Rank #759
James Cargill II
Net worth $5.5B
Cargill · United States
- Born
- Apr 07, 1949
- Age
- 77
- Source
- Cargill
- Residence
- Birchwood, Wisconsin
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- James Cargill is one of 21 billionaire heirs to Cargill, America's largest private company.
- 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.
- The Cargill-MacMillan family collects an estimated 18% of net profits as dividends every year.