James Cargill II
$4.7B
as of 07/05/24
About James Cargill II
James Cargill is one of 12 billionaire heirs to Cargill, America's largest private company.
His great-grandfather, W.W. Cargill, founded the business as a single grain warehouse on the end of an Iowa railroad line in 1865.
The family still owns roughly 90% of Cargill, which did $177 billion in 2023 sales across food, agriculture, financial and industrial divisions.
The Cargill-MacMillan family collects an estimated 18% of net profits as dividends every year.
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Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
CargillResidence
Birchwood, WisconsinMarital status
MarriedBirth date
04/07/49 (age 75)Number of children
2Self-made
inheritedJames Cargill II’s fortune is worth
78K
troy ounces of gold
72K
median U.S. household
47K
median U.S. income
0.094%
U.S. credit card volume
0.019%
GDP of the United States
0.014%
United States debt
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