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The world's richest antique collectors

Collecting antiques is a time-consuming and expensive hobby. To own works of art and artifacts that have existed for a long time, many people have to spend a fortune. Collecting antiques is not a popular hobby. Many works of art are worth a fortune, and are even difficult to buy with money, such as paintings by the great Picasso or objects from lost dynasties in the past. Below are 10 billionaires who are also famous antique collectors in the world.

1. Bernard Arnault

Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault is the 72-year-old CEO of LVMH group. The group includes luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, winemaker Moët & Chandon, Hennessy and the famous watchmaking company Hublot, one of Rolex's rivals. Arnault is the richest person in Europe and the 4th richest person in the world.

Besides being an extremely successful businessman, Arnault is also a famous art and antiques collector. His collection includes works by famous artists such as Picasso, Yves Klein, Henry Moore and Andy Warhol.

Arnault has a staggering net worth of $150.4 billion.
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2. François Pinault

François Pinault is the French founder of the Kering group and the Artémis investment company and is also a major collector of contemporary art. In 2019, his personal collection included around 5,000 works. He is one of the directors of the PPR group, which owns major brands such as Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen. Furthermore, he is also the owner of Christie’s and an avid collector, having his works displayed in two museums in Venice.

Pinault has a net worth of $42.3 billion.
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3. Paul Allen

Number 3 on the list is Paul Gardner Allen. He was the co-founder of the technology company Microsoft and passed away in 2018. Although he did not invest much in antiques and art, his wealth still placed him on the list of the richest collectors in the world. His antiques collections were put into several non-profit community organizations that he founded.

At the time of his death, Allen's net worth was $20 billion and he planned to give most of it away.
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4. Steven Cohen

Steven Cohen is an American hedge fund manager. He is the co-owner of the New York Mets baseball team. Steven’s collection is one of the most valuable private art collections in the world, worth over $1 billion, and includes notable works such as Koons’ “Rabbit,” Picasso’s “Le Rêve” (The Dream), and Damien Hirst’s “The Impossibility of Death in the Mind of the Living.” Cohen is known for being a big spender, reportedly spending $137.5 million on De Kooning’s “Woman III” and $155 million on Picasso’s “Le Rêve” (The Dream). According to Forbes, Steven Cohen’s net worth is $14.6 billion.
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5. Roman Abramovich

Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich is best known as the majority owner of the English football club Chelsea. He is a Russian-born Israeli businessman and a noted antiques collector. In May 2008, Abramovich spent over $100 million and became a major buyer in the international art auction market. He donated over $2.5 billion between 1999 and 2013 to build schools, hospitals and infrastructure in Chukotka.

Abramovich has a net worth of $14.5 billion.
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6. Samuel Irving Newhouse Jr.

Samuel Irving Newhouse Jr., was an American art collector. Irving Newhouse Jr. was the original owner of Jackson Pollock's 1948 "Number 5", one of the most valuable paintings in the world. His collection consisted primarily of modern and contemporary art. In 2010, he was listed by Art News as one of the world's top 200 art collectors with a collection of art worth up to $700 million.

At the time of his death, Irving Newhouse Jr. had a net worth of $13 billion.
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7. David Geffen

David Lawrence Geffen is the founder of the famous film production company DreamWorks. One of the famous works of art he once owned was Jackson Pollock's "Number 5", which he bought from Samuel Irving Newhouse Jr. According to The New York Times, David sold this famous work to someone else in 2006.

Geffen's current net worth is $9.6 billion.
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8. Leon Black

Leon David Black is an American investor. He is known as the co-founder of the private equity firm Apollo Global Management. He is an avid art collector and was the chairman of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York (USA). Black's collection includes works from the Impressionist school, modern paintings, Chinese sculptures and contemporary art. He owns artworks worth up to 750 million USD.

Black's net worth is 8.6 billion USD.
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9. Eli Broad

Eli Broad is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He and his wife, Edythe Lawson, own approximately 2,000 works by 200 famous artists, including Jeff Koons, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Jean Michel Basquiat, Roy Lichtenstein, Cindy Sherman, and Joseph Beuys. Together, they own a total of $2 billion worth of art.

Broad's net worth is $6.9 billion.
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10. María Aramburuzabala

María Asunción Aramburuzabala Larregui is a Mexican businesswoman. She is the president of the venture capital firm Tresalia Capital. While little information is publicly available about her art collection, she is said to regularly attend art fairs.

Aramburuzabala has a net worth of $5.8 billion.
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