#1 McDuck, Scrooge
Net Worth: $28.8 billion
Source: Mining, Treasure Hunting
Age: 80
Marital Status: Single
Hometown: Duckburg, U.S.A.
Education: Cluck U., dropout
Soaring gold prices vault penny-pinching poultry to top slot; first non-mammal to rank as fiction's richest character. Keeps majority of fortune in bullion, stored in giant "money bin" atop hill in Duckburg; also invests in pearls, gems, other "hoardables." Literally swims in gold coins for exercise: "It keeps me young." Moved to American West from native Glasgow as an adolescent, made first fortune in mining; still keeps first coin he ever earned. Never gives to charity. Spent year combating "vicious rumors" that he once gave a penny to sick orphan. Publicly disinherited Donald Duck, his "ne'er-do-well" "hothead" nephew; Donald joined Navy, left behind Scrooge's mischievous grand-nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie. Troublesome trio now presumed heirs. Member since 1947.
#2 Merciless, Ming The
Net worth: $20.9 billion
Source: Slavery, Technology
Age: 74
Marital Status: Widower
Hometown: Mingo City, Planet Mongo
Education: Private imperial tutors
Existence of planet Mongo confirmed by U.S. government only this year; discovered by ultra-secretive NASA program code-named "retro-rocket." Mongo ruled by mysterious dictator named Ming; difficulty separating planetary wealth from personal fortune keeps net worth in low 11 figures; Ming possibly much richer. Variously described as "control freak," "micro-manager," "vile despot," "a kinder Steve Ballmer"; press reports have settled on "merciless." Reportedly lonely after executing wife; now fixated on Dale Arden, NASA public relations specialist, girlfriend of astronaut Flash Gordon. Arden allegedly kidnapped, brainwashed by Ming minions earlier this year; Gordon now among the regime's most vocal critics. New member.
#3 Rich, Richie
Net Worth: $16.1 billion
Source: Inheritance, Conglomerates
Age: 10
Marital Status: Single
Hometown: Richville , U.S.A.
Education: Richville Elementary
Self-proclaimed "poor little rich boy" now Silicon Valley power player, majority stockholder in Cisco Systems (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ), primary investor in Facebook. With help from mentor Professor Keenbean invented robot maid, solid gold cellphone, e-mail spam engine. Often criticized for extravagant lifestyle, remains unrepentant; flew iceberg from the North Pole to Richville so friends could go skating. Rich's personal life hit front pages after he dumped longtime sweetheart Gloria Glad for local siren Mayda Munny; took another hit after best pals Freckles and Pee-Wee were arrested on fraud charges related to Rich Industries insider-trading scandal. Member since 1953.
#4 Mom
Net Worth: $15.7 billion
Source: Technology, Conglomerates
Age: 158
Marital Status: Single
Hometown: New New York City
Education: Mars University
The future's wealthiest woman, Mom is known to her adoring public as the matronly CEO of MomCorp, a far-flung conglomerate with divisions ranging from Mom's Friendly Robot Co. to Mom's Friendly Advanced Weapon & Munition Co. But insiders know her as a dangerous, ruthless competitor who will stop at nothing in her pursuit of wealth and power. Once attempted global coup by programming the world's robots to rebel and overthrow humanity. Had a business partner's dental fillings pried out and his body fed to jackals. Maintains matriarchal public image through the use of a "fat suit" and attendance at numerous philanthropic fund-raisers, including one she described in private as "some charity BS for knocked-up teenaged sluts." New member.
#5 Clampett, Jed
Net Worth: $11.0 billion
Source: Oil & Gas, Banking
Age: 51
Marital Status: Widowed, one child
Hometown: Beverly Hills, Calif.
Education: Ozark Elementary, dropout
Clampett's fortune continues to soar alongside the price of oil. Milton Drysdale, new CFO, former family banker, struggling to bring company management up to international standards. Some successes: Jed no longer quoted in annual report as being "happier than a cat at a fish fry" about stock price; shotguns, rifles banned from executive suites. Room for improvement: Saudi Aramco delegation reportedly offended after being served lunch of "possum-fried critter" by provocatively attired Ellie May; one Harvard-trained management consultant dismissed as "green enough to stick in the ground and grow." Jed increasingly devoted to philanthropic endeavors, recently endowed "Cousins Consanguinity Center" outside of Tahlequah, Okla. Member since 1962.
