Telecom .
The Telecom sector has produced 34 billionaires with a combined net worth of $328.649B. Below is the complete ranked list of the wealthiest leaders in Telecom for 2026.
Carlos Slim Helu & family
Telecom · MEXICO
Masayoshi Son
Telecom · JAPAN
Xavier Niel & family
Internet · FRANCE
Sunil Mittal
Telecom · INDIA
Rajan Mittal
Telecom · INDIA
Rakesh Mittal
Telecom · INDIA
Patrick Drahi
Telecom · FRANCE
Abel Avellan
telecoms · UNITED STATES
Mike Adenuga
Telecom · NIGERIA
Robert Hale Jr
Telecom · UNITED STATES
Yasumitsu Shigeta
Mobile phone retailer · JAPAN
Naguib Sawiris
Telecom · EGYPT
Shaul Shani
Telecom · ISRAEL
John Caudwell
Mobile phones · UNITED KINGDOM
Taha Mikati
Telecom · LEBANON
Najib Mikati
Telecom · LEBANON
Denis O'Brien
Telecom · IRELAND
Martin Lau
Internet · HONG KONG
Craig McCaw
Telecom · UNITED STATES
John Stanton
wireless · UNITED STATES
Marcelo Claure
Cell phone distribution · UNITED STATES
Strive Masiyiwa
Telecom · ZIMBABWE
Kenny Troutt
Telecom · UNITED STATES
Vladimir Yevtushenkov
Telecom · RUSSIA
Terence (Terry) Matthews
Telecom · CANADA
Surin Upatkoon
Telecom · THAILAND
Wu Xushun & family
Internet · CHINA
Lee Hae-jin
Internet · SOUTH KOREA
Andrei Kuzyaev
Telecom · RUSSIA
Geng Diangen
Internet · CHINA
Mohammed Ibrahim
Communications · UNITED KINGDOM
Zhang Tianyu
telecommunications · CHINA
Murat Vargi
Telecom · TURKEY
Chen Qingzhou & family
communications equipment · CHINA