Richest people in finance & investments
512 billionaires worth a combined $3.406T, ranked by Forbes real-time estimates on October 11, 2026. Warren Buffett leads at $147B.
Ranking
| Name | Rank | Net worth | Since 2026 list | Age | Source | Country |
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| Warren Buffett | 10 | $147B | -$2.4B | 96 | Berkshire Hathaway | 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 |
| Giancarlo Devasini | 22 | $89.3B | $0M | 62 | Cryptocurrency | Italy |
| Jeff Yass | 26 | $77.8B | +$10.4B | 68 | Trading, investments | United States |
| Masayoshi Son | 29 | $69.8B | +$18.3B | 69 | Telecom, Investments | Japan |
| Ken Griffin | 33 | $57.5B | +$7.7B | 57 | Hedge funds | United States |
| 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 |
| Peter Thiel | 53 | $39.9B | +$11.5B | 59 | Facebook, investments | United States |
| Jean-Louis van der Velde | 58 | $38.0B | $0M | 62 | Cryptocurrency | Netherlands |
| Paolo Ardoino | 58 | $38.0B | $0M | 41 | Cryptocurrency | Italy |
| Marilyn Simons & family | 62 | $36.6B | +$4.1B | 75 | Hedge funds | United States |
| David Tepper | 82 | $28.5B | +$4.8B | 69 | Hedge funds | United States |
| Israel Englander | 86 | $27.6B | +$1.8B | 78 | Hedge funds | United States |
| Steve Cohen | 90 | $26.7B | +$3.7B | 70 | Hedge funds | United States |
| Vicky Safra & family | 93 | $26.3B | -$758M | 74 | Banking | Greece |
| Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud | 95 | $25.9B | +$6.0B | 71 | investments | Saudi Arabia |
| Suleiman Kerimov & family | 96 | $25.7B | -$38M | 60 | Gold | Russia |
| Stuart Hoegner | 101 | $24.7B | $0M | n/a | Cryptocurrency | Canada |
| John Doerr | 110 | $23.5B | +$3.7B | 75 | Venture capital | United States |
| Yu Yong | 128 | $21.1B | -$4.3B | 65 | Mining | China |
| Michael Platt | 130 | $20.9B | +$1M | 58 | Hedge funds | United Kingdom |
| Daniel Gilbert | 135 | $19.9B | -$8.0B | 64 | Rocket Mortgage | United States |
| Arthur Dantchik | 139 | $19.5B | +$2.6B | 68 | Trading, investments | United States |
| Philip Anschutz | 141 | $19.3B | -$100M | 86 | Energy, sports, entertainment | United States |
| Renata Kellnerova & family | 143 | $19.1B | -$1.1B | 59 | Finance, telecommunications | Czech Republic |
| Ray Dalio | 146 | $18.9B | +$3.5B | 77 | Hedge funds | United States |
| Nik Storonsky | 148 | $18.8B | -$50M | 42 | Fintech | United Kingdom |
| Antonio Gracias | 159 | $17.1B | +$12.8B | 55 | Investments | United States |
| Jaime Gilinski Bacal | 163 | $16.8B | +$2.1B | 68 | Banking | Colombia |
| Josh Kushner | 164 | $16.7B | +$11.5B | 41 | Venture capital | United States |
| Peter Mallouk | 166 | $16.5B | +$433M | 56 | Wealth planning | United States |
| Edward Johnson IV | 170 | $16.3B | +$2.7B | 61 | Fidelity | United States |
| David Velez & family | 180 | $15.6B | +$1.1B | 45 | Fintech | Colombia |
| R. Budi Hartono | 191 | $15.3B | -$4.3B | 86 | Banking, tobacco | Indonesia |
| Ken Fisher | 200 | $15.0B | +$1.8B | 75 | Money management | United States |
| Ludwig Merckle | 206 | $14.6B | -$3.7B | 61 | Pharmaceuticals | Germany |
