#9

The Hascoe Family (CT)

Net worth: $1.1 Billion

National rank: #170

Norman Hascoe was the president and founder of the investment firm Hascoe Associates. Hascoe was a financier and engineer in the semiconductor industry. Hascoe served as president of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs.

Hascoe and his wife Suzanne donated a part of their personal collection of Czech art to the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut.

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#8

The Cohen Family (NH)

Net worth: $1.3 Billion

National rank: #156

The Cohen family co-founded and own C&S Wholesale Grocers. C&S was founded by Israel Cohen and Abraham Siegel in 1918 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Rick Cohen, the third generation of the Cohen family to run the company, is the CEO.

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#7

The Gilbane Family (RI)             

Net worth: $1.4 Billion

National rank: #147

Gilbane, Inc., based in Providence, Rhode Island, is a family-owned, national construction and real estate development company. Gilbane is one of the nation’s oldest builders. The company was founded in 1873 by William H. Gilbane and his brother Thomas as a family-run carpentry and general contracting shop in Providence, Rhode Island.

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#6

The Bean Family (ME)

Net worth: $1.8 Billion

National rank: #124

Leon Leonwood Bean, a hunter and fisherman, founded the company L.L.Bean in 1912 in Freeport, Maine. L.L.Bean, Inc. is now a leading multichannel merchant of outdoor gear and apparel.

The company began as a one-room operation selling a single product, the Maine Hunting Shoe (aka L.L.Bean Boot).

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#5

The Haseotis Family (MA)

Net worth: $2.1 Billion

National rank: #108

The Haseotis Family owns and operates Cumberland Farms, which is a regional chain of convenience stores.

Vasilios and Aphrodite Haseotes purchased a single-cow farm in Cumberland, Rhode Island in 1938. This grew into the largest dairy farm in Southern New England.

Cumberland Farms opened a dairy store in Bellingham, Massachusetts in 1958 and the first convenience store in the northeastern United States in 1962.

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#4

The Demoulas Family (MA)

Net worth: $2.2 Billion

National rank: #104

The DeMoulas family founded and own Market Basket, which is a growing chain of 71 supermarkets in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine in the United States.

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#3

The Bresky Family (MA)

Net worth: $2.6 Billion

National rank: #89

The agri-conglomerate Seaboard Corp is owned by the Bresky family

The company is primarily engaged in domestic pork production and processing, and cargo shipping.

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#2

The Alfond Family (ME)

Net worth: $4.2 Billion

National rank: #64

Harold Alfond founded the Dexter Shoe Company and established the first factory outlet store.

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#1

The Edward Johnson Family (MA)

Net worth: $39 Billion

National rank: #5

In 1946, Edward C. Johnson II founded money manager Fidelity.

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