This is a list of richest monarchs and family members, as estimated by forbes.com in 2015,[1] Business Insider in 2018,[2] and the CEOWORLD magazine in 2019.[3] The evaluations are based on their personal net worths, excluding properties held by the State, Government or Crown, and all of the figures are in U.S. dollars.
Rank
Name
Title
Residence
Net worth
Source of wealth
1
Vajiralongkorn
King of Thailand
Thailand
$43 billion[3] — $30 billion[2]
Investments derived from the Crown Property Bureau.
2
Hassanal Bolkiah
Sultan of Brunei
Brunei
$28 billion[3] — $20 billion[2]
Profits from oil and gas industry.
3
Salman
King of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
$18 billion[3][2]
Profits from oil industry.
4
Mohammed VI
King of Morocco
Morocco
$8.2 billion[3] — $2.1 billion[2][4]
Investments in SNI and Siger Holdings.
5
Hans-Adam II
Prince of Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
$7.2 billion[3] — $3.5 billion[2]
Holdings in the Prince of Liechtenstein Foundation.
6
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates Emir Sheikh of Dubai
United Arab Emirates
$4 billion[3][2]
Majority share of Dubai Holding and investments from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
7
Henri
Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Luxembourg
$4 billion[3][2]
8
Juan Carlos I
King of Spain (abdicated in 2014)
Spain
$2.3 billion — $2 billion[5][6]
Oil,[7][8] enterprise and real estate. Current controversy over the money hidden in offshore banks and the $100 million received from Saudi Arabia.[9]
9
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
Emir of Qatar
Qatar
$2.1 billion[3] — $1.2 billion[2]
From various enterprises.
10
Albert II
Prince of Monaco
Monaco
$1.0 billion[3][2]
Various enterprises, including Société des bains de mer de Monaco and casinos.
11
Charles III
King of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms
United Kingdom
$747 million[10]
From property, jewelry and other assets. See Finances of the British royal family.
12
Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan
Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom
Nigeria
$300 million[11]
From ownership of Obat Oil.
13
Beatrix
Queen of the Netherlands (abdicated in 2013)
Netherlands
$200 million[2]
Real estate, investments, and a stake in Shell.
^ Mfonobong Nsehe. "The 5 Richest Kings in Africa". forbes.com. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
^ abcdefghijk"Meet the 10 richest billionaire royals in the world right now Archived 2020-05-18 at the Wayback Machine", 2018 Business Insider. May 2018.
^ abcdefghij"These Are The World’s Richest Royals Archived 2020-05-20 at the Wayback Machine", 2019 CEO World. 18 September 2019.
^ Mfonobong Nsehe. "The 5 Richest Kings in Africa". forbes.com. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
^Paradinas, Marcos (3 June 2014). "Las redes se hacen eco de la fortuna del Rey, estimada en 2 mil millones de euros según la prensa extranjera". El Plural. El Pural. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^"NYT: el Rey llegó al trono casi sin dinero; su fortuna supera los 2.300 millones". Bolsamania. Archived from the original on 8 November 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^A, D (4 June 2019). "La fortuna del rey Juan Carlos se debe a una comisión por cada barril de petróleo". El Plural. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^Villanueva, Marc (23 July 2018). "Peñafiel destroza al rey: cobra comisión por cada barril de petróleo saudí". El Nacional. Archived from the original on 23 March 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^Irujo, Jose Maria (5 April 2020). "Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi diplomat who endorsed the $100m donation to Spain's King Juan Carlos". El Pais. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^Robert Watts (19 May 2023). "Sunday Times Rich List 2023 revealed". The Times. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
^ Mfonobong Nsehe. "The 5 Richest Kings in Africa". forbes.com. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
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Thailand
Brunei
Saudi Arabia
Morocco
Liechtenstein
United Arab Emirates
Luxembourg
Spain
Qatar
Monaco
United Kingdom
Nigeria
Netherlands