This is a list of people and organisations named in the Paradise Papers as connected to offshore companies. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists stated in their politicians database, as a disclaimer, "There are legitimate uses for offshore companies and trusts. We do not intend to suggest or imply that any people, companies or other entities included in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database have broken the law or otherwise acted improperly."
Government officials Current or former heads of state or government of their country as defined by their political position at the time of announcement, not whether the documents in the Papers relating to them coincided with their period of office.
Heads of state
Current heads of state
Charles III, King of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms Ilham Aliyev, current President of Azerbaijan.
Prabowo Subianto, current President of Indonesia and chairman of the Great Indonesia Movement Party Former heads of state
Elizabeth II (d. 2022), former Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms José María Figueres, former President of Costa Rica Juan Manuel Santos, former President of Colombia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia Petro Poroshenko, former President of Ukraine
Heads of government
Former heads of government Shaukat Aziz, former Prime Minister of Pakistan Jean Chrétien, former Prime Minister of Canada Alfred Gusenbauer, former Chancellor of Austria Yukio Hatoyama, former Prime Minister of Japan Paul Martin, former Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney (d. 2024), former Prime Minister of Canada Gerhard Schröder, former Chancellor of Germany Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, former Prime Minister of Qatar
Cabinet officials
Argentina Juan José Aranguren, Minister of Energy Luis Caputo, Minister of Finance
Brazil Blairo Maggi, Minister of Agriculture Henrique Meirelles, Minister of Finance
India Ashok Gehlot, former Chief Minister of Rajasthan Sachin Pilot, former Minister of Corporate Affairs Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, Opposition Leader, Andhra Pradesh
Kazakhstan Mukhtar Ablyazov, former Minister of Energy and Trade Sauat Mynbayev, Minister of Oil and Gas
Kenya Sally Kosgei, former Minister of Agriculture
Lebanon Adnan Kassar, former Minister of State and Minister of Economy and Trade
Mexico Pedro Aspe, former Secretary of Finance and Public Credit Alejandro Gertz Manero, former Secretary of Public Security
Serbia Nenad Popović, Minister without portfolio
United States Steven Mnuchin, former Secretary of the Treasury Penny Pritzker, former Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, former Secretary of Commerce Rex Tillerson, former Secretary of State
Members of legislatures
Canada Leo Kolber, former member of the Senate
European Union Antanas Guoga, Member of the European Parliament
India Vijay Mallya, former member of the Rajya Sabha and son of businessman Vittal Mallya Jayant Sinha, member of the Lok Sabha and Minister of State for Civil Aviation Ravindra Kishore Sinha, member of the Rajya Sabha
Iraq Mudhar Shawkat, former member of the Council of Representatives
Japan Masamitsu Naito, member of the House of Councillors Taro Yamada, former member of the House of Councillors
Mexico Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe, former member of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies
Nigeria Bukola Saraki, former President of the Senate of Nigeria
Russia Alexey Ezubov, member of the State Duma Aleksandr Skorobogatko, former member of the State Duma
Spain Pablo Crespo, former member of Parliament of Galicia and implicated in the Gürtel case
Ukraine Anton Pryhodsky, former member of the Verkhovna Rada
United Kingdom Michael Ashcroft, former member of the House of Lords George Magan, member of the House of Lords Jacob Rees-Mogg, former member of the House of Commons James Sassoon, member of the House of Lords and former Commercial Secretary to the Treasury
Other government officials
El Salvador Carlos Quintanilla Schmidt, former Vice President of El Salvador
Indonesia Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno, former Deputy Governor of Jakarta
Saudi Arabia Khalid bin Sultan, former Deputy Minister of Defense
Spain Guillermo Ortega Alonso, former Mayor of Majadahonda and implicated in Gürtel case Xavier Trias, former Mayor of Barcelona
United States Wesley Clark, former presidential candidate and Supreme Allied Commander Europe Gary Cohn, director of the National Economic Council Jon Huntsman Jr., Ambassador to Russia Randal Quarles, Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Federal Reserve
Relatives and associates of government officials
Canada Stephen Bronfman, close friend of former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Ghana Ibrahim Mahama, brother of former President John Mahama
Greece Mareva Grabowski, wife of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Indonesia Tommy and Mamiek Suharto, children of former President Suharto
Israel Jonathan Kolber, son of Canadian senator Leo Kolber; former CEO of Koor Industries; beneficiary of the Kolber Trust
Jordan Noor Al-Hussein, former Queen consort of Jordan
Montenegro Ana Kolarević, sister of former Prime Minister and President Milo Đukanović
Russia Olga Shuvalova, wife of First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov
Spain Santiago Alarcó, ex brother-in-law of former Vice President of the Government, Rodrigo Rato Blanca de la Mata y Pobes, wife of former President of the Congress of Deputies, Jesús Posada Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, mistress of former King Juan Carlos I of Spain
Turkey Erkam and Bülent Yıldırım, sons of Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım
United Kingdom Charles, Prince of Wales, then heir apparent to the British throne Benjamin Leadsom, husband of former Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council Andrea Leadsom Peter de Putron, brother-in-law of Andrea Leadsom
Non-government officials and other people Businesspeople
