Richest people in construction & engineering
64 billionaires worth a combined $219B, ranked by Forbes real-time estimates on October 11, 2026. Diane Hendricks leads at $23.6B.
Ranking
| Name | Rank | Net worth | Since 2026 list | Age | Source | Country |
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| Diane Hendricks | 109 | $23.6B | +$1.3B | 79 | Building supplies | United States |
| Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone | 294 | $11.6B | +$533M | 83 | Cement, diversified | Italy |
| Nassef Sawiris | 381 | $9.4B | -$194M | 65 | Construction, investments | Egypt |
| Thomas Schmidheiny | 392 | $9.3B | -$1.8B | 80 | Cement | Switzerland |
| Anthony Bamford & family | 447 | $8.5B | -$1.5B | 80 | Construction equipment | United Kingdom |
| Rafael Del Pino | 468 | $8.2B | -$3.6B | 68 | Construction | Spain |
| Mike Hollingshead & family | 556 | $7.2B | n/a | 56 | Concrete | United States |
| Robert Clark | 580 | $7.0B | +$3.3B | 67 | Construction | United States |
| Mohed Altrad | 630 | $6.4B | -$334M | 78 | Scaffolding, cement mixers | France |
| Peter Gilgan | 692 | $6.0B | -$1.7B | 75 | Homebuilding | Canada |
| Florentino Perez | 751 | $5.6B | -$745M | 79 | Construction | Spain |
| Arkady Rotenberg | 805 | $5.3B | -$10M | 74 | Construction, pipes, banking | Russia |
| Maria Del Pino | 954 | $4.5B | -$1.5B | 70 | Construction | Spain |
| Ravi Pillai | 1042 | $4.1B | -$100M | 73 | Construction | India |
| Samvel Karapetyan | 1046 | $4.1B | -$21M | 61 | Real estate | Russia |
| Wolfgang Leitner | 1081 | $3.9B | +$128M | 73 | Engineering | Austria |
| Otto Happel | 1082 | $3.9B | -$172M | 78 | Engineering | Germany |
| Yu Zhuyun | 1122 | $3.8B | +$765M | 52 | Diversified | China |
| John Fish | 1159 | $3.6B | +$41M | 66 | Construction | United States |
| Erman Ilicak | 1204 | $3.5B | -$273M | 59 | Construction | Turkey |
| Syed Mokhtar AlBukhary | 1241 | $3.4B | -$302M | 74 | Engineering, automotive | Malaysia |
| Jorge Mas | 1253 | $3.4B | -$924M | 63 | Construction | United States |
| Martin Bouygues | 1284 | $3.3B | -$998M | 74 | Construction, media | France |
| Olivier Bouygues | 1317 | $3.2B | -$970M | 76 | Construction, media | France |
| Fabrizio Di Amato | 1387 | $3.0B | -$665M | 62 | Engineering | Italy |
| Jurgen Wirtgen | 1400 | $3.0B | -$211M | 61 | Construction Vehicles | Germany |
| Stefan Wirtgen | 1400 | $3.0B | -$211M | 56 | Construction Vehicles | Germany |
| D. Leopoldo Del Pino | 1431 | $2.9B | +$316M | 64 | Construction | Spain |
| David Peñaloza Alanís | 1608 | $2.6B | -$129M | 52 | Toll roads | Mexico |
| Anu Aga | 1619 | $2.6B | -$45M | 84 | Engineering | India |
| Dwight Schar | 1663 | $2.5B | -$18M | 84 | Homebuilding, NFL team | United States |
| Christine Knauf | 1842 | $2.2B | -$167M | 71 | Building materials | Germany |
| Huang Zhenda & family | 2048 | $2.0B | +$17M | 79 | Construction | China |
| Joaquin del Pino y Calvo-Sotelo | 2131 | $1.9B | -$463M | 65 | Construction | Spain |
| P.V. Krishna Reddy | 2141 | $1.9B | -$172M | 57 | Infrastructure | India |
| Mehmet Sinan & Family Tara | 2191 | $1.9B | -$619M | 68 | Construction | Turkey |
| P.P. Reddy | 2218 | $1.9B | -$144M | 69 | Infrastructure | India |
| Helene Odfjell | 2487 | $1.6B | -$62M | 61 | Drilling | Norway |
| Laszlo Szijj | 2494 | $1.6B | +$627M | 68 | Construction | Hungary |
| Vladimir Voronin | 2606 | $1.5B | +$32M | 50 | Real estate | Russia |
| Yigal Dimri | 2710 | $1.5B | -$441M | 70 | Construction | Israel |
| Ayman Hariri | 2780 | $1.4B | $0M | 48 | Construction, investments | Lebanon |
