Which fictional character topped Forbes’ 2007 Fictional 15 wealth ranking?

Scrooge McDuck topped Forbes’ 2007 Fictional 15 wealth ranking.

Forbes created the Fictional 15 as a playful estimate of the fortunes possessed by characters from books, films, television, comics, and folklore. Scrooge McDuck ranked first in 2007 because his stories portray him as a fabulously wealthy investor and hoarder of gold.

The character was created by Carl Barks for Disney Comics and first appeared in 1947. His signature money bin and stories about business ventures made him a natural candidate for a fictional wealth list.

These figures are not real financial data. Forbes treated the exercise as an imaginative comparison, sometimes using clues from fictional narratives to estimate assets. That makes the Fictional 15 different from Forbes’ real billionaire rankings, which estimate the net worth of living individuals.