10 company largest family

SC Johnson & Son is known for the line of detergents, perfumes, insecticides ... hand over five generations of Johnson administration, the family company is the world's third largest, ranked by Forbes.

1. Bechtel

Founded: 1898.
The founder: Warren A. Bechtel.
Turnover: 30.8 billion USD.

Bechtel is a construction company, project management, with over one hundred years of experience. 4 generations of the family joined Bechtel management company. To date, Bechtel has 23,000 projects in 140 countries. Today, 49,000 employees serving for Bechtel. With the success achieved, Bechtel is the largest family-owned company in the U.S. 3.

2. Mars

Founded: 1911.
The founder: Frank C. Mars.
Turnover: 28 billion USD.

Mars is one of the family company of the world's biggest food. The main items of Mars as chocolate, chewing gum, food, water ..., with the world's leading brands. Mars now has 135 factories in 68 countries worldwide.

3. SC Johnson & Son

Founded: 1886.
The founder: Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr.
Turnover: USD 9 billion.

So far, the SC Johnson & Son has been in the hands of the family five generations of Johnson managed. The company is manufacturing and selling of commodities such as mop water, perfume, shower gel products, insecticides with the well-known brands as Windex, Pledge, Glade, Shout, Saran, Ziploc, Edge, scrubbing Bubbles , Raid ...

4. HE Butt Grocery

Founded: 1905.
The founder: Florence Butt.
Turnover: 15.1 billion USD.

This is a system which owns 300 supermarkets in Texas and northern Mexico. Heb been ranked 11th in the ranking of the largest private companies in the world in 2006.

5. Gordon Food Service

Founded: 1897.
The founder: Isaac van Westenbrugge.
Turnover: USD 7.1 billion.

From a small family business, Gordon Food Service has developed into a family company the largest food distributor in North America. The company has 140 retail establishments in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Florida.

6. C & S Grocers

Founded: 1918.
The founder: Israel Cohen & Abraham Siegel.
Turnover: 20.4 billion USD.

C & S Grocers currently provides 3,900 supermarkets in the world of food items and some non-food.The company is close to customers of Safeway, Target, A & P, Stop & Shop, Ralphs and Foodtown.

7. Meijer

Founded: 1934.
Founder: Hendrick Meijer.
Turnover: 14.2 billion.

In 1934, when food is scarce, Hendrik Meijer same 14-year-old boy opens food store Meijer. In 1962, Meijer continues to open food store called thrifty Acres, where customers can buy everything they want in one store. Today, Meijer offers a lot of goods such as fashion, automotive, home decor, health, beauty care, banking ...

8. Giant Eagle

Founded: 1931.
Founder: Shapira, Porter, and Chait.
Turnover: USD 8.6 billion.

Giant Eagle is the largest supermarket chains, including 156 facilities, primarily in Ohio and Pennsylvania (USA). Besides food, Giant Eagle also trading other commodities such as pharmaceuticals, banking, image processing ... Giant Eagle headquarters in Pittsburgh.

9. Kohler

Founded: 1873.
The founder: John Michael Kohler.
Turnover: USD 4.7 billion.

John Michael Kohler founded the company when he purchased the Sheboygan Union Steel Company.Initially, the company produced steel tools for farmers, the items in the factory. Today, the Kohler production and sale of kitchen products, bathroom, generator systems ... In addition, Kohler also operates two golf courses and luxury resorts.

10. Gilbane

Founded: 1873.
The founder: William Gilbane.
Total sales: 3.1 billion USD.

Founded in 1873, Gilbane has been through five generations of family members of Gilbane. This is one of the largest U.S. company producing tractors, construction and real estate.