Private dynasties
Alghanim family
- Finding
- $1.3B dated individual estimate
- Research boundary
- Larger private group spans numerous markets.
- Source
- Forbes
- As of
- 2020
- Confidence
- Medium
The 2026 global wealth index · provisional
Who holds the world's greatest fortunes?
A clear, searchable guide to the people, industries and places shaping private wealth around the world.
3428Directory profiles
80Countries represented
$20.1TProvisional reported total
18Industries mapped
01 / The index
Wealth, put in context.
Rankings tell only part of the story. This index connects every fortune to its source, geography and industry, making it easier to see where economic power is accumulating—and how quickly it moves.
2026 annual index · provisional
World billionaire directory
Current estimates and positions are a dated external reference snapshot from March 1, 2026. They are provisional while our first-party valuation methodology and rights review are completed.
Supplemental research records are placed near an attributed public figure solely for discovery. They remain NR and are excluded from annual ranks, counts, totals and structured net-worth data.
| Provisional rank | Person | Reported amount | Country | Wealth source | Industry | Source | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 694 | Märta Schörling AndreenAge 41 | $6BExternal annual reference | Sweden | Investments | Diversified | Forbes profile | |
| 694 | Mikhail LomtadzeAge 50 | $6BExternal annual reference | Georgia | Fintech | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 694 | Nusli WadiaAge 82 | $6BExternal annual reference | India | Consumer goods | Food and Beverage | Forbes profile | |
| 694 | Reinhold SchmiedingAge 71 | $6BExternal annual reference | USA | Medical devices | Healthcare | Forbes profile | |
| 694 | Robert Hale, Jr.Age 59 | $6BExternal annual reference | USA | Telecom | Telecom | Forbes profile | |
| 694 | Shari ArisonAge 68 | $6BExternal annual reference | Israel | Carnival Cruises | Service | Forbes profile | |
| 694 | Sky XuAge 42 | $6BExternal annual reference | China | E-commerce | Fashion and Retail | Forbes profile | |
| 694 | Sofia Högberg SchörlingAge 47 | $6BExternal annual reference | Sweden | Investments | Diversified | Forbes profile | |
| 694 | Trevor Rees-JonesAge 74 | $6BExternal annual reference | USA | Oil & gas | Energy | Forbes profile | |
| 694 | Tsai Ming-kaiAge 75 | $6BExternal annual reference | Taiwan | Semiconductors | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 694 | William Goldring & familyAge 83 | $6BExternal annual reference | USA | Liquor | Food and Beverage | Forbes profile | |
| 712 | Agoes ProjosasmitoAge 70 | $5.9BExternal annual reference | Indonesia | Mining, investment | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 712 | Don Vultaggio & familyAge 74 | $5.9BExternal annual reference | USA | Beverages | Food and Beverage | Forbes profile | |
| 712 | Jack DorseyAge 49 | $5.9BExternal annual reference | USA | Twitter, Square | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 712 | Jiang BinAge 59 | $5.9BExternal annual reference | China | Acoustic components | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 712 | Michal SolowowAge 63 | $5.9BExternal annual reference | Poland | Investments | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 712 | Rick CarusoAge 67 | $5.9BExternal annual reference | USA | Real estate | Real Estate | Forbes profile | |
| 712 | Samuel YinAge 75 | $5.9BExternal annual reference | Taiwan | Retail | Diversified | Forbes profile | |
| 712 | Vladimir KimAge 65 | $5.9BExternal annual reference | Kazakhstan | Mining | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 720 | Alex BehringAge 59 | $5.8BExternal annual reference | Brazil | Investments | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 720 | Alexander AbramovAge 67 | $5.8BExternal annual reference | Russia | Steel, mining | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 720 | Leonid BoguslavskyAge 74 | $5.8BExternal annual reference | Canada | Venture capital | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 720 | M.A. Yusuff AliAge 70 | $5.8BExternal annual reference | India | Retail | Fashion and Retail | Forbes profile | |
| 720 | Margot Birmingham PerotAge 92 | $5.8BExternal annual reference | USA | Computer services, real estate | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 720 | Martha Ingram & familyAge 90 | $5.8BExternal annual reference | USA | Book distribution, transportation | Media and Entertainment | Forbes profile | |
| 720 | Satyanarayan NuwalAge 73 | $5.8BExternal annual reference | India | Industrial explosives | Manufacturing | Forbes profile | |
| 720 | Takao YasudaAge 76 | $5.8BExternal annual reference | Japan | Retail | Fashion and Retail | Forbes profile | |
| 720 | Tomas Olivo LopezAge 52 | $5.8BExternal annual reference | Spain | Shopping centers | Real Estate | Forbes profile | |
| 720 | Yu RenrongAge 59 | $5.8BExternal annual reference | China | Semiconductors | Manufacturing | Forbes profile | |
