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Name

Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer

Primary Residence

Rancho Santa Fe, California

Citizenship

United States

Forbes Self Made Score

Source Of Wealth

Cargill

Net Worth

$4,400,000,000

Forbes Profile

https://www.forbes.com/profile/gwendolyn-sontheim-meyer

Forbes 2019 Billionaires List Rank:

452

Forbes Philanthropy Score

Forbes List Rank One: Title

#452 Billionaires 2019

Forbes List Rank One: Link

https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/

Forbes List Rank Two: Title

#136 Forbes 400 2018

Forbes List Rank Two: Link

https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/

Forbes List Rank Three: Link

https://www.forbes.com/richest-in-top-50-cities/

Summary

Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer inherited an estimated 7% stake in food giant Cargill, the largest private company in America. 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 $115 billion in 2018 sales across food, agriculture, financial and industrial divisions.

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Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Sontheim_Meyer