#6 Burns, C. Montgomery
Net Worth: $8.4 billion
Source: Energy
Age: 104
Marital Status: Single, one bastard child
Hometown: Springfield, U.S.A.
Education: Yale University, B.S.
Fortune of longtime owner and operator of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant hit hard after U.S. Environmental Protection Agency attempted to contain pollution by enclosing Springfield in a giant glass dome. Rioters subsequently ransacked city, looted Burns Manor, made off with priceless treasures, including suit Charlie Chaplin was buried in, first draft of the Constitution with the word "suckers" in it, robotic Richard Simmons. Despondent, Burns reportedly told assistant Smithers, "I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it, it might cheer me up to watch." Still, stands to profit greatly from reconstruction contracts in now dome-less Springfield. Critics call him an ogre, but Burns is unbowed: "I ought to club them and eat their bones!" Member since 1989.
#7 Pewterschmidt, Carter
Net Worth: $7.2 billion
Source: Inheritance, Media, Steel
Age: 70
Marital Status: Married, three children
Hometown: Newport, R.I.
Education: Yale University, B.A.
Longtime poker partner of Bill Gates and Michael Eisner recently discharged from Betty Ford Center following treatment for sleeping pill addiction. Long-term prognosis unclear; overheard saying, "Sleeping with the pills is better than sleeping with my wife." Reportedly won CNN in game of Texas Hold 'Em, only to have Ted Turner sheepishly admit that he doesn't own the network anymore; violently dismissed counteroffer of Time Warner (nyse: TWX - news - people ) stock as "worthless." Tumultuous personal life; son-in-law placed restraining order on him following alleged assault with ancient statuette; loveless marriage; said to love money above all else. New member.
#8 Wayne, Bruce
Net Worth: $7.0 billion
Source: Inheritance, Defense
Age: 32
Marital Status: Single, one son
Hometown: Gotham City , U.S.A.
Wayne Industry profits up significantly due to sale of "Brother Eye" spy-satellite technology to U.S. government. Meanwhile, Wayne himself subject of ongoing FBI investigation after top-secret military prototypes are "lost" from company storage. Renowned playboy, fixture of the Gotham social scene, Wayne recently spotted canoodling with Silver St. Cloud, Drew Barrymore, Lindsay Lohan. Professional life occasionally intrudes on personal; annual all-black-attire party at Hamptons estate disrupted by swarm of razor-beaked robot penguins. Tongues continue to wag concerning Wayne's longtime habit of keeping teenage boys as "wards," rumored rubber suit fetish. Member since 1939.
#9 Howell III, Thurston
Net Worth: $6.3 billion
Source: Howell Industries
Age: 60
Marital Status: Married, no children
Hometown: Private Island, South Pacific
Education: Harvard University , B.A.
Value of Howell Industries skyrocketing after New York state attorney general's office abruptly dropped investigation into tax evasion, money-laundering charges following rambling, bumbling grand jury appearance by whistle-blower known only as "Gilligan." Despite legal clean slate, Howell remains firmly ensconced on remote Pacific Island with skeleton staff of trusted associates. Now becoming major private-equity player; recently took largest remaining U.S. maker of ascots, bamboo radios, martini glasses private; distrusts technology, particularly GPS navigation systems. Member since 1964.
#10 Stark, Tony
Net Worth : $6.0 billion
Source: Defense
Age: 35
Marital Status: Single
Hometown: New York, N.Y.
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S.
Stark Industries dominates headlines following alleged misdeeds of security personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan. Regardless, family controlled company saw sales surge thanks to contacts forged after Stark appointed head of global law-enforcement unit S.H.I.E.L.D. New line of "Hulkbuster" armored suits won $6.2 billion Department of Defense contract. Legendary playboy Stark reportedly toning down wild ways following death of friend Captain America; rumored to have taken up knitting, mah-jongg. Sold rights to life story to Hollywood interests; biopic due out next spring. Member since 1963.
