With a net worth of roughly $19.1 billion, Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud is the richest person in the Middle East for 2021, followed by Eyal Ofer (No. 2, $11.5 billion), John Fredriksen (No. 3, $11 billion); and Nassef Sawiris (No. 4, $9.2 billion).

Idan Ofer is the fifth-richest person in the Middle East, with $6.5 billion. Stef Wertheimer ranked 6th with a personal wealth of $6.2 billion, followed by Murat Ulker with $6 billion. Teddy Sagi is placed 8th with a net worth of $5.4 billion. Yuri Milner ($4.8 billion) occupied the 9th position on the top 10 richest people in the Middle East list, followed by Yakir Gabay (No. 10, $4.6 billion).

Ranked: The Richest People In The Middle East, 2021

RANKNAMETOTAL NET WORTHCOUNTRY 1Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud$19.1 billionSaudi Arabia 2Eyal Ofer$11.5 billionIsrael 3John Fredriksen$11 billionCyprus 4Nassef Sawiris$9.2 billionEgypt 5Idan Ofer$6.5 billionIsrael 6Stef Wertheimer$6.2 billionIsrael 7Murat Ulker$6 billionTurkey 8Teddy Sagi$5.4 billionIsrael 9Yuri Milner$4.8 billionIsrael 10Yakir Gabay$4.6 billionCyprus 11Shari Arison$4.5 billionIsrael 12Erman Ilicak$3.8 billionTurkey 13Shaul Shani$3.8 billionIsrael 14Majid Al Futtaim$3.7 billionUnited Arab Emirates 15Arnon Milchan$3.7 billionIsrael 16Naguib Sawiris$3.1 billionEgypt 17Gil Shwed$3 billionIsrael 18Yitzhak Tshuva$2.9 billionIsrael 19Abdulla bin Ahmad Al Ghurair$2.8 billionUnited Arab Emirates 20David Wertheim$2.7 billionIsrael 21Ferit Faik Sahenk$2.7 billionTurkey 22Taha Mikati$2.7 billionLebanon 23Najib Mikati$2.7 billionLebanon 24Suhail Bahwan$2.6 billionOman 25Hussain Sajwani$2.5 billionUnited Arab Emirates 26Filiz Sahenk$2.5 billionTurkey 27Mohamed Mansour$2.5 billionEgypt 28Nihat Ozdemir$2.3 billionTurkey 29Sezai Bacaksiz$2.3 billionTurkey 30Abdulla Al Futtaim$2.2 billionUnited Arab Emirates 31Michael Federmann$2.2 billionIsrael 32Hamdi Ulukaya$2 billionTurkey 33Shmuel Harlap$2 billionIsrael 34Bahaa Hariri$2 billionLebanon 35Ibrahim Erdemoglu$1.8 billionTurkey 36Mustafa Kucuk$1.8 billionTurkey 37Semahat Sevim Arsel$1.8 billionTurkey 38Mohamed Al Fayed$1.8 billionEgypt 39Mustafa Rahmi Koc$1.7 billionTurkey 40Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani$1.7 billionQatar 41Ali Erdemoglu$1.6 billionTurkey 42Hamdi Akin$1.6 billionTurkey 43Husnu Ozyegin$1.6 billionTurkey 44Shalom Meckenzie$1.6 billionIsrael 45Liora Ofer$1.6 billionIsrael 46Ahmet Calik$1.5 billionTurkey 47Bulent Eczacibasi$1.5 billionTurkey 48Drorit Wertheim$1.5 billionIsrael 49Marius Nacht$1.5 billionIsrael 50Zadik Bino$1.5 billionIsrael 51Mori Arkin$1.5 billionIsrael 52Youssef Mansour$1.5 billionEgypt 53Ipek Kirac$1.4 billionTurkey 54Faruk Eczacibasi$1.4 billionTurkey 55Deniz Sahenk$1.4 billionTurkey 56Robert Mouawad$1.4 billionLebanon 57Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani$1.4 billionQatar 58Shay Banon$1.4 billionIsrael 59Amnon Shashua$1.4 billionIsrael 60Danna Azrieli$1.4 billionIsrael 61Ziv Aviram$1.4 billionIsrael 62Mehmet Aydinlar$1.3 billionTurkey 63Ayman Hariri$1.3 billionLebanon 64Sefik Yilmaz Dizdar$1.2 billionTurkey 65Stelios Haji-Ioannou$1.2 billionCyprus

Lyft, Twitter, Citigroup, and Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts are all owned by Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud. He joined Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Coalition in December, promising to invest $50 million. Deriving wealth from a variety of sources brought his net worth to $19.1 billion.

Eyal Ofer is the chairman of Ofer Global, a shipping, real estate, technology, banking, and investing corporation located in Monaco. In 2011, he inherited a portion of his late father’s shipping company and has considerably increased his interests. Eyal and his brother Idan, also a billionaire, are the sons of Israel’s former richest man. His net worth is $11.5 billion.

The Middle East, a region that encompasses many countries, including Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates is known for its oil-derived wealth. CEOWORLD magazine put together a panel of experts to go over data points culled from virtually every reputable wealth tracking media outlet including Bloomberg, The Richest, Money Inc, Cheat Sheet, GOBankingRates, Celebritynetworth, Wealthygorilla, Forbes, and more. The wealth of many Middle Eastern individuals — particularly heads of state — is unknown — because nobody knows just how rich ghey are. Based on a consensus from these sources, the final decision for ranking was judged editorially. All data is for the most recent period available. Some were not included in the official statistics for various reasons, primarily due to the lack of necessary data. With these limitations in mind, CEOWORLD magazine rounded up the wealthiest people in the Middle East. Here are the richest people in the Middle East — that we know of.