SOCIAL MOBILITY AT THE TOP: THE ACQUISITION, TRANSMISSION, AND DISSOLUTION OF GREAT FORTUNES IN THE UNITED STATES. David D. McFarland List 1. 33 Great Fortunes of 1900 and Earlier. Astor vol. 1, part 2, chs. 2-7 Blair vol. 3, ch. 5 Carnegie vol. 3, p. 254 Crocker vol. 3, ch. 6 (part) Dodge vol. 2, p. 339 Drew vol. 2, p. 303 Elkins vol. 3, ch. 13 Field, Cyrus vol. 3, p. 84 Field, Marshall vol. 1, part 2, chs. 9-10 Fisk vol. 2, p. 306 Gardiner vol. 3, p. 29 Garrett vol. 3, ch. 5 Girard vol. 1, part 1, ch. 6 Goelet vol. 1, p. 242 Gould vol. 2, chs. 9-12; vol. 3, chs. 3, 4 Harriman vol. 3, p. 144 Hill, James J. vol. 3, ch. 14 Hopkins, Johns vol. 3, p. 119 Hopkins, Mark vol. 3, ch. 6 (part) Huntington vol. 3, ch. 6 (part) Leiter vol. 1, p. 259 Longworth vol. 1, p. 255 Mears vol. 3, p. 29 Morgan vol. 3, chs. 7-11 Phelps vol. 2, p. 339 Pullman vol. 1, p. 282 Rensselaer vol. 1, opp. pp. 23, 96 Rhinelander vol. 1, p. 252 Rockefeller vol. 3, p. 254 Sage vol. 3, chs. 1, 2 Schermerhorn vol. 1, p. 254 Stanford vol. 3, ch. 6 (part) Vanderbilt vol. 2, chs. 3-8 (Source: Myers, 1908; see text.) List 2. 59 Great Fortunes in 1924 Rank Returns Astor 21 3 Baker 11 2 Baruch 59 1 Berwind 17 3 Blumenthal 48 1 Clark 28 3 Cochran 53 1 Curtis-Bok 15 5 Deering 34 3 DeForest 35 6 Drexel 38 2 Duke 16 3 duPont 9 20 Field, Marshall 14 6 Fisher 12 5 Ford 3 2 Foster 40 1 Friedsam 50 1 Gould 36 5 Green 31 2 Guggenheim 13 6 Harkness 4 5 Hayden 46 1 Higgins 52 1 Hill, James J. 37 3 Huntington 56 1 James 42 1 Johnson 41 1 Kahn 30 4 Kirkwood 54 1 Kresge 60 1 Lehman 18 17 McCormick 10 8 McLean 51 1 Mellon 5 3 Metcalf 27 4 Mills 49 1 Morgan 2* 34* Nash 43 1 Patten 45 1 Patterson 32 2 Phipps 29 16 Pitcairn 25 4 Reynolds 20 7 Rockefeller 1 21 Rosenwald 58 1 Ryan 39 1 Schiff 44 1 Stillman 23 3 Storrow 57 1 Taft 33 3 Timken 24 3 Tyson 55 1 Vanderbilt 6 22 Warburg 26 8 Weber 47 1 Whitney 7 4 Widener 19 3 Winthrop 22 6 (Source: Lundberg, 1937, pp. 26-27; see text.) * Figures for Morgan include associates who were not family members. List 3. 49 Billionaires in 1987 Rank Founder Anschutz, Philip Frederick 22 father Anthony, Barbara Cox 14 father Arison, Ted 16 self Bass, Robert Muse 32 father's uncle Bass, Sid Richardson 41 father's uncle Bass, Lee Marshall 42 father's uncle Bren, Donald Leroy 30 self Bronfman, Edgar Miles 13 father Buffet, Warren Edward 9 unrelated Busch, August Anheuser Jr. 23 remote Chambers, Ann Cox 15 father Crown, Lester 7 father Davis, Marvin Harold 19 father DeBartolo, Edward John 28 self Dorrance, John Thompson Jr. 24 father's uncle Gates, William Henry III 29 self Gaylord, Edward Lewis 33 father Goldman, Sol 39 self Helmsley, Harry Brakmann 21 self Hewlett, William Redington 20 self Hill, Margaret Hunt 40 father Hillman, Henry Lea 18 father Hunt, Ray Lee 27 father Kauffman, Ewing Marion 26 self Kluge, John Werner 2 unrelated Kroc, Joan Beverly 49 husband LeFrak, Samuel Jayson 31 father Lindner, Carl Henry II 47 self Mars, Forrest Edward Sr. 34 father Mars, Forrest Edward Jr. 35 grandfather Mars, John Franklyn 36 grandfather Milliken, Roger 48 grandfather Murdoch, Keith Rupert 8 father Newhouse, Samuel Irving Jr. 5 father Newhouse, Donald Edward 6 father Packard, David 4 self Perot, Henry Ross 3 self Petrie, Milton Jack 25 self Pritzker, Jay Arthur 11 grandfather Pritzker, Robert Alan 12 grandfather Rockefeller, David 45 grandfather Simmons, Harold Clark 38 self Stern, Leonard Norman 46 father Taubman, Adolph Alfred 17 self Tisch, Laurence Allan 43 father Tisch, Preston Robert 44 father Vogel, Jacqueline Mars 37 grandfather Walton, Sam Moore 1 self Wexner, Leslie Herbert 10 self (Source: Forbes, 1987, pp. 114-137. Source for "founder" column; see text.)