Net Worth: $28.8 billion
Source: Mining, Treasure Hunting
Age: 80
Marital Status: Single
Hometown: Duckburg, U.S.A.
Education: Cluck U., dropout
Soaring gold prices vault penny-pinching poultry to top slot; first non-mammal to rank as fiction's richest character. Keeps majority of fortune in bullion, stored in giant "money bin" atop hill in Duckburg; also invests in pearls, gems, other "hoardables." Literally swims in gold coins for exercise: "It keeps me young." Moved to American West from native Glasgow as an adolescent, made first fortune in mining; still keeps first coin he ever earned. Never gives to charity. Spent year combating "vicious rumors" that he once gave a penny to sick orphan. Publicly disinherited Donald Duck, his "ne'er-do-well" "hothead" nephew; Donald joined Navy, left behind Scrooge's mischievous grand-nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie. Troublesome trio now presumed heirs. Member since 1947.
#2 Merciless, Ming The
Net worth: $20.9 billion
Source: Slavery, Technology
Age: 74
Marital Status: Widower
Hometown: Mingo City, Planet Mongo
Education: Private imperial tutors
Existence of planet Mongo confirmed by U.S. government only this year; discovered by ultra-secretive NASA program code-named "retro-rocket." Mongo ruled by mysterious dictator named Ming; difficulty separating planetary wealth from personal fortune keeps net worth in low 11 figures; Ming possibly much richer. Variously described as "control freak," "micro-manager," "vile despot," "a kinder Steve Ballmer"; press reports have settled on "merciless." Reportedly lonely after executing wife; now fixated on Dale Arden, NASA public relations specialist, girlfriend of astronaut Flash Gordon. Arden allegedly kidnapped, brainwashed by Ming minions earlier this year; Gordon now among the regime's most vocal critics. New member.
#3 Rich, Richie
Net Worth: $16.1 billion
Source: Inheritance, Conglomerates
Age: 10
Marital Status: Single
Hometown: Richville , U.S.A.
Education: Richville Elementary
Self-proclaimed "poor little rich boy" now Silicon Valley power player, majority stockholder in Cisco Systems (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ), primary investor in Facebook. With help from mentor Professor Keenbean invented robot maid, solid gold cellphone, e-mail spam engine. Often criticized for extravagant lifestyle, remains unrepentant; flew iceberg from the North Pole to Richville so friends could go skating. Rich's personal life hit front pages after he dumped longtime sweetheart Gloria Glad for local siren Mayda Munny; took another hit after best pals Freckles and Pee-Wee were arrested on fraud charges related to Rich Industries insider-trading scandal. Member since 1953.
#4 Mom
Net Worth: $15.7 billion
Source: Technology, Conglomerates
Age: 158
Marital Status: Single
Hometown: New New York City
Education: Mars University
The future's wealthiest woman, Mom is known to her adoring public as the matronly CEO of MomCorp, a far-flung conglomerate with divisions ranging from Mom's Friendly Robot Co. to Mom's Friendly Advanced Weapon & Munition Co. But insiders know her as a dangerous, ruthless competitor who will stop at nothing in her pursuit of wealth and power. Once attempted global coup by programming the world's robots to rebel and overthrow humanity. Had a business partner's dental fillings pried out and his body fed to jackals. Maintains matriarchal public image through the use of a "fat suit" and attendance at numerous philanthropic fund-raisers, including one she described in private as "some charity BS for knocked-up teenaged sluts." New member.
#5 Clampett, Jed
Net Worth: $11.0 billion
Source: Oil & Gas, Banking
Age: 51
Marital Status: Widowed, one child
Hometown: Beverly Hills, Calif.
Education: Ozark Elementary, dropout
Clampett's fortune continues to soar alongside the price of oil. Milton Drysdale, new CFO, former family banker, struggling to bring company management up to international standards. Some successes: Jed no longer quoted in annual report as being "happier than a cat at a fish fry" about stock price; shotguns, rifles banned from executive suites. Room for improvement: Saudi Aramco delegation reportedly offended after being served lunch of "possum-fried critter" by provocatively attired Ellie May; one Harvard-trained management consultant dismissed as "green enough to stick in the ground and grow." Jed increasingly devoted to philanthropic endeavors, recently endowed "Cousins Consanguinity Center" outside of Tahlequah, Okla. Member since 1962.
