Rank #275

Valerie Mars

$7610.2B

New York, New York, United States

Food & Beverage

Biography

Valerie Mars and her three sisters each inherited an estimated 8% stake in candymaker Mars when their father, Forrest Mars Jr., died in 2016.

Her great-grandfather Frank Mars founded the company in 1911.

She began working at Mars in 1992 and today is the company's vice president of corporate development.

Mars also sits on the company's board of directors.

Best known for candy such as Milky Way, Dove and Skittles, Mars also makes Ben's Original rice and pet food, including Pedigree and Whiskas.