Historic house
du Pont family
DuPont · United States · founded 1802
Two centuries of chemical industry ownership from a Delaware gunpowder mill.
Family fortune
Not published
No desk publishes a consolidated family-level figure for this house.
Generations
9
Documented members
3
Industries
Chemicals, Explosives
Founders, principals and heirs
Éleuthère Irénée du Pont
Founder · generation 1 · 1771–1834
Founded the gunpowder works on the Brandywine.
Pierre S. du Pont
Principal · generation 4 · 1870–1954
Modernised DuPont and General Motors.
Pierre S. du Pont IV
Heir · generation 6 · 1935–2021
Governor of Delaware.
Legacy
The fortune is now spread across many hundreds of descendants, so no consolidated modern figure exists.
Evidentiary standard
Family fortunes are only recorded where a named wealth desk publishes a standing family-level estimate; the source and valuation date are shown with the figure. Houses whose assets are held through charitable trusts, foundations, or sovereign vehicles carry no figure, because no verifiable personal total exists. Lineage entries are limited to publicly documented family members.