2022 Top 10 Richest People in Belize

7. Dame Froyla Tzalam

Dame Froyla Tzalam, GCMG, is a Belizean Mopan Maya anthropologist and community leader, who has served as the Governor-General of Belize since 27 May 2021.

She is the first indigenous person of Maya descent to serve as governor-general of any country in the history of the Commonwealth. She is the seventh  richest person in Belize. with a net worth of $10 million.

8. Cordel Hyde

Cordel Hyde is a Belizean politician. He is the current Deputy Prime Minister of Belize since 16 November 2020. He is a member of the People’s United Party, he has represented the Lake Independence constituency in the Belize House since 2015. He currently serves as deputy leader of the People’s United Party.

Cordeal Hyde is the number eight on the list of 2022 top 10 richest people in Belize with a net worth of $8 million.

9. Francis William Fonseca

Francis William Fonseca  is a Belizean politician who served as leader of the People’s United Party and as Leader of the Opposition of Belize from 2011 to 2016. 

First elected to the Belize House of Representatives from the Belize City-based Freetown constituency in 2003, Fonseca served as Attorney General and Minister of Education, Culture and Labour in Prime Minister Said Musa’s cabinet until February 2008, when the PUP lost the general election to the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP).

Fonseca was one of only six PUP representatives nationwide to retain his seat in the National Assembly in the 2008 election. Fonseca is the ninth richest person in Belize with a net worth of $5 million.

10. Patrick Jason Faber

Patrick Jason Faber is a Belizean politician. He was the Leader of the Opposition. He formerly served as Minister of Education, Youth Sports and Culture.

In July 2020 he was appointed the leader of the United Democratic Party, after Prime Minister Dean Barrow stated his plans to retire at the end of his term. Patrick Faber is the tenth richest person in Belize. with a net worth of $5 million.