| 730 | Andy MillsAge 64 | $5.7BExternal annual reference | USA | Medical supplies | Healthcare | Forbes profile | |
| 730 | Anthony von MandlAge 76 | $5.7BExternal annual reference | Canada | Alcoholic beverages | Food and Beverage | Forbes profile | |
| 730 | Archie Aldis Emmerson & familyAge 96 | $5.7BExternal annual reference | USA | Timberland, lumber mills | Manufacturing | Forbes profile | |
| 730 | Carl ThomaAge 77 | $5.7BExternal annual reference | USA | Private equity | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 730 | Charles B. JohnsonAge 93 | $5.7BExternal annual reference | USA | Franklin Templeton | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 730 | Heinrich Otto DeichmannAge 63 | $5.7BExternal annual reference | Germany | Shoes, retail | Fashion and Retail | Forbes profile | |
| 730 | Jayshree UllalAge 64 | $5.7BExternal annual reference | USA | Computer networking | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 730 | Jennifer GilbertAge 57 | $5.7BExternal annual reference | USA | Rocket Mortgage | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 730 | John HenryAge 76 | $5.7BExternal annual reference | USA | Sports | Sports | Forbes profile | |
| 730 | Johnelle HuntAge 94 | $5.7BExternal annual reference | USA | Trucking | Logistics | Forbes profile | |
| 730 | Jon StrykerAge 67 | $5.7BExternal annual reference | USA | Medical equipment | Healthcare | Forbes profile | |
| 730 | Lai MeisongAge 55 | $5.7BExternal annual reference | China | Package delivery | Logistics | Forbes profile | |
| 730 | Mario VerrocchiAge 68 | $5.7BExternal annual reference | Australia | Pharmacies | Fashion and Retail | Forbes profile | |
| 730 | Michael AshleyAge 61 | $5.7BExternal annual reference | UK | Sports retailing | Fashion and Retail | Forbes profile | |
| 730 | Park Hyeon-jooAge 67 | $5.7BExternal annual reference | South Korea | mutual funds | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 730 | Rajiv BajajAge 59 | $5.7BExternal annual reference | India | Diversified | Diversified | Forbes profile | |
| 730 | Sanjiv BajajAge 56 | $5.7BExternal annual reference | India | Diversified | Diversified | Forbes profile | |
| 730 | Thomas SecundaAge 71 | $5.7BExternal annual reference | USA | Bloomberg LP | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 730 | Tomasz BiernackiAge 53 | $5.7BExternal annual reference | Poland | Supermarkets | Fashion and Retail | Forbes profile | |
| 749 | Bob Gaglardi & familyAge 85 | $5.6BExternal annual reference | Canada | Hotels | Real Estate | Forbes profile | |
| 749 | Catherine Commisso & familyAge 68 | $5.6BExternal annual reference | USA | Telecom | Telecom | Forbes profile |
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Unmeasured fortunes
52 research records examine private dynasties, royal houses, political networks and foundation structures that cannot responsibly be reduced to a conventional personal-wealth ranking.
Substantiated
Independent evidence supports private or collective wealth exceeding $1 billion.
Qualified
Likely multibillion-dollar wealth, but shared, dated or not individually divisible.
Control
Oversees major assets that cannot responsibly be treated as personal property.
Historical
Previously extracted, hidden or recovered money—not present-day net worth.
Disputed
Material public claims exist, but ownership or present wealth remains unresolved.
Unproven
A significant subject whose billionaire status has not been established.
Reading rule
These are research records, not a combined ranking. Source-pending figures are leads for review, not verified values; people and families are never added together.
Substantiated
Private dynasties
Brenninkmeijer family
- Finding
- Approximately $39B
- Research boundary
- C&A and COFRA wealth distributed across an extended family.
- Source
- Bloomberg
- As of
- 2025
- Confidence
- High at family level
Private dynasties
Brescia/Breca family
- Finding
- Approximately $7.44B family pool
- Research boundary
- Mining, insurance, banking, fishing and property.
- Source
- Gestión
- As of
- 2025
- Confidence
- Medium-high
Royal houses and rulers
King Maha Vajiralongkorn
- Finding
- More than $30B under discretion
- Research boundary
- Transferred Crown Property assets retain a contested institutional history.
- Source
- The Guardian
- As of
- 2018
- Confidence
- Medium
Royal houses and rulers
King Mohammed VI
- Finding
- $5.7B historical estimate
- Research boundary
- Holding-company interests; previously listed rather than never measured.
- Source
- Forbes
- As of
- 2015
- Confidence
- Medium
Private dynasties
Merck family of Germany
- Finding
- Approximately €24.5B collective
- Research boundary
- Founding family owns 70.274% of Merck KGaA.
- Source
- Merck disclosure
- As of
- 2025
- Confidence
- High
02 / Method
A snapshot, not a scoreboard.
Net worth is an estimate, not a bank balance. The current annual directory is a provisional external reference. Our research programme is building a governed, first-party valuation record with ownership evidence, sources, review dates and clear limits.
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