The 10 Best Non-Celebrity Car Collectors

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Profession: Attorney
Estimated Number Of Cars: Unknown
Highlighted Cars: Every Lamborghini from 1967-86

Houghtaling is the rare attorney who racks up buku bucks. The man's brought in hundreds of millions for his clients, which allowed him to buy every single Lamborghini he saw in the books he read as a child. That sounds even better than going back and hooking up with the girls who were out of your league in high school.

Profession: Venture capitalist
Estimated Number Of Cars: 85
Highlighted Cars: Last Lotus Esprit Sport 300 produced, Lamborghini Countach QV, AC Cobra 427, Bugatti EB110

Lopez's love for fast cars extends beyond the ones he drives. In 2009 he became a partial owner of the Renault F1 team. His venture capital firm took 100 percent ownership a few years later.

Profession: President of Retromoto
Estimated Number Of Cars: 120
Highlighted Cars: 1977 Chayka GAZ-13, BMW-328, BMW-303, Nazi Mercedes-Benzes

Lomakov owns many antique cars and motorcycles, but his pursuit of Nazi vehicles is the most curious. Although it might seem weird, he considers the car a symbol of Russia's victory. "Buying a Nazi car is like sticking one finger up to Hitler," he told the Guardian.

Profession: Owner of Lingenfelter Performance Engineering
Estimated Number Of Cars: More than 150
Highlighted Cars: Lamborghini Reventon, 1999 Shelby Series 1, 1982 Delorean DMC 12, Saleen S7 Twin Turbo

Lingenfelter has spent his whole life with cars. His dad ran a GM plant. Ken opened and ran an insurance company for 27 years before switching things up with a performance engineering company. Forty percent of his 150-plus collection is made up of Corvettes.

Profession: Real estate investor
Estimated Number Of Cars: Unknown
Highlighted Cars: The first production Shelby Cobra, 250 GT Berlinetta SWB, Greer-Black-Prudhomme dragster, 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa

Meyer estimates that 25 percent of his cars are hot rods, including the only car he can't legally drive, the Greer-Black-Prudhomme dragster. Forbes called Meyer coy about his total number of cars, but he hasn't shied away from hiding his collection that started right out of college.

Profession: Business magnate
Estimated Number Of Cars: 168
Highlighted Cars: Maybach 62, Bentley Flying Spur, Rolls-Royce Phantoms, Mercedes-Benz S-Class

Damn, it's got to feel good to be the richest man in India and 22nd in the world. Ambani's 27-story mansion-if you can even call it that-includes room for his three-digit car collection. Check out this never-ending parade of his cars. 

Profession: Academy of Art University president
Estimated Number Of Cars: More than 190
Highlighted Cars: 1938 Talbot-LagoT-150C Speciale Coupe, 1938 Talbot-Lago T150-C

The car collection game is dominated by men, but that doesn't mean ladies haven't gotten involved. Stephens has showrooms dedicated to showing off her antique cars throughout San Francisco. Her first purchase was a 1927 Packard Model 343 Convertible Sedan for her father, who got her into cars.

Profession: Real estate developer
Estimated Number Of Cars: More than 200
Highlighted Cars: Every Corvette from 1954-75

Treworgy stocks the Muscle Car City museum with his own cars. He began accumulating so many that he decided to buy an old Wal-Mart and convert it into a museum. It calls itself "possibly the largest GM muscle car collection in the nation."

Profession: Member United Arab Emirates' rulling family
Estimated Number Of Cars: More than 200
Highlighted Cars: Ford Model, 1889 Mercedes-Benz, 1963 Rolls Royce Phantom 6

Nahyan has a weird signature within his collection. The man loves to build giant versions of old trucks. By comparison, his regular-sized vintage trucks and American muscle cars are boring.

Profession: Sultan of Brunei
Estimated Number Of Cars: As high as 7,000
Highlighted Cars: Aston Martin One-77, Ferrari Mythos concepts, Cicero BDB Maestro, Porsche Carma, Koenigsegg Agera CC GT

You know homeboy's collection is stacked when he has 604 Rolls-Royces, 452 Ferraris, 382 Bentleys, and those aren't the cars we want to talk about. The Sultan has gotten his hands on one-offs that most people haven't even heard of, including those highlighted above. His prolific collection is kept inside five secret airplane hangers staffed with specialists to keep the cars pristine.