Richest Metals & Mining Billionaires
Germán Larrea Mota Velasco & family is the richest person in Metals & Mining, with a net worth of $61.59 billion as of November 7, 2026. Iris Fontbona & family is second with $41.98B. There are 87 billionaires in Metals & Mining, worth $636.5 billion combined.
· Source: Forbes Real-Time Billionaires
| # | Name | Net worth | Today | Per second | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germán Larrea Mota Velasco & familyMining | $61.59B | −$344.4M(−0.6%) | $653/s | Mexico |
| 2 | Iris Fontbona & familyMining | $41.98B | −$131.8M(−0.3%) | $275/s | Chile |
| 3 | Savitri Jindal & familySteel | $40.92B | +$34.39M(+0.1%) | $107/s | India |
| 4 | Alexey Mordashov & familySteel, investments | $36.95B | +$3.97M(+0.0%) | $165/s | Russia |
| 5 | Lakshmi MittalSteel | $29.79B | +$74.49M(+0.3%) | $210/s | India |
| 6 | Vladimir PotaninMetals | $29.74B | — | $110/s | Russia |
| 7 | Vladimir LisinSteel, transport | $25.53B | — | −$19.14/s | Russia |
| 8 | Gina RinehartMining | $24.88B | — | −$87.54/s | Australia |
| 9 | Zheng Shuliang & familyAluminum products | $23.71B | −$486.1M(−2.0%) | $164/s | China |
| 10 | Andrey Melnichenko & familyFertilizers, coal | $20.42B | — | $59.79/s | Russia |
| 11 | Dang YanbaoCoal | $20.32B | −$192.9M(−0.9%) | $115/s | China |
| 12 | Andrew Forrest & familyMining | $16.18B | −$197.1M(−1.2%) | $35.26/s | Australia |
| 13 | Alisher UsmanovSteel, telecom, investments | $14.24B | −$48.2M(−0.3%) | −$48.66/s | Russia |
| 14 | Ivan GlasenbergMining | $12.81B | −$28.58M(−0.2%) | $61.50/s | Switzerland |
| 15 | Nicky Oppenheimer & familyDiamonds | $10.61B | — | $4.18/s | South Africa |
| 16 | Iskander MakhmudovMining, metals, machinery | $9.73B | — | $48.14/s | Russia |
| 17 | Zhang Xuexin & familyAluminum | $9.58B | — | $52.92/s | China |
| 18 | Pavel TykacCoal mines | $8.63B | −$1.57M(−0.0%) | $14.50/s | Czech Republic |
| 19 | Rinat AkhmetovSteel, coal | $7.78B | — | −$2.39/s | Ukraine |
| 20 | Paolo RoccaPipe Manufacturing | $7.76B | +$177.8M(+2.3%) | $38.84/s | Italy |
| 21 | Gianfelice RoccaPipe Manufacturing | $7.76B | +$177.8M(+2.3%) | $38.84/s | Italy |
| 22 | Oleg DeripaskaAluminum, utilities | $7.65B | −$6.4M(−0.1%) | $70.19/s | Russia |
| 23 | Andrei Skoch & familyMetals and mining | $6.83B | — | −$11.31/s | Russia |
| 24 | Vladimir KimMining | $5.95B | — | $4.89/s | Kazakhstan |
| 25 | Alexander AbramovSteel, mining | $5.83B | — | −$3.35/s | Russia |
| 26 | Bulat UtemuratovMining, banking, hotels | $5.4B | — | $33.59/s | Kazakhstan |
| 27 | Anil Agarwal & familymining, metals | $5.28B | −$233.5M(−4.2%) | $23.40/s | India |
| 28 | Andrei KozitsynMetals | $5.21B | — | $35.81/s | Russia |
| 29 | Igor AltushkinMetals | $4.9B | — | $39.65/s | Russia |
| 30 | Eduardo Hochschildmining | $4.41B | +$28.22M(+0.6%) | $39.84/s | Peru |
| 31 | Angela BennettMining | $4.29B | — | $61.11/s | Australia |
| 32 | Aristotelis MistakidisMining, commodities | $4.11B | −$15.05M(−0.4%) | $21.88/s | Greece |
| 33 | Lim Hariyanto Wijaya SarwonoPalm oil, nickel mining | $4.03B | −$42.92M(−1.1%) | $8.59/s | Indonesia |
| 34 | Clive PalmerMining | $3.94B | — | $10.72/s | Australia |
| 35 | Daniel MateMining, commodities | $3.74B | −$8.57M(−0.2%) | $18.60/s | Spain |
| 36 | Cui LixinAluminum | $3.49B | −$67.26M(−1.9%) | −$96.32/s | China |
| 37 | Xie WeitongCobalt | $3.47B | — | $11.29/s | Taiwan |
| 38 | Patrice MotsepeMining | $3.43B | −$11.17M(−0.3%) | $8.55/s | South Africa |
| 39 | Feng HailiangCopper, education | $3.17B | −$53.33M(−1.7%) | $11.32/s | China |
| 40 | Julio Ponce LerouFertilizer | $3.11B | +$36.26M(+1.2%) | $15.98/s | Chile |
| 41 | Xiang GuangdaMetals | $3.06B | −$31.43M(−1.0%) | −$12.71/s | China |
| 42 | Anatoly SedykhSteel pipes | $2.98B | — | $3.59/s | Russia |
