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Richard "Richie" $ Rich Jr. (often stylized as Ri¢hie Ri¢h) is a fictional character in the Harvey Comics universe. He debuted in the comic book Little Dot #1, cover dated September 1953, and was created by Alfred Harvey and Warren Kremer. Dubbed "the poor little rich boy", Richie is the only child of fantastically wealthy parents and is the world's richest kid. He is so rich, his middle name is a dollar sign, $. During Harvey Comics' heyday from 1950 to 1982, Richie was the publisher's most popular character, eventually starring in over 50 separate titles, including the long running comics Richie Rich, Richie Rich Millions, Richie Rich Dollars and Cents, and Richie Rich Success Stories. In 2011, Ape Entertainment began publishing a new licensed Richie Rich comic book series, taking the character in a very different, action oriented, direction.

Although created in 1953, Richie did not have his own title until 1960. Once he did, however, he quickly became Harvey's most popular character, eventually starring in over fifty separate titles. The flagship, Richie Rich, ran 254 issues from 1960 to 1991 (with a hiatus from 1982 to 1986), followed by a second volume that ran an additional 28 issues from 1991 to 1994. Other long running titles were Richie Rich Millions (113 issues from 1961 to 1982), Richie Rich Dollars and Cents (109 issues from 1963 to 1982), and Richie Rich Success Stories (105 issues from 1964 to 1982). In 1972, Harvey realized that Richie was its most lucrative character, and introduced five new Richie Rich titles: Richie Rich Bank Book, Richie Rich Diamonds, Richie Rich Jackpots, Richie Rich Money World and Richie Rich Riches. By the mid 1970s, says historian Mark Arnold, "Richie was starring in 32 different titles every 60 days Certainly Richie was the most successful feature in American comic books in the 1970s." Harvey ceased publishing in 1982, but started up again in 1986 under new ownership; this hiatus resulted in the cancelation of many titles. Richie (along with many of the Harvey characters) has been published only sporadically since 1994. Writers for the Richie Rich comic books and syndicated comic strip included Sid Jacobson, Lennie Herman, Stan Kay, and Ralph Newman. Richie Rich's most famous illustrator is Warren Kremer. Other illustrators included Ernie Colón, Sid Couchey, Dom Sileo, Ben Brown, Steve Muffatti, and Joe Dennett.

Despite negative stereotypes associated with his incredible wealth, Richie Rich is portrayed as unfailingly kind and charitable (in fact, his moniker is "the poor little rich boy"). He lives in an expensive mansion and owns at least two of everything money can buy. Richie appears to be around seven to ten years old and wears a waistcoat, a white shirt with an Eton collar (which is obscured by a giant red bow tie), and blue shorts. He was occasionally shown attending school in his hometown of Harveyville. Other times he is classmates with Little Dot and Little Lotta in Bonnie Dell.

For the Ape Entertainment comic book series debuting in 2011, the character was updated by emphasizing his altruistic side; "a mix of James Bond and Indiana Jones with the world's biggest bank account, Richie is an altruistic adventurer who travels the world helping the less fortunate!" The new Richie was joined by updated versions of his robot maid Irona and his butler Cadbury.

Reginald "Reggie" Van Dough Jr. – Richie's mean, spoiled, maternal cousin, known for playing constant pranks on everyone, most notably Richie and his family, which causes his father to punish him. He treats his servants shabbily, often by calling them "peasant" which in turn causes them to call him "monster" as they swiftly correct themselves and call him Master (first appearance Little Dot #2). Reginald Van Dough Sr. – Mrs. Rich's brother and Reggie's father. He is often angered with Reggie's non stop pranks and often punishes him for them (usually by spanking). Vanessa Van Dough – Mrs. Rich's sister in law and Reggie's mother. She is not as quick to punish Reggie for his pranks, but she doesn't tolerate Reggie's unabashed cruelty either. Penny Van Dough – Reggie's baby sister. She talks only in "baby talk". The curl on her head is shaped like a dollar sign.

