Jacqueline Mars
Source of wealth: Candy, pet food
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Biography
Jacqueline Mars owns an estimated one-third of Mars, the candy, food and pet care firm founded by her grandfather.
She worked for the company for nearly 20 years and served on the board until 2016.
Her son Stephen Badger is on Mars' board of directors.
Mars acquired snack company Kellanova in December 2025 for $35.9 billion including debt.
Her brother John owns an estimated third of Mars; her late brother Forrest Jr.'s four daughters own the rest.
Perspective on their fortune
Gold
Everyday luxury
A Jacqueline Mars's fortune is equivalent to 314 of gold, but this may be difficult to value, as we don't usually have a handful of gold bars in our piggy bank.
A standard gold ring typically weighs between 4 and 7 grams. Let's say this one weighs 5 grams. It's usually 18k gold.
Based on today's gold price (not taking into account the jeweler's fee, shipping, or anything else), that gold ring would be worth $556.3
Jacqueline Mars could buy 83,765,573 gold rings. That's a lot of fingers and a lot of gifts!!
And if the number of rings is difficult to visualize, all these rings would need 15 trucks to transport them, But we can be almost certain that Jacqueline Mars will have enough left over to pay for the gas for those trucks.
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Jacqueline Mars's fortune with the healthcare spending of a huge country
Jacqueline Mars could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo with a population of over 105,800,000 of inhabitants for approximately 21.0 years.
But even if we compare their fortune to that of a rich country
At the other extreme, Jacqueline Mars could cover the health expenditure of Luxembourg, considered the world's most heavily invested health system, for 9.3 years
Education
Buying the future
Lowest education spending
Jacqueline Mars could assume the entire cost of the education system of Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, with more than 243,000,000 inhabitants for 13.7 years.
Highest education spending
But not only could he assume the cost of a poor country, Luxembourg is considered the country with the highest per capita investment in education in the world, Jacqueline Mars could pay for it in full for 18.6 years.
Research
The monopoly of progress
Lowest research spending
Jacqueline Mars could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with more than 260,000,000 of inhabitants, for 78.4 years.
Highest research spending
But even if we compare the total wealth of Jacqueline Mars with Israel, the country that currently invests the most per capita in research in the world, it could assume the total cost of the system for 1.8 years.
Financial Assets
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Monthly wealth history
Fortune comparison
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