Industry
Energy and resources billionaires
169 energy and resources billionaires are ranked in our records, with combined latest estimates of $793 billion. Vagit Alekperov leads at $29.5 billion. 126 of them built their fortune themselves.
| World rank | Name | Net worth | Source of wealth | Country | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Vagit Alekperov 76 Lukoil, Russia | $29.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Lukoil | 🇷🇺 Russia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 83 | Leonid Mikhelson 71 Novatek, Sibur, Russia | $28.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Novatek, Sibur | 🇷🇺 Russia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 104 | Gennady Timchenko 73 Volga Group, Novatek, Russia | $24.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Volga Group, Novatek | 🇷🇺 Russia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 114 | Zheng Shuliang 80 Aluminum products, China | $23.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Aluminum products | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 124 | Huang Shilin 59 Batteries, China | $21.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Batteries | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 141 | Harold Hamm 80 Continental Resources, United States | $19.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Continental Resources | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 162 | Sarath Ratanavadi 61 Energy, Thailand | $16.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Energy | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 173 | Andrew Forrest 64 Mining, Australia | $16.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Mining | 🇦🇺 Australia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 187 | Low Tuck Kwong 78 Coal, Indonesia | $15.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Coal | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 192 | George Kaiser 84 Kaiser-Francis Oil, BOK Financial, United States | $15.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Kaiser-Francis Oil, BOK Financial | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 197 | Jeffrey Hildebrand 67 Hilcorp Energy, United States | $14.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Hilcorp Energy | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 213 | Ivan Glasenberg 69 Mining, Switzerland | $14.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Mining | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 231 | Richard Kinder 82 Kinder Morgan, United States | $13.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Kinder Morgan | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 237 | Michael Sabel 59 Venture Global LNG, United States | $13.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Venture Global LNG | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 238 | Robert Pender 73 Venture Global LNG, United States | $13.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Venture Global LNG | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 278 | Terry Pegula 75 Natural gas, East Resources, United States | $11.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Natural gas, East Resources | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 313 | Randa Williams 64 Enterprise Products, United States | $11.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Enterprise Products | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 315 | Dannine Avara 52 Enterprise Products Partners, United States | $11.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Enterprise Products Partners | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 316 | Milane Frantz 56 Enterprise Products Partners, United States | $11.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Enterprise Products Partners | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 332 | Scott Duncan 43 Enterprise Products Partners, United States | $10.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Enterprise Products Partners | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 348 | Leonid Fedun 70 Lukoil, Russia | $10.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Lukoil | 🇷🇺 Russia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 372 | Daniel Křetínský 51 Energy, EPH, investments, Czech Republic | $9.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Energy, EPH, investments | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 375 | Zhang Xuexin 79 Aluminum, China | $9.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Aluminum | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 414 | Kelcy Warren 70 Energy Transfer, United States | $9.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Energy Transfer | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 426 | Wang Yusuo 62 Natural gas distribution, China | $8.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Natural gas distribution | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 433 | Li Ping 58 Batteries, Hong Kong | $8.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Batteries | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 437 | Pavel Tykač 62 Sev.en Energy, coal and power, Czech Republic | $8.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Sev.en Energy, coal and power | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 446 | Alexei Kuzmichev 64 Oil, banking, telecom, Russia | $8.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Oil, banking, telecom | 🇷🇺 Russia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 463 | Ray Lee Hunt 83 Hunt Oil (inherited), United States | $8.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Hunt Oil (inherited) | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 481 | Paolo Rocca 74 Techint and Tenaris, Argentina | $8.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Techint and Tenaris | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 482 | Gianfelice Rocca 78 Techint Group, Italy | $8.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Techint Group | 🇮🇹 Italy | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 502 | Mikhail Gutseriev 68 Oil, coal, real estate, Russia | $7.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Oil, coal, real estate | 🇷🇺 Russia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 542 | Cao Renxian 58 Photovoltaic equipment, China | $7.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Photovoltaic equipment | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 560 | Albert Avdolyan 55 Oil, mining, Russia | $7.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Oil, mining | 🇷🇺 Russia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 592 | Andrei Skoch 60 Metals and mining, Russia | $6.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Metals and mining | 🇷🇺 Russia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 667 | Trevor Rees-Jones 75 Chief Oil & Gas, United States | $6.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Chief Oil & Gas | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 691 | Vladimir Kim 65 Mining, Kazakhstan | $5.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Mining | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 719 | Gordon Getty 92 Getty Oil (inherited), United States | $5.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Getty Oil (inherited) | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 725 | Paul Foster 68 Western Refining, United States | $5.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Western Refining | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 729 | Liu Hanyuan 61 Agribusiness, new energy, China | $5.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Agribusiness, new energy | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 758 | Alejandro Bulgheroni 81 Oil & gas, Argentina | $5.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Oil & gas | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 770 | Bulat Utemuratov 68 Mining, banking, hotels, Kazakhstan | $5.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Mining, banking, hotels | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 784 | Torbjörn Törnqvist 72 Gunvor commodity trading, Sweden | $5.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Gunvor commodity trading | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 799 | Fan Hongwei 59 Petrochemicals, China | $5.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Petrochemicals | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 824 | N. Murray Edwards 66 Oil & gas, Canada | $5.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Oil & gas | 🇨🇦 Canada | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 843 | Anil Agarwal 73 Mining, metals, India | $5.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Mining, metals | 🇮🇳 India | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 858 | Nikolai Buinov 59 Oil, gas, Russia | $5.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Oil, gas | 🇷🇺 Russia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 868 | Igor Altushkin 56 Metals, Russia | $4.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Metals | 🇷🇺 Russia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 921 | Sid Richardson Bass 84 Oil (inherited), United States | $4.