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William Wallace Cargill

American business executive (1844–1909), founder of Cargill

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Nov 12, 2025
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Is the Cargill and macmillan family

The Cargill and MacMillan families are not separate unrelated dynasties: they form a single extended lineage commonly described as the , descended from founder William Wallace Cargill and linked by hi...

Jan 7, 2026
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What is the history of Cargill Inc and the Macmillan family?

Cargill Inc. began as a single grain-storage business founded by William W. Cargill in 1865 and across more than a century grew into the largest private agribusiness in the United States under sustain...

Dec 7, 2025
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What is the family tree linking William Cargill to today's Cargill and MacMillan shareholders?

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...

Dec 6, 2025

How many MacMillan and Cargill descendants own stakes and what are their estimated shares?

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...

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