Check Out History's 21 Richest Drug Dealers

by HHL JT

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.