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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
201	Gao Xingjiang	$2.27B	86	Steel	CHINA
202	Herbert Allen Jr & family	$2.101B	86	Investment banking	UNITED STATES
203	Dieter Schwarz	$59.198B	86	Retail	GERMANY
204	Jeremy Jacobs Sr & family	$5.439B	86	Food service	UNITED STATES
205	Michel Leclercq & family	$5.175B	86	Sporting goods	FRANCE
206	John A. Sobrato & family	$5.657B	86	Real estate	UNITED STATES
207	Giuseppe De'Longhi & family	$5.769B	86	Coffee makers	ITALY
208	Dick Portillo	$1.037B	86	Real estate	UNITED STATES
209	Tsai Chi-jui	$1.1B	86	Pou Chen Group	TAIWAN
210	Giuliana Caprotti	$1.201B	85	Supermarkets	ITALY
211	Alan Wilson	$1.567B	85	Retailing	AUSTRALIA
212	Mustafa Hamied	$1.158B	85	Pharmaceuticals	INDIA
213	R. Budi Hartono	$15.477B	85	Banking	INDONESIA
214	Albert Boehringer	$6.514B	85	Pharmaceuticals	GERMANY
215	Lin Tsung-Chi	$7.08B	85	Furniture rails	TAIWAN
216	Kenzo Tsujimoto	$1.192B	85	Video games	JAPAN
217	Donald Friese	$1.75B	85	Manufacturing	UNITED STATES
218	Basudeo Singh	$2.211B	85	Pharmaceuticals	INDIA
219	Alberto Bombassei	$2.502B	85	Automotive brakes	ITALY
220	Wang Chou-hsiong	$1.136B	85	Footwear	TAIWAN
221	Stephen Ross	$16.983B	85	Real estate	UNITED STATES
222	Marc Ladreit de Lacharriere	$4.553B	85	Finance	FRANCE
223	John Malone	$11.081B	85	Cable television	UNITED STATES
224	Arun Bharat Ram	$3.108B	85	Chemicals	INDIA
225	Wolfgang Marguerre & family	$7.771B	85	Pharmaceuticals	GERMANY
226	Richard Schulze	$4.194B	85	Best Buy	UNITED STATES
227	Gianluigi Aponte	$43.995B	85	Shipping	SWITZERLAND
228	Bob Gaglardi & family	$5.602B	85	Hotels	CANADA
229	William Koch	$1.951B	85	Oil	UNITED STATES
230	Chandru Raheja	$4.987B	85	Real estate	INDIA
231	Jerry Speyer & family	$2.219B	85	Real estate	UNITED STATES
232	Bertil Hult	$2.627B	85	Education	SWEDEN
233	Rupert Johnson Jr	$5.167B	85	Franklin Templeton	UNITED STATES
234	Kagemasa Kozuki	$3.138B	85	Video games	JAPAN
235	Robert Rich Jr	$6.539B	85	Frozen foods	UNITED STATES
236	Kerry Stokes	$7.207B	85	Construction equipment	AUSTRALIA
237	Long Wan	$2.773B	85	Food	CHINA
238	Kwek Leng Beng	$3.836B	85	Diversified	SINGAPORE
239	Beda Diethelm	$2.394B	85	Hearing aids	SWITZERLAND
240	Jack Cockwell	$3.581B	85	Real estate	CANADA
241	Shiv Kishan Agrawal	$3.278B	85	Snacks	INDIA
242	Lin Chang Su-O	$1.482B	85	Real estate	TAIWAN
243	Christian Latouche & family	$2.764B	85	Accounting services	FRANCE
244	Chan Laiwa & family	$3.99B	85	Real estate	CHINA
245	Yoshiko Mori	$2.759B	85	Real estate	JAPAN
246	Nicola Bulgari	$2.427B	85	Luxury goods	ITALY
247	David Duffield	$8.437B	85	Business software	UNITED STATES
248	Dietmar Hopp & family	$6.384B	85	Software	GERMANY
249	Albert Nahmad	$1.333B	85	Air conditioning parts	UNITED STATES
250	Jose Isaac Peres & family	$1.424B	85	Shopping malls	BRAZIL

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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.