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Contributor Craig Malisow covers crooks, quacks, animal abusers, elected officials, and other assorted people for the Houston Press. Contact: Craig Malisow. This is the Solution From Cable Providers? Don't Miss Out. Join Today. One of Houston's best known names has appeared on the latest Forbes list of America's Richest Families. The Cullen family lands at No. The family is one of the city's most philanthropic, with numerous charitable gifts to the University of Houston, Texas Medical Center, arts groups and other nonprofit organizations.

Nineteen of the families on the list are from Texas. Even though the magazine notes that much of the family's investments are in the coal industry, which has gone down in value by 75 percent since the beginning of , it is the Cullens' first appearance on a Forbes richest list since The richest family in Houston, and No. Family patriarch Dan Duncan made a fortune in pipelines before his death in and passed on his considerable wealth to his heirs.

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