Rank #759
Austen Cargill II
Net worth $5.5B
Cargill · United States
- Born
- Mar 09, 1951
- Age
- 75
- Source
- Cargill
- Residence
- Livingston, Montana
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Divorced
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Doctorate, Oregon State University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Minnesota; Master of Science, University of Minnesota
Net worth over time
Biography
- Austen Cargill II is one of 21 billionaire heirs to Cargill, the family business where he served as a vice president until retiring in 2001.
- His great-grandfather, W.W. Cargill, founded the business as a single grain warehouse on the end of an Iowa railroad line in 1865.
- The family still owns roughly 90% of Cargill, which did $154 billion in 2025 sales across food, agriculture, financial and industrial divisions.
- Before becoming a Cargill executive, Austen earned a Ph.D. and worked as a marine biologist for the company.