Richest people in manufacturing
449 billionaires worth a combined $1.515T, ranked by Forbes real-time estimates on October 11, 2026. Aliko Dangote leads at $51.7B.
Ranking
| Name | Rank | Net worth | Since 2026 list | Age | Source | Country |
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| Aliko Dangote | 35 | $51.7B | +$23.2B | 69 | Cement, sugar | Nigeria |
| He Xiangjian & family | 63 | $36.5B | +$3.3B | 84 | Home appliances | China |
| Chen Jianhua | 88 | $26.8B | +$7.5B | 55 | Chemicals | China |
| Reinhold Wuerth & family | 89 | $26.7B | -$3.4B | 91 | Fasteners | Germany |
| Jason Chang | 104 | $24.4B | +$10.2B | 82 | Semiconductors | Singapore |
| Takemitsu Takizaki | 107 | $24.1B | +$3.8B | 81 | Sensors | Japan |
| Wang Weixiu & family | 136 | $19.9B | +$6.5B | 75 | Machinery | China |
| James Ratcliffe | 156 | $17.5B | -$931M | 73 | Chemicals | United Kingdom |
| Li Shuirong & family | 193 | $15.3B | -$1.6B | 70 | Petrochemicals | China |
| Lin Tsung-Chi | 196 | $15.1B | +$10.0B | 85 | Furniture rails | Taiwan |
| James Dyson | 202 | $14.7B | -$286M | 79 | Vacuums | United Kingdom |
| Friedhelm Loh | 205 | $14.7B | -$847M | 80 | Manufacturing | Germany |
| Zou Zhinong & family | 207 | $14.6B | -$1.3B | 58 | Telecom equipment | China |
| Michal Strnad | 240 | $13.3B | -$17.8B | 34 | Defense Contracting | Czech Republic |
| Yuan Fugen & family | 249 | $13.0B | +$5.5B | 75 | Metal processing | China |
| Wang Liping & family | 267 | $12.3B | -$3.1B | 60 | Hydraulic machinery | China |
| Viatcheslav Kantor | 277 | $12.0B | -$46M | 73 | Fertilizer, real estate | Russia |
| Magdalena Martullo-Blocher | 304 | $11.4B | +$1.1B | 57 | Chemicals | Switzerland |
| Andrei Guryev & family | 337 | $10.8B | -$27M | 66 | Fertilizers | Russia |
| Anthony Pratt | 340 | $10.7B | -$2.1B | 66 | Manufacturing | Australia |
| Viktor Rashnikov | 388 | $9.3B | +$8M | 77 | Steel | Russia |
| Zhang Hejun | 400 | $9.1B | +$621M | 74 | Electronics | China |
| Rahel Blocher | 404 | $9.1B | +$1.4B | 50 | Chemicals | Switzerland |
| Wang Xin | 408 | $9.0B | +$3.4B | 53 | Manufacturing | China |
| Steven Rales | 415 | $9.0B | +$673M | 75 | Manufacturing, investments | United States |
| Sri Prakash Lohia | 434 | $8.7B | +$91M | 74 | Petrochemicals | Indonesia |
| Liang Wengen | 454 | $8.4B | -$2.4B | 69 | Construction equipment | China |
| You Xiaoping & family | 464 | $8.2B | -$1.9B | 68 | Polyurethanes | China |
| Satyanarayan Nuwal | 478 | $8.0B | +$2.2B | 74 | Industrial explosives | India |
| Sofie Kirk Kristiansen | 490 | $7.9B | -$402M | 50 | Lego | Denmark |
| Thomas Kirk Kristiansen | 490 | $7.9B | -$402M | 47 | Lego | Denmark |
| Agnete Kirk Thinggaard | 492 | $7.9B | -$403M | 43 | Lego | Denmark |
| Wang Xingxing | 497 | $7.8B | n/a | 36 | Robotics | China |
| Maximilian Viessmann | 528 | $7.5B | -$594M | 37 | Heating, cooling equipment | Germany |
| Zhang Wanzhen | 535 | $7.5B | +$3.4B | 76 | Electronics components | China |
| Zhou Chaonan | 536 | $7.5B | -$4.7B | 66 | Manufacturing | China |
| Horst Julius Pudwill | 543 | $7.4B | -$41M | 81 | Manufacturing | Germany |
| Juergen Blickle | 552 | $7.2B | -$403M | 79 | Auto parts | Germany |
| Neal Blue & family | 560 | $7.1B | +$1.6B | 91 | Defense | United States |
