There's a video floating around crowning the 21 riches drug lords of all-time
Accounting for illicit activities is a difficult endeavor, so we doubt the list is all that accurate.
Nonetheless, it's an interesting attempt with some big names.
Check it out.
21. Frank Lucas of American Gangster fame $52m
20. Jose David Figueroa Agosto, Puerto Rican "Pablo Escabor of the Carribean $100m
19. George Jung of Blow fame $100m
18. Nicky Barnes, Harlem boss $105m
17. Paul Lir Alexander, Brazilian-Israeli boss $170m
16. Zhenli Ye Gon, Chinese-Mexican meth lord $300m
15. Joeseph Kennedy, JFK's dad, bootlegger during prohibition, $400m
14. Freeway Rick Ross, the original Rick Ross, $600m
13. Rafael Caro, Mexican boss $650m
12. Al Capone, mafia legend $1.2b
11. Griselda Blanco, first female criminal billionar $2b
10. Carlos Lehder of Cocaine Cowboys fame $2.7b
9. Gilberto Rodriguez, Cali cartel boss $3b
8. El Chapo, Mexican boss $3b
7. Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, Pablo Escobar partner $5b
6. Khun Sa, Asian opium boss $5b
5. Jorge Luis Ochoa Vasquez, some say he was Escobar's boss $6b
4. Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, never captured Indian drug boss $6.7b
3. Semion Mogilevich, all around Russian-Ukrainian mobster $10b
2. Amado Carillo Fuentes, Mexican boss, died during plastic surgery $25b
1. Pablo Escobar, the man, the myth, the legand $30b
The biggest problem with this list is almost all the names were caught or killed. There have likely been bigger bosses living under the radar.