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Richest Politicians and Royals in the World · Page 3

Heads of state, royals and political figures ranked by estimated wealth. Many of these figures are not disclosed in any audited form, so every number carries a note about how firm it is.

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  • Portrait photograph of Al Gore

    Al Gore

    Estimated net worth

    $300 million

    Former vice president who lost the 2000 election on a Supreme Court ruling and then built a fortune in technology boards, investing and media.

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  • Portrait photograph of Aga Khan IV

    Aga Khan IV

    Estimated net worth

    $1 billion

    Karim Al-Hussaini, the 49th Ismaili Imam, who led the Aga Khan Development Network and owned one of Europe’s best-known horse racing operations.

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  • Portrait photograph of Abdullah II

    Abdullah II

    Estimated net worth

    $750 million

    King of Jordan since 1999, whose reported wealth comes from family investments and an overseas property portfolio rather than from state funds.

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  • Portrait photograph of Sebastián Piñera

    Sebastián Piñera

    Estimated net worth

    $2.8 billion

    Chile’s two-time president, who built a fortune in credit cards and airlines decades before he entered politics, and died in 2024.

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  • Portrait photograph of Saddam Hussein

    Saddam Hussein

    Estimated net worth

    $2 billion

    Iraq’s president from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003, estimated at $2 billion at his peak, much of it held as looted cash.

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  • Portrait photograph of Ross Perot

    Ross Perot

    Estimated net worth

    $4 billion

    IBM salesman who founded Electronic Data Systems and Perot Systems, sold both for billions, and ran for president as an independent in 1992.

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  • Portrait photograph of Nawaz Sharif

    Nawaz Sharif

    Estimated net worth

    $1.8 billion

    Pakistan’s longest-serving prime minister, whose family steel and sugar empire underpins a fortune of roughly $1.8 billion.

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  • Portrait photograph of Mojtaba Khamenei

    Mojtaba Khamenei

    Estimated net worth

    $3 billion

    Iran’s third supreme leader since March 2026, linked by investigators to an overseas property network valued in the billions.

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  • Portrait photograph of Mitt Romney

    Mitt Romney

    Estimated net worth

    $400 million

    Co-founder of Bain Capital, Massachusetts governor, 2012 Republican presidential nominee and Utah senator, whose fortune was made in private equity.

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  • Portrait photograph of Meles Zenawi

    Meles Zenawi

    Estimated net worth

    $3 billion

    Ethiopia’s prime minister from 1995 until his death in 2012, credited with fast growth at home and an estimated $3 billion abroad.

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  • Portrait photograph of Linda McMahon

    Linda McMahon

    Estimated net worth

    $3 billion

    Co-founder of the company that became WWE and later a senator and cabinet official, with a fortune built on wrestling and the TKO merger.

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  • Portrait photograph of Kim Jong-un

    Kim Jong-un

    Estimated net worth

    $5 billion

    North Korea’s supreme leader since 2011, linked by a 2013 joint investigation to roughly $5 billion in overseas accounts and property.

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