List of wealthiest families

Contemporary rankings

Historical

• The Bardi family of Florence
• The Medici family, as owners of the Medici Bank, the richest family in 15th-century Europe.
• The Gondi family of Florence, financial partners of the Medici family in the 15th century.
• The Fugger family of mercantile bankers and venture capitalists was among the richest families in the 16th century.
• The Welser family, alongside the Fugger one of the most important families of merchant bankers in 16th-century Europe.
• The Baring family, owners of an important merchant bank in London in the 18th to 19th centuries.
• The Schröder family, a leading Hanseatic family of Hamburg in the 18th to 19th centuries.
• The Rothschild family of bankers became the richest family in the mid-19th century.
• The Goldman–Sachs family, owners of the Goldman Sachs investment bank from 1869 to 1912.