Portrait of John MacMillan

Rank #2364

John MacMillan

Net worth $1.7B

Cargill · United States

Born
Sep 20, 1949
Age
76
Source
Cargill
Residence
Plymouth, Minnesota
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Children
4
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • John MacMillan is one of 21 billionaire heirs to Cargill, the world's biggest agriculture business.
  • His great-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.