The Coxes – $33.6B
The fortune of this family goes back to 1898, which was the year James M. Cox bought the local publication The Dayton Evening News. He gradually expanded it until it turned into a telecom empire with television, cable, radio, and internet holdings. It is now better known as Cox Enterprises. They truly shaped the telecom sector in America during the Internet age. The family acquired DealerTrack as well at some point. It seems they are eager to enter the automotive race as well!
The Careys – $300M
Mariah Carey and her family has nothing to worry about in the financial sense for all the years to come. Her record sales have made her join the ranks of the top-selling artists in history. Her tour revenues, music licenses, and sponsorship contracts also helped increase her fortune. Don’t you just wish you were her child? We sure are jealous of them! It would have been higher if it weren’t for her divorces.