The Rausing family from Sweden is one of the world's wealthiest families and owns the iconic Tetra Pak company. Founded in 1951 by Ruben Rausing, the company revolutionized the beverage and food industry with its invention of the ubiquitous Tetra Pak. Through their immense success, the Rausing family has become one of the world's wealthiest dynasties, with a net worth of billions of dollars.

Some 50 family members benefit from ownership of Porsche Holding, Austria's largest auto dealer, and 76% of one of the last remaining independent luxury carmaker, Porsche AG.

W.W. Cargill founded Cargill Inc. back in 1865 as a small grain storage company. Today the agro-giant is the largest private company in the world, with nearly $120 billion in revenue and 130,000 employees in 63 countries

Dumas family are France’s third richest family. There are 16 heirs to the fortune, but two cousins are at the helm of the company still Axel Dumas currently serves as the company's CEO and chairman, and Pierre-Alexis Dumas is the artistic director.

Boehringer Ingelheim is a German pharmaceuticals company with more than 130 years of history. The Boehringer family, along with the Von Baumbachs, remain in control of the company several generations later. All told, these two families possess fortunes totaling just under $52 billion.

These three Belgian brewers have a history in the beverage industry extending back more than 500 years. The Van Damme clan joined the efforts of the De Spoelberch and De Mevius families in 1987, when Piedboeuf and Artois merged to form Interbrew. Together, these three families have an estimated fortune of close to $53 billion.

French high fashion house Chanel is legendary for the timeless “little black dress,” the No. 5 perfume, and the deceased, high-profile designer Karl Lagerfeld. Brothers Alan and Gerhard Wertheimer now co-own the company that their grandfather staked with founder Gabrielle Coco Chanel.