List of Iranians by net worth

The following is a list of Iranians or people of Iranian descent by net worth who are reported by Forbes and other mainstream news outlets to have estimated net worth in excess of US$500 million.

World rank	Name	Other citizenship	Net worth (USD)	Source of wealth	Reference
1,394	Farhad Moshiri	United Kingdom	2.8 billion (2021)	diversified	[1]
2,999	Isaac Larian	United States	1.1 billion (2021)	MGA Entertainment	[2]

Previous Forbes billionaires

Year(s)	Name	Other citizenship	Peak net worth (USD)	Source of wealth	Reference
2014–2015	Elghanayan family	United States	2.2 billion (2015)	property	[3]
2006–2009	Omid Kordestani	United States	2.2 billion (2007)	Google	[4]
2014–2015	Merage family	United States	1.8 billion (2015)	microwavable snacks	[5]
2007	Manny Mashouf	United States	1.3 billion (2007)	Bebe Stores	[6]
2005–2013	Nasser Khalili	United Kingdom	1.0 billion (2007)	art, real estate	[7]

Other reported billionaires and multi-millionaires

Name	Other citizenship	Peak net worth (USD)	Source of wealth	Reference
Kam Ghaffarian	United States	3.8 billion (2023)	business (space)	[8]
Behdad Eghbali	United States	3.4 billion (2021)	real estate	[9]
Ghermezian family	Canada	2.5 billion (2016)	Triple Five Group	[10]
Hushang Ansary	United States	2 billion	oilfield services	[11]
Kamran Hakim	United States	1.8 billion (2014)	property	[12]
Sean Rad	United States	1.2 billion (2021)	Tinder	[13]
Arash Ferdowsi	United States	1.1 billion (2018)	Dropbox	[14]
Danyel Group	United States	1.0 billion (2017)	real estate	[15]
Ardeshir Naghshineh	United Kingdom	0.991 billion (2008)	Targetfollow	[16]
Hassan Khosrowshahi	Canada	0.838 billion (2015)	Future Shop	[17]
David Alliance	United Kingdom	0.791 billion (2017)	N Brown Group	[18]

See also

• Asadollah Asgaroladi - Iran's richest person^[19]
• Forbes list of billionaires
• List of countries by the number of billionaires

References

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