Elon Musk has spoken out about the reason he has so many children... and it's left people online questioning his motives.

For those unaware, the 50-year-old Tesla CEO currently has seven children - one-year-old X Æ A-Xii, 15-year-old triplets Kai, Saxon, and Damian, and 17-year-old twins Xavier and Griffin. His firstborn son, Nevada Alexander Musk, tragically passed away aged 10 weeks in 2002.

Now, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal earlier this week at the WSJ CEO Council Summit, the billionaire revealed that his reason behind having so many children is because there are "not enough people" on the planet. Seriously...

The topic of Musk's fatherhood arose during a discussion about his latest technological triumph: the Tesla Bot, which Musk stated has the potential to one day become a substitute for human workforces.

Speaking to the WSJ virtually, Musk then stated: "There are not enough people, I can’t emphasize this enough, there are not enough people. And yet so many people, including smart people, think there are too many people in the world and think the population is growing out of control. It's completely the opposite."

Recently, the decision for families to have fewer children in an effort to reduce humanity's impact on the planet and environment has become a popular choice.

Earlier this year, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry received an award from charity Population Matters, after the couple spoke out about their choice to have no more their two children, Archie and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor.

Population Matters went on to say in a statement, per The Independent: "Having a smaller family reduces our impact on the Earth, and provides a better chance for all our children, their children, and future generations to flourish on a healthy planet."

Supporting this claim, a 2017 study by researchers at Lund University in Sweden concluded that each child that is born into the developed world produces a carbon footprint of 58.6 metric tonnes each year they're alive.

However, Musk disagreed with the belief that people need to have fewer children, saying: "I think one of the biggest risks to civilization is the low birth rate and the rapidly declining birth rate. If people don’t have more children, civilization is going to crumble, mark my words."

When asked by the WSJ if that's why he has six children, Musk quipped: "I try to set a good example. Gotta practice what I preach."

Following Musk's comments, people have been voicing their perplexed responses on social media:

"People literally cannot afford to have more children, I’m not bringing a child into this world if I can’t financially support it. I’m still paying off student debt," one person wrote.

A second added: "People cannot AFFORD children. Go tell the top 1% to have more children @elonmusk since they are the only ones who can afford them."

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A man has made the extraordinary decision to quit his job and track down all 96 kids that he fathered.

Dylan Stone-Miller, a 32-year-old software engineer hailing from Georgia, fathered almost 100 children through donating his sperm.

The remarkable journey began with a photograph that impacted Stone-Miller, capturing a heartwarming moment with one of his biological offspring, a young child named Harper. "I think of her as my first child," Stone-Miller shared in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.

His connection with Harper, whom he met when she was just three years old, ignited a determination within Stone-Miller to establish relationships with as many of his biological children as possible.

In pursuit of this goal, he resigned from his job, financing his newfound purpose using his personal savings. Thus far, Stone-Miller has successfully met 25 of his biological children.

Writing on Instagram, he said: "Hi, I'm 'Donor Dylan' as many of my bios call me. I donated sperm on and off from 2011-2016 and now have at least 96 biological offspring in six countries."

Despite this incredible achievement, Stone-Miller acknowledges that the exact number of his offspring may remain unknown. He admitted: "I will never know for sure how many children I have."

After Stone-Miller divorced his wife in 2020, he received a message from Alicia Bowes, one of Harper's two mothers, who expressed her gratitude to the 32-year-old.

Bowes had managed to trace Harper's donor origins through social media and information from Stone-Miller's donor file, including his first name and his father’s profession as a forensic psychologist.

The bond deepened when Stone-Miller joined a Facebook group for parents of children conceived with his donor ID, 'Xytex 5186 Offspring', a name derived from the sperm bank.

From there, a supportive community formed around the shared connection, with Stone-Miller expressing his eagerness to meet the children he had helped bring into the world. This outreach led to responses from parents of 20 offspring, who were interested in facilitating these connections.

Stone-Miller's motivations for these interactions are straightforward. He shared: "I wanted to watch the children grow up," showing his sincere desire to be part of their lives.

