Richest people in California
257 billionaires worth a combined $2.388T, ranked by Forbes real-time estimates on October 11, 2026. Larry Page leads at $288B.
Ranking
| Name | Rank | Net worth | Since 2026 list | Age | Source | Country |
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| Larry Page | 3 | $288B | +$30.9B | 53 | Google | 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 |
| Andreas von Bechtolsheim & family | 47 | $43.4B | +$15.5B | 71 | Google | Germany |
| Eric Schmidt | 57 | $38.9B | +$3.4B | 71 | Google | 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 |
| Robert Pera | 78 | $29.6B | -$2.1B | 48 | Wireless networking | United States |
| Greg Brockman | 98 | $25.5B | n/a | 37 | OpenAI | United States |
| John Doerr | 110 | $23.5B | +$3.7B | 75 | Venture capital | United States |
| Brett Adcock | 111 | $23.4B | +$4.3B | 40 | Robots | United States |
| Henry Nicholas III | 123 | $22.0B | +$1.4B | 67 | Semiconductors | United States |
| Donald Bren | 137 | $19.8B | +$598M | 94 | Real estate | United States |
| Jan Koum | 147 | $18.8B | +$1.7B | 50 | WhatsApp | United States |
| Eric Smidt | 153 | $17.8B | -$145M | 66 | Hardware stores | United States |
| John Collison | 154 | $17.5B | -$10M | 36 | Payment software | Ireland |
| Patrick Collison | 154 | $17.5B | -$10M | 38 | Payment software | Ireland |
| Laurene Powell Jobs | 178 | $15.6B | +$1.9B | 62 | Apple, Disney | United States |
| Christopher Olah | 181 | $15.5B | +$8.5B | 34 | Artificial intelligence | Canada |
| Daniela Amodei | 181 | $15.5B | +$8.5B | 39 | Artificial intelligence | United States |
| Dario Amodei | 181 | $15.5B | +$8.5B | 43 | Artificial intelligence | United States |
| Jack Clark | 181 | $15.5B | +$8.5B | 37 | Artificial intelligence | United States |
| Jared Kaplan | 181 | $15.5B | +$8.5B | 42 | Artificial intelligence | United States |
| Sam McCandlish | 181 | $15.5B | +$8.5B | 36 | Artificial intelligence | United States |
| Tom Brown | 181 | $15.5B | +$8.5B | 39 | Artificial intelligence | United States |
| Charles Schwab | 227 | $13.7B | +$693M | 89 | Discount brokerage | United States |
| George Roberts | 230 | $13.6B | +$1.1B | 83 | Private equity | United States |
| Ken Xie & family | 246 | $13.0B | +$7.4B | 63 | Cybersecurity | United States |
| Douglas Leone | 254 | $12.8B | +$2.4B | 69 | Venture capital | United States |
| Marijke Mars | 259 | $12.6B | +$293M | 62 | Candy, pet food | United States |
| Vinod Khosla | 280 | $11.8B | -$252M | 71 | Sun Microsystems, venture capital | United States |
| Patrick Soon-Shiong | 282 | $11.8B | +$1.3B | 74 | Pharmaceuticals | United States |
| Brian Chesky | 299 | $11.5B | +$2.0B | 45 | Airbnb | United States |
| Michael Xie | 316 | $11.3B | +$6.6B | 57 | Cybersecurity | United States |
| Nathan Blecharczyk | 331 | $10.9B | +$1.9B | 43 | Airbnb | United States |
| Tom Gores | 341 | $10.6B | +$543M | 62 | Private equity | United States |
| David Cheriton | 345 | $10.6B | +$831M | 75 | Google | Canada |
| Antony Ressler | 346 | $10.6B | +$122M | 65 | Finance | United States |
| Adam Foroughi | 358 | $10.2B | -$5.6B | 46 | advertising technology | United States |
| David Geffen | 376 | $9.7B | +$393M | 83 | Movies, record labels | United States |
| Jack Dangermond | 382 | $9.4B | -$4.9B | 81 | Mapping software | United States |
| Tench Coxe | 387 | $9.3B | +$2.0B | 68 | Venture capital | United States |
| Dustin Moskovitz | 406 | $9.0B | -$1.3B | 42 | Facebook | United States |
| Marc Benioff | 411 | $9.0B | +$997M | 62 | Business software | United States |
| Steven Rales | 415 | $9.0B | +$673M | 75 | Manufacturing, investments | United States |
| Yuri Milner | 435 | $8.7B | -$10M | 64 | Tech investments | Israel |
| Brian Armstrong | 436 | $8.7B | +$270M | 43 | Cryptocurrency | United States |
| Michael Milken | 443 | $8.6B | +$1.1B | 80 | Investments | United States |
| Chris Larsen | 453 | $8.4B | -$3.9B | 66 | Cryptocurrency | United States |
| Stephen Cohen | 481 | $8.0B | +$3.0B | 44 | Software | United States |
| Michael Moritz | 498 | $7.8B | +$624M | 72 | Venture capital | United States |
| Jayshree Ullal | 501 | $7.8B | +$2.1B | 65 | Computer networking | United States |
| Jack Dorsey | 507 | $7.7B | +$1.8B | 49 | Twitter, Square | United States |
| Ali Ghodsi | 520 | $7.6B | +$2.1B | 47 | Data analytics | United States |
| Neal Blue & family | 560 | $7.1B | +$1.6B | 91 | Defense | United States |
| Edward Roski Jr | 563 | $7.1B | -$96M | 87 | Real estate | United States |
| Baiju Bhatt | 564 | $7.1B | +$2.6B | 41 | Stock trading app | United States |
| Rick Caruso | 567 | $7.1B | +$1.2B | 67 | Real estate | United States |
| Ion Stoica | 571 | $7.0B | +$2.0B | 61 | Data analytics | United States |