| Elizabeth Johnson | 210 | $14.4B | +$2.8B | 63 | Fidelity | United States |
| Uday Kotak | 211 | $14.4B | -$21M | 67 | Banking | India |
| Leon Black | 218 | $14.2B | +$2.0B | 75 | Private equity | United States |
| Andre Esteves | 219 | $14.1B | -$6.1B | 58 | Banking | Brazil |
| Charles Schwab | 227 | $13.7B | +$693M | 89 | Discount brokerage | United States |
| George Roberts | 230 | $13.6B | +$1.1B | 83 | Private equity | United States |
| William Ackman | 236 | $13.5B | +$4.4B | 60 | Hedge funds | United States |
| Gong Hongjia & family | 238 | $13.3B | +$2.3B | 61 | Video surveillance | Hong Kong |
| Douglas Leone | 254 | $12.8B | +$2.4B | 69 | Venture capital | United States |
| Henry Kravis | 268 | $12.3B | +$778M | 82 | Private equity | United States |
| Andrew Beal | 275 | $12.0B | -$603M | 73 | Banks, real estate | United States |
| Josh Harris | 278 | $11.9B | +$1.9B | 61 | Private equity | United States |
| Christopher Hohn | 281 | $11.8B | +$30M | 59 | Hedge funds | United Kingdom |
| Alexander Gerko | 284 | $11.8B | -$225M | 46 | Trading | United Kingdom |
| Mark Stevens | 288 | $11.7B | +$1.1B | 66 | Venture capital | United States |
| Michael Dorrell | 289 | $11.7B | +$3.2B | 53 | Investing | United States |
| Orlando Bravo | 296 | $11.6B | -$1.2B | 56 | Private equity | United States |
| Francine von Finck & family | 297 | $11.6B | -$695M | 81 | Investments | Germany |
| Ramzi Musallam | 298 | $11.6B | +$788M | 58 | Private equity | United States |
| Luis Carlos Sarmiento | 300 | $11.5B | +$1.5B | 93 | Banking | Colombia |
| Daniel Tsai | 301 | $11.5B | +$3.3B | 70 | Finance | Taiwan |
| John Paulson | 313 | $11.3B | +$7.3B | 70 | Hedge funds | United States |
| Ron Baron | 320 | $11.2B | +$3.3B | 83 | Money management | United States |
| Mikhail Prokhorov | 326 | $11.0B | -$11M | 61 | Investments | Russia |
| Richard Tsai | 329 | $10.9B | +$3.0B | 69 | Finance | Taiwan |
| Robert F. Smith | 330 | $10.9B | +$943M | 63 | Private equity | United States |
| David Shaw | 333 | $10.8B | +$2.0B | 75 | Hedge funds | United States |
| Tom Gores | 341 | $10.6B | +$543M | 62 | Private equity | United States |
| Antony Ressler | 346 | $10.6B | +$122M | 65 | Finance | United States |
| Don Hankey | 348 | $10.5B | +$2.3B | 83 | Auto loans | United States |
| Bruce Kovner | 352 | $10.4B | +$1.4B | 81 | Hedge funds | United States |
| Nadia Thiele & family | 362 | $10.1B | -$1.8B | 50 | Investments | Germany |
| Ken Langone | 364 | $10.1B | -$247M | 91 | Investments | United States |
| Cho Jung-ho | 370 | $9.8B | +$677M | 68 | Finance | South Korea |
| Graeme Hart | 371 | $9.8B | -$435M | 71 | Packaging | New Zealand |
| Leonid Boguslavsky | 374 | $9.7B | +$3.9B | 75 | Venture capital | Canada |
| Carl Bennet | 375 | $9.7B | -$999M | 75 | Investments | Sweden |
| Philippe Laffont | 380 | $9.5B | +$1.6B | 59 | Hedge fund | United States |
| Tench Coxe | 387 | $9.3B | +$2.0B | 68 | Venture capital | United States |
| John Overdeck | 390 | $9.3B | +$1.3B | 56 | Hedge funds | United States |
| David Siegel | 390 | $9.3B | +$1.3B | 65 | Hedge funds | United States |
| Todd Boehly | 396 | $9.2B | -$131M | 53 | Finance | United States |
