Richest people in energy
109 billionaires worth a combined $712B, ranked by Forbes real-time estimates on October 11, 2026. Robin Zeng leads at $48.9B.
Ranking
| Name | Rank | Net worth | Since 2026 list | Age | Source | Country |
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| Robin Zeng | 38 | $48.9B | -$4.3B | 57 | Batteries | Hong Kong |
| Lyndal Stephens Greth & family | 79 | $29.5B | -$520M | 51 | Oil & gas | United States |
| Vagit Alekperov | 80 | $29.5B | -$25M | 76 | Oil | Russia |
| Leonid Mikhelson & family | 83 | $28.3B | +$1M | 71 | Gas, chemicals | Russia |
| Gennady Timchenko | 106 | $24.2B | -$34M | 73 | Oil, gas | Russia |
| Huang Shilin | 118 | $22.8B | -$1.6B | 59 | Batteries | China |
| Harold Hamm & family | 144 | $19.0B | +$3.0B | 80 | Oil & gas | United States |
| Mikhail Fridman | 161 | $16.8B | +$329M | 62 | Oil, banking, telecom | Russia |
| Low Tuck Kwong | 168 | $16.5B | -$3.7B | 78 | Coal | Indonesia |
| Sarath Ratanavadi | 169 | $16.4B | -$1.7B | 61 | Energy | Thailand |
| George Kaiser | 188 | $15.5B | -$745M | 84 | Oil & gas, banking | United States |
| Jeffery Hildebrand | 212 | $14.3B | +$4.3B | 67 | Oil & gas | United States |
| Pei Zhenhua | 225 | $13.9B | -$216M | 67 | Batteries | China |
| Richard Kinder | 242 | $13.1B | +$144M | 81 | Pipelines | United States |
| Michael Sabel | 247 | $13.0B | +$3.5B | 59 | oil & gas | United States |
| Robert Pender | 247 | $13.0B | +$3.5B | 73 | oil & gas | United States |
| Terrence Pegula | 286 | $11.8B | +$2.5B | 75 | Natural gas | United States |
| Carrie Perrodo & family | 309 | $11.4B | +$1.2B | 75 | Oil | France |
| Randa Duncan Williams | 318 | $11.2B | +$962M | 65 | Pipelines | United States |
| Dannine Avara | 323 | $11.1B | +$990M | 62 | Pipelines | United States |
| Milane Frantz | 324 | $11.1B | +$977M | 57 | Pipelines | United States |
| German Khan | 332 | $10.9B | +$257M | 64 | Oil, banking, telecom | Russia |
| Scott Duncan | 335 | $10.8B | +$983M | 43 | Pipelines | United States |
| Leonid Fedun | 353 | $10.3B | +$26M | 70 | Oil | Russia |
| Daniel Kretinsky | 377 | $9.6B | -$568M | 51 | Energy, investments | Czech Republic |
| Li Ping | 383 | $9.4B | -$805M | 58 | Batteries | Hong Kong |
| Kelcy Warren | 407 | $9.0B | +$1.2B | 70 | Pipelines | United States |
| Wang Yusuo & family | 428 | $8.8B | +$163M | 62 | Natural gas distribution | China |
| Alexei Kuzmichev | 448 | $8.5B | +$179M | 63 | Oil, banking, telecom | Russia |
| Ray Lee Hunt | 463 | $8.2B | +$1.6B | 83 | Oil, real estate | United States |
| Cao Renxian | 496 | $7.8B | -$5.7B | 58 | Photovoltaic equipment | China |
| Mikhail Gutseriev | 511 | $7.7B | +$5M | 68 | Oil, coal, real estate | Russia |
| Michael Kadoorie | 515 | $7.6B | -$55M | 85 | Hotels, energy | Hong Kong |
| Albert Avdolyan | 561 | $7.1B | +$34M | 55 | Oil, mining | Russia |
| Robert Bass | 574 | $7.0B | +$728M | 78 | Oil, investments | United States |
| John Catsimatidis | 661 | $6.2B | +$1.4B | 78 | Oil, real estate | United States |
| Trevor Rees-Jones | 675 | $6.1B | +$112M | 75 | Oil & gas | United States |
| Liu Hanyuan | 704 | $5.9B | -$1.6B | 61 | Agribusiness, new energy | China |
