What Marjorie Post's Net Worth Is In Unfrosted (& What It Was When She Died)

Summary During the timeline of "Unfrosted," Marjorie Post's net worth was estimated to be between $75-100 million.

Post's fortune, inherited from her father, quickly grew under her leadership, reaching around $115.7 million when she died in 1973.

In today's money, Post's net worth would be around $826.5 million, showing the extent of her massive fortune as a food mogul.

Marjorie Post is one of the main characters in Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story, and here is what the food mogul's net worth was in the film as well as what it was when she died. Marjorie Post is one of the few real-life characters to appear in the Jerry Seinfeld film, with most of the rest of the movie consisting of fictional characters. However, Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story doesn't give much insight into Post's backstory, leaving many viewers wondering just how rich she was.

Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story is finally here, with the highly anticipated Jerry Seinfeld comedy now streaming on Netflix. Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story tells the not-so-true story of the Pop-Tart's development, chronicling a comic version of the space race between Kellogg's and Post. Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story features a star-studded cast, tons of hilarious jokes, and lots of Pop-Tarts, but it doesn't feature a discussion of Marjorie Post's net worth.

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Marjorie Post's Net Worth Was Between $75-100 Million During Unfrosted's Timeline

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Marjorie Post's vast fortune started out when she was willed $20 million from her father, including the immensely popular Post Foods company. However, her wealth quickly grew while the company was under her leadership. In a Fortune article that listed the richest people in America, Marjorie Post's net worth was estimated to be between $75-100 million, showing just how vast her fortune was.

Jerry Seinfeld's Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story takes place in 1963, meaning that Post's fortune would've been around the same amount as it was only a few years earlier. This would put Post's fortune somewhere between $833.6 million to $1.1 billion in today's money according to inflation.

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Marjorie Post's Net Worth Was At Least $115.7 Million When She Died In 1973

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Marjorie Post's wealth continued to grow throughout her life, with her fortune eventually growing to a massive undisclosed number. However, a New York Times article from shortly after her death in 1973 contains a breakdown of the fortune listed in Marjorie Post's will. According to the will, Marjorie Post had $112.5 million in securities, $2.5 million in cash, $700,435 in cash, and another $1 million in other items.

This puts Marjorie Post's net worth as of her 1973 death at $115.7 million, which was an absolute fortune in 1973. When accounting for inflation, this means that Marjorie Post's net worth was around $826.5 million in 2024 dollars. However, some estimates have been higher, with Forbes claiming that her fortune was closer to $250 million. While Edsel Kellogg III may have been fictional, Marjorie Post and her wealth were very real, with Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story not showing the full extent of her massive fortune.

Sources: Forbes, Fortune, New York Times