The richest Cypriot: John Fredriksen

Net worth: $13.6 billion

Forbes rank: 76

Background: John Fredriksen is a oil-tanker and shipping tycoon and owns company Frontline Ltd. In 2005 he got into the deepwater drilling business with Seadrill, which still pays him $400 million a year in dividends. Fredricksen also expanded into the fish farming business.