Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer

$5.12B

as of 07/05/24

About Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer

Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer inherited an estimated 8% stake in food giant Cargill.

The heiress spends most of her time on a farm in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., training horses that compete in show jumping.

Her great-grandfather, W.W. Cargill, the son of a Scottish sea captain, founded Cargill in Conover, Iowa in 1865.

The family still owns roughly 90% of Cargill, which did $177 billion in 2022 sales across food, agriculture, financial and industrial divisions.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

Cargill

Residence

Rancho Santa Fe, California

Marital status

Divorced

Birth date

10/27/61 (age 62)

Number of children

Self-made

inherited