What is John Franklyn Mars?
'''John Franklyn Mars''', [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire|KBE]] (born October 15, 1935) is an American businessman. He was born in [[Arlington, Virginia]]. As a member of the [[Mars family]], his share of the company and other assets were worth US$10 billion in September 2010, making him the 52nd richest person in the world and the 26th richest person in America, according to ''[[Forbes]]''. As of October 2012, Mars is listed as the 30th richest person in the world with a net worth of 20.1 billion.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bloomberg Billionares Index |access-date=December 3, 2012 |url=http://topics.bloomberg.com/bloomberg-billionaires-index/ |publisher=Bloomberg LP |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214085457/http://topics.bloomberg.com/bloomberg-billionaires-index/ |archive-date=December 14, 2012 }}</ref> In January 2017, he paid $7.7 billion for VCA, Inc, a pet care company.<ref>{{cite web |title=John Mars |access-date=May 7, 2017 |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/john-mars/?list=billionaires|work=Forbes}}</ref> As of January 2018, Mars had a net worth of $28.1 billion, making him the 32nd-richest person in the world (tied with his sister [[Jacqueline Mars|Jacqueline]]).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/john-mars/?list=billionaires|title=John Mars|date=2017-03-21|work=[[Forbes]]}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mars, John Franklyn}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American billionaires]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Virginia]] [[Category:People from Arlington County, Virginia]]