Richest people in service
55 billionaires worth a combined $221B, ranked by Forbes real-time estimates on October 11, 2026. Torstein Hagen leads at $19.3B.
Ranking
| Name | Rank | Net worth | Since 2026 list | Age | Source | Country |
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| Torstein Hagen | 142 | $19.3B | +$882M | 83 | Cruises | Norway |
| Wang Wei | 189 | $15.3B | -$1.3B | 56 | Package delivery | China |
| Liu Yongxing | 209 | $14.5B | +$3.3B | 78 | Diversified | China |
| Micky Arison & family | 283 | $11.8B | +$1.7B | 77 | Carnival Cruises | United States |
| Robert Rowling | 412 | $9.0B | +$181M | 73 | Hotels, investments | United States |
| Tamara Gustavson | 423 | $8.9B | +$255M | 64 | Self storage | United States |
| Jeremy Jacobs Sr & family | 590 | $6.9B | +$1.5B | 86 | Food service | United States |
| Rahul Bhatia | 603 | $6.8B | -$323M | 67 | Aviation | India |
| Rakesh Gangwal | 678 | $6.1B | +$497M | 73 | Airline | United States |
| Jean (Gigi) Pritzker | 688 | $6.0B | +$607M | 64 | Hotels, investments | United States |
| Shari Arison | 696 | $6.0B | -$35M | 69 | Carnival Cruises | Israel |
| Tom Golisano | 720 | $5.8B | +$868M | 84 | Payroll services | United States |
| Gary Rollins & family | 770 | $5.4B | -$2.5B | 82 | Pest control | United States |
| Liu Yonghao & family | 784 | $5.4B | -$1.0B | 75 | Agribusiness | China |
| Steven Udvar-Hazy | 856 | $5.0B | +$348M | 80 | Aircraft leasing | United States |
| Anthony Pritzker | 872 | $5.0B | +$563M | 65 | Hotels, investments | United States |
| Danielle Bellon & family | 883 | $4.9B | +$587M | 86 | Food services | France |
| Miguel Fluxa Rossello | 972 | $4.5B | +$155M | 88 | Hotels | Spain |
| Jim Davis | 983 | $4.4B | +$400M | 66 | Staffing & recruiting | United States |
| Sunny Varkey | 1059 | $4.0B | $0M | 69 | Education | India |
| Klaus-Peter Schulenberg | 1182 | $3.6B | -$622M | 75 | Ticketing service | Germany |
| Maggie Hardy | 1247 | $3.4B | -$912M | 60 | Building materials | United States |
| Glen Taylor | 1497 | $2.8B | -$504M | 85 | Printing | United States |
| Fernando Chico Pardo | 1524 | $2.7B | -$1.1B | 74 | Airport management | Mexico |
| Bertil Hult | 1584 | $2.6B | +$27M | 85 | Education | Sweden |
| Stephan Crétier | 1610 | $2.6B | -$133M | 63 | Private security | Canada |
| Zhang Bangxin | 1628 | $2.5B | +$436M | 46 | Education | China |
| Linda Pritzker | 1884 | $2.2B | -$16M | 73 | Hotels, investments | United States |
| Petter Stordalen & family | 1901 | $2.2B | -$37M | 63 | Hotels | Norway |
| Vladislav Filev & family | 1909 | $2.2B | -$47M | 63 | Airlines | Russia |
| Manfredi Lefebvre d'Ovidio & family | 1948 | $2.1B | -$84M | 73 | Cruises | Italy |
| Mitchell Jacobson | 2018 | $2.0B | +$248M | 75 | Industrial equipment | United States |
| Carmen Riu Guell | 2060 | $2.0B | +$207M | 71 | Hotels | Spain |
| Helena Revoredo & family | 2087 | $2.0B | -$18M | 79 | Security services | Spain |
| Peter Sperling | 2088 | $2.0B | -$20M | 66 | Education | United States |
| Wenaas Lars | 2123 | $1.9B | -$57M | 75 | hotels | Norway |
