More Mexicans than ever made the 2026 Forbes Billionaires List

More and much Mexicans are joining the ranks of Forbes’ richest people, and their fortunes are worthy much than ever.  

Twenty-four Mexican concern radical made the 2026 Forbes Billionaires List, which this twelvemonth featured 3,428 radical from astir the world. Taken together, the Mexican billionaires had a combined worthy of US $267.3 billion, up 61.4% compared to the luck they had amassed arsenic of past year. That’s much than the Mexico’s full nationalist assemblage outer debt, which stood astatine US $234 cardinal successful precocious 2025.

Carlos Slim, the richest antheral successful Mexico

Topping the database of the wealthiest Mexicans is Carlos Slim Helú, 86, and his family.

Slim, who was the richest antheral connected world for 4 consecutive years betwixt 2010 and 2013, present ranks No. 16 with a luck that stands astatine US $125 billion. Slim’s wealthiness present surpasses that of Bill Gates, who stands astatine No. 19.

According to Forbes, Slim’s luck grew 51% successful 1 twelvemonth and doubled successful the past 5 years from US $62.8 cardinal successful 2021 to $125 cardinal today.

Slim made his luck successful the telecommunications sector, though his empire has expanded to infrastructure, construction, energy, existent estate, commercialized and finance. He is champion known for controlling Latin America’s largest mobile telecom steadfast América Móvil (which besides owns Mexico’s starring telephone institution Telmex), and his conglomerate Grupo Carso. Slim’s idiosyncratic nett worthy is equivalent to 6.7% of Mexico’s GDP.

Germán Larrea

Mexican businessman Germán Larrea, president of the mining, proscription and infrastructure conglomerate Grupo México, arrives astatine a concern leaders gathering hosted by President Claudia Sheinbaum successful precocious 2025. (Galo Cañas / Cuartoscuro.com)

Following Slim is Germán Larrea Mota Velasco, 72, and his household astatine No. 30. Larrea is worthy $67.1 billion, up 134% from  $28.6 cardinal past year, Forbes reported.

Larrea, who seldom appears successful public, owns a divers scope of companies crossed aggregate sectors. He amassed his wealthiness aft helium inherited the Grupo México mining conglomerate, which has expanded nether his enactment to see railway transport companies specified arsenic Ferromex, arsenic good arsenic movie theaters (Cinemex) and assorted infrastructure companies.

Which different Mexicans made the list?

Other notable names see Alejandro Baillères Gual and household astatine No. 140 (Palacio de Hierro, Seguros GNP), María Asunción Aramburuzabala and household astatine No. 372 (Grupo Modelo), Carlos Hank Rhon astatine No. 934 (Grupo Hermés) and Fernando Chico Pardo astatine No. 1,137, who precocious acquired a 25% involvement successful Banamex.

Aramburuzabala stands retired arsenic the lone Mexican pistillate connected the list, consolidating her presumption arsenic the wealthiest pistillate successful Mexico.

Mexico News Daily