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Live · The DDW Heirs List1Prince WilliamDuke of Cornwall · heir to the throne£1.2bnDuchy of Cornwall net assets (royal.uk, 18 Jun 2026)Holds the largest estate on this list and cannot keep the proceeds of selling any of it: they stay inside the Duchy.

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2The Arnault children$116.5bn 3David Ellison$186.5bn 4Akash Ambani$82.4bn−$177m 5Howard, Susie and Peter Buffett$153.6bn−$358m See the full list →

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Where does Bloomberg place Pontegadea, the holding company behind Amancio Ortega's Inditex majority?

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