Industry
Manufacturing and industry billionaires
567 manufacturing and industry billionaires are ranked in our records, with combined latest estimates of $2.14 trillion. Aliko Dangote leads at $51.7 billion. 353 of them built their fortune themselves.
| World rank | Name | Net worth | Source of wealth | Country | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 870 | John Middleton 71 John Middleton Co. cigars, United States | $4.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | John Middleton Co. cigars | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 873 | Han Tao 65 Copper-clad laminates, China | $4.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Copper-clad laminates | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 875 | Fernand Huts 76 Logistics, transportation, Belgium | $4.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Logistics, transportation | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 876 | Baba Kalyani 77 Engineering, India | $4.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Engineering | 🇮🇳 India | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 877 | Nicolas D'Ieteren 51 Auto parts, distribution, Belgium | $4.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Auto parts, distribution | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 878 | Andrei Bokarev 60 Metals, mining, Russia | $4.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Metals, mining | 🇷🇺 Russia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 906 | Henning Oldendorff 69 Shipping, Germany | $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Shipping | 🇩🇪 Germany | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 908 | Mark Shoen 75 U-Haul, United States | $4.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | U-Haul | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 909 | Hsieh Wen-Ta Semiconductor testing equipment, Taiwan | $4.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Semiconductor testing equipment | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 919 | Abdulla Al Futtaim 86 Auto dealers, investments, United Arab Emirates | $4.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Auto dealers, investments | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 925 | George Prokopiou 80 Shipping, Greece | $4.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Shipping | 🇬🇷 Greece | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 964 | Walter Frey 83 Car dealerships, Switzerland | $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Car dealerships | 🇨🇠Switzerland | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 969 | Andreas Martinos 71 Shipping, Greece | $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Shipping | 🇬🇷 Greece | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 983 | Michael Pieper 80 Kitchen appliances, Switzerland | $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Kitchen appliances | 🇨🇠Switzerland | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 984 | Liu Jincheng 62 Lithium batteries, China | $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Lithium batteries | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 987 | Ira Rennert 92 Renco Group, United States | $4.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Renco Group | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 998 | April Goh 35 Paints, Singapore | $4.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Paints | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 999 | Yeung Kin-man 73 Electronics, Hong Kong | $4.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Electronics | ðŸ‡ðŸ‡° Hong Kong | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1001 | Qiu Jianping 64 Hand tools, China | $4.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Hand tools | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1008 | Julia Thiele-Schuerhoff 54 Brakes, investments, Germany | $4.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Brakes, investments | 🇩🇪 Germany | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1010 | Cristiano Crippa 56 Microchip testing, Italy | $4.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Microchip testing | 🇮🇹 Italy | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1011 | Roberto Crippa 46 Microchip testing, Italy | $4.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Microchip testing | 🇮🇹 Italy | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1012 | Todd Wanek 62 Furniture, United States | $4.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Furniture | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1030 | Anna Katharina Viessmann 40 Heating and cooling equipment, Germany | $4.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Heating and cooling equipment | 🇩🇪 Germany | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1039 | Norman Braman 94 Art, car dealerships, United States | $4.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Art, car dealerships | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1041 | Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann 85 Auto parts, Germany | $4.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Auto parts | 🇩🇪 Germany | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1049 | Antti Herlin 69 Elevators, escalators, Finland | $4.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Elevators, escalators | 🇫🇮 Finland | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1050 | Zhuo Jun 60 Printed circuit boards, Hong Kong | $4.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Printed circuit boards | ðŸ‡ðŸ‡° Hong Kong | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1053 | Mahendra Choksi 85 Paints, India | $4.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Paints | 🇮🇳 India | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1057 | Liang Zhaoxian 63 Appliances, China | $4.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Appliances | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1060 | Nirmal Minda 68 Auto parts, India | $4.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Auto parts | 🇮🇳 India | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1072 | E. Joe Shoen 76 U-Haul, United States | $4.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | U-Haul | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1081 | Xia Zuoquan 64 Automobiles, batteries, China | $3.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Automobiles, batteries | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1093 | Vivek Jain 71 Chemicals, India | $3.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Chemicals | 🇮🇳 India | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1103 | Xiao Hongxing 59 Manufacturing, China | $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Manufacturing | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1107 | Norbert Dentressangle 72 Transport, logistics, France | $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Transport, logistics | 🇫🇷 France | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1115 | Catharina Claas-Muhlhauser 51 Agricultural Machinery, Germany | $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Agricultural Machinery | 🇩🇪 Germany | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1123 | Markus Blocher 55 Chemicals, Switzerland | $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Chemicals | 🇨🇠Switzerland | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1131 | Richard Chang 79 Semiconductors, Hong Kong | $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Semiconductors | ðŸ‡ðŸ‡° Hong Kong | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1138 | Du Jiangtao 56 Chemicals, China | $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Chemicals | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1143 | Roberto Hartono Banking, tobacco, Indonesia | $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Banking, tobacco | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1145 | Tessa Natalia Hartono Banking, tobacco, Indonesia | $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Banking, tobacco | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1146 | Vanessa Hartono Banking, tobacco, Indonesia | $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Banking, tobacco | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1147 | Ren Yuanlin 73 Shipbuilding, China | $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Shipbuilding | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1148 | Yang Weidong 58 Chemicals, China | $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Chemicals | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1158 | Roman Trotsenko 56 Transport, engineering, real estat..., Russia | $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Transport, engineering, real estate | 🇷🇺 Russia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1160 | Barry Zekelman 59 Steel, Canada | $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Steel | 🇨🇦 Canada | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1163 | Panagiotis Tsakos 90 Shipping, Greece | $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Shipping | 🇬🇷 Greece | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1165 | Harish Ahuja 71 Apparel, India | $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Apparel | 🇮🇳 India | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1170 | Vladimir Litvinenko 71 Chemical industry, Russia | $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Chemical industry | 🇷🇺 Russia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1175 | Miriam Baumann-Blocher 51 Chemicals, Switzerland | $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Chemicals | 🇨🇠Switzerland | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1188 | Liu Sheng 55 Optical communication, China | $3.