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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 749 | Hortensia HerreroAge 75 | $5.6BExternal annual reference | Spain | Supermarkets | Fashion and Retail | Forbes profile | |
| 749 | Hu BaifanAge 63 | $5.6BExternal annual reference | China | Pharmaceuticals | Healthcare | Forbes profile | |
| 749 | Jeffrey CheahAge 80 | $5.6BExternal annual reference | Malaysia | Property, healthcare | Real Estate | Forbes profile | |
| 749 | Ken Xie & familyAge 63 | $5.6BExternal annual reference | USA | Cybersecurity | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 749 | Lachhman Das MittalAge 95 | $5.6BExternal annual reference | India | Tractors | Automotive | Forbes profile | |
| 749 | Liu Jincheng & familyAge 61 | $5.6BExternal annual reference | China | Lithium batteries | Manufacturing | Forbes profile | |
| 749 | Naguib SawirisAge 71 | $5.6BExternal annual reference | Egypt | Telecom | Telecom | Forbes profile | |
| 749 | Rakesh GangwalAge 72 | $5.6BExternal annual reference | USA | Airline | Service | Forbes profile | |
| 749 | Renuka JagtianiAge 72 | $5.6BExternal annual reference | India | Retail | Fashion and Retail | Forbes profile | |
| 749 | Wang XinAge 53 | $5.6BExternal annual reference | China | Manufacturing | Manufacturing | Forbes profile | |
| 749 | Zhu Baoguo & familyAge 63 | $5.6BExternal annual reference | China | Pharmaceuticals | Healthcare | Forbes profile | |
| 762 | Ali GhodsiAge 47 | $5.5BExternal annual reference | Sweden | Data analytics | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 762 | Andre KooAge 58 | $5.5BExternal annual reference | Taiwan | Financial services | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 762 | Bert BeveridgeAge 64 | $5.5BExternal annual reference | USA | Vodka | Food and Beverage | Forbes profile | |
| 762 | Christiane SchoellerAge 58 | $5.5BExternal annual reference | Germany | Publishing | Media and Entertainment | Forbes profile | |
| 762 | Cui LixinAge 57 | $5.5BExternal annual reference | China | Aluminum | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 762 | Gaye FarncombeAge 74 | $5.5BExternal annual reference | Canada | Thomson Reuters | Media and Entertainment | Forbes profile | |
| 762 | Gordon Getty & familyAge 92 | $5.5BExternal annual reference | USA | Getty Oil | Energy | Forbes profile | |
| 762 | Jerzy StarakAge 78 | $5.5BExternal annual reference | Poland | Pharmaceuticals | Healthcare | Forbes profile | |
| 762 | Jiang Rensheng & familyAge 72 | $5.5BExternal annual reference | China | Vaccines | Healthcare | Forbes profile | |
| 762 | Linda CampbellAge 76 | $5.5BExternal annual reference | Canada | Thomson Reuters | Media and Entertainment | Forbes profile | |
| 762 | Matthew PrinceAge 51 | $5.5BExternal annual reference | USA | Cybersecurity | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 762 | Matthias ReinhartAge 66 | $5.5BExternal annual reference | Switzerland | Financial services | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 762 | Neal Blue & familyAge 90 | $5.5BExternal annual reference | USA | Defense | Manufacturing | Forbes profile | |
| 762 | Nicolas D'IeterenAge 50 | $5.5BExternal annual reference | Belgium | Auto parts, distribution | Automotive | Forbes profile | |
| 762 | Peter SpuhlerAge 66 | $5.5BExternal annual reference | Switzerland | Train cars | Manufacturing | Forbes profile | |
| 762 | Romesh T. WadhwaniAge 78 | $5.5BExternal annual reference | USA | Software | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 762 | Stefan von HoltzbrinckAge 62 | $5.5BExternal annual reference | Germany | Publishing | Media and Entertainment | Forbes profile | |
| 762 | Xiao Yongming & familyAge 61 | $5.5BExternal annual reference | China | Fertilizer | Diversified | Forbes profile | |
| 780 | Andrew KaramAge 44 | $5.4BExternal annual reference | USA | Advertising technology | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 780 | Austen Cargill, II.Age 75 | $5.4BExternal annual reference | USA | Cargill | Food and Beverage | Forbes profile | |
| 780 | Bulat UtemuratovAge 68 | $5.4BExternal annual reference | Kazakhstan | Mining, banking, hotels | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 780 | Dinara KulibayevaAge 58 | $5.4BExternal annual reference | Kazakhstan | Banking | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 780 | Edward Stack & familyAge 71 | $5.4BExternal annual reference | USA | Dick's Sporting Goods | Fashion and Retail | Forbes profile | |
| 780 | Georg Nemetschek & familyAge 92 | $5.4BExternal annual reference | Germany | Software | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 780 | Ivan TavrinAge 49 | $5.4BExternal annual reference | Russia | Private equity | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 780 | James Cargill, II.Age 76 | $5.4BExternal annual reference | USA | Cargill | Food and Beverage | Forbes profile | |
| 780 | Jamshyd GodrejAge 77 | $5.4BExternal annual reference | India | Consumer goods, real estate | Real Estate | Forbes profile | |
| 780 | Jean (Gigi) PritzkerAge 63 | $5.4BExternal annual reference | USA | Hotels, investments | Service | Forbes profile | |
| 780 | Jeremy Jacobs, Sr. & familyAge 86 | $5.4BExternal annual reference | USA | Food service | Service | Forbes profile | |
| 780 | Joesley BatistaAge 54 | $5.4BExternal annual reference | Brazil | Beef processing | Food and Beverage | Forbes profile | |
| 780 | Jon YarbroughAge 68 | $5.4BExternal annual reference | USA | Gambling machines | Gambling & Casinos | Forbes profile | |
| 780 | Lin Shu-hongAge 97 | $5.4BExternal annual reference | Taiwan | Petrochemicals | Manufacturing | Forbes profile | |
| 780 | Lynda ResnickAge 83 | $5.4BExternal annual reference | USA | Agriculture | Food and Beverage | Forbes profile | |
| 780 | Margarita Louis-Dreyfus & familyAge 63 | $5.4BExternal annual reference | Switzerland | Commodities | Food and Beverage | Forbes profile | |
| 780 | Marianne LiebmannAge 72 | $5.4BExternal annual reference | USA | Cargill | Food and Beverage | Forbes profile | |
| 780 | Peter KelloggAge 83 | $5.4BExternal annual reference | USA | Investments | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 780 | Qiu Jianping & familyAge 64 | $5.4BExternal annual reference | China | Hand tools | Manufacturing | Forbes profile | |
| 780 | Russell SavageAge 55 | $5.4BExternal annual reference | USA | Energy drinks | Food and Beverage | Forbes profile | |
| 780 | Scott CookAge 73 | $5.4BExternal annual reference | USA | Software | Technology | 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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