| Juan Carlos Escotet | 399 | $9.1B | -$2.2B | 67 | Banking | Venezuela |
| Eric Wittouck | 409 | $9.0B | $0M | 80 | Investments | Belgium |
| Sami Mnaymneh | 413 | $9.0B | +$1.2B | 65 | Private equity | United States |
| Tony Tamer | 413 | $9.0B | +$1.2B | 68 | Private equity | United States |
| Tsai Hong-tu | 416 | $9.0B | +$1.9B | 74 | Finance | Taiwan |
| J. Joe Ricketts & family | 417 | $9.0B | +$554M | 85 | TD Ameritrade | United States |
| Stanley Druckenmiller | 419 | $8.9B | +$1.1B | 73 | Hedge funds | United States |
| Chen Dongsheng | 421 | $8.9B | -$101M | 68 | Insurance | China |
| Tsai Cheng-ta | 426 | $8.8B | +$1.9B | 76 | Finance | Taiwan |
| Patrick Ryan | 429 | $8.8B | +$854M | 89 | Insurance | United States |
| Frank Lowy | 430 | $8.8B | -$49M | 95 | Investments | Australia |
| Yuri Milner | 435 | $8.7B | -$10M | 64 | Tech investments | Israel |
| Brian Armstrong | 436 | $8.7B | +$270M | 43 | Cryptocurrency | United States |
| George Soros | 438 | $8.6B | +$1.1B | 96 | Hedge funds | United States |
| Michael Milken | 443 | $8.6B | +$1.1B | 80 | Investments | United States |
| Jonathan Gray | 444 | $8.5B | +$622M | 56 | Investments | United States |
| Justin Sun | 446 | $8.5B | $0M | 36 | Cryptocurrency | St. Kitts and Nevis |
| Rekha Jhunjhunwala | 450 | $8.4B | +$144M | 63 | Investments | India |
Wealth by country
- United States: 253 billionaires, $1.931T combined, richest Warren Buffett
- Canada: 15 billionaires, $188B combined, richest Changpeng Zhao
- Italy: 10 billionaires, $184B combined, richest Giancarlo Devasini
- United Kingdom: 12 billionaires, $85.8B combined, richest Michael Platt
- Taiwan: 12 billionaires, $73.1B combined, richest Daniel Tsai
- Japan: 2 billionaires, $71.0B combined, richest Masayoshi Son
- Russia: 16 billionaires, $68.8B combined, richest Suleiman Kerimov & family
- Brazil: 18 billionaires, $64.8B combined, richest Andre Esteves
- India: 19 billionaires, $60.6B combined, richest Uday Kotak
- Germany: 12 billionaires, $52.6B combined, richest Ludwig Merckle
- China: 6 billionaires, $48.9B combined, richest Yu Yong
- Colombia: 3 billionaires, $43.9B combined, richest Jaime Gilinski Bacal
- Netherlands: 2 billionaires, $39.5B combined, richest Jean-Louis van der Velde
- Switzerland: 8 billionaires, $32.7B combined, richest Guillaume Pousaz
- Israel: 10 billionaires, $32.2B combined, richest Yuri Milner
Questions people ask
Who is the richest person in finance & investments?
Warren Buffett is the richest person in finance & investments, worth $147B on October 11, 2026, according to Forbes real-time estimates. Changpeng Zhao is next at $115B.
How many billionaires are there in finance & investments?
Forbes tracks 512 billionaires in finance & investments as of October 11, 2026, worth a combined $3.406T. The median net worth among them is $2.9B.
Are billionaires in finance & investments getting richer this year?
The 499 of them who were also on the 2026 Forbes billionaires list are up 5.4% (+$173B) together since that list, comparing each person's real-time worth with their figure on it.
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