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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Savitri Jindal & familyAge 75 | $39.1BExternal annual reference | India | Steel | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 52 | Stephen SchwarzmanAge 79 | $38.3BExternal annual reference | USA | Investments | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 53 | Jean-Louis van der VeldeAge 62 | $38BExternal annual reference | Netherlands | Cryptocurrency | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 53 | Paolo ArdoinoAge 41 | $38BExternal annual reference | Italy | Cryptocurrency | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 55 | William DingAge 54 | $37.9BExternal annual reference | China | Online games | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 56 | Miriam Adelson & familyAge 80 | $37.5BExternal annual reference | USA | Casinos | Gambling & Casinos | Forbes profile | |
| 57 | Alexey Mordashov & familyAge 60 | $37BExternal annual reference | Russia | Steel, investments | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 58 | Colin HuangAge 46 | $36.6BExternal annual reference | China | E-commerce | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 59 | Eduardo SaverinAge 43 | $35.9BExternal annual reference | Brazil | Technology | Forbes profile | ||
| 60 | Eric SchmidtAge 70 | $35.5BExternal annual reference | USA | Technology | Forbes profile | ||
| 61 | Idan OferAge 70 | $34.6BExternal annual reference | Israel | Shipping | Diversified | Forbes profile | |
| 62 | Eyal OferAge 75 | $33.6BExternal annual reference | Israel | Real estate, shipping | Diversified | Forbes profile | |
| 63 | Abigail JohnsonAge 64 | $33.2BExternal annual reference | USA | Fidelity | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 63 | He Xiangjian & familyAge 83 | $33.2BExternal annual reference | China | Home appliances | Manufacturing | Forbes profile | |
| 63 | Zheng Shuliang & familyAge 80 | $33.2BExternal annual reference | China | Aluminum products | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 66 | Marilyn Simons & familyAge 75 | $32.5BExternal annual reference | USA | Hedge funds | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 67 | Robert PeraAge 48 | $31.7BExternal annual reference | USA | Wireless networking | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 68 | Michal StrnadAge 33 | $31.1BExternal annual reference | Czech Republic | Defense Contracting | Manufacturing | Forbes profile | |
| 68 | Phil Knight & familyAge 88 | $31.1BExternal annual reference | USA | Nike | Fashion and Retail | Forbes profile | |
| 70 | Lakshmi MittalAge 75 | $31BExternal annual reference | India | Steel | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 71 | Elaine Marshall & familyAge 83 | $30.9BExternal annual reference | USA | Koch Inc. | Diversified | Forbes profile | |
| 71 | Shiv NadarAge 80 | $30.9BExternal annual reference | India | Software services | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 73 | Henry SamueliAge 71 | $30.8BExternal annual reference | USA | Semiconductors | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 74 | Melinda French GatesAge 61 | $30.3BExternal annual reference | USA | Microsoft | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 75 | Reinhold Wuerth & familyAge 90 | $30.1BExternal annual reference | Germany | Fasteners | Manufacturing | Forbes profile | |
| 75 | Stefan QuandtAge 59 | $30.1BExternal annual reference | Germany | BMW | Automotive | Forbes profile | |
| 77 | Lyndal Stephens Greth & familyAge 51 | $30BExternal annual reference | USA | Oil & gas | Energy | Forbes profile | |
| 78 | Len BlavatnikAge 68 | $29.9BExternal annual reference | USA | Music, chemicals | Diversified | Forbes profile | |
| 79 | Susanne KlattenAge 63 | $29.7BExternal annual reference | Germany | BMW, pharmaceuticals | Automotive | Forbes profile | |
| 79 | Vladimir PotaninAge 65 | $29.7BExternal annual reference | Russia | Metals | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 81 | François Pinault & familyAge 89 | $29.5BExternal annual reference | France | Luxury goods | Fashion and Retail | Forbes profile | |
| 81 | Vagit AlekperovAge 75 | $29.5BExternal annual reference | Russia | Oil | Energy | Forbes profile | |
| 83 | Jack MaAge 61 | $29.1BExternal annual reference | China | E-commerce | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 84 | MacKenzie ScottAge 55 | $28.6BExternal annual reference | USA | Amazon | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 84 | Prajogo PangestuAge 81 | $28.6BExternal annual reference | Indonesia | Petrochemicals, energy | Diversified | Forbes profile | |
| 86 | Aliko DangoteAge 68 | $28.5BExternal annual reference | Nigeria | Cement, sugar | Manufacturing | Forbes profile | |
| 87 | Peter ThielAge 58 | $28.4BExternal annual reference | USA | Facebook, investments | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 88 | Emmanuel BesnierAge 55 | $28.3BExternal annual reference | France | Cheese | Food and Beverage | Forbes profile | |
| 88 | Leonid Mikhelson & familyAge 70 | $28.3BExternal annual reference | Russia | Gas, chemicals | Energy | Forbes profile | |
| 90 | Andreas von Bechtolsheim & familyAge 70 | $27.9BExternal annual reference | Germany | Technology | Forbes profile | ||
| 90 | Daniel GilbertAge 64 | $27.9BExternal annual reference | USA | Rocket Mortgage | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 90 | Lei JunAge 56 | $27.9BExternal annual reference | China | Smartphones, automobiles | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 93 | Pham Nhat VuongAge 57 | $27.7BExternal annual reference | Vietnam | Diversified | Diversified | Forbes profile | |
| 94 | Vicky Safra & familyAge 73 | $27.1BExternal annual reference | Greece | Banking | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 95 | Cyrus PoonawallaAge 84 | $27BExternal annual reference | India | Vaccines | Healthcare | Forbes profile | |
| 95 | Jay Y. LeeAge 57 | $27BExternal annual reference | South Korea | Samsung | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 97 | Rick Cohen & familyAge 73 | $26.3BExternal annual reference | USA | Warehouse automation | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 98 | Israel EnglanderAge 77 | $25.8BExternal annual reference | USA | Hedge funds | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 99 | Suleiman Kerimov & familyAge 59 | $25.7BExternal annual reference | Russia | Gold | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 100 | Dilip ShanghviAge 70 | $25.6BExternal annual reference | India | Pharmaceuticals | Healthcare | 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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