| Matei Zaharia | 571 | $7.0B | +$2.0B | 41 | Data analytics | United States |
| Edythe Broad & family | 576 | $7.0B | +$24M | 90 | Homebuilding, insurance | United States |
| Vlad Tenev | 621 | $6.4B | +$1.8B | 39 | Stock trading app | United States |
| Jean (Gigi) Pritzker | 688 | $6.0B | +$607M | 64 | Hotels, investments | United States |
| Palmer Luckey | 693 | $6.0B | +$2.5B | 34 | Virtual reality, defense technology | United States |
| Archie Aldis Emmerson & family | 701 | $5.9B | +$215M | 97 | Timberland, lumber mills | United States |
| Romesh T. Wadhwani | 705 | $5.9B | +$367M | 79 | Software | United States |
| Steven Hao | 714 | $5.8B | +$4.5B | 30 | AI software | United States |
| Gordon Getty & family | 723 | $5.8B | +$255M | 92 | Getty Oil | United States |
| Rupert Johnson Jr | 729 | $5.7B | +$997M | 86 | Franklin Templeton | United States |
| Eric Yuan & family | 730 | $5.7B | +$1.1B | 56 | Zoom Video Communications | United States |
| Cai Haoyu | 776 | $5.4B | -$600M | 39 | Mobile games | China |
| Lynda Resnick | 778 | $5.4B | -$7M | 83 | Agriculture | United States |
| Stewart Resnick | 778 | $5.4B | -$7M | 89 | Agriculture | United States |
| George Lucas | 785 | $5.4B | +$168M | 82 | Star Wars | United States |
| Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer | 790 | $5.3B | -$651M | 64 | Cargill | United States |
| Marc Stad | 801 | $5.3B | n/a | 47 | Venture capital | United States |
| David Filo | 818 | $5.2B | +$612M | 60 | Yahoo | United States |
| Scott Cook | 832 | $5.1B | -$267M | 74 | Software | United States |
| Dagmar Dolby & family | 842 | $5.1B | +$203M | 85 | Dolby Laboratories | United States |
| Rocco Basilico | 848 | $5.1B | -$1.7B | 37 | Eyeglasses | Italy |
| Peter Gassner | 855 | $5.1B | +$1.9B | 61 | Software | United States |
| John A. Sobrato & family | 859 | $5.0B | -$1.2B | 87 | Real estate | United States |
| Anthony Pritzker | 872 | $5.0B | +$563M | 65 | Hotels, investments | United States |
| Garrett Camp | 893 | $4.8B | -$181M | 48 | Uber | Canada |
| Donald Sterling | 899 | $4.8B | +$401M | 92 | Real estate | United States |
| Sanjit Biswas | 927 | $4.7B | +$1.3B | 44 | Sensor systems | United States |
| Jim Coulter | 943 | $4.6B | +$402M | 66 | Private equity | United States |
| Thomas Siebel | 948 | $4.6B | +$664M | 73 | Business software | United States |
| José E. Feliciano | 953 | $4.5B | +$638M | 53 | Private equity | United States |
| Behdad Eghbali | 955 | $4.5B | +$636M | 50 | Private equity | United States |
| John Bicket | 967 | $4.5B | +$1.2B | 46 | Sensor systems | United States |
| Reed Hastings | 980 | $4.4B | -$880M | 66 | Netflix | United States |
| Kavitark Ram Shriram | 1026 | $4.1B | +$348M | 69 | Google, venture capital | United States |
| Hilton Schlosberg & family | 1048 | $4.1B | +$79M | 73 | Energy drinks | United Kingdom |
| Jed McCaleb | 1075 | $3.9B | +$45M | 51 | Cryptocurrency | United States |
| Scott Crabill | 1089 | $3.9B | -$993M | 56 | Private equity | United States |
| Holden Spaht | 1090 | $3.9B | -$994M | 52 | Private equity | United States |
| Frank Slootman | 1094 | $3.9B | +$979M | 68 | Software | United States |
Wealth by industry
- Technology: 136 billionaires, $1.860T combined, richest Larry Page
- Finance & Investments: 52 billionaires, $256B combined, richest John Doerr
- Real Estate: 11 billionaires, $59.8B combined, richest Donald Bren
- Fashion & Retail: 13 billionaires, $48.9B combined, richest Eric Smidt
- Food & Beverage: 8 billionaires, $40.4B combined, richest Marijke Mars
- Media & Entertainment: 11 billionaires, $32.1B combined, richest David Geffen
- Manufacturing: 6 billionaires, $27.3B combined, richest Steven Rales
- Healthcare: 5 billionaires, $18.0B combined, richest Patrick Soon-Shiong
- Diversified: 5 billionaires, $14.4B combined, richest Edythe Broad & family
- Sports: 6 billionaires, $11.6B combined, richest Joe Lacob
- Service: 2 billionaires, $11.0B combined, richest Jean (Gigi) Pritzker
- Energy: 2 billionaires, $7.4B combined, richest Gordon Getty & family
Questions people ask
Who is the richest person in California?
Larry Page is the richest person in California, worth $288B on October 11, 2026, according to Forbes real-time estimates. Sergey Brin is next at $265B.
How many billionaires are there in California?
Forbes tracks 257 billionaires in California as of October 11, 2026, worth a combined $2.388T. The median net worth among them is $2.9B.
Are billionaires in California getting richer this year?
The 240 of them who were also on the 2026 Forbes billionaires list are up 15.8% (+$318B) together since that list, comparing each person's real-time worth with their figure on it.
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