Richest Energy Billionaires
Robin Zeng is the richest person in Energy, with a net worth of $42.43 billion as of November 7, 2026. Vagit Alekperov is second with $29.48B. There are 109 billionaires in Energy, worth $684 billion combined.
· Source: Forbes Real-Time Billionaires
| # | Name | Net worth | Today | Per second | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robin ZengBatteries | $42.43B | −$1.5B(−3.4%) | $89.71/s | Hong Kong |
| 2 | Vagit AlekperovOil | $29.48B | — | $15.33/s | Russia |
| 3 | Lyndal Stephens Greth & familyOil & gas | $28.51B | −$45.9M(−0.2%) | $53.52/s | United States |
| 4 | Leonid Mikhelson & familyGas, chemicals | $28.3B | — | −$1.95/s | Russia |
| 5 | Gennady TimchenkoOil, gas | $24.17B | — | $19.10/s | Russia |
| 6 | Huang ShilinBatteries | $20.15B | −$620.1M(−3.0%) | $54.34/s | China |
| 7 | Harold Hamm & familyOil & gas | $19B | — | $9.89/s | United States |
| 8 | Mikhail FridmanOil, banking, telecom | $16.8B | +$78.29M(+0.5%) | $37.58/s | Russia |
| 9 | Sarath RatanavadiEnergy | $16.67B | −$335.5M(−2.0%) | $74.55/s | Thailand |
| 10 | George KaiserOil & gas, banking | $15.77B | +$117.9M(+0.8%) | $7.31/s | United States |
| 11 | Jeffery HildebrandOil & gas | $14.18B | — | $128/s | United States |
| 12 | Pei ZhenhuaBatteries | $12.51B | −$290.4M(−2.3%) | $59.45/s | China |
| 13 | Richard KinderPipelines | $12.49B | −$59.36M(−0.5%) | $37.42/s | United States |
| 14 | Terrence PegulaNatural gas | $11.77B | +$392,642(+0.0%) | $82.55/s | United States |
| 15 | Michael Sabeloil & gas | $11.42B | +$9.85M(+0.1%) | $45.85/s | United States |
| 16 | Robert Penderoil & gas | $11.42B | +$9.85M(+0.1%) | $45.85/s | United States |
| 17 | Randa Duncan WilliamsPipelines | $11.33B | +$71.51M(+0.6%) | $40.12/s | United States |
| 18 | Carrie Perrodo & familyOil | $11.29B | — | $33.51/s | France |
| 19 | Dannine AvaraPipelines | $11.25B | +$70.97M(+0.6%) | $40.64/s | United States |
| 20 | Milane FrantzPipelines | $11.24B | +$70.97M(+0.6%) | $40.38/s | United States |
| 21 | Scott DuncanPipelines | $10.94B | +$68.09M(+0.6%) | $38.40/s | United States |
| 22 | German KhanOil, banking, telecom | $10.84B | +$50.42M(+0.5%) | $24.48/s | Russia |
| 23 | Leonid FedunOil | $10.33B | — | −$1.45/s | Russia |
| 24 | Low Tuck KwongCoal | $9.67B | +$28.19M(+0.3%) | −$349/s | Indonesia |
| 25 | Daniel KretinskyEnergy, investments | $9.66B | — | $5.12/s | Czech Republic |
| 26 | Wang Yusuo & familyNatural gas distribution | $9.33B | +$141.6M(+1.5%) | $44.05/s | China |
| 27 | Kelcy WarrenPipelines | $8.55B | −$83.19M(−1.0%) | $28.75/s | United States |
| 28 | Alexei KuzmichevOil, banking, telecom | $8.46B | +$39.47M(+0.5%) | $19.08/s | Russia |
| 29 | Cao RenxianPhotovoltaic equipment | $8.41B | −$300.4M(−3.4%) | $45.72/s | China |
| 30 | Ray Lee HuntOil, real estate | $8.24B | — | $28.44/s | United States |
| 31 | Li PingBatteries | $8.17B | −$283.8M(−3.4%) | $17.23/s | Hong Kong |
| 32 | Michael KadoorieHotels, energy | $7.85B | +$30.11M(+0.4%) | $22.76/s | Hong Kong |
| 33 | Mikhail GutserievOil, coal, real estate | $7.71B | — | $37.69/s | Russia |
