Rank #40
Jacqueline Mars
Net worth $45.6B
Candy, pet food · United States
- Born
- Oct 10, 1939
- Age
- 86
- Source
- Candy, pet food
- Residence
- The Plains, Virginia
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Divorced
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Bryn Mawr College
Net worth over time
Biography
- Jacqueline Mars owns an estimated one-third of Mars, the candy, food and pet care firm founded by her grandfather.
- She worked for the company for nearly 20 years and served on the board until 2016.
- Her son Stephen Badger is on Mars' board of directors.
- Mars acquired snack company Kellavova in December 2025 for $35.9 billion including debt.
- Her brother John owns an estimated third of Mars; her late brother Forrest Jr.'s four daughters own the rest.
- Mars owns a horse farm in Virginia that has trained horses ridden by Olympic medalists.
- Mars was founded in 1911 by Jacqueline's grandfather, Frank, who, along with her father Forrest Sr., invented the Milky Way bar in 1923.