Top Richest Farmers in the World

Today, the agricultural business has taken on gigantic proportions, and big farmers have already taken their places among the dollar billionaires. World of NAN brings to your attention a list of the 10 richest farmers in the world.

In our minds, we tend to think that most billionaires are engaged in oil extraction. But this resource is not endless, so it is impossible to call this industry promising for many years to come. However, there is one sphere of activity that will last forever: agriculture. As long as there are people, agricultural goods will be in demand, and business in this sphere will be profitable. Some enterprising people understood this long ago and made a huge financial fortune.

According to Forbes, below is a list of the richest farmers in the world who earned their capital in the agricultural sector.

At the last 10 th place is located Chinese farmer Bao Hongxing. His fortune is $1.3 billion. The businessman was educated at Jianxi Agricultural University, after which he worked in agriculture and opened his own company. Today he is engaged in the production of pig feed, as well as pig breeding and feed trade.

Ninth place also goes to China's Fu Guangming, head of the private agricultural company Fujian Sunner Development. His fortune is 1.5 billion dollars. The businessman made his fortune from poultry farming.

In 8th place is once again the Chinese Qin Yinglin, head of the agricultural giant Muyuan Foodstuff. The farmer earned his capital of $2 billion by raising pigs. And according to him, he started his business with only 22 pigs.

Seventh place went to Russian Vadim Moshkovich, founder of agroholding Rusagro, one of the largest producers of pork and sugar. The company sells its products not only in Russia, but in more than 15 countries worldwide. His fortune is estimated at $2.3 billion.

Andrej Babis is a Czech entrepreneur. He is located on the 6th line of the rating with a fortune of 3.4 billion dollars. He is the owner of the company Agrofert.

Fifth place for the American Harry Stein, who was born on a farm and devoted his whole life to it. He earned his fortune of 3.5 billion dollars from seed farming. His company, Stine Seeds, is known around the world.

Al Kabir, a member of the Saudi royal family, has made a capital of $3.8 billion by selling milk and raising horses. The Almarai dairy company supplies its products to the Persian Gulf countries.

Stuart and Linda Resnick came in a respectable third place. The couple's capital is $4 billion. They enriched themselves by growing almonds, oranges, and grapefruits. The Resnicks also own a controlling interest in Kern-Water-Bank, the largest underground water reservoir.

Back to our Chinese. Liu Yunhao, head of the New Hope Group. He is in the pork and livestock business. His company has more than 500 subsidiaries in China and around the world. With a capital of $4.6 billion, he ranks second.

And the absolute leader with a fortune of $6.6 billion is the brother of the previous businessman Liu Yongxing. He founded East Hope Group in the early 1990s after splitting with his brothers. It specializes in the production of feed for pigs, chickens, ducks, fish, etc. The company's products are available on the Chinese market and abroad.

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