1. Mobutu Sese Seko

Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the President of Zaire from 1965 to 1997. He also served as Chairman of the Organisation of African Unity from 1967 to 1968.

Net Worth: $12 Billion

2. José Eduardo dos Santos

José Eduardo dos Santos is an Angolan politician who served as President of Angola from 1979 to 2017.

Net Worth: $20 Billion

3. Ibrahim Babangida

Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida GCFR is a retired Nigerian Army General who was President of Nigeria from 27 August 1985 to 26 August 1993. He previously served as the chief of army staff from January 1984 to August 1985.

Net Worth: $22.7 Billion

4. Mahathir Mohamad

Mahathir bin Mohamad is a Malaysian politician who currently serves as the prime minister of Malaysia. He was appointed a prime minister in 1981, retired in 2003, and returned to the office in 2018.

Net Worth: $45 Billion

5. Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. was a Filipino politician and kleptocrat who was the tenth President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. A leading member of the far-right New Society Movement, he ruled as a dictator under martial law from 1972 until 1981.

Net Worth: $53.1 Billion

6. Suharto

Suharto was an Indonesian military leader and politician who served as the second President of Indonesia, holding the office for 31 years, from the ousting of Sukarno in 1967 until his resignation in 1998. He was widely regarded by foreign observers as a dictator.

Net Worth: $55 Billion

7. Ali Abdullah Saleh

Ali Abdullah Saleh was a Yemeni politician who served as the first President of Yemen, from Yemeni unification on 22 May 1990 to his resignation on 25 February 2012, following the Yemeni Revolution.

Net Worth: $64 Billion

8. Hosni Mubarak

Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak is a former Egyptian military and political leader who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011. Before he entered politics, Mubarak was a career officer in the Egyptian Air Force.

Net Worth: $70 Billion

9. Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is the President of Russia since 2012, previously holding the position from 2000 until 2008. In between his presidential terms, he was also the Prime Minister of Russia under President Dmitry Medvedev.

Net Worth: $200 Billion

10. Muammar Gaddafi

Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, commonly known as Colonel Gaddafi, was a Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist.

Net Worth: $200 Billion