The Filos – $4.9B
During the mid ‘90s just before the Internet boom, David Filo became the co-founder of a small business that eventually became an empire. Filo had a special software code that served as the backbone of the search engine we now know as Yahoo! Needless to say, it turned him into one of the important figures in Silicon Valley. After the majority sale to Verizon Communications back in 2017, his net worth skyrocketed. The company made a fortune out of various microsites, web hubs, and portals over the years. At the moment, they have about 9,000 employees in different parts of the world.
The Filos – $4.9B
The Busches – $13.4B
Nearly a hundred years ago, the Busch family formulated Budweiser beer. The brew was first made by Adolphus Busch in 1876. When they introduced the Prohibition, the company nearly went under. They resorted to selling ice cream and soda to offset the losses. The twentieth century has taken them through lots of lows and highs. The company suffered a takeover by various Belgian investors, which led to the family selling a quarter of it in the ‘90s and 2000s before forcing a $52 billion buyout. The family started a smaller company called William K. Busch Brewing, which operates in Texas.
The Busches – $13.4B
