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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2712 | Nanu GuptaAge 83 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | India | Retail | Fashion and Retail | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Neide Helena de MoraesAge 71 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | Brazil | Diversified | Diversified | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Ni Yongpei & familyAge 74 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | China | Beverages | Food and Beverage | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Nicole ShanahanAge 40 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | USA | Technology | Forbes profile | ||
| 2712 | Nie Tengyun & familyAge 50 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | China | Logistics | Service | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Nir ZukAge 55 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | USA | software | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Noaman RazackAge 68 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | India | Real estate | Real Estate | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Nobutada SajiAge 80 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | Japan | Beverages | Food and Beverage | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Pan LaicanAge not reported | $1.4BExternal annual reference | China | Soy sauce | Food and Beverage | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Pankaj DoshiAge 63 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | India | Solar panels | Energy | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Pantas SutardjaAge 63 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | USA | Semiconductors | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Philip GreenAge 73 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | UK | Fashion retail | Fashion and Retail | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Polys Haji-IoannouAge 66 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | Cyprus | EasyJet | Service | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Réal PlourdeAge 75 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | Canada | Convenience stores | Fashion and Retail | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Rezwan RazackAge 71 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | India | Real estate | Real Estate | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Rui ChenAge 48 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | China | Online entertainment | Media and Entertainment | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Ryan GravesAge 42 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | USA | Uber | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Saket BurmanAge 49 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | UK | Consumer goods | Food and Beverage | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Samih SawirisAge 69 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | Egypt | real estate, hotels | Service | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Sara BlakelyAge 55 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | USA | Spanx | Fashion and Retail | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Sergei KolesnikovAge 54 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | Russia | Building materials | Manufacturing | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Sergey DmitrievAge 59 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | Cyprus | Software | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Shirley KaoAge 69 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | Taiwan | Food & beverage retailing | Food and Beverage | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Simón Pedro Barceló VadellAge 60 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | Spain | Hotels | Real Estate | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Stelios Haji-IoannouAge 59 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | Cyprus | EasyJet | Service | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Sun Huaiqing & familyAge 56 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | China | Cosmetics | Fashion and Retail | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Susan Carol HollandAge 69 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | Italy | Hearing aids | Manufacturing | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Swift XieAge 46 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | China | Drones | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Tan LiliAge not reported | $1.4BExternal annual reference | China | Feed | Food and Beverage | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Todd ParkAge 53 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | USA | Health technology | Healthcare | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Tope AwotonaAge 44 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | USA | Software | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Tseng ChengAge 64 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | Taiwan | Petrochemicals | Manufacturing | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Tyler PerryAge 56 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | USA | Movies, television | Media and Entertainment | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Victor LinnikAge 58 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | Russia | Agriculture | Food and Beverage | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Vladimir BogdanovAge 74 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | Russia | Oil | Energy | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Wang Chou-hsiongAge 85 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | Taiwan | Footwear | Manufacturing | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Wang DongAge not reported | $1.4BExternal annual reference | China | Semiconductor | Manufacturing | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Wang JileiAge 61 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | China | Logistics | Logistics | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Wang MingwangAge 58 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | China | Electronics components | Manufacturing | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Wang Shih-ChungAge 64 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | Taiwan | Pneumatic equipments | Manufacturing | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Wu JianbinAge 46 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | China | auto parts | Manufacturing | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Wu KaitingAge 56 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | Hong Kong | Electronics | Telecom | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Wu Xushun & familyAge 77 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | China | Internet | Diversified | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Xiong HaitaoAge 62 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | China | plastics/investment | Manufacturing | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Xiong WuAge 50 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | China | Software | Technology | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Xiong XiaochuanAge 60 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | China | Medical devices | Healthcare | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Yan ZhiAge 53 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | China | Real estate | Real Estate | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Yao YiAge 60 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | China | Machine vision and fiber optics | Manufacturing | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Yasseen MansourAge 64 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | Egypt | Diversified | Diversified | Forbes profile | |
| 2712 | Yasuhide UnoAge 62 | $1.4BExternal annual reference | Japan | Payment services | 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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