3. Joaquin Guzman Loera: $5 Billion
t is believed Joaquin Guzman Loera was born in Mexico. After his father kicked him from his family home, he became associated with the Sinaloa Drug Cartel, overseeing drug trafficking between Mexico and the U.S. The drugs were obtained from Colombia and delivered into Mexico where Loera ran logistics, ensuring their delivery from there into the U.S. and Europe by way of plane, boat, truck, train, or helicopter. He added the manufacturing of meth within Mexico as well.