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Billionaires with no kids to leave their fortunes to

The heirless super-rich ranked
Yang Huiyan: $3.1 billion (£2.4bn)
Walter P.J. Droege: $3.5 billion (£2.7bn)
Pang Kang: $7.4 billion (£5.8bn)
Charles Butt: $7.6 billion (£5.9bn)
Ma Jianrong: $7.7 billion (£6bn)
David Geffen: $8 billion (£6.3bn)
Alexander Otto: $8.8 billion (£6.8bn)
Carl Cook: $10.3 billion (£8bn)
Udo and Harald Tschira: $10.4 billion (£8.1bn) combined
Mikhail Prokhorov: $11 billion (£8.6bn)
Giorgio Armani: $12 billion (£9.3bn)
Wang Wenyin: $12.7 billion (£9.9bn)
Wang Wei: $13.4 billion (£10.5bn)
Alisher Usmanov: $13.6 billion (£10.6bn)
Karl Albrecht Jr: $15.3 billion (£11.9bn)
Jan Koum: $16.1 billion (£12.5bn)
Dustin Moskovitz: $17.8 billion (£13.9bn)
Eduardo Saverin: $28 billion (£21.8bn)
Germán Larrea Mota Velasco: $28.1 billion (£22bn)
Lukas Walton: $30.5 billion (£23.8bn)
Klaus-Michael Kuehne: $41 billion (£32bn)
Alice Walton: $78.1 billion (£61bn)
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Ma Jianrong: $7.7 billion (£6bn)

The Shenzhou International Group is not widely known outside Asia, but its products are worn by people all over the world. Ma Jianrong is chair of the sportswear and casual clothing manufacturer, a major supplier for Nike, Adidas, Uniqlo and others. The 55-year-old started out on the factory floor, but took over from his father as chair at 33, before they bought the company. The business is now publicly traded and employs more than 70,000 workers. While he is married, Ma has no children.
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Tom Belger

12 June 2024

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