Of the 1,810 individuals who made the 2016 Forbes list of the world’s richest people, 40 derive their wealth from the business of vice.
Half of them inherited their wealth. Taken as a group, the world’s billionaires are 65% self-made.

#38 (Tie) Nobutada Saji

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Net Worth: $1B
Citizenship: Japan
Source of Wealth: Beverages

 Nobutada Saji got rich from a non-alcoholic drinks and snacks company. But his company’s recent $16 billion acquisition of Jim Beam places him firmly in the vice billionaire category.

 #38 (Tie) Huang Bingwen

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Net worth: $1B

Citizenship: Australia

Source of Wealth: Cigarette Packaging

 One of three billionaires on this list whose wealth derives from the smoking industry, Bingwen made his fortune without touching a tobacco leaf. His company Shantou Dongfeng manufactures the paper packaging for cigarettes, and went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2012.

 #38 (Tie) Ken Grossman

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Net worth: $1B

Citizenship: United States

Source of Wealth: Beer

Craft beer pioneer Ken Grossman founded Sierra Nevada brewery in 1978 when there were only 45 independent breweries in America. Sierra Nevada, which is famous for its pale ale, earned $300 million in revenues in 2015. Grossman, whose son runs a new brewery in North Carolina, is keenly aware of Sierra Nevada’s environmental impact.

#36 (Tie) Susanne Veltins 

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Net worth: $1.1B
Citizenship: Germany
Source of Wealth: Beer

Susanne Veltins is a fifth-generation family member to head C. & A. Veltins brewery, which has operated from the same site in Grevenstein, Germany since 1824. According to a comprehensive Euromonitor report on the German beer industry, Veltins’ share of the German market was 3.2% in 2013. Annual revenues are estimated at close to $800 million.

 #36 (Tie) Kazuo Okada

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Net worth: $1.1B
Citizenship: Japan
Source of Wealth: Casinos

Self-made casino and slot machine mogul Kazuo Okada chairs publicly-traded Universal Entertainment Corp., which manufactures and sells pachinko machines and casino equipment and manages casino hotels.

#35 Lawrence Ho

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Net worth: $1.2B
Citizenship: Hong Kong
Source of Wealth: Casinos

A son of Macau gambling-industry legend Stanley Ho, he gets the bulk of his fortune from his stake in Hong Kong-listed holding company Melco International, the leisure and entertainment outfit he runs. Ho saw $800 million wiped off of his net worth over the course of a year, due to Macau’s plummeting fortunes.

#34 Elaine Wynn

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Net worth: $1.3B

Citizenship: United States

Source of Wealth: Casinos, Hotels

 Elaine Wynn co-founded and helped run Wynn Resorts alongside her ex-husband, Steve Wynn — earning her the nickname “Queen of Las Vegas.” In April 2015, though, she was stripped of her board seat, despite making a highly public case to stay on the board.