The world's richest people
3,385 billionaires worth a combined $20.61T, ranked by Forbes real-time estimates on October 11, 2026. Elon Musk leads at $1.004T.
Ranking
| Name | Rank | Net worth | Since 2026 list | Age | Source | Country |
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| Elon Musk | 1 | $1.004T | +$165B | 55 | Tesla, SpaceX | United States |
| Jeff Bezos | 2 | $381B | +$157B | 62 | Amazon | United States |
| Larry Page | 3 | $288B | +$30.9B | 53 | Google | United States |
| Michael Dell | 4 | $282B | +$141B | 61 | Dell Technologies | United States |
| Sergey Brin | 5 | $265B | +$28.0B | 53 | Google | United States |
| Mark Zuckerberg | 6 | $246B | +$24.5B | 42 | Facebook | United States |
| Jensen Huang | 7 | $198B | +$44.5B | 63 | Nvidia | United States |
| Larry Ellison | 8 | $184B | -$6.5B | 82 | Oracle | United States |
| Steve Ballmer | 9 | $165B | +$39.0B | 70 | Microsoft | United States |
| Warren Buffett | 10 | $147B | -$2.4B | 96 | Berkshire Hathaway | United States |
| Amancio Ortega | 11 | $141B | -$7.4B | 90 | Zara | Spain |
| Rob Walton & family | 12 | $135B | -$10.6B | 81 | Walmart | United States |
| Jim Walton & family | 13 | $132B | -$10.8B | 78 | Walmart | United States |
| Alice Walton | 14 | $122B | -$12.1B | 77 | Walmart | United States |
| Bernard Arnault & family | 15 | $116B | -$55.2B | 77 | LVMH | France |
| Carlos Slim Helu & family | 16 | $115B | -$10.1B | 86 | Telecom | Mexico |
| Bill Gates | 17 | $115B | +$6.7B | 70 | Microsoft | United States |
| Changpeng Zhao | 18 | $115B | +$4.6B | 49 | Cryptocurrency exchange | Canada |
| Thomas Peterffy | 19 | $102B | +$19.1B | 82 | Discount brokerage | United States |
| Michael Bloomberg | 20 | $94.9B | -$14.1B | 84 | Bloomberg LP | United States |
| Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family | 21 | $91.6B | -$8.4B | 73 | L'Oréal | France |
| Giancarlo Devasini | 22 | $89.3B | $0M | 62 | Cryptocurrency | Italy |
| Julia Koch & family | 23 | $84.6B | +$3.4B | 64 | Koch, Inc. | United States |
| Zhang Yiming | 24 | $84.0B | +$14.7B | 42 | TikTok | China |
| Mukesh Ambani | 25 | $79.6B | -$20.1B | 69 | Diversified | India |
| Jeff Yass | 26 | $77.8B | +$10.4B | 68 | Trading, investments | United States |
| Charles Koch & family | 27 | $76.9B | +$3.1B | 90 | Koch, Inc. | United States |
| Gautam Adani | 28 | $75.1B | +$11.3B | 64 | Infrastructure, commodities | India |
| Masayoshi Son | 29 | $69.8B | +$18.3B | 69 | Telecom, Investments | Japan |
| Germán Larrea Mota Velasco & family | 30 | $69.1B | +$2.0B | 72 | Mining | Mexico |
| Tadashi Yanai & family | 31 | $62.5B | +$655M | 77 | Fashion retail | Japan |
| Zhong Shanshan | 32 | $60.9B | -$7.2B | 71 | Beverages, pharmaceuticals | China |
| Ken Griffin | 33 | $57.5B | +$7.7B | 57 | Hedge funds | United States |
| Dieter Schwarz | 34 | $56.1B | -$11.1B | 87 | Retail | Germany |
| Aliko Dangote | 35 | $51.7B | +$23.2B | 69 | Cement, sugar | Nigeria |
| Jacqueline Mars | 36 | $50.3B | +$1.2B | 87 | Candy, pet food | United States |
| John Mars | 36 | $50.3B | +$1.2B | 90 | Candy, pet food | United States |
| Robin Zeng | 38 | $48.9B | -$4.3B | 57 | Batteries | Hong Kong |
| Li Ka-shing | 39 | $48.6B | +$1.6B | 98 | Diversified | Hong Kong |
| Iris Fontbona & family | 40 | $47.5B | -$5.1B | 83 | Mining | Chile |
