Richest self-made billionaires
2,273 billionaires worth a combined $14.54T, 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 |
| 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 |
| Giancarlo Devasini | 22 | $89.3B | $0M | 62 | Cryptocurrency | Italy |
| Zhang Yiming | 24 | $84.0B | +$14.7B | 42 | TikTok | China |
| Jeff Yass | 26 | $77.8B | +$10.4B | 68 | Trading, investments | United States |
| Gautam Adani | 28 | $75.1B | +$11.3B | 64 | Infrastructure, commodities | India |
| Masayoshi Son | 29 | $69.8B | +$18.3B | 69 | Telecom, Investments | Japan |
| 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 |
| Aliko Dangote | 35 | $51.7B | +$23.2B | 69 | Cement, sugar | Nigeria |
| Robin Zeng | 38 | $48.9B | -$4.3B | 57 | Batteries | Hong Kong |
| Li Ka-shing | 39 | $48.6B | +$1.6B | 98 | Diversified | Hong Kong |
| Gianluigi Aponte | 41 | $47.0B | +$2.5B | 86 | Shipping | Switzerland |
| Rafaela Aponte-Diamant | 41 | $47.0B | +$2.5B | 81 | Shipping | Switzerland |
| Ma Huateng | 44 | $46.0B | -$7.8B | 54 | Online games | China |
| Andreas von Bechtolsheim & family | 47 | $43.4B | +$15.5B | 71 | Google | Germany |
| William Ding | 48 | $41.7B | +$3.8B | 55 | Online games | China |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| He Xiangjian & family | 63 | $36.5B | +$3.3B | 84 | Home appliances | China |
| Pham Nhat Vuong | 66 | $35.2B | +$7.5B | 58 | Diversified | Vietnam |
| Len Blavatnik | 67 | $35.1B | +$5.2B | 69 | Music, chemicals | 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 |
| Vladimir Potanin | 77 | $29.7B | +$40M | 65 | Metals | Russia |
| Robert Pera | 78 | $29.6B | -$2.1B | 48 | Wireless networking | 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 |
| 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 |
| Chen Tianshi | 92 | $26.4B | +$5.7B | 41 | Semiconductors | China |
| 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 |
| Stuart Hoegner | 101 | $24.7B | $0M | n/a | Cryptocurrency | Canada |
| Phil Knight & family | 102 | $24.7B | -$6.4B | 88 | Nike | United States |
| Dilip Shanghvi | 103 | $24.5B | -$1.1B | 71 | Pharmaceuticals | India |
| Jason Chang | 104 | $24.4B | +$10.2B | 82 | Semiconductors | Singapore |
| Gennady Timchenko | 106 | $24.2B | -$34M | 73 | Oil, gas | Russia |
| Takemitsu Takizaki | 107 | $24.1B | +$3.8B | 81 | Sensors | Japan |
| François Pinault & family | 108 | $24.0B | -$5.5B | 90 | Luxury goods | France |
| Diane Hendricks | 109 | $23.6B | +$1.3B | 79 | Building supplies | 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 |
| Vinod Adani | 112 | $23.3B | +$2.5B | 77 | Infrastructure, commodities | Cyprus |
| Jerry Jones & family | 114 | $23.2B | +$2.9B | 83 | Dallas Cowboys | United States |
| John Fredriksen | 116 | $22.9B | +$1.7B | 81 | Shipping | Cyprus |
| Harry Triguboff | 117 | $22.9B | -$517M | 93 | Real estate | Australia |
| Huang Shilin | 118 | $22.8B | -$1.6B | 59 | Batteries | China |
| Alexander Karp | 121 | $22.1B | +$9.0B | 59 | Software firm | United States |
| Ernest Garcia II | 122 | $22.0B | +$504M | 69 | Used cars | United States |
| Henry Nicholas III | 123 | $22.0B | +$1.4B | 67 | Semiconductors | United States |
| Dang Yanbao | 125 | $21.7B | +$1.0B | 53 | Coal | China |
| Stephen Ross | 126 | $21.5B | +$4.5B | 86 | Real estate | United States |
| Wang Chuanfu | 127 | $21.2B | -$279M | 60 | Batteries, automobiles | China |
| Yu Yong | 128 | $21.1B | -$4.3B | 65 | Mining | China |
| Lei Jun | 129 | $21.0B | -$6.9B | 56 | Smartphones, automobiles | China |
| Michael Platt | 130 | $20.9B | +$1M | 58 | Hedge funds | United Kingdom |
| Andrey Melnichenko & family | 133 | $20.4B | +$22M | 54 | Fertilizers, coal | Russia |
| Todd Graves | 134 | $20.0B | -$2.0B | 54 | Fast food | United States |
| Daniel Gilbert | 135 | $19.9B | -$8.0B | 64 | Rocket Mortgage | United States |
| Wang Weixiu & family | 136 | $19.9B | +$6.5B | 75 | Machinery | China |
| Donald Bren | 137 | $19.8B | +$598M | 94 | Real estate | United States |
| Qin Yinglin | 138 | $19.7B | -$1.1B | 61 | Pig breeding | China |
| Arthur Dantchik | 139 | $19.5B | +$2.6B | 68 | Trading, investments | United States |
| Torstein Hagen | 142 | $19.3B | +$882M | 83 | Cruises | Norway |
| Harold Hamm & family | 144 | $19.0B | +$3.0B | 80 | Oil & gas | United States |
| Jorge Paulo Lemann & family | 145 | $19.0B | -$843M | 87 | Beer | Brazil |
Wealth by country
- United States: 728 billionaires, $7.366T combined, richest Elon Musk
- China: 498 billionaires, $1.937T combined, richest Zhang Yiming
- Russia: 139 billionaires, $639B combined, richest Alexey Mordashov & family
- India: 112 billionaires, $430B combined, richest Gautam Adani
- Canada: 63 billionaires, $385B combined, richest Changpeng Zhao
- Hong Kong: 49 billionaires, $298B combined, richest Robin Zeng
- United Kingdom: 55 billionaires, $283B combined, richest Michael Platt
- Italy: 28 billionaires, $244B combined, richest Giancarlo Devasini
- Germany: 54 billionaires, $238B combined, richest Andreas von Bechtolsheim & family
- Japan: 31 billionaires, $216B combined, richest Masayoshi Son
- Taiwan: 40 billionaires, $207B combined, richest Pierre Chen
- Australia: 40 billionaires, $179B combined, richest Harry Triguboff
- Spain: 11 billionaires, $169B combined, richest Amancio Ortega
- Switzerland: 17 billionaires, $164B combined, richest Gianluigi Aponte
- Brazil: 30 billionaires, $157B combined, richest Eduardo Saverin
Questions people ask
Who is the richest self-made billionaire?
Elon Musk is the richest self-made billionaire, worth $1.004T on October 11, 2026, according to Forbes real-time estimates. Jeff Bezos is next at $381B.
How many self-made billionaires are there?
Forbes tracks 2,273 self-made billionaires as of October 11, 2026, worth a combined $14.54T. The median net worth among them is $2.4B.
Are self-made billionaires getting richer this year?
The 2,144 of them who were also on the 2026 Forbes billionaires list are up 7.1% (+$951B) together since that list, comparing each person's real-time worth with their figure on it.
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