Richest people in automotive
73 billionaires worth a combined $375B, ranked by Forbes real-time estimates on October 11, 2026. Susanne Klatten leads at $23.3B.
Ranking
| Name | Rank | Net worth | Since 2026 list | Age | Source | Country |
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| Susanne Klatten | 113 | $23.3B | -$6.4B | 64 | BMW, pharmaceuticals | Germany |
| Stefan Quandt | 120 | $22.3B | -$7.8B | 60 | BMW | Germany |
| Ernest Garcia II | 122 | $22.0B | +$504M | 69 | Used cars | United States |
| Wang Chuanfu | 127 | $21.2B | -$279M | 60 | Batteries, automobiles | China |
| Lu Xiangyang | 165 | $16.6B | -$371M | 63 | Automobiles, batteries | China |
| Shahid Khan | 172 | $16.3B | +$1.3B | 76 | Sports teams, auto parts | United States |
| Eric Li | 176 | $16.0B | -$2.7B | 63 | Automobiles | China |
| Georg Schaeffler | 197 | $15.1B | -$4.1B | 61 | Auto parts | Germany |
| Dan Friedkin | 258 | $12.6B | +$1.2B | 61 | Toyota dealerships | United States |
| Roger Penske | 322 | $11.1B | +$3.8B | 89 | Cars | United States |
| Vikram Lal & family | 347 | $10.6B | -$2.0B | 84 | Motorcycles | India |
| Ernest Garcia III | 369 | $9.8B | -$412M | 44 | Used cars | United States |
| Wei Jianjun & family | 451 | $8.4B | -$2.6B | 62 | Automobiles | China |
| Piero Ferrari & family | 475 | $8.1B | +$161M | 81 | Automobiles | Italy |
| Vivek Chaand Sehgal | 476 | $8.0B | +$546M | 70 | Auto parts | Australia |
| Wu Jianshu | 579 | $7.0B | -$3.5B | 62 | Auto parts | Hong Kong |
| Venu Srinivasan | 611 | $6.6B | +$424M | 73 | Two-wheelers | India |
| Mong-Koo Chung | 623 | $6.4B | -$3.3B | 88 | Hyundai | South Korea |
| Euisun Chung | 760 | $5.5B | -$2.8B | 55 | Hyundai | South Korea |
| Gail Miller & family | 812 | $5.2B | +$438M | 82 | Car dealerships | United States |
| Abhay Firodia | 904 | $4.8B | +$185M | 81 | Automobiles | India |
| Mark Shoen | 906 | $4.8B | +$874M | 75 | U-Haul | United States |
| Nicolas D'Ieteren | 912 | $4.8B | -$738M | 51 | Auto parts, distribution | Belgium |
| Baba Kalyani | 917 | $4.7B | -$173M | 77 | Engineering | India |
| Abdulla Al Futtaim & family | 923 | $4.7B | -$111M | 86 | Auto dealers, investments | United Arab Emirates |
| Walter Frey | 975 | $4.4B | -$353M | 83 | Car dealerships | Switzerland |
| Norman Braman | 1038 | $4.1B | +$105M | 94 | Art, car dealerships | United States |
| Xia Zuoquan | 1047 | $4.1B | -$21M | 64 | Automobiles, batteries | China |
| Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann | 1049 | $4.1B | -$1.1B | 85 | Auto parts | Germany |
| E. Joe Shoen | 1065 | $4.0B | +$686M | 76 | U-Haul | United States |
| Nirmal Minda | 1083 | $3.9B | -$577M | 68 | Auto parts | India |
| Catheline Perier D'Ieteren | 1295 | $3.3B | -$321M | 82 | Auto parts, distribution | Belgium |
| Lachhman Das Mittal | 1378 | $3.1B | -$2.5B | 95 | Tractors | India |
| Peter Unger | 1514 | $2.8B | -$129M | 82 | Auto repair | Germany |
| Herb Chambers | 1520 | $2.8B | -$43M | 84 | Car dealerships | United States |
| Li Xiang | 1558 | $2.7B | -$1.4B | 45 | Electric vehicles | China |
| Arvind Poddar | 1660 | $2.5B | -$615M | 68 | Tires | India |
| Alberto Bombassei | 1732 | $2.4B | -$119M | 86 | Automotive brakes | Italy |
| Francois Feuillet & family | 1772 | $2.3B | -$683M | 77 | Motorhomes, RVs | France |
| Jiang Yintai & family | 1773 | $2.3B | -$185M | 76 | Auto parts | China |
| Hiroshi Ishibashi | 1865 | $2.2B | +$7M | 80 | Tires | Japan |
| Wang Jianfeng & family | 1993 | $2.1B | -$425M | n/a | Auto parts | China |
| Joseph 'Pitt' Reeves Hyde III | 2073 | $2.0B | $0M | 83 | Auto Parts | United States |
| Terry Taylor | 2204 | $1.9B | -$25M | 75 | Car dealerships | United States |
| JB Straubel | 2304 | $1.8B | -$2M | 50 | Tesla | United States |
