Net Worth: $500 million Source: Rupert Murdoch Born in Wimbledon, London, the English businessman is the fourth of media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s six children. A graduate of the Horace Mann School and then Harvard (well, he didn’t technically graduate from Harvard as he dropped out and started a record label instead!), he had a business mind, and soon was hired by Sky Television in Hong Kong, heading the company as its CEO. Down the track, Murdoch took over the development of News Corporation’s media platforms, but was caught up in a previous phone hacking scandal whilst he was the chairman of British Sky Broadcasting. News of the World quickly became the news of the world! At one point too, Murdoch was the chairman of 21st Century Fox, with control over media channels which function globally!
Most recently Disney’s $71.3 billion takeovers of the majority of 21st Century Fox has left Murdoch now unemployed. But it seems that Murdoch is looking beyond the family business. In March 2019, Murdoch founded Lupa Systems (Lupa is Latin for female wolf – and its origins go back to the idea that the company wants to nurture early-stage companies and invest from the beginning), but observers are keeping a watchful eye on the young Murdoch as to what move he makes next. According to Enders Analysis founder Claire Enders, “the focus in his life is building things.” So currently he’s at $500 million – we’ll just have to see if he can grow his wealth to lapse his father’s net worth of almost $20 billion!
Alexa Dell
Net Worth: $27 billion Source: Dell Technologies The Independent’s headline at the end of 2017 reads “the fabulous life of Alexa Dell, the 24-year-old billionaire heiress who grew up in ‘the castle’, dated Tinder’s CEO, and just got engaged with a million-dollar ring.” That about sums it up, so can we call it a day and grab that afternoon drink? The daughter of Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell, who has a net worth of over $25 billion, is one lucky gal! In 2017 she was engaged at The Four Seasons in Kona, Hawaii (which her father conveniently owns), after being proposed to with a 12-carat diamond. Yah. 12-carats, in one single diamond.
A well-known socialite, she grew up in Austin, Texas, and her home was a mansion called “The Castle.” And it’s every bit “The Castle” with its 33,000-square-feet. Sheesh. After graduating from Columbia, the young Dell has gone on to be a brand and business development strategist. Wonder if she’ll take up the family business one day? Maybe! With her connections and interest in fashion and photography (if you check her IG @alexakdell, you’ll see what we mean, also you’ll be hating your life and wishing you had her Hermès-covered dream life), she interned at fashion houses and was dressed in head to toe Dior or Chanel, depending on how she was feeling! She’s since gotten married and has a bub, which is plastered all over Instagram!
Nancy Walton Laurie
Net Worth: $6.6 billion Source: Bud Walton (Walmart) Ah, Walmart. Gotta love it. But you know who loves it more? The heirs to the fortune, like our next guest, Nancy Walton Laurie. The daughter of Bud Walton and Audrey Walton, Nancy inherited billions. $6.6 billion, if you want a dollar figure. She married former NBA coach and player Bill Laurie, with whom she has a daughter, Paige. Geez, one kid for all those dollars. Lucky girl? Who said money buys you happiness anyway?! (*insert eye roll emoji*). Nancy is livin’ it up that’s for sure, recently having purchased a $40 million mansion in the exclusive suburb of Bel-Air. Oh and she’s got a $135 million superyacht. No biggie.
The youngest daughter of Walton, Nancy inherited half of her father’s stake, whilst her sister Ann Kroenke inherited the other half. Can you pls share that wealth with us – like $50,000 would be great. Bless you. Shucks sorry, we were daydreaming; the saliva was just about to – okay TMI. An attendee of the University of Memphis, it was there that she met her husband! She’s also a philanthropist (with that dollar amount you’d hope so!), and donated $25 million to build a new Mizzou (University of Missouri) sports arena, even though her daughter, Paige, went to USC.
Ann Kroenke
Net Worth: $7.6 billion Source: Walmart, Inc. So we just heard about her younger sister, Nancy, but now it’s time to hear a little about older sister Ann Kroenke. The other half of the Walmart fortune went to Ann, who now has a net worth over $7 billion. A registered nurse, Kroenke isn’t actually involved with Walmart as a board member or an executive; instead, she has the freedom to pursue whatever she wants but still receive dividends! Together with her husband Stan Kroenke, who is worth even more than his wife, the pair own Arsenal Football Club in the UK, as well as the LA Rams, Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, and Colorado Rapids! Fun fact: “Silent Stan” Kroenke is worth a cool $8.8 billion. That’s independent of Ann. Crazy money!
The pair married in 1974 and have two children together, Josh and Whitney. Whilst we’re not totally sure what Ann gets up to apart from being a philanthropist and exploring the world in her superyacht, we do know that the coffers are overflowing for the Walton-Kroenkes, that’s for sure.
Lynsi Synder
Net Worth: $3 billion Source: In-N-Out Burger So it seems the CEO of In-N-Out Burger clearly doesn’t eat its burgers, because she looks fit as a fiddle for a 37-year-old mother of four children! Lynsi Lavelle Snyder-Ellingson is a billionaire businesswoman and heiress of the famed burger chain. As the only child of Lynda and H. Guy Snyder and the only grandchild of Harry and Esther Snyder, the entire wealth falls to Lynsi! According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, in 2012, Snyder was America’s youngest female billionaire. Until Instagram and Kylie Jenner came along and the makeup giant knocked her off the top spot!
On her thirty-fifth birthday, Lynsi became the full owner of the business and became president after Mark Taylor, her brother-in-law. For a long time, Snyder has been called reclusive – hey, if she wants to decline interviews, she’s more than entitled to doing so! But there’s a reason for her hesitation – after opening up in a 2014 interview with Orange Coast, Snyder said she was the target of multiple kidnapping attempts. For hers and her family’s safety, Snyder has kept out of the public eye. The paps can’t argue with that! Fun fact: two of her husbands have been In-N-Out employees. Who says you can’t date the boss eh?