As the connections progressed, challenges arose. Bowes, who allowed Stone-Miller to visit her family twice in the past year, acknowledged the complexity of their situation.

She revealed: "There are moments when it feels intrusive with Dylan. It’s about us figuring out what boundaries are, as well as him figuring out his boundaries."

Bowes maintains a clear distinction between Stone-Miller's role and that of Harper's family. "He is not her dad. Period," she asserted. She emphasized that her daughter has a donor, not a father.

The set of circumstances hasn't come easy to Stone-Miller either, as he confessed: "It was hard to look my biological daughter in the eye and tell her I wasn’t her dad."

As the relationships evolve, Stone-Miller is mindful of preserving their integrity and keeping track of each connection. He maintains a detailed spreadsheet containing his children's names, ages, birthdays, and the last time he interacted with or saw them.

This tale is similar to that of the film Delivery Man featuring Vince Vaughn, which itself was a remake of the French movie Starbuck.

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For several decades now, the name Bill Gates has been synonymous with phenomenal wealth.

This week the 65-year-old Microsoft founder and his 56-year-old spouse Melinda announced in a statement on Twitter that they will be separating from one another after 27 years of marriage.

As a result of this, Gates' gigantic estate has fallen under public scrutiny once again, with financial experts speculating as to how the divorce will affect his net worth.

However, after a certain point, when millions turn to billions, and billions into hundreds of billions, it's hard to wrap your head around exactly what those numbers mean.

So to put things into better perspective, we've compiled eight facts about Bill Gates that prove just how rich he really is. Are you ready? Prepare to feel poor.

1. He's only getting richer:

According to an analysis of Gates' net worth made by Business Insider, Gates has managed to become $41 billion richer in the past year alone, jumping from $105 billion to $146 billion as of the end of 2020.

Credit: GARY DOAK/Alamy Stock Photo 2. He makes more than $4,000 every second

This means that - based on the money he earned over the course of the last year - Gates acquires the princely sum of approximately $4,630 every second, or $277,800 every minute.

3. He's unlikely to spend most of it:

As if that wasn't mindboggling enough, Business Insider went on to calculate that even if Gates were to spend a million dollars every day, it would still take him more than 400 years to deplete his humungous fortune.

Credit: GARY DOAK/Alamy Stock Photo 4. He's way richer than the British Royal Family:

The British monarchy receives its finances from a large number of sources, but even then, Gates' personal wealth dwarfs that of the entire institution. Indeed, as of 2021, Forbes estimated the entire wealth of the Royal Family was a mere $28 billion dollars.

Credit: Nathan King/Alamy Stock Photo 5. He makes more money in a year than some countries:

Data provided by the World Bank shows that Gates' net worth is higher than the combined GDP of a number of nations.

Indeed, Gates just so happens to make more money in a year than Luxembourg ($71 billion) Estonia ($31.4 billion) and Bolivia ($40.8 billion) combined.

Credit: Silvan Bachmann/Alamy Stock Photo 6.  He'd still be rich even if he gave us all a share:

Business Insider has also calculated that, based on Gates' most recent earnings, he could easily give every single living person on the planet $15, and still have enough change left over to be worth $28 billion.

7. He has an amazingly cool house:

Nicknamed "Xanadu 2.0" in a homage to Charles Foster Kane's house in the movie Citizen Kane, Gates' mansion is located in  Medina, Washington.

It took him seven years and $63 million to build and boasts a variety of space-age features, such as a 60-foot pool with an underwater music system, a trampoline room, and 24 bathrooms.

Credit: REUTERS/Alamy Stock Photo 8. He's given most of it away:

Despite his phenomenal personal capital, the most amazing thing about Bill Gates is the fact that he's given most of his money away.

According to USA Today, Gates has given away $45.5 billion to charitable causes since 1994, and BBC News reports that in 2019, he and Melinda pledged to eventually part with 95% of Gates' overall wealth.

