The lists · 52 people

The richest people on Earth

Every fortune here is one kind of number, measured on one day: net worth, as Forbes counted it for its 2026 list.

  1. 1Elon MuskTesla, SpaceX · United States$839BNet worth
  2. 2Larry PageGoogle · United States$257BNet worth
  3. 3Sergey BrinGoogle · United States$237BNet worth
  4. 4Jeff BezosAmazon · United States$224BNet worth
  5. 5Mark ZuckerbergMeta · United States$222BNet worth
  6. 6Larry EllisonOracle · United States$190BNet worth
  7. 7Bernard Arnault & familyLVMH · France$171BNet worth
  8. 8Jensen HuangNvidia · United States$154BNet worth
  9. 9Warren BuffettBerkshire Hathaway · United States$149BNet worth
  10. 10Amancio OrtegaZara · Spain$148BNet worth
  11. 11Rob Walton & familyWalmart · United States$146BNet worth
  12. 12Jim Walton & familyWalmart · United States$143BNet worth
  13. 13Michael DellDell Technologies · United States$141BNet worth
  14. 14Alice WaltonWalmart · United States$134BNet worth
  15. 15Steve BallmerMicrosoft · United States$126BNet worth
  16. 16Carlos Slim Helú & familyTelecom · Mexico$125BNet worth
  17. 17Changpeng ZhaoCryptocurrency exchange · Canada$110BNet worth
  18. 18Michael BloombergBloomberg LP · United States$109BNet worth
  19. 19Bill GatesMicrosoft · United States$108BNet worth
  20. 20Françoise Bettencourt Meyers & familyL'Oréal · France$100BNet worth
  21. 21Mukesh AmbaniReliance Industries · India$99.7BNet worth
  22. 22Gautam AdaniAdani Group · India$63.8BNet worth
  23. 23Savitri Jindal & familyOP Jindal Group · India$39.1BNet worth
  24. 24Lakshmi MittalArcelorMittal · India$31BNet worth
  25. 25Shiv NadarHCL Technologies · India$30.9BNet worth
  26. 26Cyrus PoonawallaSerum Institute of India · India$27BNet worth
  27. 27Dilip ShanghviSun Pharmaceutical · India$25.6BNet worth
  28. 28Kumar Mangalam BirlaAditya Birla Group · India$21.1BNet worth
  29. 29Radhakishan DamaniDMart · India$15.7BNet worth
  30. 30Uday KotakKotak Mahindra Bank · India$14.4BNet worth
  31. 31Steven SpielbergFilm · United States$7.1BNet worth
  32. 32George LucasStar Wars, Indiana Jones · United States$5.2BNet worth
  33. 33Michael JordanBasketball, endorsements · United States$4.3BNet worth
  34. 34Vince McMahonWWE · United States$3.6BNet worth
  35. 35Oprah WinfreyTelevision, media · United States$3.2BNet worth
  36. 36Jay-ZMusic, business · United States$2.8BNet worth
  37. 37Taylor SwiftMusic · United States$2BNet worth
  38. 38Kim KardashianReality TV, Skims · United States$1.9BNet worth
  39. 39Peter JacksonFilm · New Zealand$1.9BNet worth
  40. 40Magic JohnsonBasketball, business · United States$1.6BNet worth
  41. 41Tiger WoodsGolf · United States$1.5BNet worth
  42. 42Dick WolfTelevision · United States$1.5BNet worth
  43. 43Tyler PerryFilm, television · United States$1.4BNet worth
  44. 44LeBron JamesBasketball · United States$1.4BNet worth
  45. 45Bruce SpringsteenMusic · United States$1.2BNet worth
  46. 46Arnold SchwarzeneggerFilm, business · United States$1.2BNet worth
  47. 47Jerry SeinfeldComedy · United States$1.1BNet worth
  48. 48Roger FedererTennis · Switzerland$1.1BNet worth
  49. 49James CameronFilm · Canada$1.1BNet worth
  50. 50RihannaMusic, Fenty Beauty · Barbados$1BNet worth
  51. 51BeyoncéMusic · United States$1BNet worth
  52. 52Dr. DreMusic · United States$1BNet worth

Net worth is everything owned minus what is owed, estimated on 1 March 2026. It is not income, and it moves every day the markets do.

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