#6 Burns, C. Montgomery
Net Worth: $8.4 billion
Source: Energy
Age: 104
Marital Status: Single, one bastard child
Hometown: Springfield, U.S.A.
Education: Yale University, B.S.
Fortune of longtime owner and operator of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant hit hard after U.S. Environmental Protection Agency attempted to contain pollution by enclosing Springfield in a giant glass dome. Rioters subsequently ransacked city, looted Burns Manor, made off with priceless treasures, including suit Charlie Chaplin was buried in, first draft of the Constitution with the word "suckers" in it, robotic Richard Simmons. Despondent, Burns reportedly told assistant Smithers, "I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it, it might cheer me up to watch." Still, stands to profit greatly from reconstruction contracts in now dome-less Springfield. Critics call him an ogre, but Burns is unbowed: "I ought to club them and eat their bones!" Member since 1989.
#7 Pewterschmidt, Carter
Net Worth: $7.2 billion
Source: Inheritance, Media, Steel
Age: 70
Marital Status: Married, three children
Hometown: Newport, R.I.
Education: Yale University, B.A.
Longtime poker partner of Bill Gates and Michael Eisner recently discharged from Betty Ford Center following treatment for sleeping pill addiction. Long-term prognosis unclear; overheard saying, "Sleeping with the pills is better than sleeping with my wife." Reportedly won CNN in game of Texas Hold 'Em, only to have Ted Turner sheepishly admit that he doesn't own the network anymore; violently dismissed counteroffer of Time Warner (nyse: TWX - news - people ) stock as "worthless." Tumultuous personal life; son-in-law placed restraining order on him following alleged assault with ancient statuette; loveless marriage; said to love money above all else. New member.
#8 Wayne, Bruce
Net Worth: $7.0 billion
Source: Inheritance, Defense
Age: 32
Marital Status: Single, one son
Hometown: Gotham City , U.S.A.
Wayne Industry profits up significantly due to sale of "Brother Eye" spy-satellite technology to U.S. government. Meanwhile, Wayne himself subject of ongoing FBI investigation after top-secret military prototypes are "lost" from company storage. Renowned playboy, fixture of the Gotham social scene, Wayne recently spotted canoodling with Silver St. Cloud, Drew Barrymore, Lindsay Lohan. Professional life occasionally intrudes on personal; annual all-black-attire party at Hamptons estate disrupted by swarm of razor-beaked robot penguins. Tongues continue to wag concerning Wayne's longtime habit of keeping teenage boys as "wards," rumored rubber suit fetish. Member since 1939.
#9 Howell III, Thurston
Net Worth: $6.3 billion
Source: Howell Industries
Age: 60
Marital Status: Married, no children
Hometown: Private Island, South Pacific
Education: Harvard University , B.A.
Value of Howell Industries skyrocketing after New York state attorney general's office abruptly dropped investigation into tax evasion, money-laundering charges following rambling, bumbling grand jury appearance by whistle-blower known only as "Gilligan." Despite legal clean slate, Howell remains firmly ensconced on remote Pacific Island with skeleton staff of trusted associates. Now becoming major private-equity player; recently took largest remaining U.S. maker of ascots, bamboo radios, martini glasses private; distrusts technology, particularly GPS navigation systems. Member since 1964.
#10 Stark, Tony
Net Worth : $6.0 billion
Source: Defense
Age: 35
Marital Status: Single
Hometown: New York, N.Y.
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S.
Stark Industries dominates headlines following alleged misdeeds of security personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan. Regardless, family controlled company saw sales surge thanks to contacts forged after Stark appointed head of global law-enforcement unit S.H.I.E.L.D. New line of "Hulkbuster" armored suits won $6.2 billion Department of Defense contract. Legendary playboy Stark reportedly toning down wild ways following death of friend Captain America; rumored to have taken up knitting, mah-jongg. Sold rights to life story to Hollywood interests; biopic due out next spring. Member since 1963.