| 34 | Albert AvdolyanOil, mining | $7.13B | — | $42.21/s | Russia |
| 35 | Robert BassOil, investments | $7.02B | +$1.74M(+0.0%) | $24.07/s | United States |
| 36 | John CatsimatidisOil, real estate | $6.24B | — | $34.40/s | United States |
| 37 | Trevor Rees-JonesOil & gas | $6.09B | −$4.47M(−0.1%) | $17.61/s | United States |
| 38 | Liu HanyuanAgribusiness, new energy | $6.05B | −$38.99M(−0.6%) | −$36.52/s | China |
| 39 | Gordon Getty & familyGetty Oil | $5.75B | — | $14.93/s | United States |
| 40 | Fan HongweiPetrochemicals | $5.65B | −$91.91M(−1.6%) | $20.84/s | China |
| 41 | Torbjorn TornqvistOil trading | $5.35B | — | $26.80/s | Sweden |
| 42 | Paul FosterOil refining | $5.27B | −$16.9M(−0.3%) | $40.95/s | United States |
| 43 | Alejandro BulgheroniOil & gas | $5.02B | — | $4.43/s | Argentina |
| 44 | N. Murray EdwardsOil & gas | $4.92B | −$13.39M(−0.3%) | $41.92/s | Canada |
| 45 | Nikolai BuinovOil, gas | $4.88B | — | $1.57/s | Russia |
| 46 | Sid BassOil, investments | $4.58B | +$5.45M(+0.1%) | $19.36/s | United States |
| 47 | George BishopOil & gas | $4.53B | — | −$9.32/s | United States |
| 48 | Lynn Schusterman & familyOil & gas, investments | $4.52B | — | $0.40/s | United States |
| 49 | Ray DavisPipelines | $4.39B | −$17.5M(−0.4%) | $15.64/s | United States |
| 50 | Saban Cemil KazanciEnergy | $4.28B | +$27.47M(+0.6%) | −$0.44/s | Turkey |
| 51 | Ronald McAulayEnergy | $4.07B | +$26.04M(+0.6%) | $13.19/s | Hong Kong |
| 52 | Alceu Elias Feldmann & familyFertilizer | $3.44B | — | $2.85/s | Brazil |
| 53 | Arvind TikuRenewable energy, real estate | $3.36B | — | $19.07/s | India |
| 54 | Mário AraripeEnergy | $3.13B | — | $2.49/s | Brazil |
| 55 | Edward BassOil, investments | $3.06B | +$2.94M(+0.1%) | $11.15/s | United States |
| 56 | Michael S. SmithLiquefied natural gas | $3B | — | $0/s | United States |
| 57 | Lee BassOil, investments | $2.96B | +$3.3M(+0.1%) | $15.03/s | United States |
| 58 | Shen Xiqiang & familyChemicals | $2.94B | −$129.3M(−4.2%) | $18.56/s | China |
| 59 | Surender SalujaSolar energy | $2.8B | +$33.72M(+1.2%) | −$7.88/s | India |
| 60 | Dewi KamCoal | $2.64B | +$9.22M(+0.4%) | −$42.81/s | Indonesia |
| 61 | Wu KaiBatteries | $2.6B | −$88.42M(−3.3%) | $2.06/s | China |
| 62 | Zhao FenggangBatteries | $2.56B | −$85.77M(−3.2%) | $3.19/s | China |
| 63 | Michael PolskyElectric power | $2.48B | — | −$0.42/s | United States |
| 64 | Igor MakarovInvestments | $2.35B | −$3.52M(−0.1%) | $6.84/s | Cyprus |
| 65 | Mika AnttonenOil & gas | $2.3B | — | $1.95/s | Finland |
| 66 | Kamal GhaffarianSpace, energy | $2.29B | +$203M(+9.7%) | −$2.12/s | United States |
| 67 | Chen QiongxiangBatteries | $2.21B | −$66.38M(−2.9%) | $2.16/s | China |
| 68 | Manoj Upadhyaysolar energy | $2.16B | −$72.93M(−3.3%) | $17.05/s | India |
| 69 | Wu YingmingBatteries | $2.14B | −$68.9M(−3.1%) | $4.84/s | China |
| 70 | Ron CorioSolar | $2.03B | — | $6.53/s | United States |
| 71 | Dan WilksNatural gas | $2.01B | +$72.01M(+3.7%) | $0.10/s | United States |
| 72 | William KochOil, investments | $1.95B | — | −$0.97/s | United States |
| 73 | Airat ShaimievRefinery, chemicals | $1.93B | — | −$5.31/s | Russia |
