Who is the RICHEST Wizard in Harry Potter? - Harry Potter Theory

[@HarryPotterTheory]

Thanks for watching folks! Check out my 2 other recent videos on wizarding riches: Why Were Harry's Parents SO Rich?: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqCxi5xjYtqUrMU Why Are SOME Wizards POOR?: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXWpYZ6NoJ2MZ68

[@davidkennedy8929]

Another excellent video, you mentioned hermiones parents going to gringotts bank, I still wonder how they reacted and what they said to their muggle friends in regards this and other magical things that as muggles they saw, but could not be a part of?

[@ashtonwolgamott3526]

Do a video on how rich harry is in muggle money. Like how much muggle money his gold and silver is worth. Thatd be interesting

[@wadewinstonwilson3294]

Hagrid, the keeper of keys and grounds at Hogwarts school for witches and wizards and the care of/for magical creatures teacher, is by far the richest character in the series. He gave away 5000 galeons worth of unicorn hair to professor slughorn, and has been there employed since the age of 13 and he was 67 at the end of the series. 54 yrs of pay while being provided for any and all needs, as well as all the magical items to sell. Makes him well into the millionaire’s club. All while living a modest and wholesome life

[@charleslee8313]

I was about to mention him. I guess you're a fan of Super Carlin Bros as well.

[@niktniewiem4785]

Lol, you clearly have no idea about how wealth is created. You would have to work thousands of years not spending a penny to gather comparable fortunes to those mentioned here. This video literally just explained how those people got rich, do you really think that a JOB is comparable to selling books worldwide or having a company that creates and sells potions to literally everyone?? (This probably compares to big pharma in our world, like Pfizer, those are one of the richest companies)

[@acerugarmob]

Swagrid 😭😭😭

[@JoeGaming93]

@Charles Lee super Carlin are the best then this

[@mikebrown3790]

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[@barbiquearea]

I feel like the Second Wizarding War had all but ensured the Malfoys became the wealthiest wizarding family in Britain if they weren't already. For starters since Narcissa was Bellatrix's closest next of kin and likely the sole beneficiary in her will, with Radolphus put away in Azkaban it means she more than likely inherited all of her sister's wealth, which I imagine included everything she had in Gringotts (the combined Black and Lestrange fortune) as well as whatever real estate both families owned. Then there's the fact that Draco married Astoria Greengrass who is also from a wealthy and respected family. Since most of Astoria's family were struck down by a hereditary curse (herself included), that means Draco should have inherited her family's estate as well. With all this in mind Scorpius is set to one day become ridiculously wealthy as he will inherit the combined Malfoy, Lestrange, Black and Green Greengrass fortunes.

[@bodoke8266]

Jesus

[@Prince19912]

@@bodoke8266 Him too

[@ChaosUnleashed265]

the contents of the black family vault belongs to harry. Sirius left it to him in his will remember

[@barbiquearea]

@@ChaosUnleashed265 But that's only Sirius's branch of the family. His uncle Cygnus was independently wealthy, and his fortune would have been passed onto his three daughters. Although with Andromeda disowned, Bellatrix would have inherited the vast sum of her parent's wealth being the second oldest. And when she was killed it's most likely all of her possessions would have been passed onto Narcissa since there's no way she would have left anything to Andromeda. Also its not known if Walburga stipulated that her side of the family's money would go to Sirius or not. Maybe the vault was still in his name but for we know whoever was the executor of the Black's estate (possibly Narcissa) might have already cleaned it out, leaving Harry with but an empty vault.

[@RobertJones-ux6nc]

You got to remember that Andromeda was still alive and being the third Black child and I do not believe that the Goblins are purist & would divide Bellatrix 's vault between the sisters.

[@wadewinstonwilson3294]

Also, most people don’t know that Harry is so wealthy, due too the long line of potionairs and herbologist along his family tree. Some of their contributions still used in the series are. Sleek-easy-hair potion and the skel-el-gro potions which have been used in the seties and mentioned by characters like professor Lockheart as well as used by harry to regrow the bones in his arm in his 2 year.

[@shaunstrasser1]

And got Sirius Black's part of the Black Family wealth

[@katholmes7112]

As he possessed the philosopher's stone and lived for over 600 years, Flamel would be the richest. I'm not sure who'd be the next richest after him though.

