Gail Miller, owner of the Larry H. Miller Group, turned a family auto-dealership business into one of Utah’s largest private fortunes. After her husband Larry’s death in 2009, she led the company through major changes, including the $3.2 billion sale of its dealership business and the $1.66 billion sale of the Utah Jazz. Her group now spans real estate, healthcare, finance, sports, and entertainment, while Miller remains a major force in Utah business and philanthropy.

Helen Johnson-Leipold, chairman and CEO of Johnson Outdoors, is an heir to the SC Johnson family fortune and one of the family’s most active business leaders. She has led Johnson Outdoors since 1999, overseeing brands such as Minn Kota, Humminbird, Jetboil, Old Town, and SCUBAPRO, while also serving as chairman of Johnson Financial Group. Her profile connects inherited consumer-products wealth with direct leadership in outdoor equipment and private family finance.

Robyn Jones, cofounder and vice chairman of Goosehead Insurance, helped build the company from a 2003 startup into one of the fastest-growing personal-lines insurance agencies in the U.S. She launched the business with her husband, Mark Jones, and shaped its culture before stepping back from active management while remaining on the board. The couple also made a $101 million gift to Montana State University to support nursing education.

Weili Dai, cofounder of Marvell Technology, helped build the semiconductor company into a major supplier of chips for storage, networking, and communications. Born in China and educated at UC Berkeley, she cofounded Marvell in 1995 with her husband, Sehat Sutardja, and brother-in-law Pantas Sutardja. One of the few women to cofound a major chip company, Dai became known for her role in business development, partnerships, and expanding Marvell’s global reach.

Judith “Judy” Faulkner, founder and CEO of Epic Systems, built one of the most important healthcare software companies in the U.S. after launching it in a Wisconsin basement in 1979. Epic’s electronic medical record software is used by leading hospitals and health systems, supporting records for hundreds of millions of patients. Faulkner has kept Epic private, avoided venture capital and acquisitions, and pledged most of her fortune to philanthropy.

Milane Frantz, daughter of Enterprise Products cofounder Dan Duncan, is one of the heirs to the Duncan family energy fortune. Her wealth is tied to Enterprise Products Partners, one of America’s largest pipeline and midstream energy companies, which remains under significant family ownership. Based in Houston and known for a very low public profile, Frantz represents the quieter side of one of Texas’s most valuable energy dynasties.

Randa Duncan Williams, non-executive chairman of Enterprise Products Partners, is the most publicly active heir to the energy fortune built by her father, Dan Duncan. Enterprise Products, founded in 1968, became one of America’s largest pipeline and midstream energy companies, with the Duncan family retaining major ownership. Williams, the only one of Dan Duncan’s four children with an active role in the business, also owns Texas Monthly and remains a prominent figure in Houston business and philanthropy.

Laurene Powell Jobs, founder and president of Emerson Collective, built one of the most influential platforms in modern philanthropy and impact investing after inheriting stakes in Apple and Disney. Through Emerson, she focuses on education, immigration, climate, journalism, and social change, while also serving as owner of The Atlantic and founder of College Track and XQ Institute. Her profile combines Silicon Valley wealth, media ownership, and long-term philanthropic influence.

Jane Lauder, granddaughter of Estée Lauder and daughter of Ronald Lauder, is a longtime executive and board member of Estée Lauder Companies. She joined the family business in 1996, later leading brands including Origins, Ojon, Darphin, and Clinique before becoming executive vice president, enterprise marketing, and chief data officer. She stepped down from her executive role at the end of 2024 but remains part of the Lauder family’s next-generation influence over one of the world’s largest beauty companies.

Dee Haslam, CEO of Haslam Sports Group, is a co-owner of the Cleveland Browns, Columbus Crew, and Milwaukee Bucks, giving her one of the broadest sports ownership profiles in the U.S. Before sports, she built her career in television production as founder and executive producer of RIVR Media. She is also tied to the Haslam family’s Pilot business legacy and remains active in philanthropy, education, healthcare, and community organizations in Ohio and Tennessee.

Pat Stryker, granddaughter of Stryker Corporation founder Homer Stryker, inherited part of the family medical-device fortune and became one of Colorado’s most prominent billionaire philanthropists. She founded the Bohemian Foundation in 2001, focusing on music, arts, community programs, and civic causes, while keeping a relatively low public profile. Her influence is tied less to operating the family company than to philanthropy, political giving, and long-term community investment.

Melinda French Gates, one of the world’s most influential philanthropists, built her fortune through Microsoft and spent more than two decades co-leading the Gates Foundation. After leaving the foundation in 2024, she shifted her focus to independent giving through Pivotal Ventures, with a major emphasis on women, families, health, and economic power. Her career now stands at the intersection of technology wealth, global philanthropy, and women-focused social investment.

Jayshree Ullal, president and CEO of Arista Networks, helped turn the cloud-networking company into a major supplier of high-speed switches and software for data centers, cloud providers, and AI infrastructure. Born in London and raised in New Delhi, she spent more than 15 years at Cisco before joining Arista in 2008 and leading its 2014 IPO. Her long run at the company has made her one of the most successful women executives in enterprise technology.

Anastasia Soare, founder and CEO of Anastasia Beverly Hills, built a beauty empire by turning eyebrow shaping into a global cosmetics category. Born in Romania, she moved to Los Angeles in 1989 with limited English, worked as an aesthetician, and opened her Beverly Hills salon before launching her product line in 2000. Known as the “Eyebrow Queen,” she built the brand around her Golden Ratio brow method and expanded it into one of the most recognizable names in prestige beauty.

Aerin Lauder, granddaughter of Estée Lauder and eldest daughter of Ronald Lauder, is an heir to one of the world’s great beauty fortunes and founder of the luxury lifestyle brand AERIN. She serves as style and image director at Estée Lauder while building her own business across fragrance, beauty, home décor, and accessories. Her profile combines family ownership, inherited beauty-industry influence, and a personal brand built around taste, design, and luxury living.

Maggie Hardy, owner and CEO of 84 Lumber, leads one of America’s largest privately held building materials suppliers. She took over the company from her father, Joe Hardy, in 1992 at age 26 and helped expand it beyond lumber into a broader construction-supply business serving professional builders nationwide. She also oversees Nemacolin, the luxury resort originally developed by her father.

Alexandra Andresen, Norwegian heiress and board member of Ferd, is one of Europe’s youngest billionaires, with her wealth tied to the Andresen family’s investment group spanning private equity, financial assets, real estate, and impact ventures. Beyond business, she is also known for her serious involvement in equestrian sport, which has made her public profile more distinctive than that of many heirs of large family fortunes. Though she maintains a relatively low-key presence, Andresen represents the next generation connected to one of Norway’s most powerful private investment families.

Katharina Andresen, heiress to Norway’s Andresen family fortune, is a board member and indirect owner of Ferd, one of the country’s largest privately held investment groups. Her wealth stems from the family’s long-running business empire, which spans private equity, financial investments, real estate, and social-impact ventures. Though she keeps a relatively low public profile, Andresen remains one of Europe’s youngest billionaire investors and part of the next generation shaping Ferd’s long-term future.