| Gianluigi Aponte | 41 | $47.0B | +$2.5B | 86 | Shipping | Switzerland |
| Rafaela Aponte-Diamant | 41 | $47.0B | +$2.5B | 81 | Shipping | Switzerland |
| Giovanni Ferrero | 43 | $46.2B | -$2.6B | 62 | Nutella, chocolates | Italy |
| Ma Huateng | 44 | $46.0B | -$7.8B | 54 | Online games | China |
| Lukas Walton | 45 | $45.5B | -$3.4B | 40 | Walmart | United States |
| Mark Mateschitz | 46 | $43.4B | -$2.4B | 34 | Red Bull | Austria |
| Andreas von Bechtolsheim & family | 47 | $43.4B | +$15.5B | 71 | Google | Germany |
| William Ding | 48 | $41.7B | +$3.8B | 55 | Online games | China |
| Abigail Johnson | 49 | $41.6B | +$8.4B | 64 | Fidelity | United States |
| Stephen Schwarzman | 50 | $41.1B | +$2.8B | 79 | Investments | United States |
| Andrea Pignataro | 51 | $40.4B | -$2.2B | 56 | Financial software | Italy |
| Liang Wenfeng | 52 | $40.0B | +$28.5B | 41 | AI, hedge fund | China |
| Peter Thiel | 53 | $39.9B | +$11.5B | 59 | Facebook, investments | United States |
| Eduardo Saverin | 54 | $39.7B | +$3.8B | 44 | Facebook | Brazil |
| Alain Wertheimer | 55 | $39.4B | -$1M | 78 | Chanel | France |
| Gerard Wertheimer | 55 | $39.4B | -$1M | 75 | Chanel | France |
| Eric Schmidt | 57 | $38.9B | +$3.4B | 71 | Google | United States |
| Jean-Louis van der Velde | 58 | $38.0B | $0M | 62 | Cryptocurrency | Netherlands |
| Paolo Ardoino | 58 | $38.0B | $0M | 41 | Cryptocurrency | Italy |
| Alexey Mordashov & family | 60 | $36.9B | -$109M | 61 | Steel, investments | Russia |
| Thomas Frist Jr & family | 61 | $36.9B | -$4.2B | 88 | Hospitals | United States |
| Marilyn Simons & family | 62 | $36.6B | +$4.1B | 75 | Hedge funds | United States |
| He Xiangjian & family | 63 | $36.5B | +$3.3B | 84 | Home appliances | China |
| Savitri Jindal & family | 64 | $36.4B | -$2.7B | 76 | Steel | India |
| Eyal Ofer | 65 | $35.7B | +$2.1B | 76 | Real estate, shipping | Israel |
| Pham Nhat Vuong | 66 | $35.2B | +$7.5B | 58 | Diversified | Vietnam |
| Len Blavatnik | 67 | $35.1B | +$5.2B | 69 | Music, chemicals | United States |
| Melinda French Gates | 68 | $34.1B | +$3.8B | 62 | Microsoft | United States |
| Henry Samueli | 69 | $34.1B | +$3.3B | 72 | Semiconductors | United States |
| John Tu | 70 | $33.7B | +$16.3B | 85 | Computer hardware | United States |
| David Sun | 71 | $33.7B | +$16.3B | 74 | Computer hardware | United States |
| Elaine Marshall & family | 72 | $32.2B | +$1.3B | 84 | Koch, Inc. | United States |
| Jay Y. Lee | 73 | $32.2B | +$5.2B | 58 | Samsung | South Korea |
| Lakshmi Mittal | 74 | $30.8B | -$189M | 76 | Steel | India |
| Idan Ofer | 75 | $30.4B | -$4.2B | 71 | Shipping | Israel |
| Miriam Adelson & family | 76 | $30.3B | -$7.2B | 81 | Casinos | United States |
| Vladimir Potanin | 77 | $29.7B | +$40M | 65 | Metals | Russia |
| Robert Pera | 78 | $29.6B | -$2.1B | 48 | Wireless networking | United States |
| Lyndal Stephens Greth & family | 79 | $29.5B | -$520M | 51 | Oil & gas | United States |
| Vagit Alekperov | 80 | $29.5B | -$25M | 76 | Oil | Russia |
| Colin Huang | 81 | $28.7B | -$7.9B | 46 | E-commerce | China |
| David Tepper | 82 | $28.5B | +$4.8B | 69 | Hedge funds | United States |
| Leonid Mikhelson & family | 83 | $28.3B | +$1M | 71 | Gas, chemicals | Russia |
