Since the late 1970s two men have emerged as the most powerful and most dangerous drug lords in the world.
Pablo Escobar a farmer's son from rural Colombia and Joaquin El Chapo Guzman a product of Mexico's rugged Sierra Madre mountains delivered immeasurable amounts of cocaine and other drugs to the world during their respective reigns Escobars came to an end on a dingy Medellin rooftop in late 1993 and Guzman appears to be over as he sits in a US jail and his cartel is consumed by power struggles.
During their respective climbs to the top of the narco food chain they amassed obscene amounts of wealth and exposed the world to unimaginable levels of terror.
Pablo Escobar was the bigger than El-Chapo in every parameter possible.
Pablo had a net worth of around 25–30 Billion at in his peak time, He was the 7th richest man in the world at that time. In comparison El-Chapo is only worth 1.4 Billion dollars now. Pablo had unrivaled business, and he started terrorizing the entire country just because he wasn’t allowed to be a politician
He did all his business by his own, not like el-chapo who used to work with lot of smaller gangs.
Escobar had a Cartel made up of famous Gangster of that time whereas El-Chapo used petty street level vendors to expand the business.
ESCOBAR had everything which he wanted in life. Things the current generation desires to own was used by him. Lot of planes, Lot of homes and yes Unlimited cash.
While a direct comparison of Escobar Medellín cartel and Guzman's Sinaloa Federation is difficult they've dealt with different products competition and markets looking at the groups leaders side by side gives some idea of their power and influence.