[@barbiquearea]

He would have been cash rich but we don't know if he own assets like the Malfoy's mansion. In Crimes of Grindelwald we don't see him living in luxury although it's possible that he has a mansion outside of Paris.

[@katholmes7112]

Assets don't really matter when you can literally just create money. I doubt his vault ever held only a single galleon like we see in the Weasley vault. Lol. Ironically, I think the Weasleys wealth drastically increases after the war, moving them up the list. Ginny marries Harry who's extremely rich as well as having a very successful sports career of her own, the twins joke shop becomes more successful than Zonko's ever was, and Hermione becomes Minister of Magic putting the Weasleys in a serious power position.

[@zulhilmi5787]

@@katholmes7112 not to mention Ron and Arthur both work in wizarding minister. The family really steps up a lot. If there is a Harry Potter story in distance future, the weasley would be one of the wealthiest family with huge power in the wizarding world.

[@Ronkyort0dox]

I don't think public office pays much

[@sketchtheparadigmyork1217]

Couldn’t the stone also turn things into gold?

[@olesuhr727]

If Harrys wealth grew while he was staying with his Aunt and Uncle, it would probably continue to grow during his seven years in Hogwarts.

[@AlexMason-45]

If Harry is receiving royalties for Skele Grow Pepperup and his grandfathers hair potion he is definitely making a profit and his money continued to grow especially after getting everything the Black Family owned which includes immense wealth and property and most likely assets and investments gaining more money

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

The portion mentioning Nicholas Flamel and the Stone reminded me about a pop song that was written for Laura Branigan in 1983 called “Imagination”. The opening stanza references alchemy, as it mentions a “power to turn iron into gold”. I often wondered how exactly Harry came into his fortune, because I seem to recall having read that James Potter had come into the same fortune when he came of age and married Lily. It wasn’t until watching this video that I learned about Harry’s grandfather having been a successful potioneer. The part about Sirius having come into a similar fortune was always circumspect, since he had been born into wealth, despite the fact that his mother disowned him when he left.

[@CombativeMedic]

They may not have been financially successful, but the Weasley family were rich in love. Gotta give them props for that.

[@RoadRage810]

Wow, good timing. 3 minutes. The last time I came this early I ended up with my third kid. 😂

[@kariepike4516]

This is my most favorite comment, probably of my entire 28 years alive on this planet

[@AlbanAwan]

Time for number four

[@fizzy_buzz]

WILDDD. I'm stealing this comment to use for when I have my first kid 😭

[@poisonpotato1]

Did gringotts ever have checks or develop like a wizard version of a credit card Also that scene where Malloy boasts about his family buying slytherin new brooms. I just realized harry could've of done the same for gryffindor

[@atchmon902]

Probably some form of a bill of sale. They turn it into gringots bank and the goblins make the necessary xfer.

[@GalliadII]

just imagine your wand being tied to your vault at gringots. you'd just perform a single spell and an agreed amount of money would vanish from your vault and appear in someone elses.

[@raihan8892]

they must have, it would be tedious going to gringotts every time you'd want to buy something

[@heinzifax]

Just a thought, what happened with all of the Lockhard book royalties after he ended in St. Mungos. Flamel is one of the funny mistakes in the philosophers stone. Its impossible to find his name in no matter what book. Him being the oldest wizard, the alchemist, would probably be mentioned in about 80% of all books, no matter what they are about.

[@teresamcmurrin8672]

Actually, Flamel is quite well-known. Nicholas Flamel was a real person, a professional scribe, a wealthy man noted for his generosity--but there's no evidence he was ever involved in alchemy, let alone that he found the Philosopher's Stone or created the Elixir of Life. Those ideas came from the many legends about him that rose in the 17th Century, 200 years later. It started with an alchemical work that was claimed to be by Flamel. That led to a wealth of legends and literature (and several Elvis-worthy "sightings" supporting the idea of his immortality). He became a bit of a trope, actually. Any book or essay that even touches on Western alchemy will mention him. He's shown up in many novels (including The Hunchback of Notre Dame), movies--and even a video game (Assasin's Creed: Unity). His name is all over the place! So I disagree that HP made a mistake.

