Introducing one of the newest members of the Forbes list: #701, Joaquin Guzman Loera, a cocaine trafficker worth more than $1bil.
The US reward for his capture is $5 million, and he is a specialist in tunnel-making. He was put away in 1993 to a Mexican federal prison but masterminded an escape that left investigators to find that all of his prison guards were on his payroll. My favorite paragraph from his wiki:
2005: Guzmán reportedly strolled into a Nuevo Laredo restaurant called ” Las Tostadas Sirverias” which is located in the center of the city, with a fleet of bodyguards. After taking his seat, his men collected the cell phones of approximately forty diners and instructed them to not be alarmed. After eating he dropped a handful of hundred-dollar bills on the table and walked to the door. He turned around and said, “Order what you want, and I’ll pay,” and went on his way.
