Forget that old saying that fortunes die by the third generation. Forbes’s List Of America’s 200 Richest Families (minimum net worth: $1.2 billion) shows many with roots going back to the 19th century. Among 33 newcomers: the Sacklers, who got rich off Oxycontin, and the Greenbergs, who created Skechers.
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(This story appears in the 07 August, 2015 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)