9. He's richer than other billionaires:

Forbes has estimated that Gates is the fourth-richest man in the world as of 2021 - lagging behind Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

However, he's still easily outpaced other millionaires, with data from Bloomberg showing that he's streets ahead of Indian's richest businessman Mukesh Ambani (worth $74.7 billion) and Zhong Shanshan, the richest person in Asia (worth $66.3 billion).

Credit: Dinodia Photos/Alamy Stock Photo 10. He doesn't know how much groceries cost:

It's hardly a surprise, but it seems as though Bill Gates doesn't buy his own groceries.

In a 2018 appearance on The Ellen Degeneres Show, Gates struggled to name the price of a number of common household goods, guessing that a bag of frozen pizza rolls might be worth $22 and that a pack of Tide Pods would only cost $10.

So there you have it. Hopefully, you can now appreciate just how much the man himself is really worth, and what an incredible influence he has had upon design, computing, and technology.

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Billionaire couple Michael and Susan Dell have revealed the reasoning behind their decision to donate $6.25 billion to Donald Trump’s ‘Trump Accounts’ for over 25 million children in the USA.

Michael Dell - CEO of computing giant Dell Technologies - and his wife are pledging the huge sum to place into the accounts of American children with the aim of giving them a financial jumpstart in life.

Michael and Susan Dell are supporting the ‘Trump Accounts’ with a huge pledge

The Trump Accounts were announced as part of the President’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act and - along with the $2,000 or so that he has promised to almost all Americans - are one of the most attention-grabbing policies.

The idea is to set up investment accounts for kids, and the Treasury will automatically add $1,000 to accounts of those born between 2025 and December 2028.

The accounts can then be topped up by various family members, government, and non-government entities, although the exact specifications are a bit more complex than that.

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The Dells’ donation will go to kids who are aged 10 and under and were born before the cut-off point for the funding from the US Treasury.

There will be $250 deposits made into accounts for at least 25 million children, taking the total amount pledged up to $6.25 billion.

It almost goes without saying that this is one of the biggest donations of this kind ever.

Speaking to CNN, Michael Dell said: “We feel super excited to be able to make a difference in millions of children’s futures and create opportunity, hope and prosperity for them,

“If you think about the power of compounding and what these accounts are likely to become over 10, 20, 30 years, that’s super significant.”

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Dell and his wife are worth a lot of money

Michael founded Dell Technologies back in 1984 and is the 11th richest person in the world.

His net worth, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, is $148 billion, although he is known for generosity to charity as well.

So far, the Dell family are known to have given $2.9 billion to charities, and now they’ve gone and added this whopper to the list as well.

Susan Dell told CNN: “When we heard about this idea, we were thrilled, because this allows us to reach such a huge number of children with this program,

“Investing in children and their future is really investing in all of our futures. Children are the future. So we couldn’t be more excited about this program.”

As for Trump, he told reporters at the White House that the accounts will help 'family members, employers, corporations [and] generous donors to contribute money that will be invested and grow over the course of a child’s life to be used for their benefit after they turn 18.’

