Forbes Fictional 15

The members are characters from movies, books, cartoons, television, video games, and comics.

[4] The one exception to the rule was Santa Claus, a character whom Forbes decided was an "irresistible" addition, although he was absent from the list since 2006.

We don't claim to have settled the ongoing controversy concerning Claus's existence, but after taking into account the physical evidence—toys delivered, milk and cookies devoured—we felt it was safer to remove him from consideration."

After Claus was excluded, Scrooge McDuck became the wealthiest member due to being portrayed as having a tower vault full of gold.

[1][4][5][6] As wealthy as the fictional characters on the list have been, their wealth has historically been exceeded by that of real-world billionaires such as Bill Gates and Carlos Slim.