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The latest Bloomberg ranking of the world’s richest families in 2025 highlights the growing concentration of global wealth in a handful of dynasties. At the top of the list sits the Walton family of the United States, heirs to the Walmart retail empire, with a combined net worth exceeding half a trillion dollars for the first time, more precisely $513.4 billion. “Walmart is the world’s largest retailer by revenue — $681 billion in the most recent fiscal year from more than 10,750 stores worldwide,” read the report. Moreover, the family also owns about 44% of the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer. Gulf dynasties dominate The Waltons are followed by the Al Nahyan family of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the royals sit cosy with a combined net worth of a whopping $335.9 billion. “The ruling Al Nahyan family has presided over the area that now constitutes the UAE for decades, even before oil transformed the economy and the royals’ finances,” Bloomberg said. The Saudi Arabia’s Al Saud family, whose fortunes are deeply linked to hydrocarbons, sovereign wealth and long-term capital accumulation, claims the third spot with a family net worth of $213.6 billion.