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American heiress (Cargill family, 4th genration), billionaire
The Cargill–MacMillan family—descendants of W.W. Cargill and John H. MacMillan—remain the dominant owners of Cargill Inc., collectively holding roughly 87–90% of the company and numbering roughly “abo...
The Cargill‑MacMillan family are the majority owners of Cargill Inc.; sources estimate roughly 80–90% family ownership and put the family’s collective wealth in the tens of billions, with at least a d...
The widely reported figure is that descendants of the Cargill and MacMillan families collectively control roughly 87–90% of Cargill Inc.; multiple reputable outlets and compilations converge on an est...
William Wallace “W.W.” Cargill (1844–1909) founded Cargill in 1865; his daughter Edna married John H. MacMillan Sr. in 1895, creating the two persistent ownership branches — the Cargills and the MacMi...
Estimates from business press and independent outlets converge around roughly 88–90% of Cargill being held by descendants of the Cargill and MacMillan lines, with “about 90–100” individual family owne...
The Cargill–MacMillan families together control roughly 86–90% of Cargill Inc., with Forbes and multiple business outlets estimating family ownership around 88% and some sources saying about 90% . Key...