Who are the richest drug dealers of all time? Celebrity Net Worth has the answer.
On Tuesday, the money-minded blog posted a list of the top 20 most wealthy drug dealers who ever lived.
The money they amassed, the laws they flouted and the perils they faced will likely shock you.
So who do you think made number one? Click through this top ten list to find out:
Richest Drug Lords Of All Time
#10 -- Al Capone ($1.3 billion)(01 of10)
Brooklyn-born Al Capone is one of the most notorious American gangsters of all time. During prohibition, Capone "controlled a vast criminal empire that smuggled drugs and ran prostitution and gambling outfits throughout the U.S.," Celebrity Net Worth writes. Capone, at one time an influential mob boss in Chicago, was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison in 1931. At the time of his death in 1947, Capone was worth over a billion dollars. (credit:Wikimedia)
#9 -- Griselda Blanco ($2 billion)(02 of10)
The only woman to make it onto this list, Griselda Blanco -- known also as the "Godmother of Cocaine" -- was a ruthless drug lord for Colombia's Medellin cartel during the 1970s and early 1980s. Blanco was assassinated in September by "men on motorcycles in Colombia." Blanco had reportedly spent nearly 20 years in a U.S. prison before she was deported to her home country. At her height, Blanco is said to have been worth around $2 billion. (credit:Florida Department of Corrections)
#8 -- Carlos Lehder ($2.7 billion)(03 of10)
Carlos Lehder, co-founder of the Medellin Cartel, is a German-Colombian drug dealer who is currently serving a 55 year sentence in a federal prison in the U.S. (credit:Wikimedia)
#7 -- Orejuela Brothers ($3 billion)(04 of10)
Brothers Gilberto (left) and Miguel Orejuela founded Colombia's notorious Cali Cartel, which "at its peak supplied 70 percent of all the cocaine in the U.S. and 90 percent of the cocaine in Europe," according to Celebrity Net Worth. Both brothers are currently serving prison sentences in the U.S. (credit:Wikimedia)
#6 -- José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha ($5 billion)(05 of10)
Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha was another co-founder of the Medellin Cartel (all six of them made the top 10). Gacha, acknowledged as one of the most successful drug dealers of all time, was killed in a bloody shootout by Colombian police in 1989, PBS writes. Thousands of mourners reportedly attended his funeral. In 1988, Forbes Magazine included Gacha in their annual list of the world's billionaires. (credit:Wikimedia)
#5 -- Khun Sa ($5 billion)(06 of10)
Khun Sa, known famously as the "Opium King," took an army of men into the jungles of Burma to cultivate opium in the 1960s. At the peak of his power, Sa had 20,000 men in his army and was trading some of the "largest quantities of pure heroin ever," Business Insider writes. Sa died in 2007 at the age of 73, reports the Economist. (credit:Wikimedia)
#4 -- Ochoa Brothers ($6 billion)(07 of10)
The three Ochoa brothers -- Jorge (left), Fabio (right) and Juan David (not pictured) -- founded the Medellin Cartel along with Carlos Lehder, Jose Gacha and Pablo Escobar, Celebrity Net Worth writes. All three made the Forbes' first World's Billionaires list in 1997 and Jorge and Juan David are said to have been worth $6 billion each at the peak of their success (Fabio's net worth is unknown). The Ochoa brothers, all of whom have spent time behind bars, have since lost their fortunes. While his two brothers have since been released from prison, Fabio Ochoa is serving a 30 year sentence at a federal prison. (credit:Wikimedia)
#3 -- Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar ($6.7 billion)(08 of10)
Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar is "India's most wanted criminal," Business Insider writes. The head of the Indian organized crime syndicate D-Company in Mumbai, Kaskar is currently on Interpol's wanted list of organized crime and counterfeiting. Earlier this year, Kaskar's name was in the news again when a UK court ordered the extradition of his aide, Tiger Hanif -- who is wanted in India for his alleged involvement in the planning of two bomb attacks in Gujarat in 1993, the Hindustan Times writes. For more, watch this video on News X Live. (credit:YouTube/newsxlive)
#2 -- Amado Carrillo Fuentes ($25 billion)(09 of10)
Mexican drug kingpin Amado Carrillo Fuentes became the head of the Juarez Cartel after assassinating his boss Rafael Guajardo. Fuentes, known as "Lord of the Skies" because of the large fleet of airplanes he used to transport drugs, was described as one of the most powerful drug traffickers in the world by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in 1999. Fuentes eventually died in a Mexican hospital in 1997 after undergoing extensive plastic surgery to change his appearance, Business Insider notes. (credit:AP)
#1 -- Pablo Escobar ($30 billion)(10 of10)
With his fellow Medellin Cartel co-founders all making the list, it seems appropriate that drug kingpin Pablo Escobar -- the leader of the largest cocaine organization in history -- would top this list with a peak net worth of $30 billion. As Celebrity Net Worth notes, when Escobar "was eventually captured, the Colombian government built him a luxurious prison called La Catedral. He eventually escaped and was gunned down in 1993 on the roof of a Medellin apartment." And if Escobar was included on the Forbes Billionaire rankings today? He'd be tied for seventh place, notes Business Insider. (credit:Wikimedia)
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