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Oldest Billionaires in the World 2026

The oldest billionaires globally — the longest-lived members of the three-comma club with decades of wealth accumulation.

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#	Name	Net Worth	Age	Company	Country
451	Alejandro Bulgheroni	$5.651B	81	Oil & gas	ARGENTINA
452	John MacMillan	$1.73B	80	Cargill	UNITED STATES
453	Nicholas Pritzker	$2.142B	80	Hotels	UNITED STATES
454	Takemitsu Takizaki	$22.978B	80	Sensors	JAPAN
455	Lalit Khaitan	$1.995B	80	alcohol	INDIA
456	Shiv Nadar	$25.661B	80	Software services	INDIA
457	Deniz Sahenk	$1.581B	80	Diversified	TURKEY
458	Marina Prada	$1.814B	80	Luxury goods	ITALY
459	Solomon Lew	$2.045B	80	Retail	AUSTRALIA
460	Henry Laufer	$3.2B	80	Hedge funds	UNITED STATES
461	Thomas Schmidheiny	$10.31B	80	Cement	SWITZERLAND
462	Jack Link & family	$4B	80	Jack Link's meat snacks	UNITED STATES
463	Nicky Oppenheimer & family	$10.606B	80	Diamonds	SOUTH AFRICA
464	Richard Uihlein	$6.308B	80	Packaging materials	UNITED STATES
465	Karsanbhai Patel	$3.349B	80	Consumer goods	INDIA
466	Julio Ponce Lerou	$3.981B	80	Fertilizer	CHILE
467	Massimo Moratti	$1.905B	80	Oil refinery	ITALY
468	Jayme Garfinkel & family	$2.6B	80	Insurance	BRAZIL
469	Jack Gance	$3.578B	80	Pharmacies	AUSTRALIA
470	Rodger Riney & family	$4.196B	80	Discount brokerage	UNITED STATES
471	Anthony Bamford & family	$8.866B	80	Construction equipment	UNITED KINGDOM
472	Harold Hamm & family	$20.1B	80	Oil & gas	UNITED STATES
473	Rafaela Aponte-Diamant	$43.995B	80	Shipping	SWITZERLAND
474	Bennett Dorrance	$2.415B	80	Campbell Soup	UNITED STATES
475	Kwee Liong Keng	$1.813B	80	Real estate	SINGAPORE
476	Isabella Seràgnoli	$3.522B	80	Packaging	ITALY
477	Elizabeth Uihlein	$6.308B	80	Packaging materials	UNITED STATES
478	Eddy Sugianto	$1.093B	80	Coal	INDONESIA
479	Michael Ashcroft	$1.997B	80	Security	UNITED KINGDOM
480	James Leininger	$1.852B	80	Medical products	UNITED STATES
481	Eugene Wu	$2.567B	80	Finance	TAIWAN
482	Jeffrey Cheah	$5.318B	80	Property	MALAYSIA
483	Dorothy Chao Jenkins & family	$3.476B	80	Chemicals	UNITED STATES
484	Qiu Minxiu	$1.885B	80	Semiconductors	CHINA
485	Jack Dangermond	$15.594B	80	Mapping software	UNITED STATES
486	Hong Ra-hee	$11.819B	80	Samsung	SOUTH KOREA
487	Martin Ebner	$3.856B	80	Patinex AG	SWITZERLAND
488	Katsumi Tada	$2.245B	80	Real estate	JAPAN
489	Azim Premji	$8.27B	80	Software services	INDIA
490	Larry Tanenbaum	$2.781B	80	Sports	CANADA
491	Vincent McMahon	$3.436B	80	Entertainment	UNITED STATES
492	Carlos March Delgado	$2.292B	80	Banking	SPAIN
493	Stewart Rahr	$4.272B	80	Drug distribution	UNITED STATES
494	Miriam Adelson & family	$34.757B	80	Casinos	UNITED STATES
495	Michael Pieper	$4.469B	80	Kitchen appliances	SWITZERLAND
496	Zheng Shuliang & family	$29.553B	80	Aluminum products	CHINA
497	Heikki Kyostila	$2.274B	80	Dental products	FINLAND
498	Erich Wesjohann & family	$6.492B	80	Poultry genetics	GERMANY
499	Robert G. Miller	$2.563B	80	Electronics components	CANADA
500	Susan Alfond	$3.431B	80	Shoes	UNITED STATES

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About This Ranking

The oldest billionaires have accumulated wealth over multiple market cycles, recessions, and structural shifts in the global economy. Many started their companies in the 1950s–1970s and have retained large equity stakes over decades of compounding. Their longevity — both personal and financial — offers lessons in how great businesses can endure across generations.

All net worth figures are estimated from publicly available data including SEC filings, stock exchange prices, and company financial reports. Rankings are updated daily. Read our full methodology.