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Optical communication | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1197 | Yu Hao 39 Cleaning appliance, China | $3.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Cleaning appliance | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1198 | Martua Sitorus 66 Palm oil, Indonesia | $3.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Palm oil | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1207 | Chang Kuo-Hua 71 Shipping, airlines, Taiwan | $3.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Shipping, airlines | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1233 | Isabella Serà gnoli 80 Packaging, Italy | $3.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Packaging | 🇮🇹 Italy | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1238 | Tony Langley 56 Langley Holdings, United Kingdom | $3.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Langley Holdings | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1243 | Hans Georg Naeder 65 Prosthetics, Germany | $3.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Prosthetics | 🇩🇪 Germany | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1245 | Qiu Wensheng 53 Manufacturing, China | $3.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Manufacturing | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1255 | Eduard Schleicher 71 Cement, Copper, Germany | $3.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Cement, Copper | 🇩🇪 Germany | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1256 | Ursula Hutter-Schleicher 69 Cement, Copper, Germany | $3.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Cement, Copper | 🇩🇪 Germany | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1260 | Udo Schütz 89 Packaging, Germany | $3.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Packaging | 🇩🇪 Germany | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1265 | Eugene Murtagh 84 Building materials, Ireland | $3.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Building materials | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1266 | G. M. Rao 76 Infrastructure, India | $3.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Infrastructure | 🇮🇳 India | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1269 | Lin Jianhua 64 Solar panel components, China | $3.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Solar panel components | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1272 | Catheline Perier D'Ieteren 82 Auto parts, distribution, Belgium | $3.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Auto parts, distribution | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1274 | Chen Weiliang 50 Semiconductors, China | $3.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Semiconductors | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1282 | Yu Renrong 60 Semiconductors, China | $3.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Semiconductors | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1283 | Vinod Rai Gupta 81 Electrical equipment, India | $3.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Electrical equipment | 🇮🇳 India | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1284 | Jiang Weiping 71 Chemicals, China | $3.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Chemicals | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1285 | Fang Wei 53 Steel, China | $3.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Steel | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1289 | Cui Genliang 68 Electric components, China | $3.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Electric components | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1300 | Kommer Damen 82 Shipbuilding, Netherlands | $3.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Shipbuilding | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1308 | Madhukar Parekh 79 Adhesives, India | $3.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Adhesives | 🇮🇳 India | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1312 | Wang Yanqing 60 Electrical equipment, China | $3.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Electrical equipment | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1313 | Haryanto Tjiptodihardjo 63 Manufacturing, Indonesia | $3.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Manufacturing | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1317 | Segolene Gallienne 49 Steel, Investments, Belgium | $3.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Steel, Investments | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1343 | Theo Roussis 72 Plastic, Belgium | $3.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Plastic | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1345 | Wang Junfeng 48 Manufacturing, China | $3.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Manufacturing | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1364 | Marc Fielmann 37 Optometry, Germany | $3.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Optometry | 🇩🇪 Germany | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1366 | Lachhman Das Mittal 95 Tractors, India | $3.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Tractors | 🇮🇳 India | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1380 | Selina Stihl 49 Chainsaws, Germany | $3.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Chainsaws | 🇩🇪 Germany | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1382 | Xu Jinfu 62 Chemicals, China | $3.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Chemicals | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1384 | Zhang Ning 52 Chemicals, Canada | $3.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Chemicals | 🇨🇦 Canada | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1387 | Frank Blase 66 Plastics, Germany | $3.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Plastics | 🇩🇪 Germany | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1391 | Arun Bharat Ram 85 Chemicals, India | $3.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Chemicals | 🇮🇳 India | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1405 | Monica Crippa 62 Microchip testing, Italy | $3.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Microchip testing | 🇮🇹 Italy | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1424 | Don Levin 75 Rolling papers, United States | $2.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Rolling papers | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1425 | Gu Yuhua 77 Furniture, China | $2.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Furniture | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1431 | Lindsay Fox 89 Logistics, real estate, Australia | $2.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Logistics, real estate | 🇦🇺 Australia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1434 | Chen Kaixuan 68 Household chemicals, China | $2.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Household chemicals | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1442 | Li Hongxin 73 Paper & related products, China | $2.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Paper & related products | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1446 | Sophie Luise Fielmann 31 Optometry, Germany | $2.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Optometry | 🇩🇪 Germany | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1462 | Sun Weijie 63 Oilfield equipment, China | $2.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Oilfield equipment | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1467 | Gerald Frere 75 Steel, investments, Belgium | $2.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Steel, investments | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1473 | Martin Viessmann 73 Heating and cooling equipment, Germany | $2.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Heating and cooling equipment | 🇩🇪 Germany | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1474 | Victor Pinchuk 65 Interpipe, Ukraine | $2.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Interpipe | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1486 | Qian Dongqi 68 Home-cleaning robots, China | $2.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Home-cleaning robots | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1494 | Ugo Gussalli Beretta 88 Firearms, Italy | $2.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Firearms | 🇮🇹 Italy | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 1501 | Peter Unger 82 Auto repair, Germany | $2.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Auto repair | 🇩🇪 Germany | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
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