The history of retail is littered with individuals that failed to make it big – businesses struggle and crash for a multitude of reasons. But when a retail venture hits it big, it can really hit it big, and make tycoons out of those holding the reigns. Amongst the multi-trillion-dollar retail industry, more and more billionaires are being made, more specifically those who have come to own a sweeping portion of the world’s best-known brands.
Here are the top 10 richest retail billionaires in the world.
| Rank | Name | Net Worth |
| 1. | Jim Walton | $62.6 billion |
| 2. | Rob Walton | $62.0 billion |
| 3. | Alice Walton | $60.3 billion |
| 4. | Amancio Ortega | $44.6 billion |
| 5. | Tadashi Yanai | $30.1 billion |
| 6. | Henry Cheng | $23.2 billion |
| 7. | Radhakishan Damani | $22.0 billion |
| 8. | Lukas Walton | $21.7 billion |
| 9. | Dieter Schwarz | $20.8 billion |
| 10. | John Menard | $17.8 billion |