| Gordon Getty & family | 723 | $5.8B | +$255M | 92 | Getty Oil | United States |
| Fan Hongwei | 742 | $5.6B | -$1.9B | 59 | Petrochemicals | China |
| Paul Foster | 747 | $5.6B | +$1.3B | 69 | Oil refining | United States |
| Alejandro Bulgheroni | 781 | $5.4B | +$282M | 81 | Oil & gas | Argentina |
| Torbjorn Tornqvist | 787 | $5.4B | -$45M | 72 | Oil trading | Sweden |
| N. Murray Edwards | 846 | $5.1B | +$361M | 66 | Oil & gas | Canada |
| Nikolai Buinov | 890 | $4.8B | +$646M | 59 | Oil, gas | Russia |
| Sid Bass | 942 | $4.6B | +$308M | 84 | Oil, investments | United States |
| George Bishop | 958 | $4.5B | -$171M | 89 | Oil & gas | United States |
| Lynn Schusterman & family | 961 | $4.5B | +$120M | 87 | Oil & gas, investments | United States |
| Ray Davis | 964 | $4.5B | +$587M | 84 | Pipelines | United States |
| Saban Cemil Kazanci | 1012 | $4.3B | -$637M | 65 | Energy | Turkey |
| Ronald McAulay | 1078 | $3.9B | +$38M | 91 | Energy | Hong Kong |
| Alceu Elias Feldmann & family | 1113 | $3.8B | +$90M | 77 | Fertilizer | Brazil |
| Shen Xiqiang & family | 1120 | $3.8B | +$673M | 78 | Chemicals | China |
| Mário Araripe | 1225 | $3.4B | +$139M | 71 | Energy | Brazil |
| Arvind Tiku | 1259 | $3.4B | +$264M | 56 | Renewable energy, real estate | India |
| Dewi Kam | 1305 | $3.3B | -$347M | 76 | Coal | Indonesia |
| Edward Bass | 1374 | $3.1B | +$80M | 81 | Oil, investments | United States |
| Michael S. Smith | 1398 | $3.0B | $0M | 71 | Liquefied natural gas | United States |
| Wu Kai | 1404 | $3.0B | -$314M | 58 | Batteries | China |
| Lee Bass | 1410 | $3.0B | +$77M | 70 | Oil, investments | United States |
| Zhao Fenggang | 1423 | $2.9B | -$269M | 60 | Batteries | China |
| Surender Saluja | 1526 | $2.7B | +$339M | 79 | Solar energy | India |
| Kamal Ghaffarian | 1549 | $2.7B | -$202M | 68 | Space, energy | United States |
| Chen Qiongxiang | 1654 | $2.5B | -$206M | n/a | Batteries | China |
| Michael Polsky | 1664 | $2.5B | -$21M | 77 | Electric power | United States |
| Wu Yingming | 1701 | $2.4B | -$259M | 59 | Batteries | China |
| Igor Makarov | 1740 | $2.4B | +$71M | 64 | Investments | Cyprus |
| Mika Anttonen | 1798 | $2.3B | -$108M | 59 | Oil & gas | Finland |
| Dan Wilks | 1824 | $2.3B | +$260M | 70 | Natural gas | United States |
| Manoj Upadhyay | 1840 | $2.2B | +$836M | 56 | solar energy | India |
| Ron Corio | 2040 | $2.0B | +$30M | 65 | Solar | United States |
| Farris Wilks | 2045 | $2.0B | +$121M | 74 | Natural gas | United States |
| William Koch | 2117 | $2.0B | -$49M | 86 | Oil, investments | United States |
| Airat Shaimiev | 2137 | $1.9B | +$32M | 64 | Refinery, chemicals | Russia |
| Femi Otedola | 2196 | $1.9B | +$579M | 63 | Energy and Utilities | Nigeria |
| Alexander Isaev | 2239 | $1.8B | +$43M | 50 | Mining | Russia |
| Massimo Moratti | 2241 | $1.8B | -$61M | 81 | Oil refinery | Italy |
| Evangelos Mytilineos | 2254 | $1.8B | +$430M | 72 | Energy, metals | Greece |
| Said Gutseriev | 2277 | $1.8B | +$13M | 38 | Retail, investments | Russia |
| Grigory Berezkin | 2290 | $1.8B | +$1M | 60 | Energy trading | Russia |
| Timothy Dunn & family | 2291 | $1.8B | $0M | 70 | Energy | United States |
