17. Nicky Barnes – $105 million
“Mr. Untouchable” Nicky Barnes started out as a heroin user, but after going to jail and cleaning up his act, he realized that there were far more profits in selling heroin. He avoided the police for the longest time since they were said to be on his payroll. By getting cocky with his moniker, he drew the ire of then President Jimmy Carter who personally ordered the DEA to arrest him. After his life sentence, he was released in 1998 and makes his money from selling his story.
