Richest Metals & Mining Billionaires

Explore 93 Metals & Mining billionaires ranked by fresh source-priority net worth estimates, with country, wealth source, and global rank context.

Source-priority ranking
93 qualified records·Fresh observations as of Aug 28, 2026
#NameNet WorthGlobal RankCountryIndustrySource of Wealth
1Germán Larrea Mota Velasco$71.1B#28MexicoMetals & MiningMining
2Iris Fontbona$50.6B#36ChileMetals & MiningMining
3Savitri Jindal$39.7B#51IndiaMetals & MiningSteel
4Alexey Mordashov$36.9B#59RussiaMetals & MiningSteel, investments
5Lakshmi Mittal$34.3B#63IndiaMetals & MiningSteel
6Vladimir Potanin$29.7B#79RussiaMetals & MiningMetals
7Zheng Shuliang$26.2B#96ChinaMetals & MiningAluminum products
8Gina Rinehart$25.7B#97AustraliaMetals & MiningMining
9Vladimir Lisin$25.5B#101RussiaMetals & MiningSteel, transport
10Dang Yanbao$21.5B#127ChinaMetals & MiningCoal
11Andrey Melnichenko$20.4B#134RussiaMetals & MiningFertilizers, coal
12Andrew Forrest$18.4B#150AustraliaMetals & MiningMining
13Ivan Glasenberg$14.5B#214SwitzerlandMetals & MiningMining
14Alisher Usmanov$14.1B#221RussiaMetals & MiningSteel, telecom, investments
15Nicky Oppenheimer$10.7B#332South AfricaMetals & MiningDiamonds
16Iskander Makhmudov$9.73B#366RussiaMetals & MiningMining, metals, machinery
17Zhang Xuexin$9.44B#379ChinaMetals & MiningAluminum
18Pavel Tykac$9.08B#408Czech RepublicMetals & MiningCoal mines
19Rinat Akhmetov$7.78B#505UkraineMetals & MiningSteel, coal
20Oleg Deripaska$7.7B#511RussiaMetals & MiningAluminum, utilities
21Paolo Rocca$7.57B#523ItalyMetals & MiningPipe Manufacturing
22Gianfelice Rocca$7.56B#524ItalyMetals & MiningPipe Manufacturing
23Andrei Skoch$6.83B#586RussiaMetals & MiningMetals and mining
24Vladimir Kim$5.95B#697KazakhstanMetals & MiningMining
25Alexander Abramov$5.83B#712RussiaMetals & MiningSteel, mining
26Bulat Utemuratov$5.4B#784KazakhstanMetals & MiningMining, banking, hotels
27Andrei Kozitsyn$5.21B#814RussiaMetals & MiningMetals
28Eduardo Hochschild$5.01B#855PeruMetals & Miningmining
29Lim Hariyanto Wijaya Sarwono$4.93B#870IndonesiaMetals & MiningPalm oil, nickel mining
30Igor Altushkin$4.9B#877RussiaMetals & MiningMetals
31Aristotelis Mistakidis$4.66B#913GreeceMetals & MiningMining, commodities
32Angela Bennett$4.39B#970AustraliaMetals & MiningMining
33Daniel Mate$4.27B#999SpainMetals & MiningMining, commodities
34Cui Lixin$4.15B#1036ChinaMetals & MiningAluminum
35Clive Palmer$4.07B#1061AustraliaMetals & MiningMining
36Julio Ponce Lerou$4.04B#1073ChileMetals & MiningFertilizer
37Lin Lairong$3.77B#1144ChinaMetals & MiningIron ore mining
38Patrice Motsepe$3.74B#1154South AfricaMetals & MiningMining
39Feng Hailiang$3.61B#1201ChinaMetals & MiningCopper, education
40Xiang Guangda$3.53B#1240ChinaMetals & MiningMetals
41Xie Weitong$3.45B#1270TaiwanMetals & MiningCobalt
42Agoes Projosasmito$3.16B#1361IndonesiaMetals & MiningMining, investment
43Robert Friedland$3.1B#1382United StatesMetals & MiningMining
44Tor Peterson$3.06B#1398United StatesMetals & MiningCommodities
45Rufino Vigil Gonzalez$3.05B#1404MexicoMetals & MiningSteel
46Anatoly Sedykh$2.98B#1430RussiaMetals & MiningSteel pipes
