its economic strength is mainly in industry and mining. In 1974, the industrial and mining assets of the consortium accounted for 69% of its total assets. Industrial capital is mainly concentrated in DuPont and General Motors.
Fourth, the Morgan family
Speaking of the Morgan family, it is an out-and-out financial family. The family is mainly engaged in banking business such as investment and credit. For example, China CICC, Sinopec, China Telecom, China Aluminum and China Construction Bank are all listed in new york and Hongkong with the help of Morgan Stanley.
the Morgan family has been continuing the business tradition on which they depend. Joseph morgan started out as a small coffee shop. After painstaking efforts and a little savings, he first invested in a grand hotel, and then bought shares in the Canal, becoming a shareholder in the steamboat industry and the railway industry
5. The Mellon family
There are consortiums in the United States with wealth exceeding those of the Rockefeller family, dupont family and Ford, and the Mellon family is such a consortium. This is an unknown but horribly powerful family, and it plays an important role in American politics and economy.
the world economic hegemon-Mellon family. The industries involved are the synthesis of the above four families, including security service industry, banking, petrochemical, shipbuilding and steelmaking, etc. Mellon family has a long history and operates hundreds of large enterprises including finance, aluminum, petroleum, coal mine, shipbuilding, steelmaking and other industries. Take Mellon Bank Company as an example, with assets as high as $3 billion, making it one of the top 25 banks in the United States.
6. Onassis family
This is a peculiar wealth family. Onassis is the founder of this family, and he is called the king of ships in the world. He started in tobacco business and jumped into the world shipping industry. His only son was killed in a car accident. He and his brother-in-law another Greek ship king fought for wealth and married the legacy of American President Kennedy. His daughter is as headstrong as he is. He chose a son-in-law daughter who didn't want to marry the person he loved. When he died, her daughter inherited the property, and after several marriages, she eventually became a female ship king.
VII. IBM Watson family
The Watson family founded IBM, a computer hardware company that dominates the world. The founder of this wealth family is Thomas John Watson, who started from a penniless countryman and developed IBM, a small company that originally produced scales, butchers and piercers, into a world-class hardware company. His only son, thomas jr, used to be a playboy who often went to nightclubs. Old Watson was well educated, and the prodigal son never changed his money. Little Watson inherited his father's footsteps. Push IBM's computer career to the top. The family continued its mission by cultivating the best talents.
In January p>1974, at the age of 6, little Watson officially left IBM and said to his successor Gary, "I won't set foot in this building again for 1 days." Little Watson didn't break his word; And until he died in 1993, he never intervened in the management of IBM again. Since 197s, with the retirement of little Watson and the death of his brothers and sisters, the Watson family has gradually disappeared behind the IBM empire.
8. Ford family
The Ford family was once a prominent wealth family in the United States. Henry. Ford was the founder of this wealthy family, and he became the king of automobiles. But in the end, the chairman of Ford was appointed by an outsider. It has set a precedent for American business circles to transfer the power of family business to non-family people.
Ford Motor Company is one of the largest automobile companies in the world. Founded by Mr. Henry Ford in 193, it is a comprehensive multinational monopoly industrial group that mainly produces automobiles and its business scope covers the fields of electronics, aviation, steel and military industry. It was founded in Detroit, USA in 191. At present, the company is headquartered in dearborn, Michigan, USA. It is a world-famous super enterprise.
IX. Cleveland Consortium
The economic strength of Cleveland Consortium is mainly in steel, rubber, railway transportation and other departments, and it has a certain position in basic industries in the United States. The iron and steel industry is the main interest of the consortium, which controls four of the 1 largest iron and steel companies in the United States, namely * * * and Iron and Steel Company, Lex-Youngstown Company, Armco Iron and Steel Company (controlled with Mellon Consortium and Rockefeller Financial Group * * *) and National Iron and Steel Company (controlled with Mellon Consortium * * *).