[@heinzifax]

This is exactly what I have written. They are looking in the library for him and can't find his name. This is hilarious, because he will be mentioned in almost every book there is. It would take about five minutes to find something about him in a library.

[@teresamcmurrin8672]

@@heinzifax Ah, I misread your post and got it the other way round, sorry about that! 😳 You're absolutely right, of course. That would be odd enough in a Muggle library, but unheard of in a Wizarding one! Perhaps they did that intentionally as a sort of joke (for those, like yourself, that would catch it)--or would that be too much to hope?

[@fistovuzi]

@@teresamcmurrin8672 Occam's Razor - the simplest answer is the most likely to be correct. what is the simplest answer? Rowling is a grossly overrated writer.

[@reaver1414]

What about the old lady that Tom Riddle killed to steal the cup and locket from? She had a whole collection of expensive artifacts beyond those items taken, so many they didn't even notice they were missing at first

[@roggie839]

So, I have a theory I'd like to see you cover if you haven't already? What would've happened had Bellatrix disarmed Dumbledore in the battle of the astronomy tower?

[@GroundZer0Mike]

Voldemort would still find a way to kill Snape. Rip Alan Rickman

[@gugurupurasudaikirai7620]

The answer is the Malfoys. If you read about their family history then you realize the ridiculous amount of generational wealth they actually have. Lucius had so much influence in the Ministry only because of how much money he had. They were in the top box at the Quidditch World Cup because of donations he made and Fudge couldn't stop slobbering over him

[@BjornV1994]

While I can only speculate, there are likely a few richer wizards and witches in Great-Brittain than the Potter Family (though probably not as rich as the Malfoys or the Lestranges) going by the fact that Harry had a regular bank vault and there were several vaults guarded by dragons (which likely means that their contents are even more valuable than Harry's vault). If I had to venture a guess of whom could be another rich family with a Dragon guarded vault, it would likely be the Crouch family.

[@old_toucs6283]

Guarded vaults could also be for things you don't want anyone else to find. Maybe Voldemort wasn't the only one with a horcrux. Remember that several wizards were aware of these and knew how to create them. There are probably a lot of magical things that wizards would want to put in a guarded vault.

[@theallseeingmaster]

In the US, we tend to forget that in England, generational wealth, usually to the first born son (primogeniture), was the norm for hundreds of years (think of Great English Estates). Primogeniture may still be THE norm in the world Harry lives in. I think regular deposits were made into Harry's account, throughout his life, from his family's unmentioned, unnamed inter-generational business interests. While his father did not need employment he was able to support his friends with money; it had to come, continually, from somewhere.

[@BjornV1994]

@@old_toucs6283 That is an excellent point! Horcruxes are a bit of an extreme example (though, it is my personal headcanon a lot more dark wizards had them throughout the centuries) but the vaults could contain other items that required guarding for other reasons than monetary worth, very true.

[@christinepearson4972]

Note that in the harry potter franchise some of the money in harry potter family vult is from sirus black

[@baldrian22]

this would be afther the 5th book.

[@Huskytabby]

Video idea for you to do: What additional effects do spells have that are not seen in the movies? For instance, what else can the patronus charm do besides ward off dementors?

[@kevinbogdan9301]

Can you do a video guessing on How Big the Weasley family's fortune has grown, from help and hard work from, Mr. Weasley winning 700 galleons, to the twins joke shop, Harry winning the Tri-wizard Tournaments 1000 galleons & giving it to the twins, as Head of the Auror Office, to Head of Department of magical law enforement, Ginny as a famous quidditch player to working at the daily prophet, Ron's time as an Auror to working at the Joke Shop, to Hermonie as Minister of Magic, something like that please?

[@niktniewiem4785]

This probably puts them in upper-middle class, wealthy, but not rich. Quite a big jump from total poverty, but remember this splits among all of them, so in reality everyone is just earning for themselves. Twins shop as a business has the biggest potential to make them really rich, as it was said it got popular and succesfull.

[@ian7064]

I agree that Bellatrix would be the richest witch over the Malfoys pre 2nd wizarding war since she and her husband being in Azkaban meant their fortune was left untouched and unspent in their absence

[@conflictedbalance6994]

Love how you added a pic of Lockhart with a grill 😂

[@mieljte99]

VIDEO IDEA: top 10 secret/special rooms in hogwarts

[@DarkFableX]

You really had Lockhart rockin grills in the video.🤣🤣

[@Idorazan]

How high would Hagrid be on this list? He has amassed five decades of salary from his various jobs at Hogwarts, and he has had to pay for very little during that time.