| David Fattal & family | 2133 | $1.9B | +$35M | 69 | hotels | Israel |
| Michael Minhong Yu | 2216 | $1.9B | +$62M | 64 | Education | China |
| Deepinder Goyal | 2331 | $1.8B | +$375M | 43 | Food delivery service | India |
| Fumio Kaneko | 2371 | $1.7B | -$61M | 69 | Waste management | Japan |
| Vijay Shekhar Sharma | 2552 | $1.6B | +$473M | 48 | financial technology | India |
| Robert Mouawad | 2584 | $1.5B | +$49M | 81 | Fine jewelry | Lebanon |
| Kapil Bhatia | 2613 | $1.5B | -$74M | 94 | Aviation | India |
| John Morgan | 2649 | $1.5B | $0M | 70 | personal injury law | United States |
| Stelios Haji-Ioannou | 2667 | $1.5B | +$90M | 59 | EasyJet | Cyprus |
| Polys Haji-Ioannou | 2678 | $1.5B | +$81M | 66 | EasyJet | Cyprus |
| Nie Tengyun & family | 2723 | $1.5B | +$50M | 50 | Logistics | China |
| Samih Sawiris | 2774 | $1.4B | +$3M | 69 | real estate, hotels | Egypt |
| Clelia Haji-Ioannou | 2848 | $1.4B | +$151M | 55 | EasyJet | Cyprus |
| Xu Wanmao | 2870 | $1.3B | +$138M | 81 | Education | China |
| David Kong | 2959 | $1.3B | -$31M | 71 | Funeral services | Malaysia |
| Zhao Tongtong | 3024 | $1.2B | -$284M | 59 | Hotels | Canada |
| Wang Zhenghua | 3100 | $1.2B | -$729M | 82 | Budget airline | China |
| Peng Zhao | 3187 | $1.1B | +$19M | 55 | Online recruitment | China |
| Don Ahern | 3339 | $1.0B | +$27M | 73 | Equipment rental | United States |
Wealth by country
- United States: 18 billionaires, $89.2B combined, richest Micky Arison & family
- China: 9 billionaires, $44.6B combined, richest Wang Wei
- Norway: 3 billionaires, $23.4B combined, richest Torstein Hagen
- India: 5 billionaires, $15.7B combined, richest Rahul Bhatia
- Spain: 3 billionaires, $8.4B combined, richest Miguel Fluxa Rossello
- Israel: 2 billionaires, $7.9B combined, richest Shari Arison
- France: 1 billionaires, $4.9B combined, richest Danielle Bellon & family
- Cyprus: 3 billionaires, $4.3B combined, richest Stelios Haji-Ioannou
- Canada: 2 billionaires, $3.8B combined, richest Stephan Crétier
- Germany: 1 billionaires, $3.6B combined, richest Klaus-Peter Schulenberg
- Mexico: 1 billionaires, $2.7B combined, richest Fernando Chico Pardo
- Sweden: 1 billionaires, $2.6B combined, richest Bertil Hult
- Russia: 1 billionaires, $2.2B combined, richest Vladislav Filev & family
- Italy: 1 billionaires, $2.1B combined, richest Manfredi Lefebvre d'Ovidio & family
- Japan: 1 billionaires, $1.7B combined, richest Fumio Kaneko
Questions people ask
Who is the richest person in service?
Torstein Hagen is the richest person in service, worth $19.3B on October 11, 2026, according to Forbes real-time estimates. Wang Wei is next at $15.3B.
How many billionaires are there in service?
Forbes tracks 55 billionaires in service as of October 11, 2026, worth a combined $221B. The median net worth among them is $2.2B.
Are billionaires in service getting richer this year?
The 55 of them who were also on the 2026 Forbes billionaires list are up 2.1% (+$4.5B) together since that list, comparing each person's real-time worth with their figure on it.
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