What are the big families or consortia in the world?

Famous families or consortia in the world include DuPont, Rothschild, onassis, Rockefeller, IBM Watson, galvin, Ford, Max and Morgan.

First, the Rothschild family-a well-known financial family in Europe and even the world.

It was founded by Meyer Rothschild at the beginning of19th century. He and his five sons, namely "Roche Five Tigers", have successively opened banks in famous European cities such as Frankfurt, London, Paris, Vienna and Naples. Established the largest financial kingdom in the world at that time. Their sexual rights made the nobles of European palaces candidly admit defeat. Today, the world's major gold market is also controlled by them.

Its characteristics are: father and son join hands to start a business, and children and grandchildren inherit the inheritance. Established its own banking industry chain, and then, with the support of Wellington's military funds, gold panning, Suez Canal development, Malacca Strait's assistance to railways and oil development, the family continued to prosper, affecting the development of the whole European and even world history.

Second, the Rockefeller family.

John rockefeller, the richest man in the United States, is the founder of this wealth family. He is also the first billionaire in human history and the American oil magnate. The oil dynasty he founded monopolized the United States for 85 years. This family holds an important position in America.

19 10 year, when John "d" Rockefeller found that his wealth had reached nearly 10 billion dollars, he began to consider how to use this wealth. Because he was not interested in buying French manors or castles in Scotland, nor did he bother to buy works of art, yachts or medieval suits and all the things that the rich talked about, he invested a large part of his income in coal mines, railways, insurance companies, banks and various types of production enterprises, the most famous of which was iron ore business.

If john rockefeller were still alive, he would be worth $305.3 billion today-according to the 2008 Forbes Billionaires List, Warren Buffett, the richest man in the world at that time, was worth $46 billion.

Third, dupont family.

Monopoly of American industry and mining, dupont family is the largest seller of gunpowder and explosives in the United States, and dupont family is the oldest, richest, strangest and largest wealth family in the United States. In 1990s, dupont family controlled the wealth of 654.38+05 billion US dollars, and produced 250 super-rich and 50 super-rich. The founder of his family is Irene. Dupont made a fortune by making gunpowder. At the beginning of the 20th century, dupont family produced DuPont's "Big Three". In the third generation of this family, there are at least 10 cousins, which is the largest family in the United States.

The DuPont consortium is one of the top ten consortia in the United States, and its economic strength is mainly industry and mining. 1974 the industrial and mining assets of the consortium account for 69% of its total assets. Industrial capital is mainly concentrated in DuPont and General Motors.

Fourth, the Morgan family

Speaking of Morgan family, it is an out-and-out financial family. The family is mainly engaged in banking business such as investment and credit. For example, China CICC, China Petrochemical, China Telecom, China Aluminum and China Construction Bank all listed in new york and Hongkong with the help of Morgan Stanley.

The Morgan family has continued its business tradition. Joseph morgan started as a small coffee shop. He worked hard, saved a little, first invested in a hotel, and then became a shareholder in the steamboat industry and the railway industry.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) Mellon family

In the United States, there are super-rich consortia whose wealth exceeds that of Rockefeller family, dupont family and Ford, and Mellon family is such a consortium. This is an unknown but terrible family, which plays an important role in American politics and economy.

World economic hegemon-Mellon family. The industries involved are the synthesis of the above four families, including security service, banking, petrochemical, shipbuilding and steelmaking. Mellon family has a long history and operates hundreds of large enterprises including finance, aluminum, petroleum, coal mine, shipbuilding, steelmaking and other industries. Take Mellon Bank Company as an example, with assets as high as $30 billion, making it one of the top 25 banks in the United States.

Six, Onassis family

This is a strange wealthy family. Onassis is the founder of this family, and he is called the king of ships in the world. He started in the tobacco business and then entered the world shipping industry. His only son was killed in a car accident. He and his brother-in-law, another Greek ship king, fought for wealth and married the legacy of American President Kennedy. His daughter is as willful as he is. He chose a son-in-law and daughter who didn't want to marry the person he loved. After his death, her daughter inherited the property, and after several marriages, she finally became the king of female ships.

Seven, IBM Watson family

The Watson family founded IBM, a computer hardware company that dominated the world. The founder of this wealth family is Thomas John Watson. He started from a penniless countryman and developed IBM, a small company that originally produced scales, butchers and perforators, into a world-class hardware company. His only son, Thomas Jr., used to be a playboy and often went to nightclubs. Old Watson was well educated, and the prodigal son never changed his money. Little Watson inherited his father's business. Push IBM's computer career to the peak. The family continues its mission by cultivating the best talents.

1974 65438+ 10, 60-year-old little Watson officially left IBM and said to his successor Gary, "100 I won't set foot in this building again." Little Watson didn't break his word; In the 20 years before the death of 1993, he had never been involved in the management of IBM. Since 1970s, with the retirement of little Watson and the death of his brothers and sisters, the Watson family gradually disappeared behind the IBM empire.

Eight, the Ford family

The Ford family used to be a prominent wealth family in America. Henry. Ford was the founder of this wealthy family, and he became the king of cars. But in the end, Ford's chairman was appointed by an outsider. It has set a precedent for American business circles to transfer the power of family businesses to non-family people.

Ford Motor Company is one of the largest automobile companies in the world. Founded in 1903 by Mr. Henry Ford, it is a comprehensive multinational monopoly industrial group mainly producing automobiles, and its business scope covers electronics, aviation, steel, military industry and other fields. 190 1 was founded in Detroit, USA. At present, the company is headquartered in dearborn, Michigan, USA. It is a world-famous super enterprise.

Nine, Cleveland consortium

The economic strength of Cleveland Consortium is mainly in steel, rubber, railway transportation and other departments, and it has a certain position in American basic industries. The steel industry is the main interest of the consortium, which controls four of the 65,438+00 largest steel companies in the United States, namely * * and Steel Company, Lex Youngston Company, Armco Steel Company (controlled by Mellon Consortium and Rockefeller Financial Group * * *) and National Steel Company (controlled by Mellon Consortium * * *).