47Dmitry Pumpyansky$2.97B#1433RussiaMetals & MiningSteel pipes
48Mikhail Shelkov$2.83B#1502RussiaMetals & MiningTitanium
49Victor Pinchuk$2.8B#1517UkraineMetals & MiningSteel pipes, diversified
50Alex Beard$2.76B#1538United KingdomMetals & MiningMining, commodities
51Sam Chong$2.61B#1616AustraliaMetals & MiningMining
52Alexander Frolov$2.52B#1676RussiaMetals & MiningMining, steel
53Gao Mingqing$2.29B#1840ChinaMetals & MiningMining
54Kie Chie Wong$2.28B#1842MalaysiaMetals & MiningInvestments
55Cai Jianyong$2.28B#1855ChinaMetals & MiningNickel
56Alexandra Burt$2.2B#1915AustraliaMetals & MiningMining
57Vasily Anisimov$2.13B#1982CroatiaMetals & MiningReal estate
58Leonie Baldock$2.12B#1984AustraliaMetals & MiningMining
59Huang Zelan$2.07B#2033ChinaMetals & Miningmetals
60Li Jinyang$2.07B#2035ChinaMetals & MiningMining
61Jose Maria Aristrain$2B#2102SpainMetals & MiningSteel
62John Hancock$1.98B#2141AustraliaMetals & MiningMining
63Ginia Rinehart$1.97B#2150AustraliaMetals & MiningMining
64Gary Fegel$1.96B#2159SwitzerlandMetals & MiningCommodities, investments
65Bianca Rinehart$1.96B#2165AustraliaMetals & MiningMining
66Hope Welker$1.96B#2166AustraliaMetals & MiningMining
67Giovanni Arvedi$1.87B#2263ItalyMetals & MiningSteel
68Zeng Chaolin$1.8B#2332ChinaMetals & MiningAluminium
69Alexander Ramlie$1.64B#2504IndonesiaMetals & MiningMining
70Wang Guanran$1.62B#2527ChinaMetals & MiningGold mining
71Evgeny (Eugene) Shvidler$1.56B#2591United StatesMetals & MiningMetals, investments
72Juan Maria Riberas Mera$1.54B#2622SpainMetals & MiningSteel, investments
73Koon Poh Ming$1.54B#2628MalaysiaMetals & Miningaluminum
74Dan Gertler$1.48B#2698IsraelMetals & MiningMining
75Chris Wallin$1.48B#2702AustraliaMetals & MiningMining
76Richard Warke$1.44B#2739CanadaMetals & MiningMining
77Wu Cheng$1.42B#2775ChinaMetals & MiningMining
78Luo Yangyong$1.38B#2832ChinaMetals & MiningMining
79Wang Wenyin$1.3B#2943ChinaMetals & MiningMining, copper products
80Chris Ellison$1.29B#2947AustraliaMetals & MiningMining
81Wang Xiancheng$1.27B#2987ChinaMetals & Miningmetals
82Patokh Chodiev$1.24B#3026BelgiumMetals & Miningmining, metals
83Oleg Misevra$1.22B#3054RussiaMetals & MiningCoal
84Richard Teets Jr$1.19B#3111United StatesMetals & Miningsteel
85Vadim Novinsky$1.17B#3153UkraineMetals & MiningSteel
86Gao Jinzhu$1.14B#3189ChinaMetals & MiningMining
87Eduard Chukhlebov$1.14B#3191RussiaMetals & Miningmetallurgy
88Igor Kudryashkin$1.13B#3211RussiaMetals & Miningmetallurgy
89Yang Min$1.05B#3325ChinaMetals & Miningmining
90Kostyantin Zhevago$1.05B#3330UkraineMetals & MiningMining
91Eddy Sugianto$1.05B#3331IndonesiaMetals & MiningCoal
92James Litinsky$1.02B#3371United StatesMetals & MiningMinerals
93Jia Tianjiang$1.02B#3373ChinaMetals & MiningNon-ferrous metals

How this ranking is built

This surface is derived from the canonical Grizzly Bulls wealth contract. A person enters the ranking only when the source snapshot is validated, identity is stable, the current source-priority estimate is fresh and positive, and name, country, industry, and source of wealth are source-backed. Rankings do not use the legacy randomized or averaged estimate.