Inside The Bitter Feuds of America’s Richest Families

By Deniz Çam
December 17th 2020

Among the 50 clans on Forbes’ latest list of America’s Richest Families, at least six have gone through very bitter —and very public— family feuds, including legal battles over trust funds, sham adoptions and even murder accusations.

1. Gore Family: A Fight Over The Share Of The Gore-Tex Inheritance
2. Koch Family: Two Siblings’ Sellers Remorse Over Conglomerate Koch Industries
3. Pritzker Family: An 18-Year-Old’s Lawsuit Over A Trust Fund
4. Goldman Family: No Mom, We Want Your Share Of The Real Estate Empire
5. Rollins Family: A Greek Tragedy—And A Nearly Decade-Long Lawsuit
6. Shoen Family: The Clan’s Fight For Control Of U-Haul

Here are the six billionaire American families whose fierce infighting shows that money —even billions of dollars— doesn’t always buy happiness…