Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani
Unsurprisingly, Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani made more than $18.1 billion in 2020 to become the most powerful and influential person in energy. Ambani’s net worth is estimated at $76.7 billion, making him the 12th-richest person in the world right behind Chinese billionaire Zhong Shanshan.
Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), is not just one of the most influential people in energy but also a thought leader and innovator par excellence. Here are the 25 most powerful and influential people in energy:
- Mukesh Ambani: $76.7 billion
- Leonid Mikhelson: $24.8 billion
- Gennady Timchenko: $20.5 billion
- Vagit Alekperov: $17.3 billion
- Aloys Wobben: $12.7 billion
- Fan Hongwei: $12.5 billion
- Li Shuirong: $11.8 billion
- Michael Kadoorie: $9.88 billion
- Dang Yanbao: $9.40 billion
- Sarath Ratanavadi: $9.26 billion
- Li Zhenguo: $8.30 billion
- Mohammed Al-Amoudi: $7.56 billion
- Arthur Irving: $7.53 billion
- Richard Kinder: $6.81 billion
- Prajogo Pangestu: $6.77 billion
- Leonid Fedun: $6.66 billion
- Ronald McAulay: $6.31 billion
- Terry Pegula: $6.30 billion
- Lynn Schusterman: $6.20 billion
- Robert Rowling: $6.14 billion
- George Kaiser: $5.97 billion
- Randa Duncan Williams: $5.86 billion
- Dannine Avara: $5.86 billion
- Scott Duncan: $5.86 billion
- Milane Duncan Frantz: $5.86 billion
