Top 10 Millionaires Who Went Missing In History

According to the records, approximately 800,000 people worldwide go missing each year. However, if the unreported numbers are added together, it could reach 1,300,000 annually.

In this chaotic world, however, it is impossible for ordinary people like us to keep track of everyone. These individuals do not become the subject of breaking news, nor do they have journalists swarming their apartment in an effort to observe their grieving family.

They are the people who simply add up to the total and are recorded as a number. However, if these individuals are millionaires, there will be a commotion among the general public, and they will be eager to learn every detail.

Top 10 Millionaires Who Went Missing In History

Here are ten such tales about millionaires who vanished.

• Arthur Kingsley Porter
• Bob Harrod
• Ambrose Small
• Steve Fossett
• Moe Jiwani
• Leonid Rozhetskin
• Kevin McGreever
• Guma L. Aguiar
• Camilla (Cam) Lyman
• Don Lewis

1. Arthur Kingsley Porter

He was an American medievalist and art historian who is known for his research into the spread of Romanesque sculpture. He left the legal profession to pursue this passion full-time, and he is still regarded for the contributions he made to his field.

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On July 8, 1933, while he was at his retreat on the Bolfin Islands, he vanished. His body has not yet been discovered, so it is presumed that he drowned.

Another possibility is that he was murdered or that he lied about his death in order to reappear in other parts of Europe under a different name.

2. Bob Harrod

A multimillionaire who married his sweetheart after 59 years of separation, had a love story that was straight out of a fairy tale. When the lovers wed, he was 81 years old, and he had high hopes for a happily ever after scenario.

However, what transpired following his disappearance from his residence on Carnation Drive in Placentia, California, on July 27, 2009, was somewhat of an anticlimax.

He was anxiously awaiting the return of his newlywed wife, who had gone to her Missouri home to finish packing.

The first person to learn that he had vanished was his spouse's son. His whereabouts are still a mystery to the police.

3. Ambrose Small

He was a millionaire from Canada who vanished on December 2, 1919, when he was 56 years old. His attorney, F.W.M. Flock, last saw him in Small's office at the Grand Opera House.

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He was never seen after that night, and no one who testified said they had seen him leave his office. His disappearance had been the subject of a number of allegations, some of which included that he had been murdered by his wife and her lover and cremated, as well as that a police officer had assisted them in covering up the crime.

However, nothing could ever be proven, so the investigation was officially closed by the police in 1960. His disappearance continues to be regarded as one of the most significant mysteries.

4. Steve Fossett

Another self-made millionaire who was successful in the stock market was Steve Fossett.

He is credited with setting 116 records, including the record for being the first person to fly across the world on a hot air balloon and the record for making the first nonstop journey around the world on an airplane.

He was one of the few millionaires who pursued their interest in sports beyond a passion. Unfortunately, one of these expeditions ended badly for him when he disappeared during a solo flight in September 2007 over the California Sierra Nevada Mountains.

A hiker found Steve's plane about thirteen months after he went missing. After a thorough DNA test, it was determined that the bones found at the sites were Steve's.

5. Moe Jiwani

Moe Jiwani In May 2006, Moe Jiwani left his mansion and went to Toronto to conduct business.

He never came back. Before reporting his disappearance to Halton Regional Police, his family waited four days. Jiwani was found to have all of the characteristics of a heavy crack cocaine user after further investigation.

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This occurred after the police discovered Jiwani's Mercedes-Benz unharmed in the parking lot of Filmores, a hotel and strip club on the corner of Dundas and Pembroke that is also home to a crack dealer and addict.

The millionaire's disappearance remains a mystery to this day, despite the fact that numerous suspects were examined by the police.

6. Leonid Rozhetskin

Leonid Rozhetskin is a Jewish lawyer who immigrated to the United States with his mother when he was fourteen years old. He was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union.

He was an outstanding student who was awarded a scholarship to Columbia University, where he received a distinguished degree. He became a lawyer and the owner of a law firm when he returned to Russia at the age of 26.

On March 16, 2008, the owner of assets worth several hundred million dollars mysteriously vanished from his villa in Jrmala, Latvia, under suspicious circumstances.

On the day he vanished, he was last seen at a club called XXL. Regarding his whereabouts, there are a variety of widely held opinions.

A preliminary DNA test indicates that a body found in a forest near Jrmala is that of Rozhetskin, despite the Russian media's assertion that he is in California as part of the Federal Witness Protection Program.

7. Kevin McGreever

Kevin McGreever, a millionaire, was found eight months after he was reported missing without a trace.

He vanished for eight months before suddenly turning up on a country road in Co. Leitrim, Republic of Ireland, near the Ulster-Ulster border, looking frail and confused. He later told the police that Russian gangsters and the IRA kidnapped him because he owed money to criminal gangs.

The Irish tycoon claimed that he was subjected to severe torture at the time. In point of fact, when he was discovered, he had the word thief written on his forehead with a pen knife. He was thrown out of a van, according to the women who found him. However, subsequent police investigation revealed that he had gone missing himself only to return with this abduction theory rather than having been abducted.

It's possible that he was under the impression that his former clients would be reluctant to demand money from him as a result of this act because doing so might have implicated them in his kidnapping.

He was later taken into custody for making false accusations and wasting the officers' time.

8. Guma L. Aguiar

Guma L. Aguiar was an industrialist from the United States who was born in Brazil. In his later years, he typically split his time between Israel and the United States.

He was wealthy and had excellent leadership qualities. The New York Jewish Week named him one of the 36 most influential Jewish leaders under the age of 36.

On the 20th of June, 2012, he vanished. His Jupiter boat landed on Fort Lauderdale Beach east of East Las Olas Boulevard at 1:15 a.m. with its engines still running and its navigation lights on.

Aguiar's phone and wallet were on board, but there was no sign of any other passengers, including him. The Coast Guard is still looking into the situation; They have not yet discovered any significant evidence.

9. Camilla (Cam) Lyman

He was a multimillionaire whose life was as mysterious as his death. The individual was a girl when he was born, but in later years, he started living as a man, wearing male clothes, and using steroids to grow mustaches.

He changed his name to Cam during this time, even though his family says he never had sex reassignment surgery and should not be considered a man.

However, in later years, he was always referred to as a man. When Cam's family did not receive the customary Christmas card in December 1987, they discovered that he had been missing for months. The police tried to look into him, but they couldn't find out where he was, so they couldn't charge anyone.

In the end, in 1995, his body was discovered in a septic tank on his estate in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, by new homeowners.

10. Don Lewis

He was a self-made millionaire who amassed enormous wealth in a variety of industries, including trucking and real estate. He was reported missing in 1997, but his bank account remained untouched. The primary suspect in this case is his wife Carole. Carole was addicted to buying and selling exotic cats, and as a result, she convinced Don to spend $92,000 on cats alone. As a result, Don became irritated and their marriage became less of a fairy tale. Don Lewis actually had to file a protection order against his wife a few months before he went missing. However, Carole had obtained a power of attorney, which granted her complete control over the situation in the event that he vanished. However, no evidence against her has yet been discovered.