| 74 | Farris WilksNatural gas | $1.88B | +$43.56M(+2.4%) | −$0.34/s | United States |
| 75 | Massimo MorattiOil refinery | $1.84B | — | $0.88/s | Italy |
| 76 | Alexander IsaevMining | $1.84B | — | $10.75/s | Russia |
| 77 | Jin BaofangSolar panels | $1.82B | −$11.77M(−0.6%) | −$19.37/s | China |
| 78 | Said GutserievRetail, investments | $1.82B | — | $4.27/s | Russia |
| 79 | Grigory BerezkinEnergy trading | $1.8B | — | $13.86/s | Russia |
| 80 | Timothy Dunn & familyEnergy | $1.8B | — | $5.93/s | United States |
| 81 | Daniel ChiuOil & gas, education | $1.79B | −$1.63M(−0.1%) | −$0.24/s | Hong Kong |
| 82 | Radik ShaimievRefinery, chemicals | $1.79B | — | −$6.20/s | Russia |
| 83 | Lin FanlianEnergy, real estate | $1.76B | — | $3.14/s | China |
| 84 | Rustem SulteevRefinery, chemicals | $1.76B | — | −$4.82/s | Russia |
| 85 | Evangelos MytilineosEnergy, metals | $1.69B | −$2.08M(−0.1%) | $7.68/s | Greece |
| 86 | Farkhad AkhmedovInvestments | $1.69B | — | $1.72/s | Russia |
| 87 | Femi OtedolaEnergy and Utilities | $1.66B | — | $3.15/s | Nigeria |
| 88 | Filippo GhirelliInfrastructure, energy | $1.6B | — | $4.86/s | Italy |
| 89 | Dean SolonSolar systems | $1.59B | — | −$0.16/s | United States |
| 90 | Dmitry NikolaevCoal | $1.59B | — | $3.79/s | Russia |
| 91 | D.V. ManjunathaSolar panels | $1.55B | −$6.98M(−0.4%) | $11.98/s | India |
| 92 | Ignacio TorrasTrading | $1.5B | — | $0/s | United States |
| 93 | Andrei KosogovBanking | $1.44B | +$7.44M(+0.5%) | $2.81/s | Russia |
| 94 | Gao Jifan & familySolar equipment | $1.44B | −$16.09M(−1.1%) | −$9.19/s | China |
| 95 | Timothy HeadingtonOil & gas, investments | $1.41B | — | $4.18/s | United States |
| 96 | Vladimir BogdanovOil | $1.41B | — | $0.21/s | Russia |
| 97 | Viren DoshiSolar modules | $1.38B | −$5.63M(−0.4%) | −$0.31/s | India |
| 98 | Zhou JianSolar energy equipment | $1.27B | −$32.35M(−2.5%) | −$6.45/s | China |
| 99 | Hitesh DoshiSolar panels | $1.2B | −$4.89M(−0.4%) | $0.08/s | India |
| 100 | Pankaj DoshiSolar panels | $1.2B | −$4.93M(−0.4%) | $0.05/s | India |
| 101 | Zhang Jianguo & familyenergy | $1.2B | −$11.04M(−0.9%) | $3.91/s | China |
| 102 | Chen YuantaiBatteries | $1.17B | −$35.75M(−3.0%) | $1.38/s | China |
| 103 | Kazim TurkerEnergy, diversified | $1.15B | — | −$4.87/s | Turkey |
| 104 | Rubens Ometto Silveira MelloSugar, ethanol | $1.13B | +$26.82M(+2.4%) | −$7.25/s | Brazil |
| 105 | Anton Fedunoil & gas | $1.11B | — | $0.15/s | Russia |
| 106 | Anatoly SkurovCoal, fertilizers | $1.1B | — | −$0.08/s | Russia |
| 107 | Ekaterina FedunOil & gas | $1.09B | — | −$0.19/s | Russia |
| 108 | Zhang JianhuiEnergy storage | $1.06B | −$12.47M(−1.2%) | −$6.52/s | China |
| 109 | Kirit DoshiSolar modules | $1.05B | −$4.36M(−0.4%) | $0.90/s | India |
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the richest person in Energy?
Robin Zeng is the richest person in Energy, worth $42.43 billion according to Forbes' real-time data on November 7, 2026.
How many billionaires are there in Energy?
Forbes counts 109 billionaires in Energy, with a combined net worth of $684 billion.