NO. 1 THROUGH TIMEHow the top estimate moved.
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Richest person by year.
A year-by-year archive of Malaysia's Forbes rich-list era, with separate sourced wealth spotlights.
FORBES · 2026
Robert Kuok remains No. 1 at US$13.6b.
This page treats annual net-worth estimates as snapshots, not cash balances. The comparison stays inside the published Forbes rich-list universe for each year.
ANNUAL NO. 1Forbes Malaysia Rich List era.
Robert Kuok
US$5.6BForbes estimated net worthRobert Kuok
US$7.6BForbes estimated net worthRobert Kuok
US$10BForbes estimated net worthRobert Kuok
US$9BForbes estimated net worthRobert Kuok
US$12BForbes estimated net worthRobert Kuok
US$12.5BForbes estimated net worthRobert Kuok
US$12.4BForbes estimated net worthRobert Kuok
US$12.5BForbes estimated net worthRobert Kuok
US$11.5BForbes estimated net worthRobert Kuok
US$11.3BForbes estimated net worthRobert Kuok
US$10BForbes estimated net worthRobert Kuok
US$11.4BForbes estimated net worthRobert Kuok
US$14.8BForbes estimated net worthRobert Kuok
US$12.8BForbes estimated net worthRobert Kuok
US$11.5BForbes estimated net worthRobert Kuok
US$12.2BForbes estimated net worthRobert Kuok
US$11BForbes estimated net worthRobert Kuok
US$11.8BForbes estimated net worthRobert Kuok
US$11.5BForbes estimated net worthRobert Kuok
US$11.4BForbes estimated net worthRobert Kuok
US$13.6BForbes estimated net worthDOCUMENTED MALAY / BUMIPUTERA CONTEXTSyed Mokhtar as a sourced wealth spotlight.
Malaysiakini described Syed Mokhtar as Malaysia's richest Malay.
Malaysiakini ↗Malaysiakini and FMT reported him as the richest Bumiputera / Malay businessman in their reviewed lists.
Malaysiakini / FMT ↗Astro Awani / Sinar Harian placed him first among the three Malay names highlighted from the Forbes Malaysia 2024 list.
Astro Awani / Sinar Harian ↗PulseKita does not infer ethnicity from names or rank every rich-list member by ethnicity. This spotlight uses only published descriptions that explicitly identify Syed Mokhtar in Malay/Bumiputera wealth coverage.
SYED MOKHTAR ALBUKHARYSelected Forbes wealth snapshots.