6Hans Riegel – Net worth – $3 billion
By the time of his death, the German entrepreneur Johannes Peter Riegel had an estimated net worth of $3 billion.
He was the oldest son of the company’s founder Hans Rieger, Sr., who invented the gummy bear in 1922.
Hans Riegel owned and operated the famous brand Haribo since 1946. And we all love those chewy fruit-flavored delights.
Over his lifetime, it is said that Hans Riegel invented more than 200 sweets, including Gummi Bear, Vademecum sugar-free gum and Maoam fruit chewies.
In 1955, he organized the construction of the first indoor badminton court in Bonn, Germany, called the Haribo-Centre.
Also, the billionaire owned the Jakobsburg Hotel and Golf resort near Boppard in the Rhine Valley, Germany.
