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Industry intelligence · 2026 provisional annual reference
Mining and commodities
Metals, mining, minerals and commodity-linked industrial wealth. Reported estimates and positions come from a March 1, 2026 external annual reference and are not independently calculated Other Billionaires valuations.
96Provisional records$703.1BCombined provisional estimates$7.3BAverage provisional estimateChinaLeading country
Top wealth sourcesMiningSteelinvestmentsAluminum productsMetalstransport
| Provisional category position | Provisional global rank | Person | Reported amount | Country | Wealth source | Industry | Source | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #30 | Germán Larrea Mota Velasco & familyAge 72 | $67.1BExternal annual reference | Mexico | Mining | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 2 | #35 | Iris Fontbona & familyAge 83 | $52.6BExternal annual reference | Chile | Mining | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 3 | #51 | Savitri Jindal & familyAge 75 | $39.1BExternal annual reference | India | Steel | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 4 | #57 | Alexey Mordashov & familyAge 60 | $37BExternal annual reference | Russia | Steel, investments | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 5 | #63 | Zheng Shuliang & familyAge 80 | $33.2BExternal annual reference | China | Aluminum products | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 6 | #70 | Lakshmi MittalAge 75 | $31BExternal annual reference | India | Steel | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 7 | #79 | Vladimir PotaninAge 65 | $29.7BExternal annual reference | Russia | Metals | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 8 | #101 | Gina RinehartAge 72 | $25.5BExternal annual reference | Australia | Mining | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 8 | #101 | Vladimir LisinAge 69 | $25.5BExternal annual reference | Russia | Steel, transport | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 10 | #123 | Dang YanbaoAge 53 | $20.7BExternal annual reference | China | Coal | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 11 | #127 | Andrey Melnichenko & familyAge 54 | $20.4BExternal annual reference | Russia | Fertilizers, coal | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 12 | #128 | Andrew Forrest & familyAge 64 | $20.3BExternal annual reference | Australia | Mining | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 13 | #199 | Alisher UsmanovAge 72 | $14.5BExternal annual reference | Russia | Steel, telecom, investments | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 14 | #221 | Ivan GlasenbergAge 69 | $13.4BExternal annual reference | Switzerland | Mining | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 15 | #304 | Nicky Oppenheimer & familyAge 80 | $10.6BExternal annual reference | South Africa | Diamonds | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 16 | #359 | Iskander MakhmudovAge 62 | $9.7BExternal annual reference | Russia | Mining, metals, machinery | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 17 | #372 | Zhang Xuexin & familyAge 78 | $9.3BExternal annual reference | China | Aluminum | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 18 | #383 | Pavel TykacAge 61 | $9.1BExternal annual reference | Czech Republic | Coal mines | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 19 | #477 | Rinat AkhmetovAge 59 | $7.8BExternal annual reference | Ukraine | Steel, coal | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 20 | #498 | Oleg DeripaskaAge 58 | $7.6BExternal annual reference | Russia | Aluminum, utilities | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 21 | #528 | Gianfelice RoccaAge 78 | $7.3BExternal annual reference | Italy | Pipe Manufacturing | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 21 | #528 | Paolo RoccaAge 73 | $7.3BExternal annual reference | Italy | Pipe Manufacturing | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 23 | #595 | Andrei Skoch & familyAge 60 | $6.8BExternal annual reference | Russia | Metals and mining | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 24 | #653 | Lim Hariyanto Wijaya SarwonoAge 97 | $6.4BExternal annual reference | Indonesia | Palm oil, nickel mining | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 25 | #712 | Agoes ProjosasmitoAge 70 | $5.9BExternal annual reference | Indonesia | Mining, investment | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 25 | #712 | Vladimir KimAge 65 | $5.9BExternal annual reference | Kazakhstan | Mining | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 27 | #720 | Alexander AbramovAge 67 | $5.8BExternal annual reference | Russia | Steel, mining | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 28 | #762 | Cui LixinAge 57 | $5.5BExternal annual reference | China | Aluminum | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 29 | #780 | Bulat UtemuratovAge 68 | $5.4BExternal annual reference | Kazakhstan | Mining, banking, hotels | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 30 | #806 | Lin Lairong & familyAge 57 | $5.3BExternal annual reference | China | Iron ore mining | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 31 | #823 | Andrei KozitsynAge 65 | $5.2BExternal annual reference | Russia | Metals | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 31 | #823 | Eduardo HochschildAge 62 | $5.2BExternal annual reference | Peru | mining | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 33 | #869 | Igor AltushkinAge 55 | $4.9BExternal annual reference | Russia | Metals | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 34 | #934 | Anil Agarwal & familyAge 72 | $4.6BExternal annual reference | India | mining, metals | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 35 | #972 | Angela BennettAge 81 | $4.4BExternal annual reference | Australia | Mining | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 36 | #984 | Patrice MotsepeAge 64 | $4.3BExternal annual reference | South Africa | Mining | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 37 | #1011 | Aristotelis MistakidisAge 64 | $4.2BExternal annual reference | Greece | Mining, commodities | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 37 | #1011 | Xiang GuangdaAge 68 | $4.2BExternal annual reference | China | Metals | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 39 | #1074 | Clive PalmerAge 71 | $4BExternal annual reference | Australia | Mining | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 40 | #1108 | Daniel MateAge 62 | $3.9BExternal annual reference | Spain | Mining, commodities | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 40 | #1108 | Julio Ponce LerouAge 80 | $3.9BExternal annual reference | Chile | Fertilizer | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 42 | #1189 | Robert FriedlandAge 75 | $3.6BExternal annual reference | USA | Mining | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 43 | #1251 | Xie WeitongAge 69 | $3.4BExternal annual reference | Taiwan | Cobalt | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 44 | #1285 | Cai JianyongAge 55 | $3.3BExternal annual reference | China | Nickel | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 45 | #1325 | Feng HailiangAge 65 | $3.2BExternal annual reference | China | Copper, education | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 46 | #1376 | Huang Zelan & familyAge 70 | $3.1BExternal annual reference | China | metals | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 46 | #1376 | Rufino Vigil GonzalezAge 77 | $3.1BExternal annual reference | Mexico | Steel | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 48 | #1406 | Anatoly SedykhAge 61 | $3BExternal annual reference | Russia | Steel pipes | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 48 | #1406 | Dmitry PumpyanskyAge 61 | $3BExternal annual reference | Russia | Steel pipes | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile | |
| 50 | #1504 | Mikhail ShelkovAge 57 | $2.8BExternal annual reference | Russia | Titanium | Metals and Mining | Forbes profile |