| Karl Hedin | 2787 | $1.4B | -$104M | 77 | Lumber | Sweden |
| Dhruv Sawhney | 2854 | $1.3B | -$252M | 82 | Engineering, sugar | India |
| Jan-Hendrik Goldbeck | 2855 | $1.3B | -$53M | 50 | construction | Germany |
| Joachim Goldbeck | 2855 | $1.3B | -$53M | 56 | construction | Germany |
| Jörg-Uwe Goldbeck | 2855 | $1.3B | -$53M | 58 | construction | Germany |
| Andrei Molchanov | 2878 | $1.3B | +$30M | 55 | Construction materials | Russia |
| Boris Rotenberg | 2885 | $1.3B | +$26M | 69 | Construction, pipes, chemicals | Russia |
| Ana Maria Marcondes Penido Sant'Anna | 2886 | $1.3B | n/a | 70 | toll roads | Brazil |
| Elena Baturina | 2909 | $1.3B | +$16M | 63 | Investments, real estate | Russia |
| Zhu Xingliang | 3067 | $1.2B | n/a | 67 | Construction | China |
| Daniel Hager | 3082 | $1.2B | -$18M | 54 | Electrical products | Germany |
| Philip & family Hager | 3082 | $1.2B | -$18M | 56 | Electrical products | Germany |
| Dorle Hager | 3087 | $1.2B | -$20M | 62 | Electrical products | Germany |
| Evi Hager | 3087 | $1.2B | -$20M | 64 | Electrical products | Germany |
| Peter Hager | 3087 | $1.2B | -$20M | 66 | Electrical products | Germany |
| Isabel-Ulrike Hager | 3098 | $1.2B | -$26M | 40 | Electrical products | Germany |
| Simona Giorgetta | 3101 | $1.2B | -$30M | 49 | Chemical products | Italy |
| Fahed Hariri | 3129 | $1.2B | +$55M | 45 | Construction, investments | Lebanon |
| Marco Squinzi | 3213 | $1.1B | -$98M | 55 | Chemical products | Italy |
| Veronica Squinzi | 3213 | $1.1B | -$98M | 54 | Chemical products | Italy |
| Lee Joong-keun | 3271 | $1.1B | n/a | 85 | Construction, real estate | South Korea |
| Jacques Merceron-Vicat & family | 3336 | $1.0B | n/a | 88 | cement | France |
Wealth by country
- United States: 6 billionaires, $47.2B combined, richest Diane Hendricks
- Germany: 13 billionaires, $23.3B combined, richest Otto Happel
- Spain: 5 billionaires, $23.1B combined, richest Rafael Del Pino
- Italy: 5 billionaires, $18.0B combined, richest Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone
- Russia: 6 billionaires, $14.9B combined, richest Arkady Rotenberg
- France: 4 billionaires, $13.9B combined, richest Mohed Altrad
- India: 5 billionaires, $11.8B combined, richest Ravi Pillai
- Egypt: 1 billionaires, $9.4B combined, richest Nassef Sawiris
- Switzerland: 1 billionaires, $9.3B combined, richest Thomas Schmidheiny
- United Kingdom: 1 billionaires, $8.5B combined, richest Anthony Bamford & family
- China: 3 billionaires, $7.0B combined, richest Yu Zhuyun
- Canada: 1 billionaires, $6.0B combined, richest Peter Gilgan
- Turkey: 2 billionaires, $5.4B combined, richest Erman Ilicak
- Austria: 1 billionaires, $3.9B combined, richest Wolfgang Leitner
- Malaysia: 1 billionaires, $3.4B combined, richest Syed Mokhtar AlBukhary
Questions people ask
Who is the richest person in construction & engineering?
Diane Hendricks is the richest person in construction & engineering, worth $23.6B on October 11, 2026, according to Forbes real-time estimates. Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone is next at $11.6B.
How many billionaires are there in construction & engineering?
Forbes tracks 64 billionaires in construction & engineering as of October 11, 2026, worth a combined $219B. The median net worth among them is $2.1B.
Are billionaires in construction & engineering getting richer this year?
The 59 of them who were also on the 2026 Forbes billionaires list are down 5.6% (-$12.2B) together since that list, comparing each person's real-time worth with their figure on it.
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