Richest people

This is the list of the 50 richest people in the world from the Forbes 2026 World's Billionaires list, a snapshot taken on March 24, 2026. Forbes counted a record 3,428 billionaires worth a combined $20.1 trillion, 309 more people and $4 trillion more than in 2025. Names with a link have a full page on Billionaire Wiki; more are being written.

Net worth figures are Forbes estimates on one day and change every day with share prices. "& family" means Forbes counts the fortune as shared with relatives.

Rank	Name	Net worth (USD)	Citizenship	Source of wealth	Age
1	Elon Musk	$839 billion	United States	Tesla, SpaceX	54
2	Larry Page	$257 billion	United States	Google	52
3	Sergey Brin	$237 billion	United States	Google	52
4	Jeff Bezos	$224 billion	United States	Amazon	62
5	Mark Zuckerberg	$222 billion	United States	Facebook	41
6	Larry Ellison	$190 billion	United States	Oracle	81
7	Bernard Arnault & family	$171 billion	France	LVMH	77
8	Jensen Huang	$154 billion	United States	Semiconductors	63
9	Warren Buffett	$149 billion	United States	Berkshire Hathaway	95
10	Amancio Ortega	$148 billion	Spain	Zara	89
11	Rob Walton & family	$146 billion	United States	Walmart	81
12	Jim Walton & family	$143 billion	United States	Walmart	77
13	Michael Dell	$141 billion	United States	Dell Technologies	61
14	Alice Walton	$134 billion	United States	Walmart	76
15	Steve Ballmer	$126 billion	United States	Microsoft	69
16	Carlos Slim Helu & family	$125 billion	Mexico	Telecom	86
17	Changpeng Zhao	$110 billion	Canada	Cryptocurrency exchange	49
18	Michael Bloomberg	$109 billion	United States	Bloomberg LP	84
19	Bill Gates	$108 billion	United States	Microsoft	70
20	Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family	$100 billion	France	L'Oréal	72
21	Mukesh Ambani	$99.7 billion	India	Diversified	68
22	Giancarlo Devasini	$89.3 billion	Italy	Cryptocurrency	61
23	Thomas Peterffy	$82.9 billion	United States	Discount brokerage	81
24	Julia Koch & family	$81.2 billion	United States	Koch, Inc.	63
25	Charles Koch & family	$73.8 billion	United States	Koch, Inc.	90
26	Zhang Yiming	$69.3 billion	China	TikTok	41
27	Zhong Shanshan	$68.1 billion	China	Beverages, pharmaceuticals	71
28	Jeff Yass	$67.4 billion	United States	Trading, investments	67
29	Dieter Schwarz	$67.2 billion	Germany	Retail	86
30	Germán Larrea Mota Velasco & family	$67.1 billion	Mexico	Mining	72
31	Gautam Adani	$63.8 billion	India	Infrastructure, commodities	63
32	Tadashi Yanai & family	$61.8 billion	Japan	Fashion retail	77
33	Ma Huateng	$53.8 billion	China	Online games	54
34	Robin Zeng	$53.2 billion	Hong Kong	Batteries	57
35	Iris Fontbona & family	$52.6 billion	Chile	Mining	83
36	Masayoshi Son	$51.5 billion	Japan	Telecom, Investments	68
37	Ken Griffin	$49.8 billion	United States	Hedge funds	57
38	Jacqueline Mars	$49.1 billion	United States	Candy, pet food	86
38	John Mars	$49.1 billion	United States	Candy, pet food	90
40	Lukas Walton	$48.9 billion	United States	Walmart	39
41	Giovanni Ferrero	$48.8 billion	Italy	Nutella, chocolates	61
42	Li Ka-shing	$47 billion	Hong Kong	Diversified	97
43	Mark Mateschitz	$45.8 billion	Austria	Red Bull	33
44	Gianluigi Aponte	$44.5 billion	Switzerland	Shipping	85
44	Rafaela Aponte-Diamant	$44.5 billion	Switzerland	Shipping	80
46	Andrea Pignataro	$42.6 billion	Italy	Financial software	55
47	Klaus-Michael Kuehne	$41.9 billion	Germany	Shipping	88
48	Thomas Frist, Jr. & family	$41.1 billion	United States	Hospitals	87
49	Alain Wertheimer	$39.4 billion	France	Chanel	77
49	Gerard Wertheimer	$39.4 billion	France	Chanel	75

See also

• Soon to Billion Club: people who may become billionaires next