| MacKenzie Scott | 84 | $28.2B | -$420M | 56 | Amazon | United States |
| Stanley Kroenke | 85 | $27.6B | +$5.4B | 79 | Sports, real estate | United States |
| Israel Englander | 86 | $27.6B | +$1.8B | 78 | Hedge funds | United States |
| Shiv Nadar | 87 | $27.3B | -$3.6B | 81 | Software services | India |
| Chen Jianhua | 88 | $26.8B | +$7.5B | 55 | Chemicals | China |
| Reinhold Wuerth & family | 89 | $26.7B | -$3.4B | 91 | Fasteners | Germany |
| Steve Cohen | 90 | $26.7B | +$3.7B | 70 | Hedge funds | United States |
| Cyrus Poonawalla | 91 | $26.4B | -$583M | 85 | Vaccines | India |
| Chen Tianshi | 92 | $26.4B | +$5.7B | 41 | Semiconductors | China |
| Vicky Safra & family | 93 | $26.3B | -$758M | 74 | Banking | Greece |
| Jack Ma | 94 | $26.2B | -$2.9B | 62 | E-commerce | China |
| Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud | 95 | $25.9B | +$6.0B | 71 | investments | Saudi Arabia |
| Suleiman Kerimov & family | 96 | $25.7B | -$38M | 60 | Gold | Russia |
| Vladimir Lisin | 97 | $25.5B | +$33M | 70 | Steel, transport | Russia |
| Greg Brockman | 98 | $25.5B | n/a | 37 | OpenAI | United States |
| Gina Rinehart | 99 | $24.9B | -$569M | 72 | Mining | Australia |
| Rupert Murdoch & family | 100 | $24.8B | +$2.1B | 95 | Newspapers, TV network | United States |
Wealth by country
- United States: 992 billionaires, $9.470T combined, richest Elon Musk
- China: 513 billionaires, $2.004T combined, richest Zhang Yiming
- India: 230 billionaires, $995B combined, richest Mukesh Ambani
- Germany: 206 billionaires, $899B combined, richest Dieter Schwarz
- Russia: 148 billionaires, $652B combined, richest Alexey Mordashov & family
- France: 57 billionaires, $548B combined, richest Bernard Arnault & family
- Italy: 83 billionaires, $463B combined, richest Giancarlo Devasini
- Canada: 79 billionaires, $460B combined, richest Changpeng Zhao
- Hong Kong: 73 billionaires, $402B combined, richest Robin Zeng
- Taiwan: 66 billionaires, $306B combined, richest Pierre Chen
- United Kingdom: 59 billionaires, $297B combined, richest Michael Platt
- Brazil: 75 billionaires, $276B combined, richest Eduardo Saverin
- Switzerland: 41 billionaires, $273B combined, richest Gianluigi Aponte
- Spain: 44 billionaires, $271B combined, richest Amancio Ortega
- Mexico: 24 billionaires, $252B combined, richest Carlos Slim Helu & family
Questions people ask
Who is the richest person in the world right now?
Elon Musk is the richest person in the world, worth an estimated $1.004T on October 11, 2026, according to Forbes real-time estimates. Jeff Bezos is second at $381B.
How many billionaires are there in the world?
Forbes tracks 3,385 billionaires as of October 11, 2026, worth a combined $20.61T. The ten richest hold 15.3% of that total.
Who is the richest woman in the world?
Alice Walton is the richest woman, worth $122B on October 11, 2026. Women are 459 of the 3,385 billionaires (13.6%).
How many billionaires are self-made?
2,273 of the 3,385 billionaires (67.1%) are counted as self-made by Forbes. The rest inherited some or all of their fortune.
How much money do you need to be on the billionaires list?
At least $1 billion. The lowest-ranked person on the list is worth $1.0B and the median billionaire is worth $2.4B.
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