| Elizabeth Uihlein | 569 | $7.0B | +$331M | 81 | Packaging materials | United States |
| Richard Uihlein | 569 | $7.0B | +$331M | 81 | Packaging materials | United States |
| Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen | 577 | $7.0B | -$377M | 78 | Lego | Denmark |
| Ronald Wanek | 589 | $6.9B | +$711M | 85 | Furniture | United States |
| Jim Davis & family | 597 | $6.8B | +$539M | 83 | New Balance | United States |
| Lin Shu-hong | 599 | $6.8B | +$1.4B | 98 | Petrochemicals | Taiwan |
| Dmitry Rybolovlev & family | 607 | $6.7B | -$29M | 59 | Fertilizer | Russia |
| Yang Chang-Chih | 618 | $6.5B | +$2.2B | 79 | Printed circuit board | Taiwan |
| Chao Chung-Hsin | 628 | $6.4B | +$3.5B | 71 | Cooling devices and components | Taiwan |
| Koon Poh Keong | 655 | $6.3B | -$216M | 65 | Aluminum | Malaysia |
| Eren Ozmen | 679 | $6.1B | +$1.2B | 68 | Aerospace | United States |
| Franz Viegener | 682 | $6.0B | -$368M | 43 | plumbing/HVAC | Germany |
| Thomas Kaeser | 682 | $6.0B | -$368M | 73 | air systems | Germany |
| Chao Yung-Tsang | 687 | $6.0B | +$3.3B | 70 | Cooling devices and components | Taiwan |
| Anna Viegener | 689 | $6.0B | -$299M | 35 | plumbing/HVAC | Germany |
| Archie Aldis Emmerson & family | 701 | $5.9B | +$215M | 97 | Timberland, lumber mills | United States |
| Balkrishan Goenka | 702 | $5.9B | +$3.0B | 60 | Diversified | India |
| Fatih Ozmen | 706 | $5.9B | +$1.2B | 68 | Aerospace | United States |
| Andrew Currie | 713 | $5.8B | -$293M | 70 | Chemicals | United Kingdom |
| John Reece | 717 | $5.8B | -$313M | 69 | Chemicals | United Kingdom |
| Kailashchandra Nuwal | 762 | $5.5B | +$1.6B | 69 | Industrial explosives | India |
| Hsieh Wen-Ta | 773 | $5.4B | +$814M | n/a | Semiconductor testing equipment | Taiwan |
| Benu Gopal Bangur | 796 | $5.3B | -$1.3B | 95 | Cement | India |
| Ruan Xueping | 797 | $5.3B | +$28M | 54 | Power strip | Hong Kong |
| Mitchell Rales | 803 | $5.3B | +$1.1B | 70 | Manufacturing, investments | United States |
| Ruan Liping | 816 | $5.2B | -$68M | 61 | Power strips | Hong Kong |
| Helen Johnson-Leipold | 817 | $5.2B | +$327M | 69 | Cleaning products | United States |
| Cho Tak Wong | 830 | $5.1B | +$38M | 80 | Auto parts | Hong Kong |
| Han Tao | 831 | $5.1B | +$3.1B | 65 | Copper-clad laminates | China |
| Winifred J. Marquart | 833 | $5.1B | +$333M | 67 | Cleaning products | United States |
| H. Fisk Johnson | 835 | $5.1B | +$316M | 68 | Cleaning products | United States |
| S. Curtis Johnson | 837 | $5.1B | +$311M | 71 | Cleaning products | United States |
| David MacNeil | 857 | $5.0B | +$845M | 67 | Automobile accessories | United States |
| Li Chunan | 865 | $5.0B | +$393M | 58 | Solar wafers and modules | China |
| Liu Jincheng & family | 877 | $4.9B | -$669M | 62 | Lithium batteries | China |
| Andrei Bokarev | 889 | $4.9B | -$49M | 59 | Metals, mining | Russia |
| Xiao Hongxing & family | 936 | $4.6B | +$1.5B | 59 | Manufacturing | China |
| Cristiano Crippa | 937 | $4.6B | +$2.0B | 56 | Microchip testing | Italy |
| Roberto Crippa | 937 | $4.6B | +$2.0B | 46 | Microchip testing | Italy |
| Liang Zhaoxian | 962 | $4.5B | -$184M | 63 | Appliances | China |
| Qiu Jianping & family | 982 | $4.4B | -$996M | 64 | Hand tools | China |
| Zhuo Jun | 997 | $4.3B | +$1.3B | 60 | Printed circuit boards | Hong Kong |