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Oil (inherited) | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 946 | George Bishop 89 GeoSouthern Energy, United States | $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | GeoSouthern Energy | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 948 | Lynn Schusterman 87 Samson Investment oil (inherited), United States | $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Samson Investment oil (inherited) | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 953 | Ray Davis 84 Pipelines, United States | $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Pipelines | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 957 | Aristotelis Mistakidis 64 Mining, commodities, Greece | $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Mining, commodities | 🇬🇷 Greece | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 974 | Eduardo Hochschild 62 Mining, Peru | $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Mining | 🇵🇪 Peru | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 990 | Lim Hariyanto Wijaya Sarwono 97 Palm oil, nickel mining, Indonesia | $4.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Palm oil, nickel mining | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 993 | Saban Cemil Kazanci 65 Energy, Türkiye | $4.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Energy | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 995 | Angela Bennett 82 Mining, Australia | $4.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Mining | 🇦🇺 Australia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1045 | Daniel Mate 63 Mining, commodities, Spain | $4.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Mining, commodities | 🇪🇸 Spain | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1075 | Clive Palmer 72 Mining, Australia | $4.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Mining | 🇦🇺 Australia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1117 | Alceu Elias Feldmann 77 Fertilizer, Brazil | $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Fertilizer | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1211 | Xie Weitong 69 Cobalt, Taiwan | $3.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Cobalt | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1219 | Mário Araripe 71 Energy, Brazil | $3.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Energy | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1248 | Julio Ponce Lerou 80 SQM lithium and fertilizers, Chile | $3.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | SQM lithium and fertilizers | 🇨🇱 Chile | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1250 | Arvind Tiku 56 Renewable energy, real estate, India | $3.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Renewable energy, real estate | 🇮🇳 India | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1251 | Patrice Motsepe 64 African Rainbow Minerals, South Africa | $3.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | African Rainbow Minerals | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1252 | Shen Xiqiang 78 Chemicals, China | $3.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Chemicals | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1295 | Cui Lixin 57 Aluminum, China | $3.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Aluminum | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1327 | Feng Hailiang 66 Copper, education, China | $3.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Copper, education | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1341 | Xiang Guangda 68 Metals, China | $3.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Metals | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1347 | Edward Bass 81 Oil, investments, United States | $3.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Oil, investments | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1365 | Dewi Kam 76 Coal, Indonesia | $3.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Coal | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1379 | Lee Bass 70 Oil, investments, United States | $3.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Oil, investments | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1389 | Michael S. Smith 71 Liquefied natural gas, United States | $3.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Liquefied natural gas | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1395 | Anatoly Sedykh 61 Steel pipes, Russia | $3.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Steel pipes | 🇷🇺 Russia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1401 | Dmitry Pumpyansky 62 Steel pipes, Russia | $3.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Steel pipes | 🇷🇺 Russia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1406 | Tor Peterson 62 Commodities, United States | $3.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Commodities | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1435 | Surender Saluja 79 Solar energy, India | $2.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Solar energy | 🇮🇳 India | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1444 | Rufino Vigil Gonzalez 78 Steel, Mexico | $2.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Steel | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1453 | Mikhail Shelkov 58 Titanium, Russia | $2.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Titanium | 🇷🇺 Russia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1460 | Agoes Projosasmito 71 Mining, investment, Indonesia | $2.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Mining, investment | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1466 | Robert Friedland 76 Ivanhoe Mines, United States | $2.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Ivanhoe Mines | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1502 | Wu Kai 58 Batteries, China | $2.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Batteries | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1526 | Lin Lairong 58 Iron ore mining, China | $2.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Iron ore mining | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1528 | Zhao Fenggang 60 Batteries, China | $2.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Batteries | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1558 | Alex Beard 56 Glencore oil trading, United Kingdom | $2.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Glencore oil trading | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1624 | Sam Chong 83 Mining, Australia | $2.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Mining | 🇦🇺 Australia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1649 | Michael Polsky 77 Electric power, United States | $2.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Electric power | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1687 | Kamal Ghaffarian 68 Space, energy, United States | $2.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Space, energy | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1752 | Chen Qiongxiang Batteries, China | $2.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Batteries | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1776 | Mika Anttonen 59 Oil & gas, Finland | $2.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Oil & gas | 🇫🇮 Finland | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1801 | Wu Yingming 59 Batteries, China | $2.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Batteries | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1834 | Manoj Upadhyay 56 Solar energy, India | $2.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Solar energy | 🇮🇳 India | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1856 | Cai Jianyong 55 Nickel, China | $2.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Nickel | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1870 | Dan Wilks 70 Frac Tech (fracking), United States | $2.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Frac Tech (fracking) | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1900 | Alexandra Burt 52 Mining, Australia | $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Mining | 🇦🇺 Australia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1911 | Vasily Anisimov 75 Real estate, Croatia | $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Real estate | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1983 | Leonie Baldock 55 Mining, Australia | $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Mining | 🇦🇺 Australia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2014 | Ron Corio 65 Solar, United States | $2.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Solar | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2019 | Kie Chie Wong 78 Investments, Malaysia | $2.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Investments | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2084 | Farris Wilks 74 Frac Tech (fracking), United States | $2.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Frac Tech (fracking) | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
Questions people ask
Who is the richest person in energy and resources?
Vagit Alekperov, with a latest public estimate of $29.5 billion dated October 2026.
How many energy and resources billionaires are there?
169 are ranked here (latest public estimate above $1 billion, dated on or after 1 September 2026).
Which countries lead in energy and resources?
United States (38), China (31), Russia (28).
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