Rankings

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	Dieter Schwarz	$56.2B	86	Retail	Germany
202	Jeremy Jacobs Sr & family	$6.90B	86	Food service	United States
203	Antti Aarnio-Wihuri	$1.52B	86	Diversified	Finland
204	Herbert Allen Jr & family	$2.16B	86	Investment banking	United States
205	Michel Leclercq & family	$5.26B	86	Sporting goods	France
206	John A. Sobrato & family	$5.07B	86	Real estate	United States
207	Gao Xingjiang	$1.50B	86	Steel	China
208	Dick Portillo	$1.04B	86	Real estate	United States
209	Tsai Chi-jui	$1.10B	86	Pou Chen Group	Taiwan
210	Giuliana Caprotti	$1.17B	85	Supermarkets	Italy
211	Alan Wilson	$1.86B	85	Retailing	Australia
212	R. Budi Hartono	$15.2B	85	Banking	Indonesia
213	Mustafa Hamied	$1.14B	85	Pharmaceuticals	India
214	Albert Boehringer	$6.34B	85	Pharmaceuticals	Germany
215	Lin Tsung-Chi	$17.3B	85	Furniture rails	Taiwan
216	Kenzo Tsujimoto	$1.55B	85	Video games	Japan
217	Donald Friese	$1.75B	85	Manufacturing	United States
218	Albert Nahmad	$1.08B	85	Air conditioning parts	United States
219	Wang Chou-hsiong	$1.11B	85	Footwear	Taiwan
220	Stephen Ross	$21.5B	85	Real estate	United States
221	Jerry Speyer & family	$2.22B	85	Real estate	United States
222	John Malone	$11.2B	85	Cable television	United States
223	Arun Bharat Ram	$2.98B	85	Chemicals	India
224	Richard Schulze	$5.04B	85	Best Buy	United States
225	Marc Ladreit de Lacharriere	$4.43B	85	Finance	France
226	Gianluigi Aponte	$46.7B	85	Shipping	Switzerland
227	Basudeo Singh	$2.11B	85	Pharmaceuticals	India
228	Bob Gaglardi & family	$5.49B	85	Hotels	Canada
229	William Koch	$1.95B	85	Oil	United States
230	Bertil Hult	$2.63B	85	Education	Sweden
231	Chandru Raheja	$5.61B	85	Real estate	India
232	Wolfgang Marguerre & family	$7.56B	85	Pharmaceuticals	Germany
233	Shiv Kishan Agrawal	$3.28B	85	Snacks	India
234	Beda Diethelm	$2.67B	85	Hearing aids	Switzerland
235	Rupert Johnson Jr	$5.78B	85	Franklin Templeton	United States
236	Kwek Leng Beng	$3.85B	85	Diversified	Singapore
237	Kagemasa Kozuki	$3.58B	85	Video games	Japan
238	Chan Laiwa & family	$3.99B	85	Real estate	China
239	Alberto Bombassei	$2.38B	85	Automotive brakes	Italy
240	Kerry Stokes	$6.72B	85	Construction equipment	Australia
241	Dietmar Hopp & family	$6.30B	85	Software	Germany
242	Robert Rich Jr	$5.84B	85	Frozen foods	United States
243	Long Wan	$1.89B	85	Food	China
244	Jack Cockwell	$3.09B	85	Real estate	Canada
245	Nicola Bulgari	$2.32B	85	Luxury goods	Italy
246	Christian Latouche & family	$2.76B	85	Accounting services	France
247	David Duffield	$11.1B	85	Business software	United States
248	Yoshiko Mori	$2.76B	85	Real estate	Japan
249	Lin Chang Su-O	$1.48B	85	Real estate	Taiwan
250	Jose Isaac Peres & family	$1.47B	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.