The Mars Family
Jacqueline, John and Forrest Mars all jointly own Mars and a fortune of £11.9bn. All three are on the board of directors of the confectionery giant, but have no input on the day-to-day running of the business.
The three siblings are the grandchildren of founder Frank Mars, who started making and selling butter cream candy in his kitchen in Tacoma, Washington, USA in 1911.
His son, Forrest Mars snr joined the business in 1929. A year later the firm released its Snickers brand.
Mars is famous for its M&Ms, Twix, Snickers and Milky Way chocolate brands – as well as Uncle Ben’s rice and a number of pet food products.
Its Galaxy bar is the 2nd biggest chocolate brand in the UK by value sales – selling £223.8M worth of bars a year.