> Six of today’s 10 wealthiest Americans are heirs to prominent fortunes. The Walmart heirs alone have more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of Americans combi

> Six of today’s 10 wealthiest Americans are heirs to prominent fortunes. The Walmart heirs alone have more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of Americans combined. That's Amazing. Here's a list of the 10 wealthiest of my country : http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/News/1.2362216 http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/News/1.2362216 . There's 3 large groups here : 6 out of 10 are heirs to fortunes that were already fortunes in the 18th century. 2 were made between the 2 world wars, and 2 after WW2. There does seem to be a constant here too. Wealth of the older families is declining, whereas recent fortunes seem to be increasing. Heirs: 1. AB Inbev families (Spoelberch, de Mévius en Vandamme) - 49,391,305,000 euros. 2. Albert Frère (left on photo) - 6,205,140,576 euros 3. The Emsens Family (Etex) - 3,614,510,000 euros 5. The Lhoist-Berghmans Family (Lhoist) - 2,789,342,500 euros 6. The Janssen Family (UCB and Solvay) - 2,458,359,000 euros 7. The De Nul Family (Jan De Nul) - 2,078,252,000 euros 8. Ackermans & van Haaren - 1,700,863,000 euros 9. The Collinet Family (Carmeuse) - 1,470,600,000 euros 10. The Balcaen Family - 1,305,811,000 euros Made wealth: 4. Frans Colruyt (centre) and the Colruyt Family - 3,246,369,000 euros