Here is the list of 10 most famous drug lords in history and their wealth:
1. Pablo Escobar
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (1949-1993) was a Colombian drug lord who led the Medellín Cartel. He was known as the “King of Cocaine” and was one of the wealthiest criminals in history.
His network was around – $30Billion
2. El Chapo
From the mid-1980s until his arrest in Mexico in 1993, Guzman Loera was a mid-level operative of the Sinaloa Cartel, earning a name for himself and the nickname “El Rapido” for how quickly he transported drugs from Mexico to the United States for the Colombian cartels. After he escaped from a Mexican prison in 2001
His net worth – $1Billion
3. Carlos Lehder
Carlos Enrique Lehder Rivas is a former Colombian and German drug lord and co-founder of the Medellín Cartel. He eventually ran a cocaine transport empire on Norman’s Cay island, 210 miles (340 km) off the Florida coast in the central Bahamas
His net worth – $2.7Billion
4. Khun sa
Khun sa was an ethnic drug lord and warlord also known as “Prince of death” he made his money by selling heroin to the Gls of US Army in South Vietnam.
His net worth – $5Billion
5. Gilberto José Rodríguez Orejuela
He was a Colombian drug lord and one of the leaders of the Cali Cartel. He was a rival of Pablo Escobar and controlled 80% of the global cocaine market.
His net worth – $3Billion
6. Frank Lucas
He was an American drug lord who operated in Harlem, New York City, during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was known for cutting out middlemen in the drug trade and buying heroin directly from his source in the Golden Triangle in Southeast Asia.
His net worth – $1.3Billion
7. Amado Carrillo Fuentes
He was Mexican drug lord. He seized control of the Juárez Cartel after assassinating his boss Rafael Aguilar Guajardo. Amado Carrillo became known as “El Señor de Los Cielos”, because of the large fleet of jets he used to transport drug
His net worth – $25Billion
8. Griselda Blanco Restrepo was a Colombian woman who was known as the Cocaine Godmother. He was a trafficker who amassed a vast empire and was a central figure in the Miami drug wars in the 1970s
Her net worth – $2Billion
9. Dawood Ibrahim is an Indian mob boss, drug lord, and terrorist. He reportedly heads the Indian organised crime syndicate D-Company, which he founded in Mumbai in the 1970s
His net worth – $6.7Billion
10. The Ochoa brothers
They were Juan David, Jorge Luis, and Fabio Ochoa Vásquez, who were all involved in the Medellín Cartel, a major drug trafficking organization in Colombia. They amassed a fortune when cocaine started flooding the U.S. in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Their net worth – $6Billion