| 43 | Dmitry PumpyanskySteel pipes | $2.97B | — | $1.37/s | Russia |
| 44 | Mikhail ShelkovTitanium | $2.83B | — | −$7.40/s | Russia |
| 45 | Victor PinchukSteel pipes, diversified | $2.8B | — | −$7.91/s | Ukraine |
| 46 | Rufino Vigil GonzalezSteel | $2.78B | — | $3.51/s | Mexico |
| 47 | Tor PetersonCommodities | $2.71B | −$5.86M(−0.2%) | $12.09/s | United States |
| 48 | Robert FriedlandMining | $2.58B | −$7.28M(−0.3%) | −$4.34/s | United States |
| 49 | Lin Lairong & familyIron ore mining | $2.54B | −$65.18M(−2.5%) | $26.47/s | China |
| 50 | Sam ChongMining | $2.52B | — | $10.37/s | Australia |
| 51 | Alexander FrolovMining, steel | $2.52B | — | −$1.63/s | Russia |
| 52 | Alex BeardMining, commodities | $2.36B | −$6.67M(−0.3%) | $15.08/s | United Kingdom |
| 53 | Agoes ProjosasmitoMining, investment | $2.18B | −$37.43M(−1.7%) | −$45.82/s | Indonesia |
| 54 | Cai JianyongNickel | $2.15B | −$6.12M(−0.3%) | $6.62/s | China |
| 55 | Alexandra BurtMining | $2.13B | — | −$3.27/s | Australia |
| 56 | Vasily AnisimovReal estate | $2.13B | — | $0.49/s | Croatia |
| 57 | Leonie BaldockMining | $2.05B | — | −$2.25/s | Australia |
| 58 | Kie Chie WongInvestments | $2.02B | −$20.47M(−1.0%) | $6.28/s | Malaysia |
| 59 | Gary FegelCommodities, investments | $1.96B | — | $3.17/s | Switzerland |
| 60 | John HancockMining | $1.91B | −$365,736(−0.0%) | −$1.76/s | Australia |
| 61 | Ginia RinehartMining | $1.91B | — | −$1.85/s | Australia |
| 62 | Gao MingqingMining | $1.9B | −$49.07M(−2.5%) | −$33.25/s | China |
| 63 | Bianca RinehartMining | $1.89B | — | −$2.13/s | Australia |
| 64 | Hope WelkerMining | $1.89B | — | −$2.13/s | Australia |
| 65 | Giovanni ArvediSteel | $1.8B | — | $1.95/s | Italy |
| 66 | Li JinyangMining | $1.79B | −$4.8M(−0.3%) | $11.58/s | China |
| 67 | Zeng ChaolinAluminium | $1.66B | −$20.54M(−1.2%) | $9.13/s | China |
| 68 | Evgeny (Eugene) ShvidlerMetals, investments | $1.56B | — | −$0.85/s | United States |
| 69 | Jose Maria AristrainSteel | $1.5B | +$390,836(+0.0%) | −$0.03/s | Spain |
| 70 | Huang Zelan & familymetals | $1.5B | −$42.3M(−2.7%) | −$76.69/s | China |
| 71 | Dan GertlerMining | $1.48B | — | −$0.38/s | Israel |
| 72 | Chris WallinMining | $1.42B | −$1.04M(−0.1%) | −$9.56/s | Australia |
| 73 | Alexander RamlieMining | $1.4B | −$10.86M(−0.8%) | −$13.78/s | Indonesia |
| 74 | Koon Poh Mingaluminum | $1.34B | −$20.94M(−1.5%) | $0.29/s | Malaysia |
| 75 | Wang GuanranGold mining | $1.31B | −$19.3M(−1.5%) | — | China |
| 76 | Juan Maria Riberas MeraSteel, investments | $1.27B | +$4.68M(+0.4%) | −$2.54/s | Spain |
| 77 | Luo Yangyong & familyMining | $1.27B | −$6.29M(−0.5%) | −$4.56/s | China |
| 78 | Richard WarkeMining | $1.25B | +$16.41M(+1.3%) | $1.04/s | Canada |
| 79 | Oleg MisevraCoal | $1.22B | — | $2.41/s | Russia |
| 80 | Vadim NovinskySteel | $1.17B | — | −$0.67/s | Ukraine |
| 81 | Eduard Chukhlebovmetallurgy | $1.14B | — | −$0.91/s | Russia |
| 82 | Richard Teets Jrsteel | $1.13B | +$5.1M(+0.5%) | $6.25/s | United States |
| 83 | Igor Kudryashkinmetallurgy | $1.13B | — | $1.53/s | Russia |
| 84 | Eddy SugiantoCoal | $1.08B | −$13.75M(−1.3%) | −$2.32/s | Indonesia |
| 85 | Kostyantin ZhevagoMining | $1.06B | +$7.89M(+0.7%) | −$2.73/s | Ukraine |
| 86 | Patokh Chodievmining, metals | $1.05B | — | −$4.34/s | Belgium |
| 87 | Jia Tianjiang & familyNon-ferrous metals | $1.03B | −$1.36M(−0.1%) | — | China |
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the richest person in Metals & Mining?
Germán Larrea Mota Velasco & family is the richest person in Metals & Mining, worth $61.59 billion according to Forbes' real-time data on November 7, 2026.
How many billionaires are there in Metals & Mining?
Forbes counts 87 billionaires in Metals & Mining, with a combined net worth of $636.5 billion.