The ten most powerful families in the US - three of them are White House veterans

Larry's third marriage resulted in the birth of two children, David and Megan. Both of Ellison's children went into the film industry and each owns a successful film production company. The films that have come out from their companies are American Hustle, Her, Star Trek, etc.

9. The Lauren Family - Retail Rulers

Ralph Lauren with other family members

Members of the Lauren family today span retail, philanthropy and film, and each carries the unforgettable meaning of the Lauren name.

Ralph Lauren was born into a Jewish immigrant family in New York. He had an obsession with dressing and looking his best and it paid for his education. He designed wide collars, as a great contrast to the thin ties of the time, and thus the Polo label was born.

Ralph Lifschitz changed his last name to Lauren and his brand evolved into a lifestyle in American clothing. He married Ricky Anne and they had two sons and a daughter together.

One of his sons, David, is the only one who continued his father's business. He is now vice president of Corporate Marketing, Communications and Advertising at Ralph Lauren. David married the granddaughter of former president George W. Bush, Lauren Bush, who is the founder of the charity organization FEED, while the other son Andrew is an actor and film producer, Telegraph reports.

8. The Lauder family - cosmetics bosses

The Estee Lauder family

Estee Lauder built a cosmetics empire from nothing that earned millions of loyal followers around the world. Today, the company and its descendants are worth billions. She was born to immigrant parents in New York and began making her own cosmetics and selling them in area beauty salons.

With financial help from her father, Estee opened her own store in Manhattan in the mid-1940s. Her husband helped her run the business, and even sons Leonard and Ronald got involved.

Today, the company is still run by the children and grandchildren of the Lauder family. Leonard is the president of the Estee Lauder Cosmetics Company.

7. The Tisch family - emperors of the arts

Some members of the Tisch family

The Tisch family is closely associated with the Loews Corporation and philanthropy of the arts, but Laurence Allen Tisch and his younger brother Preston Robert founded the hotel empire. Their first investment began when Larry convinced his parents to help him invest in a hotel in New Jersey.

Bob soon joined the business and the Tisch brothers took over the Loews corporation from MGM studios. Today, this corporation deals in insurance, oil and pipeline transportation, in addition to hotels.

Larry is a major investor in CBS, where he won a position on the board of directors, while Bob bought a share of the New York Giants in 1991, the Telegraph reports.

6. The Vanderbilt family - industry

Journalist Anderson Cooper, one of the descendants of the Vanderbilt family

Vanderbilt is one of the richest old families. The family is of Dutch origin and became important during the last decades of the 19th century.

Comelius Vanderbilt, born in 1794, grew up in poverty but managed to overcome it. From a young age he worked in his father's shipbuilding business, and managed to build a shipbuilding empire. He and his successors expanded their business into other industries including the railroad business.

Comelius' son Billy inherited 95 percent of his father's fortune, and continued to invest in railroads, but after him, most of the Vanderbilts spent a lot of money in real estate.

5. The Walton Family - the Sultans of Shopping Malls

Members of the Walton family

Sam Walton and his brother Bud opened the first store in 1945 in Arkansas. The Walton family brought a commercial center of importance. Following the success of the business model for Walmart, the Walton brothers founded Sam's Club in 1983.

Their older sister invested her money in the Crystal Bridges Museum in Arkansas, of which she is also the director. Alice is also a philanthropist who has created a political action committee in support of Hillary Clinton's presidency, reports the Telegraph.

4. The Rockefeller family - banking billionaires

David Rockefeller, members of the Rockefeller family

The Rockefellers are an American family of great importance in the banking industry and in recent years, they have also entered the field of politics. While many of the wealthy families have lost their power over the years, the Rockefeller family has made their empire even bigger.

This family came to the United States from Germany sometime around the 1720s. John D. Rockefeller's fortune began when he established a manufacturing business that fed Union troops during the Civil War. After the War, he began investing in oil and founded the Standard Oil Company in 1870 with a capital of one million dollars, making it the largest company in the country at the time.

3. The Kennedy family - the powerful of politics

John F. Kennedy, former president of the USA

The Kennedy family, descended from an Irish immigrant family, is a quintessential example of the "American dream." The first Kennedys immigrated from Ireland to Boston in 1848, and within a generation, one of the family members entered politics, when Patrick Joseph served as a State Representative and later Governor of Massachusetts.

Patrick's son Joseph became the United States ambassador to the United Kingdom and had nine children. Three of his sons, John, Robert and Ted became political figures in the US government. John Kennedy became president of the USA in 1961 and served until 1963 when he was assassinated. His brother, Robert, was also killed shortly after winning California's first presidential primary.

From 1962 to 2009, Ted was a Massachusetts Senator, making him the third longest serving senator. He died in 2009 after a battle with brain cancer.

The Kennedy family is best known for the misfortunes that have befallen it. There are several versions of the tragedies of the Kennedy family. It is also known for the misfortunes that have plagued it, reducing it to a handful of surviving descendants, which can now be counted on the fingers of one hand, being even described as "cursed".

In the early 1960s, analysts characterized John Kennedy's presidency as the first of a dynasty in the White House. But after the assassination of the President and the assassination of his brother, Robert Kennedy, five years later in 1968, the idea would fade from the public mind. The long history of tragedy in the Kennedy family does not only mark these two premature deaths. Their older brother, Joseph, had been killed during the Second World War, while their sister, Kathleen, had lost her life in an air accident, the Telegraph reports.

2. The Bush family - the presidents

George W. Bush, former president of the USA

Members of the Bush family have also served in the executive and legislative branches of government. The family produced two presidents and state governors from its ranks in the US. The wealth of the Bush family is estimated to be in the millions of dollars.

Given their strong ties to Texas, the Bush family is expected to be "big shots" in the oil and gas industry, but oil is not the only industry the family has benefited from. They are also prominent in the world of investing. During World War I, Samuel Bush's business ventures helped him build the family fortune.

Samuel's son, Prescott, became wealthy through finance at Union Banking Corp. but also through oil, as a member of the industry that his son George W. Bush also started. The latter married Barbara Pierce, and they have children. He was elected president in 1988. Then his son George W. Bush succeeded him in 2000.

1. The Clinton family - White House veterans

Bill and Hillary Clinton

As a young, large, political family, the Clintons continued to expand their reach into the worlds of politics and philanthropy. Former President Bill Clinton wanted to be a musician before he met John Kennedy and was inspired and pushed by him into the field of politics.

Starting out as governor of Arkansas in 1976, Bill built his way to the White House in 1992 for two successful terms. His wife, Hillary Clinton, was a teacher and lawyer before assuming the title of First Lady. She has played a major supporting and advisory role for Bill throughout his political career as he builds his own.

An advocate for health care reform and other important issues, she was elected New York Senator in 2000 and has served as Secretary of State. The Clintons' daughter Chelsea is following in her father's footsteps as a lady correspondent at NBC. /Telegraph/