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If you weren't born into abundant wealth, then you've probably played the lotto a few times hoping that it'll happen, right? Come on, a show of hands. I am still waiting for my parents to tell me, "Just kidding, we're actually secret billionaires, we were just trying to instill a sense of humility in you. Even still in this day and age, millennials are finding it difficult to get off the struggle bus. So, let's fantasize at how the other half live (no harm) by taking a look at the 30 riches families in the world. [post_page_title]The Mulliez Family[/post_page_title] Boasting a net worth of $37.5 billion, this French family seems to be doing alright for themselves. The Mulliez family have been enjoyed being retail royalty since the 19th century when Louis Mulliez-Lestienne, founded Phildar - a clothing store chain that began in the northern French city of Roubaix. Louis's grandson Gérard Mulliez (above) then became inspired in 1961 to set up supermarket chain Auchan, based on the American self-service style. It has been going well ever since. [caption id="attachment_2542" align="aligncenter" width="760"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Ma Family[/post_page_title] This Chinese family has a whopping $39 billion to spend. Talk about crazy, rich Asians. Ma Huateng, also known as Pony Ma, is the co-founder of tech conglomerate Tencent, which was started up in 1998 out of the city of Shenzhen. Tencent is now Asia's most valuable business, as well as being the world's largest gaming company, along with and one of the world's most prominent social media firms. So there's no surprise that Pony Ma became quite rich in the process. [caption id="attachment_2543" align="aligncenter" width="760"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Ballmer Family[/post_page_title] Steve Ballmer was a college dropout who got lucky as he was hired by Bill Gates in 1980 and then served as Microsoft's CEO from 2000 to 2014. Steve has left Microsoft, and since then he is the sole proprietor of the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team, as well as having recently sold a 4% stake in Twitter. [caption id="attachment_2544" align="aligncenter" width="760"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Boehringer-Von Baumbach Family[/post_page_title] This family's $42.2 billion dollar fortune dates back to the foundation of Boehringer Ingelheim in 1885 in Germany, by Albert Boehringer. The company initially produced tartaric acid for the food industry, but eventually branched out to include pharmaceuticals. In the present day, Boehringer Ingelheim stands among the 20 biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world, turning a cool $25.1 billion annually. [caption id="attachment_2580" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Cargill-MacMillan Family[/post_page_title] Imagine coming from a family that has 14 billionaires in the family? The Cargill-MacMillan family is worth $42.3 billion and has more billionaires in the family than any other family. This rich family has a total of 23 family members, all who share in the $42.3 billion fortune which comes from the family's agribusiness firm Cargill Inc. [caption id="attachment_2546" align="aligncenter" width="760"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Quandt Family[/post_page_title] Industrialist Günther Quandt founded this company back in the 1910s. Eventually, the firm would grow to become the BMW Group that we know today. In fact, some of us may even drive their products, or know someone who does. The family has a fortune worth $42.7 billion. [caption id="attachment_2549" align="aligncenter" width="760"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Bettencourt Family[/post_page_title] This French family, comprised of Françoise Bettencourt Meyers and her sons Nicolas and Jean-Victor, inherited a 33% stake in well-known global cosmetics company L'Oréal in 2017. Following the passing of her mother, Liliane Bettencourt, and the 65-year-old author is now the richest woman in the world, with $48.2 billion in her pocket. [caption id="attachment_2551" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Bloomberg Family[/post_page_title] Worth $48.5 billion, the patriarch of this American family, Michael Bloomberg, made his fortune after becoming founder, CEO, and owner of Bloomberg LP - his eponymous media, financial services and software firm - back in 1981. Prior to that, he'd spent time gaining experience in the New York securities brokerage Salomon Brothers. [caption id="attachment_2548" align="aligncenter" width="760"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Dumas Family[/post_page_title] The Dumas family are owners of a fashion world staple: Hermès. It was founded in 1837 by patriarch Thierry Hermès. Back then, it was only a Parisian harness workshop, before it developed into high-end fashion and luxury goods business that we know today. Part of that transformation into a fashion powerhouse was thanks to the late Jean-Louis Dumas, as well as the current CEO, Axel Dumas, who keeps the family's $49.2 billion fortune growing. [caption id="attachment_2552" align="aligncenter" width="760"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Brin Family[/post_page_title] Computer scientist Sergey Brin, along with Larry Page, was the co-founder of Google way back in 1998. Since then he has been serving as the president of Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc. If