While leader of the Sinaloa cartel, El Chapo (Joaquín Guzmán Loera) amassed a fortune, though estimates of his wealth vary widely. He was reported to have a net worth of more than $1 billion, though some sources say it was as high as $12 billion. Following his conviction in the United States in 2019, prosecutors estimated that he had earned $12,666,181,704, which he was ordered to pay. The figure was based on the government’s claim that while Guzmán was head of the Sinaloa cartel, the group had smuggled into the United States more than one million kilograms of heroin, cocaine, marijuana, and methamphetamine.
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