Portrait of Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer

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Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer

Net worth $6.2B

Cargill · United States

Born
Oct 27, 1961
Age
64
Source
Cargill
Residence
Rancho Santa Fe, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Divorced
Children
2
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer inherited an estimated 8% stake in food giant Cargill.
  • The heiress spends most of her time on a farm in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., training horses that compete in show jumping.
  • Her great-grandfather, W.W. Cargill, the son of a Scottish sea captain, founded Cargill in Conover, Iowa in 1865.
  • The family still owns roughly 90% of Cargill, which did $154 billion in 2025 sales across food, agriculture, financial and industrial divisions.