| Dong Jinggui | 2324 | $1.8B | -$419M | n/a | Electric scooters | China |
| Amnon Shashua | 2341 | $1.8B | -$35M | 66 | Automotive technology | Israel |
| Pawan Munjal | 2375 | $1.7B | -$270M | 71 | Motorcycles | India |
| He Xiaopeng | 2396 | $1.7B | -$1.4B | 48 | Electric vehicles | China |
| Willis Johnson | 2422 | $1.7B | -$606M | 79 | Damaged cars | United States |
| Kimbal Musk | 2435 | $1.7B | +$282M | 54 | Tesla, SpaceX | United States |
| Suman Munjal | 2458 | $1.7B | -$340M | 73 | Motorcycles | India |
| Renu Munjal | 2464 | $1.7B | -$346M | 71 | Motorcycles | India |
| Ulrich Mommert & family | 2485 | $1.6B | -$61M | 85 | Lighting | Austria |
| Chin Jong Hwa | 2517 | $1.6B | -$1.2B | 68 | Auto parts | Taiwan |
| Shrikant Badve | 2548 | $1.6B | +$275M | 61 | auto parts | India |
| Wang Miaotong | 2554 | $1.6B | n/a | 69 | auto parts | China |
| Alexander Sixt | 2627 | $1.5B | +$16M | 46 | Car rentals | Germany |
| Konstantin Sixt | 2627 | $1.5B | +$16M | 43 | Car rentals | Germany |
| Smagulov Nurlan | 2788 | $1.4B | +$95M | 61 | Automotive | Kazakhstan |
| Ziv Aviram | 2795 | $1.4B | -$11M | 67 | Automotive technology | Israel |
| Naresh Jain | 2830 | $1.4B | -$134M | 91 | Auto components | India |
| Onkar Kanwar | 2845 | $1.4B | -$144M | 83 | Tires | India |
| Rahul Dhoot | 2991 | $1.2B | n/a | 53 | Auto components | India |
| Carolin Hachenberg | 3006 | $1.2B | -$69M | 42 | Motor Homes | Germany |
| Christian Hymer | 3006 | $1.2B | -$69M | 40 | Motor Homes | Germany |
| Suresh Krishna | 3028 | $1.2B | +$214M | 89 | Auto parts | India |
| A. Jayson Adair | 3064 | $1.2B | -$406M | 56 | Damaged cars | United States |
| Cho Hyun-beom | 3119 | $1.2B | -$38M | 54 | Tire manufacturing | South Korea |
| Ravi S. | 3228 | $1.1B | n/a | 63 | Automotive components | India |
| Xu Xudong & family | 3238 | $1.1B | -$510M | 56 | Auto parts | China |
| Lu Zhongfang | 3246 | $1.1B | -$17M | 83 | Education | China |
| Huang Yi | 3291 | $1.1B | -$740M | 64 | Car dealerships | Hong Kong |
Wealth by country
- United States: 16 billionaires, $103B combined, richest Ernest Garcia II
- China: 13 billionaires, $80.7B combined, richest Wang Chuanfu
- Germany: 9 billionaires, $72.9B combined, richest Susanne Klatten
- India: 16 billionaires, $49.1B combined, richest Vikram Lal & family
- South Korea: 3 billionaires, $13.0B combined, richest Mong-Koo Chung
- Italy: 2 billionaires, $10.4B combined, richest Piero Ferrari & family
- Hong Kong: 2 billionaires, $8.1B combined, richest Wu Jianshu
- Australia: 1 billionaires, $8.0B combined, richest Vivek Chaand Sehgal
- Belgium: 2 billionaires, $8.0B combined, richest Nicolas D'Ieteren
- United Arab Emirates: 1 billionaires, $4.7B combined, richest Abdulla Al Futtaim & family
- Switzerland: 1 billionaires, $4.4B combined, richest Walter Frey
- Israel: 2 billionaires, $3.2B combined, richest Amnon Shashua
- France: 1 billionaires, $2.3B combined, richest Francois Feuillet & family
- Japan: 1 billionaires, $2.2B combined, richest Hiroshi Ishibashi
- Austria: 1 billionaires, $1.6B combined, richest Ulrich Mommert & family
Questions people ask
Who is the richest person in automotive?
Susanne Klatten is the richest person in automotive, worth $23.3B on October 11, 2026, according to Forbes real-time estimates. Stefan Quandt is next at $22.3B.
How many billionaires are there in automotive?
Forbes tracks 73 billionaires in automotive as of October 11, 2026, worth a combined $375B. The median net worth among them is $2.5B.
Are billionaires in automotive getting richer this year?
The 70 of them who were also on the 2026 Forbes billionaires list are down 10.1% (-$41.6B) together since that list, comparing each person's real-time worth with their figure on it.
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