you google his net worth, you'll find that he's got a cool $51.1 billion in his pocket. Brin has two kids with his ex-wife Anne Wojcicki. She is the co-founder and CEO of personal genomics firm 23andMe. That has made her independently wealthy and worth about $480 million. [caption id="attachment_2553" align="aligncenter" width="760"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Ambani Family[/post_page_title] This family's fortune dates back to 1965 when Indian tycoon Dhirubhai Ambani co-founded Reliance Industries, Ambani, transformed his Mumbai textile company into one of the largest conglomerates in India. Ambani passed away in 2002, passing on the roles of chairman, MD and majority shareholder to his son, Mukesh. The Ambani family is worth an incredible $52.3 billion. Mukesh's brother Anil runs a separate family business known as the Reliance Group. While he's still wealthy and worth $1.9 billion, it's significantly less than Mukesh. [caption id="attachment_2554" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Page Family[/post_page_title] Only slightly ahead of his Google co-founder, Larry Page has amassed $52.4 billion in wealth. But that is only because he is the CEO of Alphabet Inc., for which he gets paid a little bit more per year. Page shares his wealth with his wife Lucinda Southworth, who is a biomedical scientist and philanthropist, as well as with their two children. [caption id="attachment_2557" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Albrecht Family[/post_page_title] For anyone who loves to shop in Aldi for their cheap groceries, you can thank the late Albrecht brothers, Karl and Leo. The founded the grocery store chain back in 1946 in Essen. However, it later split into two different Aldis -Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd - in 1960, after the brothers had a major disagreement as to whether or not stock cigarettes. Sibling squabbles, am I right? Both Aldi groups managed to expand internationally. Now, the family has an amassed fortune of $58.2 billion. [caption id="attachment_2558" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Chakri Family[/post_page_title] This Thai family has been the ruling royal family of Thailand for the past 237 years. The family has 22 members of the royal family, with the current King, Maha Vajiralongkorn, being the head of household. Altogether, this royal family is believed to own $60 billion in assets through the Crown Property Bureau. This would include extensive tracts of valuable real estate in central Bangkok, as well as multiple shares invested in the luxury hotel group, Kempinski. [caption id="attachment_2559" align="aligncenter" width="760"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Ellison Family[/post_page_title] Larry Ellison has quite the resume. He's the co-founder, executive chairman and CTO of the Oracle Corporation. This New York City native is among the world's wealthiest tech entrepreneurs, in addition to being a fond yachtsman, aviator, and a philanthropist. He has a net worth of $61.8 billion. [caption id="attachment_2560" align="aligncenter" width="760"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Zuckerberg Family[/post_page_title] You knew that this family was going to make the list. Mark Zuckerberg is the co-founder of Facebook, that wonderful social media platform that connects all the family members we'd rather block. He's currently the seventh richest person on the planet, having fallen from third wealthiest last year thanks to a dramatic fall in his company's share prices. [caption id="attachment_2561" align="aligncenter" width="760"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] I mean, the seventh wealthiest person still isn't that bad considering the rest of us paupers out here trying to save for a mortgage. The Facebook billionaire shares his $63 billion dollar fortune with his wife Priscilla Chan and their two daughters. [post_page_title]The Slim Family[/post_page_title] From 2010 to 2013, the richest person in the world was Carlos Slim Helú. Much like Zuckerberg, Carlos fell down the rankings a bit, but he's still able to brag about a comfortable $64.9 billion net worth. The Mexican tycoon shares his wealth with his six children. He made his fortune with the conglomerate Grupo Carso, as well as the subsidiaries América Móvil and Telmex. His son Carlos Slim Domit is the current chairman of Grupo Carso. [caption id="attachment_2563" align="aligncenter" width="760"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Mars Family[/post_page_title] This American family has a wealth to the tune of $70.8 billion. When real-life Willy Wonka, Forrest Mars Sr. passed away in 1991, he passed on the candy and pet food empire, Mars, Inc., his father had founded way back in 1911, to his three kids: Jacqueline, Forrest Mars Jr. and John Mars. The Mars siblings complete the company. [caption id="attachment_2564" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Ortega Family[/post_page_title] Can't live without a little retail therapy in Zara? Thank the Ortega family from Spain. All retail purchases you make go to line their $71 billion dollar pockets. Fast-fashion retailer Amancio Ortega and his late ex-wife Rosalía Mera opened their first Zara store way back in 1975 in Coruña in northwest Spain. The fashion clothing store is part of the Ortega's Inditex group which includes other brands like Massimo and Pull&Bear. The Inditex group turns an annual $28.9 million profit. [caption