The Gallo Family – $10.7B
With over a hundred years of experience in creating wine, the Gallos can follow their legacy back to Giuseppe Gallo, who traveled out of Fossano in Italy to the United States during the beginning of the 1900s. Starting by working the land physically in order to fund his later established wine trading company and a commercial wine estate. Following the patriarch’s passing, the estate moved to Gallo’s children, Julio and Ernest, attaching their initials to the certified E. & J. Gallo Winery. The third brother, called Joseph, crafted cheese and originated the monumental Joseph Gallo Farms network. Considered altogether, the family is officially the biggest creators of wine in America.
The Gallo Family
The Filo Family – $4.9B
The 1990s saw the birth of the internet, and David Filo was one of the first digital magnates and computer engineers to capitalize on this tool’s boundless capacity, writing a novel code which would form the heart of Yahoo! Filo’s search engine isn’t just one of the most frequently used today, it is also one of the most profitable, making Filo an essential part of Silicon Valley. The business has also forged various moneymaking web assets, each installation further empowering Yahoo! in its place as a phenomenal provider.
The Filo Family
