Jacqueline Mars

Jacqueline Mars
As her last name says, this woman is, along with her two brothers, the owner of candy maker Mars, the largest candy company in the world. Her net worth is $24 billion, which puts her on the 26^th place in the overall Forbes list. Jacqueline’s grandfather Frank started the company in 1911, and nowadays it makes the most popular candies such as Mars (obviously), M&M’s, Snickers, Twix, Milky Way, Uncle Ben’s Rice etc. Jacqueline and her brothers are all on the company board of directors, but have no role in its day-to-day operations.

In 2013, Mrs. Mars was involved in a car accident, when her 2004 Porsche SUV struck a Chrysler minivan with six people in it. An 86-year woman died at the scene, while the driver, who was eight months pregnant, miscarried. Mars was charged with reckless driving and pleaded guilty, and was ordered to pay a fine of $2,500 and her driver’s license was suspended for six months. Jacqueline claimed that she would help all the victims of the accident and will always live in grief because of what happened.