The richest people on Earth, as Forbes counts them

52 of 52 public figures

1. #1Elon MuskTesla, SpaceX · United States$839B▲ 145.32% up since the 2025 list›
2. #2Larry PageGoogle · United States$257B▲ 78.47% up since the 2025 list›
3. #3Sergey BrinGoogle · United States$237B▲ 71.74% up since the 2025 list›
4. #4Jeff BezosAmazon · United States$224B▲ 4.19% up since the 2025 list›
5. #5Mark ZuckerbergMeta · United States$222B▲ 2.78% up since the 2025 list›
6. #6Larry EllisonOracle · United States$190B▼ 1.04% down since the 2025 list›
7. #7Bernard Arnault & familyLVMH · France$171B▼ 3.93% down since the 2025 list›
8. #8Jensen HuangNvidia · United States$154B▲ 56.03% up since the 2025 list›
9. #9Warren BuffettBerkshire Hathaway · United States$149B▼ 3.25% down since the 2025 list›
10. #10AOAmancio OrtegaZara · Spain$148B▲ 19.35% up since the 2025 list›
11. #11Rob Walton & familyWalmart · United States$146B▲ 32.73% up since the 2025 list›
12. #12Jim Walton & familyWalmart · United States$143B▲ 31.19% up since the 2025 list›
13. #13Michael DellDell Technologies · United States$141B▲ 44.32% up since the 2025 list›
14. #14Alice WaltonWalmart · United States$134B▲ 32.67% up since the 2025 list›
15. #15Steve BallmerMicrosoft · United States$126B▲ 6.78% up since the 2025 list›
16. #16Carlos Slim Helú & familyTelecom · Mexico$125B▲ 51.52% up since the 2025 list›
17. #17Changpeng ZhaoCryptocurrency exchange · Canada$110B▲ 74.88% up since the 2025 list›
18. #18Michael BloombergBloomberg LP · United States$109B▲ 3.81% up since the 2025 list›
19. #19Bill GatesMicrosoft · United States$108B– 0.00% up since the 2025 list›
20. #20FBFrançoise Bettencourt Meyers & familyL'Oréal · France$100B▲ 22.55% up since the 2025 list›
21. Mukesh AmbaniReliance Industries · India$99.7B▲ 7.78% up since the 2025 list›
22. Gautam AdaniAdani Group · India$63.8B▲ 13.32% up since the 2025 list›
23. Savitri Jindal & familyOP Jindal Group · India$39.1B▲ 10.14% up since the 2025 list›
24. Lakshmi MittalArcelorMittal · India$31B▲ 61.46% up since the 2025 list›
25. Shiv NadarHCL Technologies · India$30.9B▼ 10.43% down since the 2025 list›
26. Cyrus PoonawallaSerum Institute of India · India$27B▲ 16.88% up since the 2025 list›
27. DSDilip ShanghviSun Pharmaceutical · India$25.6B▲ 2.81% up since the 2025 list›
28. Kumar Mangalam BirlaAditya Birla Group · India$21.1B▲ 0.96% up since the 2025 list›
29. RDRadhakishan DamaniDMart · India$15.7B▲ 1.95% up since the 2025 list›
30. Uday KotakKotak Mahindra Bank · India$14.4B▲ 2.86% up since the 2025 list›
31. Steven SpielbergFilm · United States$7.1B▲ 33.96% up since the 2025 list›
32. George LucasStar Wars, Indiana Jones · United States$5.2B▲ 1.96% up since the 2025 list›
33. Michael JordanBasketball, endorsements · United States$4.3B▲ 22.86% up since the 2025 list›
34. Vince McMahonWWE · United States$3.6B▲ 20.00% up since the 2025 list›
35. Oprah WinfreyTelevision, media · United States$3.2B▲ 6.67% up since the 2025 list›
36. Jay-ZMusic, business · United States$2.8B▲ 12.00% up since the 2025 list›
37. #2,052Taylor SwiftMusic · United States$2B▲ 25.00% up since the 2025 list›
38. Kim KardashianReality TV, Skims · United States$1.9B▲ 11.76% up since the 2025 list›
39. Peter JacksonFilm · New Zealand$1.9BNo 2025 figure›
40. Magic JohnsonBasketball, business · United States$1.6BNo 2025 figure›
41. Tiger WoodsGolf · United States$1.5BNo 2025 figure›
42. Dick WolfTelevision · United States$1.5BNo 2025 figure›
43. Tyler PerryFilm, television · United States$1.4B– 0.00% up since the 2025 list›
44. LeBron JamesBasketball · United States$1.4BNo 2025 figure›
45. Bruce SpringsteenMusic · United States$1.2B– 0.00% up since the 2025 list›
46. Arnold SchwarzeneggerFilm, business · United States$1.2B▲ 9.09% up since the 2025 list›
47. Jerry SeinfeldComedy · United States$1.1B– 0.00% up since the 2025 list›
48. Roger FedererTennis · Switzerland$1.1BNew in 2026›
49. James CameronFilm · Canada$1.1BNew in 2026›
50. RihannaMusic, Fenty Beauty · Barbados$1B▼ 28.57% down since the 2025 list›
51. #3,332BeyoncéMusic · United States$1BNew in 2026›
52. Dr. DreMusic · United States$1BNew in 2026›

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