[@braggarmybrat]

I think I remember a video someone made that he was actually wealthy. You're right, he never spent a lot (viz. Hagrid bought Harry a rare white owl) and saved almost everything he earned.

[@saintzeroinfinity]

He’s Alfred level wealthy!

[@braggarmybrat]

I've always wondered if Gringotts loaned out money from the hoards of gold so that their depositors accrued interest. Did their money grow, or was it just a depository for their static wealth?

[@Ronkyort0dox]

They invested in bagel shops and the duamond business

[@eranshachar9954]

Interesting. I think that whoever is poor in the wizarding world is either don't know how to manage money/not willing to be a good enough politician for the better paying jobs so he can multiple any amount of money he gets. BTW did anyone notice a plot hole regarding Nicholas and Perenelle? If Nicholas was born in the 1300's it poses a problem. The Triwizard tournament was first recorded in 1294, which is about 20 years earlier than the estimated birth of the Flamels. The school couldn't have existed in the competition without them establishing it. Or am I mistaken and they didn't establish Beauxbatons.

[@PangarisLP]

They didn't, they were themselfes students in Beauxbatons

[@eranshachar9954]

@@PangarisLP Oh okay thanks. I am not sure why I thought they were the founders.

[@Vasilios_MaleOC]

You aren’t wrong with number one… he is probably really rich

[@markmagician2471]

I'm the richest Wizard by watching this video

[@omigawdd]

Cheeeesed 😂

[@A_Brit]

I thought of the number one pick right away. The dude can literally make wealth.

[@Khizar_kt]

Soo what's the currency exchange rate for muggle money to wizard money

[@shadowjoe1299]

flamel allegedly died but he might have just used the opportunity to fake his death and start a new life

[@Ronkyort0dox]

No, unless he made an horcrux

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@Ronkyort0dox Why? He could have just left public life and Britain and continued living with a supply of the elixir and his fortune.

[@albusseveruspotter9531]

Been looking for someone to discuss the subject of. Does Dombledore knew that Harry wasn't the chosen one?

[@emmitstewart1921]

I would have thought that Sirius Black would fit in there somewhere.

[@Ronkyort0dox]

His death makes him poor

[@emmitstewart1921]

@@Ronkyort0dox Same thing could be said of Bellatrix Lestrange.

[@datix]

what do the goblings do with the muggle money? changed it to wizard money? do they take notes or only coins?

[@TiL_Deimos]

Burn it, trade it, keep it, idk lol

[@andrewcody2181]

Since Bellatrix died would her sister, not narrsiaa the other, tonks mother, inherent her fortune as one of her last living relative or would it go to the malfoys, or harry being Sirius sole inherenter

[@kiragranger]

I never would've guessed Nicholas Flamel would be on there. Cool video

[@emmitstewart1921]

With the philosopher's stone to make gold and 600 years to invest it, it's no wonder he's so rich. I would guess that the reason he's not the richest is because he had enough for all his needs and didn't want any more.

[@am1r428]

It’s 100% Draco, he is the sole heir to the Malfoy family and then only living recipients of the Black Family money. He is basically the heir of two of the most richest Wizarding families to ever exist. So the truth is Draco is the richest person in Harry Potter.

[@Gerry1of1]

Nicholas Flamel - he had the Stone for a long time. He had access to virtually limitless wealth.

[@gtgodbear6320]

I just noticed the six point star in Greengots. It's almost Anti-Semitic with them Goblin bankers? I'm assuming it wasn't a jab at jews.

[@fadishahdanqutub3380]

Is harry a distant relative of salazar slytherin? Voldomort was heir of slytherin. His grandfather says that the second brother in the story(i dont know his name) is his ancestor. The younger brother (ignotus i think ) Is ancestor of harry. So could harry harry be the relative or heir of slytherin (am talking about heriditory,not what the sorting hat choose) plz reply♥️

[@wolves600]

yes they would be very distant relatives

[@grec.]

