Celebrities Who Hit the Genetic Jackpot by Being Born Into Billionaire Families

Finally, this shows how messy a family can really get over money. Child actor Liesel Matthews, who now goes by her real name, Liesel Pritzker Simmons, is the niece of Jay and Donald Pritzker, the cofounders of the Hyatt Hotel chain. In 1998, a year before his death, Jay was said to be worth $5 billion. 

Well, here’s where the mess comes in. In 2002, Liesel filed a $6 billion lawsuit against her father and other relatives, alleging they schemed on her inheritance. She believed they had “looted” her and her brother out of a billion dollars of their trust funds. Her brother, Matthew, would also go on to join the suit. The story is wild, and her family was allegedly involved in some pretty shady schemes that didn’t involve her or her brother. Eventually, the case was settled out of court, and Liesel and Matthew both got paid. According to Forbes, the Pritzker family as a whole is worth $41.6 billion, and Liesel is worth $1.5 billion all on her own.