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Forbes Update: Top 8 Richest Irish Individuals and their net worth in 2018

4. John Dorrance III

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John Dorrance III (born 1943/1944) is an American-born Irish billionaire businessman and Campbell’s Soup heir. He is also known as “Ippy” Dorrance. He is the son of John T. “Jack” Dorrance Jr. (1919–1989), and grandson of John Thompson Dorrance.

As of November 2015, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$2.6 billion.

For 15 years he lived on a ranch in Wyoming, before moving to Ireland. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that, “In Ireland, he can pay half the 30 percent U.S. tax rate on dividends, and when he dies, his estate will be taxed at 2 percent, rather than 55 percent in the United States.”

He is married with two children and lives in Dublin.

His estimated net-worth as at now is $2.7 Billion.