Gloria Glad – Richie's red haired girlfriend, notorious for her regular refusal of the many luxurious gifts Richie offers, and for her disdain for the open display of money, diamonds and other forms of wealth in Richie's household, despite his efforts to conceal it from her. Regardless, she always wins his attention in comparison to Mayda Munny (first appearance Little Dot #33). Gloria's last name, for the 1994 live action film, was changed to Pazinski. Mayda Munny – Mayda Munny (whose name is a play on the phrase "made of money") is Richie's snobby ravenette wannabe girlfriend, who never wins his attention. Like the Riches and Van Doughs, her family is fabulously wealthy. Immensely jealous of Gloria, and often angry when her plans to snare Richie's attention backfire on her. Like Reggie, Mayda is snobbish and addresses those beneath her as "peasant". Freckles and Pee Wee Friendly – Richie's poor but most prized friends (first appearance Little Dot #2), whose blue jeaned playtime attire sharply contrasts Richie's bow tied formal suit. Despite his working class background, Freckles doesn't object to Richie's wealth the way Gloria does, and at times even enjoys it. Pee Wee plays along with all of Freckles' and Richie's activities without ever saying a word. Billy Bellhops – a redheaded boy who worked as a bellhop at his father's hotel. Premiered in "Richie Rich and Billy Bellhops" in 1977, but was short lived. Created by Alfred Harvey's son Russel. Timmy Time – an extraterrestrial boy who time travels to present day Earth (landing on the Riches' private beach) from the year 2019 in search of tholarine, a substance he needs for spaceship fuel back in 2019. He appeared only in Richie Rich Meets Timmy Time #1 (September 1977). Timmy Time was created by Ernie Colón as Mark Time. Colón's frustration at Mark Time being renamed Timmy Time and presented as a Richie Rich spin off, when the original agreement had been that the character would debut in his own series, led him to abandon the project. Chadwick – the Riches' assistant butler. Minnie Mintz – one of the Riches' cooks. Captain Fuzzby – the captain of the Rich family's estate police. Marie – the Riches' French maid and Chef Pierre's girlfriend. Mr. Green – the Riches' gardener. Captain Alar – the pilot of the Riches' supersonic jet.

Beginning in 1980, Richie Rich appeared in his own Saturday morning cartoon show, simply called Richie Rich where Richie Rich was voiced by Sparky Marcus. The show aired on The Richie Rich/Scooby Doo Show from 1980 to 1982 and The Pac Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show from 1982 to 1984. In the animated version, Richie and his pals are somewhat older, around 12 years old. In the cartoon, Richie wears a red sweater with the letter "R" in front. Gloria was voiced by Nancy Cartwright with the voice talents of Dick Beals as Reggie Van Dough, William Callaway as Professor Keanbean and Chef Pierre, Joan Gerber as Irona and Regina Rich, Christian Hoff as Freckles and Pee Wee, Stanley Jones as Cadbury and Mr. Rich, and Frank Welker as Dollar. While Dr. Blemish (also voiced by Frank Welker) appeared in one episode, Richie also has a recurring enemy in the Collector (voiced by Robert Ridgely). In 1996, the second Richie Rich animated series, also called Richie Rich aired in non network syndication, starring Katie Leigh as the voices of Richie Rich and Irona. The series ran for 13 episodes and portrayed Richie in his "classic" tuxedo outfit. The show also features the voice talents of Jeannie Elias as Freckles, Gloria Glad, Reggie Van Dough, and Pee Wee, René Auberjonois as Richard Rich, Chef Pierre, and Professor Keanbean, Pat Fraley as Dollar, Martin Jarvis as Cadbury and Bascomb, and Susan Silo as Regina Rich. Richie Rich made some appearances in the Fox cartoon The Simpsons, in the episodes "Three Men and a Comic Book", "Behind the Laughter", "Simple Simpson", and "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble". Richie Rich was parodied in the Adult Swim cartoon Robot Chicken, voiced by Seth Green. He was featured in a parody of the TV show MTV Cribs, where the character is portrayed as a playboy and a rapper and he shows his house in the same style as the MTV show. In 2019, Richie Rich made his first appearance as a guest character on Harvey Girls Forever!, a Netflix animated series based on Harvey Comics characters, voiced by Jack Quaid. He is a main character in season 3 which premiered later that year.

A half hour comedy series titled Richie Rich debuted in 2015 on Netflix, with Jake Brennan starring as Richie Rich, along with Joshua Carlon, Jenna Ortega, Lauren Taylor, Kiff VandenHeuvel, and Brooke Wexler. However, the series is very different from the original and the rest of the original main characters were replaced, like Herbert Cadbury their butler and Professor Keenbean head of Rich's research and development, the only exception is Irona. Unlike the comic book version, Richie is not born wealthy and is a self made trillionaire. Unlike the comics, in this series, Richie has a sister, instead of being an only child, and both of them are raised by a single parent, their father. The show was executive produced by Jeff Hodsden and Tim Pollack from The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and A. N. T. Farm. The show was produced by DreamWorks Animation.

Richie Rich, a live action film adaptation, was released in 1994, with Macaulay Culkin as the titular character, Edward Herrmann as Richard Rich, Christine Ebersole as Regina Rich, Jonathan Hyde as Cadbury, Michael McShane as Professor Keanbean, John Larroquette as the evil Laurence Van Dough, and Frank Welker providing special vocal effects. It was produced by Silver Pictures Davis Entertainment and released by Warner Bros. under its Family Entertainment label. A live action sequel titled Richie Rich's Christmas Wish followed in 1998. This film starred David Gallagher as the titular character, Martin Mull as Richard Rich, Lesley Ann Warren as Regina Rich, Keene Curtis as Cadbury, Don McLeod as Irona, Michelle Trachtenberg as Gloria, Eugene Levy as Professor Keanbean, and Jake Richardson as Reggie Van Dough.

In 2012, Richie Rich was shown in MetLife's "Everyone" commercial during Super Bowl XLVI.