id="attachment_2565" align="aligncenter" width="760"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Arnault Family[/post_page_title] France's luxury goods conglomerate LVMH was founded in 1987 by Bernard Arnault. The conglomerate controls some of the world's most iconic and prestigious brands, such as Dior, Givenchy and Dom Pérignon. As a result, his family has a $77 billion dollar fortune. [caption id="attachment_2566" align="aligncenter" width="760"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Buffet Family[/post_page_title] Wouldn't it be nice to be the third richest person in the world? That would make you Warren Buffett - the genius investor who has been the chairman and largest shareholder of the largely-successful holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, since 1970. For having net worth is $85.7 billion, Warren Buffet actually lives a relatively modest lifestyle, along with his family. He has also promised to give away more than 99% of his fortune either during his life or when he passes away. [caption id="attachment_2568" align="aligncenter" width="760"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Gates Family[/post_page_title] Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft, the world's second most valuable company, and the second richest person in the world. The Gates family has a net worth of $96.6, and to date, billionaire Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates, have given away more$50 billion through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. [caption id="attachment_2569" align="aligncenter" width="760"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Koch Family[/post_page_title] This American family is worth $100.6 billion. Fred C. Koch founded what would become the game-changing, oil refining company, Koch Industries, back in 1940. Fred passed on the family business to his four sons in 1967 after he passed away. [caption id="attachment_2570" align="aligncenter" width="760"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Bezos Family[/post_page_title] It's a small wonder that the richest person in America is Jeff Bezos. The billionaire is worth $135 billion, having amassed his fortune from his incredibly popular company, Amazon, which was founded in 1994. The self-made billionaire has four children with novelist MacKenzie, from whom he is currently separated. The couple may also be entering the world record books soon for having the most costly divorce in history. And they say money can't buy happiness. [caption id="attachment_2571" align="aligncenter" width="760"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]Al Nahyan Family[/post_page_title] The Al Nahyan family is of the House of Nahyan, which has been the reigning royal family since 1973 in Abu Dhabi. The family has derived the bulk of their $150 billion dollar fortune from oil. Big surprise as to why they're doing so well for themselves. [caption id="attachment_2572" align="aligncenter" width="760"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Walton Family[/post_page_title] The Waltons are America's family that gave us Walmart, the supermarket giant that they control 50% of. Walmart is also the world's largest business in terms of revenue, easily turning over an annual $500.3 billion profit. The $168.3 billion family fortune is divided between the living heirs and brothers, Sam and James. They are the ones who founded the company in Arkansas way back in 1962. [caption id="attachment_2573" align="aligncenter" width="760"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Al Thani Family[/post_page_title] Another ruling family of the Middle East, the House of Thani has been the ruling family of Qatar since the mid-19th century. The family is headed by Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the country's leader. The Al Thani family is said to number in the thousands, possibly around 7,000 or 8,000! Lucky for them, they have a net worth of around $335 billion in a sovereign wealth fund. This wealth fund also has assets tied to it like London's Shard skyscraper and Harrod's department store. [caption id="attachment_2574" align="aligncenter" width="760"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Al-Sabah Family[/post_page_title] The Al-Sabah family is yet another ruling family which is said to have some 1,000 family members to it. The Al-Sabah dynasty has ruled Kuwait for 267 years. Currently, the head of household is also the country's current emir: Sheikh Sabah IV Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. In 1991, the dynasty's wealth was estimated by Time magazine to be an astonishing $90 billion. But since then, it has pretty much quadrupled. Now, they are worth $360 billion! [caption id="attachment_2577" align="aligncenter" width="760"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption] [post_page_title]The Saudi Family[/post_page_title] The richest family in the world is vastly wealthy by a long shot. The royal Saudi family, for which Saudi Arabia bears its name, has been the ruling family since 1744. Their worth is so incredible, it's uncomfortable to think about: $1.4 trillion. I mean, how can you possibly need that much money? What do you even do with it? It's not like you can take it with you when you die. And there are plenty of people out there in the world that could benefit from some of that wealth in the form of charity. [caption id="attachment_2576" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Credit: Getty Images[/caption]