The Richest Candy Billionaires In The World


BANGALORE: Where in the world is candy not available? Almost everywhere on this planet, the sweet lollies are eaten by people of all age. Candies! Probably by now you might have started building clouds above your heads about the different mouth watering and lip smacking candy chocolates, caramels, taffy candy balls, and many more.

The immense popularity of the sweet candies can be seen in the global sales, the year 2010 hit the candy sales to around $57 billion. The top business tycoons, who have made huge money out of this candy business, stand in the World’s billionaire list. Watch out for the top 5 candy billionaires as compiled by Jay Adrianna from The Richest.

1. The Mars Siblings

Snickers, Milky Way, Malsters and Mars Bar so which candy product is your favorite? Mars is the largest confectionery in the world. The trio of siblings- Forrest Mars Jr, Jacqueline Mars and John Mars have a combined net worth of $59.1 billion in the company. 

The siblings’ grandfather, Frank Mars, took an initiative in 1911 in starting his first candy company but eventually was not succeeded. But in 1920, he incorporated another company, which is very well known to the world in the name of Mars Inc. today.

Apart from the candy production, the company deals in multiple eatables including Pedigree and Whiskas which brings in annual sales of more than $30 billion.

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