List of Mexicans by net worth

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The following is a Forbes list of Mexican billionaires is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes magazine on April 17, 2017. [1]

Billionaire person who has a net worth of at least one billion (1,000,000,000) units of a given currency

A billionaire, in countries that use the short scale number naming system, is a person with a net worth of at least one billion units of a given currency, usually major currencies such as the United States dollar, the euro or the pound sterling. Additionally, a centibillionaire has been deemed applicable to a billionaire worth one hundred billion dollars (100,000,000,000), a mark first achieved in 2017 by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, with a net worth of $112 billion in a report issued in early 2018. The American business magazine Forbes produces a global list of known U.S. dollar billionaires every year and updates an Internet version of this list in real time. The American oil magnate John D. Rockefeller became the world's first confirmed U.S. dollar billionaire in 1916, and still holds the title of history's wealthiest individual.

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Mexican Rich List 2017

  1. Carlos Slim - US$65.5 billion - Telmex, INBURSA, América Móvil, CompUSA, WorldCom and Telcel
  2. Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco - US$13.8 billion - Grupo Mexico
  3. Alberto Baillères - US$10.8 billion - Peñoles, Palacio de Hierro
  4. María Asunción Aramburuzabala - US$5.8 billion - Grupo Modelo
  5. Eva Gonda de Rivera - US$5.6 billion - FEMSA
  6. Juan Francisco Beckmann - US$5.2 billion - Jose Cuervo
  7. Juan González Moreno - US$5 billion - Banorte, Gruma
  8. Familia Servitje - US$4.2 billion - Grupo Bimbo
  9. Jerónimo Arango - US$4.2 billion - Founder of Aurrerá (currently part of Wal-Mart Mexico)
  10. Ricardo Salinas Pliego - US$3.6 billion - Grupo Salinas
  11. Familia Cojab - US$3.5 billion - Muchos negocios
  12. Francisco Javier Bours Castelo - US$3.1 billion - Bachoco, Megacable
  13. Antonio del Valle Ruiz - US$3.1 billion - Mexichem
  14. Miguel Aleman Velasco - US$2.5 billion - Grupo Aleman
  15. Marcos Achar Levy - US$2.4 billion - COMEX
  16. Leopoldo Espinosa Abdala - US$2.4 billion - Laboratorios RIMSA
  17. Ricardo Martín Bringas - US$2.1 billion - Soriana
  18. Emilio Azcárraga Jean - US$2 billion - Televisa, Univision, Club América, Necaxa, Club San Luis
  19. Rufino Vigil González - US$2 billion - Industrias CH
  20. Manuel Barragán Morales - US$1.9 billion - Arca Continental
  21. Carlos Hank Rhon - US$1.9 billion - Grupo Financiero Interacciones
  22. José y Francisco Calderón Rojas - US$1.8 billion - FEMSA
  23. Roberto Hernández Ramírez - US$1.8 billion - personal fortune, former CEO of Banamex
  24. David Michel - US$1.7 billion - El Puerto de Liverpool, Coca-Cola FEMSA
  25. Carlos González Zabalegui - US$1.5 billion - Grupo La Comer
  26. Ángel Losada Moreno - US$1.4 billion - Grupo Gigante
  27. Cynthia y Bruce Grossman - US$1.4 billion - Arca Continental
  28. Luis y Mauricio Jorba Servitje - US$1.3 billion - BIMBO
  29. Alfredo Chedraui Obeso - US$1.2 billion - Chedraui
  30. David Peñalosa Alanís - US$1.2 billion - Pinfra
  31. Alfredo Harp Helú - US$1.2 billion - Banamex, Red Devils Baseball Team
  32. Armando Martín Soberón - US$1.1 billion - Soriana
  33. Alexander Cruz Castellanos - US$980 million - Grupo Alsea
  34. Javier Arroyo Chávez - US$930 million - Farmacias Guadalajara
  35. Fernando Chico Pardo - US$930 million - Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, Stevedoring Services of America
  36. Roberto Servitje Achutegui - US$890 million - Grupo Altex
  37. Familia Fernández - US$780 million - Coca-Cola FEMSA
  38. Luis Arizpe Jiménez - US$550 million - Arca Continental

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References

  1. "Special Report: Mexico's Richest (1-101)" . Retrieved 2010-12-15.