I thought that black family was the richest wizarding family. But yeah, we usually forget about Nicolas Flamel and his possession of the gold maker and elixir of life maker, the philosopher's stone, and the fact he had it for 600 years. Lol. Imagine his wealth. I wanna know if Flamel marriage had kids. Because imagine the wealth those kids inherited and also probably a bit of elixir too.

[@baldrian22]

only one on the list that realy suprised me was 5th place. guess because he is just one of those characters you dont realy enjoy reading about so its easier to forget details about them like beeing realy wealthy. rank 1 ofc is also someone a lot of people might have forgoten about but doubt anyone was suprised about nr 2 3 and 4 was somewhere on the list.

[@ChefPatrickChase]

harry would definitely be on the shortlist

[@manonthemoon692]

Harry wasn't left that much money. Just enough to get through his 7 years of school. There's actually passages from the books that show Harry stating he needs to watch how much he spends because he has to make it last until he graduates hogwarts

[@EricasTouch]

That just means he needs to be careful not to spend it all at once.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

It' also possible he wasn't aware of the steady stream of income from his family's potions, that continued in use in modern times.

[@richewilson6394]

I wonder what happens if a a wizard dies in their money Gringotts what happens to it? Is there like an aire thing that they have to abide? Or if nobody claims it within two or three hundred years that it becomes Gringotts?

[@ked49]

Hagrid has been shown to be richer, he can just walk into gringots and say open whatever vault and they will

[@texanplayer7651]

I would disagree with Flamel. Sure, he was POTENTIALLY the richest wizard of all time, but one must ask, did he ever have such an ambition? He is portrayed as a modest person who was willing to destroy his greatest achievement just so evil can't get it. With the ability to create infinite gold, it would make more sense for a man like him to simply create gold when he needed, rather than stockpiling it. Even a greedy person with the philosopher stone in hand would see little benefits to stockpile huge amounts of currency in a bank, which would give you lots of unnecessary attention, when you can simply create wealth when needed.

[@davidpumpkinsjr.5108]

Hagrid's hut is full of rare and valuable commodities that would make him rather wealthy if he were to sell them.

[@rduke325]

I refuse to believe it's not Hagrid

[@eprohoda]

Yo, beautiful traveling.;)

[@TheReddeadmovie]

probably dident guess this one, it was exactly who i guessed 😂

[@borislicina455]

I almost think that Lockhart is wealthier than Harry. Every wizard or witch knew him, many bought every book he published. He held signing meet and greets which weren't too cheap for the store owner I imagine, not to forget that every Hogwarts student had to buy at least two of his books and there were estimated to be around 700 students I think with the books being pricey

[@brianbrady3086]

I swear I remember watching this topic before. Lol... DeJa Vu

[@magmar7118]

Why are all these rich snobs still working?! Lockhart can easily kick his feet up and retire if he wanted to, especially if he’s keeping the secret of his fame. I’m sure Harry would want to finish school, but he can probably retire at age 30. The Malfoys and Blacks are just furthering Voldemort’s cause, but they also don’t need employment. And Flammel… he’s had his fun and did retire haha

[@adamH.1]

Well Lockhart wants to remain famous, it would be out of character for him to retirr and fade into obscurity

[@PaNDaSNiP3R]

Still don’t understand why there are any poor witches or wizards lol

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[@MariktheWolf]

Flamel wouldve been the richest...think of all that interest over centuries along with the stone...

[@ruination4516]

Did you photoshop diamond grills in Gilderoy mouth? 😂

[@williammcclenahan3614]

Plzzz make a video on this everyone comment so he will see it Was Voldemort poor how much money did he have or does no one know I've never heard anyway say if he had money or not

[@dreadfulspiller8766]

He was poor as a kid because in the pensieve scene in the half blood prince book Dumbledore tells Tom Riddle that there is a fund to help poor children with books etc. If you meant was he rich as an adult I think he didn't need money allthough he wanted a vault in gringotts because that was a status symbol that he was a wizard.

[@donnytrogdon5455]

The Malfoy family was by far the richest in the wizarding world. They were essentially the equivalent of wizarding billionaires.

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[@Suprisedbuzz]

The richest person was that one dude who made the sorcerers stone. I'm pretty sure it can create gold, which he then could sell. He was also like 500 years old when harry destroyed the sorcerers stone. I think you know where I'm going with this.

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