| Daniel Chiu | 2307 | $1.8B | -$204M | 65 | Oil & gas, education | Hong Kong |
| D.V. Manjunatha | 2310 | $1.8B | +$493M | 59 | Solar panels | India |
| Radik Shaimiev | 2317 | $1.8B | -$13M | 61 | Refinery, chemicals | Russia |
| Rustem Sulteev | 2350 | $1.8B | -$44M | 72 | Refinery, chemicals | Russia |
| Jin Baofang | 2351 | $1.8B | -$1.1B | 74 | Solar panels | China |
| Lin Fanlian | 2357 | $1.8B | +$53M | 65 | Energy, real estate | China |
| Farkhad Akhmedov | 2428 | $1.7B | -$13M | 71 | Investments | Russia |
| KR Sridhar | 2512 | $1.6B | n/a | 65 | fuel cell systems | United States |
| Filippo Ghirelli | 2522 | $1.6B | +$105M | 46 | Infrastructure, energy | Italy |
| Dean Solon | 2535 | $1.6B | -$8M | 61 | Solar systems | United States |
| Dmitry Nikolaev | 2536 | $1.6B | -$9M | 60 | Coal | Russia |
| Ignacio Torras | 2649 | $1.5B | $0M | 61 | Trading | United States |
| Timothy Headington | 2664 | $1.5B | +$293M | 76 | Oil & gas, investments | United States |
| Rubens Ometto Silveira Mello | 2707 | $1.5B | -$39M | 76 | Sugar, ethanol | Brazil |
| Andrei Kosogov | 2726 | $1.4B | +$45M | 65 | Banking | Russia |
| Gao Jifan & family | 2734 | $1.4B | -$863M | 61 | Solar equipment | China |
| Vladimir Bogdanov | 2763 | $1.4B | +$11M | 75 | Oil | Russia |
| Chen Yuantai | 2890 | $1.3B | -$77M | 58 | Batteries | China |
| Zhang Jianguo & family | 2924 | $1.3B | -$696M | 63 | energy | China |
Wealth by country
- United States: 37 billionaires, $270B combined, richest Lyndal Stephens Greth & family
- Russia: 23 billionaires, $168B combined, richest Vagit Alekperov
- China: 17 billionaires, $88.2B combined, richest Huang Shilin
- Hong Kong: 5 billionaires, $71.7B combined, richest Robin Zeng
- Indonesia: 2 billionaires, $19.7B combined, richest Low Tuck Kwong
- Thailand: 1 billionaires, $16.4B combined, richest Sarath Ratanavadi
- India: 7 billionaires, $13.7B combined, richest Arvind Tiku
- France: 1 billionaires, $11.4B combined, richest Carrie Perrodo & family
- Brazil: 4 billionaires, $10.0B combined, richest Alceu Elias Feldmann & family
- Czech Republic: 1 billionaires, $9.6B combined, richest Daniel Kretinsky
- Turkey: 2 billionaires, $5.4B combined, richest Saban Cemil Kazanci
- Argentina: 1 billionaires, $5.4B combined, richest Alejandro Bulgheroni
- Sweden: 1 billionaires, $5.4B combined, richest Torbjorn Tornqvist
- Canada: 1 billionaires, $5.1B combined, richest N. Murray Edwards
- Italy: 2 billionaires, $3.4B combined, richest Massimo Moratti
Questions people ask
Who is the richest person in energy?
Robin Zeng is the richest person in energy, worth $48.9B on October 11, 2026, according to Forbes real-time estimates. Lyndal Stephens Greth & family is next at $29.5B.
How many billionaires are there in energy?
Forbes tracks 109 billionaires in energy as of October 11, 2026, worth a combined $712B. The median net worth among them is $3.4B.
Are billionaires in energy getting richer this year?
The 108 of them who were also on the 2026 Forbes billionaires list are up 0.9% (+$6.1B) together since that list, comparing each person's real-time worth with their figure on it.
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