Not all privately controlled family businesses have family offices. But many do. Below is a list of the top 50 family businesses in the world in terms of revenues and the family offices connected to members of the owning family. For the list, Family Capital has excluded businesses founded after 1985.
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Private Family Businesses and their Family Offices
| wdt_ID | Family Business | Based | Family Owners | Revenues 2017 $bn | Family Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schwarz Gruppe | Germany | Schwarz-Schütte family | 126.7 | Zukunftsfonds Heilbronn |
| 2 | Cargill | US | Cargill and MacMillan | 109.6 | Waycrosse Inc |
| 3 | Tata Sons | India | Tata | 100 | RNT Associates (Ratan Tata) |
| 4 | Koch Industries | US | Koch | 95.1 | 1888 Management and Koch Equity Development |
| 5 | Aldi Group | Germany | Albrecht | 74 | Markus Stiftung (Theo Albrecht and family) and Siepmann Stiftung (Karl Albrecht and family) |
| 6 | Auchan Holding | France | Mulliez | 63.8 | Mobilis |
| 7 | Hinduja Group | India | Hinduja | 50 | Hinduja Family Office |
| 8 | Aditya Birla Group | India | Birla | 44.3 | Understood to have a family office, but unknown |
| 9 | IKEA | Netherlands/Sweden | Kamprad | 43.4 | Interogo Holding |
| 10 | Louis Dreyfus Company | Netherlands | Louis Dreyfus | 43 | Louis-Dreyfus Family Office LLC |
| Family Business | Based | Family Owners | Revenues 2017 $bn | Family Office |
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