Multiple citizenship Micky Arison, chairman of Carnival Corporation & plc Leonard Blavatnik, founder of Access Industries Germán Efromovich, founder of Synergy Group Ivan Glasenberg, CEO of Glencore Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais, entrepreneur Marc Rich, Major shareholder in Glencore Lino Saputo, founder of Saputo Inc. Mark Scheinberg and his father Isai Scheinberg, founders of PokerStars George Soros, founder of Soros Fund Management and Open Society Foundations
Andorra Francesc Robert Ribes, former president of Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra
Argentina Alan Faena, hotelier and real estate developer Ignacio Jorge Rosner, businessman and financier
Australia David Coe, founder of Allco Finance Group Richard Goyder, chairman of AFL Commission and former CEO of Wesfarmers John Kinghorn, founder of RAMS Home Loans and former shareholder of Allco Finance Group Nicholas Moore, CEO of Macquarie Group
Canada Carl Dare, former owner of Dare Foods Michael DeGroote, businessman and philanthropist Julien Lavallée, top seller in StubHub Peter Nygård, accused child sex trafficker, founder of Nygard International Thierry Vandal, former CEO of Hydro-Québec
Croatia Danko Končar, majority shareholder of the Afarak Group
France Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH Philippe Starck, designer
Germany Curt Engelhorn, former owner of Roche Diagnostics and DePuy Paul Gauselmann, founder and CEO of Gauselmann
Greece Giannis Alafouzos, owner of Panathinaikos F.C. George Economou, shipowner Telis Mistakidis, major shareholder in Glencore Nikolas Tsakos, shipowner Giannis Vardinogiannis, former owner of Panathinaikos F.C. Vardis Vardinogiannis, chairman and controlling shareholder of Motor Oil Hellas and Vegas Oil and Gas
Iceland Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson, investor and chairman of Novator Partners
India Vijay Mallya, chairman of United Breweries Group Bandi Parthasaradhi Reddy, founder of Hetero Drugs Niira Radia, former corporate lobbyist Ashok Seth, chairman of Fortis-Escorts
Israel Dan Gertler, founder and president of Dan Gertler International Group Idan Ofer, founder of Tanker Pacific and principal of Quantum Pacific Group
Kazakhstan Nurzhan Subkhanberdin, banker and former chairman of Kazkommertsbank Nina Zhussupova, member of the board of directors of Kazkommertsbank
Malaysia Datuk Kamaruddin Taib, chairman of HSBC Bank Malaysia
Mexico Alberto Baillères, chairman of Grupo BAL and ITAM Ricardo Salinas Pliego, founder and chairman of Grupo Salinas Carlos Slim, owner of Grupo Carso
Pakistan Alauddin Feerasta, chairman of Soneri Bank Sadruddin Hashwani, founder and chairman of Hashoo Group Mian Muhammad Mansha, chairman of Nishat Group
Russia Roman Abramovich, owner of Millhouse Capital and Chelsea F.C. Oleg Deripaska, founder and owner of Basic Element Leonid Mikhelson, CEO of Novatek Yuri Milner, US-based Russian Silicon Valley investor, and investor in a real estate start-up, Cadre, founded by Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner Aleksandr Ponomarenko, businessman and owner of "Putin's Palace" Arkady and Boris Romanovich Rotenberg, co-owners of SGM Marina Sechina, investor and ex-wife of Igor Sechin Oleg Tinkov, oligarch Alisher Usmanov, oligarch
Saudi Arabia Bakr bin Laden, chairman of the Saudi Binladen Group
Spain Francisco Correa Sánchez, businessman and head of the Gürtel case Daniel Maté, billionaire co-owner of Glencore Juan Bautista Granell Campderà, businessman Carmen Cervera, Baroness of Thyssen-Bornemisza, socialité and art collector, and his son Borja Thyssen-Bornemisza Joan Laporta, former president of FC Barcelona José Manuel Loureda, former president and co-founder of Sacyr Francisco Ortiz von Bismarck, businessman and economist, descendant of Otto von Bismarck Luis del Rivero, former president and co-founder of Sacyr Georges Santamaría, owner of Terra Mítica and Aqualandia Juan Villalonga, former CEO of Telefónica
Sweden Christer Gardell, hedge fund manager Bertil Hult, founder of EF Education First Leif Östling, former CEO of Scania AB and chairman of Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
Syria Rami Makhlouf, owner of Syriatel
United Kingdom Arron Banks, businessman, political donor and co-founder of the Leave.EU campaign David and Frederick Barclay, businessmen founders of Shop Direct, and David's wife (now widow), Zoe Barclay. Robert Edmiston, billionaire motor trade entrepreneur and founder of Christian Vision Hugh Grosvenor, businessman and landowner Hugh van Cutsem, landowner, banker, businessman, and horse-breeder Jim Mellon, billionaire businessman Michael Cyprian Waller-Bridge, founder of Tradepoint and father of actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge
United States Sheldon Adelson, founder of the Las Vegas Sands Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft Thomas J. Barrack Jr., founder of Colony NorthStar J. Christopher and Robert Burch, brothers Jeffrey Epstein, late financier and convicted sex offender John Augustine Hearst, business and media executive Carl Icahn, founder of Icahn Enterprises Peter Karmanos, majority owner of the Carolina Hurricanes Charles and David Koch, respectively CEO and EVP of Koch Industries Robert Kraft, founder and CEO of Kraft Group Robert Mercer, co-CEO of Renaissance Technologies Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay Stephen Pagliuca, co-chairman of Bain Capital Geoffrey Palmer, real estate developer Stephen A. Schwarzman, founder of The Blackstone Group Jim Simons, co-founder of Renaissance Technologies Paul Singer, founder of Elliott Management Corporation Warren Stephens, chairman, president, and CEO of Stephens Inc. Steve Wynn, CEO of Wynn Resorts
Zambia Hakainde Hichilema, businessman and politician
Entertainment personalities
Australia Michael Hutchence, singer Nicole Kidman, actress Keith Urban, singer
Canada Avril Lavigne, singer
Colombia Shakira, singer
France Jean-Jacques Annaud, film director
India Amitabh Bachchan, Bollywood actor Manyata Dutt, actress
Ireland