Rank #280
Victoria Mars
Net worth $11.4B
Candy, pet food · United States
- Born
- Dec 15, 1956
- Age
- 69
- Source
- Candy, pet food
- Residence
- Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 4
- Education
- Master of Business Administration, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Yale University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Victoria Mars and her three sisters are heirs to the family's giant candy and pet food company, Mars, Incorporated.
- She and her sisters all inherited their own estimated 8% stakes in the company when their father Forrest Mars Jr. died in 2016.
- Her great-grandfather Frank Mars founded the candy company in 1911.
- The $65 billion (sales) company is best known for making candy such as M&Ms, Milky Way and Skittles.
- Mars acquired snack company Kellavova in December 2025 for $35.9 billion including debt.
- Victoria Mars stepped down as chair of the Mars Incorporated board of directors in 2017 after serving in that role for three years.
- Mars began working at her family's company in 1978 in France, where she was an assistant brand manager for Milky Way.