It’s not easy to become a billionaire. Some shoveled manure on their neighbors’ farms or slept in cars to get their start. Scores of others got a leg up from middle- or upper-class parents. But plenty of the planet’s super-rich took the shortest route to billions: they were born with them. This lucky bunch owe their riches to everything from cement to candy bars, and used their resources and connections to attend elite schools, launch businesses of their own – or just sit back and collect the fat dividends and investment returns that come from being handed a ten-figure fortune.
Here are the top 20 richest heirs in the world.
| Rank | Name | Net Worth |
| 1. | Mukesh Ambani | $116 billion |
| 2. | Françoise Bettencourt Meyers | $99.5 billion |
| 3. | Jim Walton | $78.4 billion |
| 4. | Rob Walton | $77.4 billion |
| 5. | Alice Walton | $72.3 billion |
| 6. | David Thomson | $67.8 billion |
| 7. | Julia Koch | $64.3 billion |
| 8. | Giovanni Ferrero | $43.8 billion |
| 9. | Mark Mateschitz | $39.6 billion |
| 10. | John Mars | $38.5 billion |
| 11. | Jacqueline Mars | $38.5 billion |
| 12. | Gerard Wertheimer | $36.8 billion |
| 13. | Alain Wertheimer | $36.8 billion |
| 14. | MacKenzie Scott | $35.6 billion |
| 15. | Savitri Jindal | $33.5 billion |
| 16. | Miriam Adelson | $32 billion |
| 17. | Abigail Johnson | $29 billion |
| 18. | Lukas Walton | $28 billion |
| 19. | Germán Larrea Mota Velasco | $27.9 billion |
| 20. | Stefan Quandt | $27.3 billion |
