Global mining billionaires ranking based on net worth 2020

Mining can be a very profitable business for the individuals at the top. Russia's wealthiest man, billionaire Vladimir Potanin owns a one-third stake in the nickel and palladium mining company Norilsk Nickel and has a net worth of nearly 20 billion U.S. dollars. It took him seven years to earn his first billion U.S. dollars.

采矿行业对处于金字塔顶端的个人而言，往往能带来丰厚的利润。俄罗斯首富、亿万富翁弗拉基米尔·波塔宁持有镍和钯金属采矿公司诺里尔斯克镍矿三分之一的股份，其净资产接近200亿美元。他花费了七年时间才积累了首个十亿美元。