| Michael Pieper | 998 | $4.3B | -$765M | 80 | Kitchen appliances | Switzerland |
| Yeung Kin-man | 1004 | $4.3B | -$19M | 73 | Electronics | Hong Kong |
| Julia Thiele-Schuerhoff & family | 1013 | $4.3B | -$638M | 54 | Brakes, investments | Germany |
| April Goh | 1014 | $4.3B | +$259M | 35 | Paints | Singapore |
| Todd Wanek | 1017 | $4.2B | +$433M | 62 | Furniture | United States |
| Liu Sheng | 1021 | $4.2B | +$1.4B | 55 | Optical communication | China |
| Anna Katharina Viessmann | 1025 | $4.1B | -$352M | 40 | Heating and cooling equipment | Germany |
| Lam Wai-ying | 1032 | $4.1B | +$30M | 68 | Smartphone screens | Hong Kong |
| Yang Weidong & family | 1039 | $4.1B | +$705M | 58 | Chemicals | China |
| Kuok Khoon Hong | 1045 | $4.1B | -$11M | 76 | Palm oil | Singapore |
| Antti Herlin | 1052 | $4.0B | -$761M | 69 | Elevators, escalators | Finland |
| Richard Chang | 1062 | $4.0B | +$1.2B | 79 | Semiconductors | Hong Kong |
| Mahendra Choksi & family | 1072 | $4.0B | -$247M | 85 | Paints | India |
| Patrick Lee | 1077 | $3.9B | -$361M | 84 | Paper | Hong Kong |
| Du Jiangtao & family | 1099 | $3.9B | -$650M | 56 | Chemicals | China |
| Cui Genliang | 1107 | $3.8B | +$527M | 68 | electric components | China |
| Chen Weiliang | 1108 | $3.8B | -$484M | 50 | Semiconductors | China |
| Haryanto Tjiptodihardjo | 1112 | $3.8B | -$1.2B | 63 | Manufacturing | Indonesia |
| Catharina Claas-Muhlhauser | 1118 | $3.8B | -$222M | 51 | Agricultural Machinery | Germany |
Wealth by country
- China: 164 billionaires, $500B combined, richest He Xiangjian & family
- Germany: 54 billionaires, $179B combined, richest Reinhold Wuerth & family
- United States: 40 billionaires, $141B combined, richest Steven Rales
- India: 44 billionaires, $106B combined, richest Satyanarayan Nuwal
- Taiwan: 22 billionaires, $71.5B combined, richest Lin Tsung-Chi
- Russia: 10 billionaires, $54.0B combined, richest Viatcheslav Kantor
- Nigeria: 1 billionaires, $51.7B combined, richest Aliko Dangote
- Hong Kong: 14 billionaires, $46.4B combined, richest Ruan Xueping
- United Kingdom: 4 billionaires, $43.8B combined, richest James Ratcliffe
- Singapore: 8 billionaires, $40.4B combined, richest Jason Chang
- Indonesia: 11 billionaires, $34.5B combined, richest Sri Prakash Lohia
- Switzerland: 6 billionaires, $34.1B combined, richest Magdalena Martullo-Blocher
- Denmark: 5 billionaires, $33.1B combined, richest Sofie Kirk Kristiansen
- Japan: 4 billionaires, $29.3B combined, richest Takemitsu Takizaki
- Italy: 8 billionaires, $24.8B combined, richest Cristiano Crippa
Questions people ask
Who is the richest person in manufacturing?
Aliko Dangote is the richest person in manufacturing, worth $51.7B on October 11, 2026, according to Forbes real-time estimates. He Xiangjian & family is next at $36.5B.
How many billionaires are there in manufacturing?
Forbes tracks 449 billionaires in manufacturing as of October 11, 2026, worth a combined $1.515T. The median net worth among them is $2.0B.
Are billionaires in manufacturing getting richer this year?
The 423 of them who were also on the 2026 Forbes billionaires list are down 0.7% (-$9.8B) together since that list, comparing each person's real-time worth with their figure on it.
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