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Richest People in Metals & Mining 2026

The 70 richest people in the metals & mining industry in 2026, ranked by estimated net worth. Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco leads the field. Each name links to a full profile with wealth sources and biography. Figures are estimates from public sources and may vary.

#NameCountryNet Worth
1Germán Larrea Mota-VelascoMexico$63.9B
2Iris FontbonaChile$51B
3Savitri Jindal & familyIndia$38.4B
4Alexey Mordashov & familyRussia$36.9B
5Lakshmi MittalIndia$32.4B
6Vladimir PotaninRussia$29.7B
7Zheng Shuliang & familyChina$27.3B
8Gina RinehartAustralia$25.6B
9Vladimir LisinRussia$25.5B
10Andrew Forrest & familyAustralia$21B
11Dang YanbaoChina$20.9B
12Andrey MelnichenkoRussia$20.4B
13Alisher UsmanovRussia$14.1B
14Ivan GlasenbergSwitzerland$14B
15Nicky OppenheimerSouth Africa$10.6B
16Iskander MakhmudovRussia$9.7B
17Zhang Xuexin & familyChina$9.4B
18Pavel TykačCzech Republic$8.9B
19Paolo RoccaItaly$7.9B
20Gianfelice RoccaItaly$7.9B
21Rinat AkhmetovUkraine$7.8B
22Oleg DeripaskaRussia$7.6B
23Andrei Skoch & familyRussia$6.8B
24Vladimir KimKazakhstan$5.9B
25Alexander AbramovRussia$5.8B
26Bulat UtemuratovKazakhstan$5.4B
27Andrei KozitsynRussia$5.2B
28Lin Lairong & familyChina$5.1B
29Igor AltushkinRussia$4.9B
30Eduardo HochschildPeru$4.7B
31Cui LixinChina$4.5B
32Aristotelis MistakidisGreece$4.5B
33Lim Hariyanto Wijaya SarwonoIndonesia$4.4B
34Angela BennettAustralia$4.4B
35Xiang GuangdaChina$4.3B
36Daniel MatéSpain$4.1B
37Julio Ponce LerouChile$4.1B
38Clive PalmerAustralia$4B
39Patrice MotsepeSouth Africa$3.8B
40Feng HailiangChina$3.6B
41Xie WeitongTaiwan$3.4B
42Robert FriedlandUnited States$3.2B
43Rufino Vigil GonzalezMexico$3.2B
44Anatoly SedykhRussia$3B
45Dmitry PumpyanskyRussia$3B
46Tor PetersonUnited States$3B
47Mikhail ShelkovRussia$2.8B
48Victor PinchukUkraine$2.8B
49Alex BeardUnited Kingdom$2.7B
50Sam ChongAustralia$2.6B
51Kie Chie WongMalaysia$2.5B
52Alexander FrolovRussia$2.5B
53Agoes ProjosasmitoIndonesia$2.3B
54Huang Zelan & familyChina$2.3B
55Alexandra BurtAustralia$2.2B
56Vasily AnisimovCroatia$2.1B
57Leonie BaldockAustralia$2.1B
58Zeng ChaolinChina$2B
59John HancockAustralia$2B
60Gary FegelSwitzerland$2B
61Ginia RinehartAustralia$2B
62Bianca RinehartAustralia$1.9B
63Hope WelkerAustralia$1.9B
64Jose Maria AristrainSpain$1.9B
65Wu ChengChina$1.9B
66Giovanni ArvediItaly$1.9B
67Koon Poh MingMalaysia$1.7B
68Juan Maria Riberas MeraSpain$1.7B
69Li JinyangChina$1.7B
70Gao MingqingChina$1.6B

Who is the richest person in Metals & Mining?

Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco is the wealthiest figure in metals & mining on this leaderboard, with an estimated net worth of $63.9B. Rankings change as company valuations shift, so figures reflect the latest available data.

Net worth figures are estimates compiled from public sources and may vary. Browse more on the Richest People hub.