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The richest people in the world

The largest fortunes on record, ranked by sourced net worth.

Elon Musk tops this list. Net worth: $868.5B, ahead of Jeff Bezos at $361.3B.

  1. Elon MuskFoundersSouth Africa

    $868.5Bas of 2026

    as of 2026

  2. Jeff BezosFoundersUnited States

    $361.3Bas of 2026

    as of 2026

  3. Larry PageScientistsUnited States

    $232.7Bas of 2026

    as of 2026

The rest of the list

#PersonCountryCategoryNet worth, How we know
4thMichael DellExecutives · as of 2026United StatesExecutives$228.5Bas of 2026
5thSergey BrinFounders · as of 2026United StatesFounders$214.3Bas of 2026
6thMark ZuckerbergFounders · as of 2026United StatesFounders$211.4Bas of 2026
7thJensen HuangFounders · as of 2026TaiwanFounders$177.5Bas of 2026
8thLarry EllisonFounders · as of 2026United StatesFounders$171.6Bas of 2026
9thSteve BallmerFounders · as of 2026United StatesFounders$161.7Bas of 2026
10thWarren BuffettInvestors · as of 2026United StatesInvestors$154.4Bas of 2026
11thAmancio OrtegaFounders · as of 2026SpainFounders$145.0Bas of 2026
12thAlice WaltonFounders · as of 2026United StatesFounders$132.6Bas of 2026
13thCarlos SlimExecutives · as of 2026MexicoExecutives$122.1Bas of 2026
14thBill GatesFounders · as of 2026United StatesFounders$120.4Bas of 2026
15thBernard ArnaultFounders · as of 2026FranceFounders$117.4Bas of 2026
16thChangpeng ZhaoExecutives · as of 2026CanadaExecutives$114.6Bas of 2026
17thMichael BloombergPoliticians · as of 2026United StatesPoliticians$94.9Bas of 2026
18thMukesh AmbaniFounders · as of 2026IndiaFounders$80.3Bas of 2026
19thGautam AdaniExecutives · as of 2026IndiaExecutives$77.7Bas of 2026
20thMasayoshi SonFounders · as of 2026JapanFounders$55.4Bas of 2026
21stAliko DangoteFounders · as of 2026NigeriaFounders$55.4Bas of 2026
22ndLi Ka-shingFounders · as of 2026CanadaFounders$49.0Bas of 2026
23rdLiang WenfengFounders · as of 2026ChinaFounders$46.3Bas of 2026
24thPeter ThielFounders · as of 2026New ZealandFounders$35.3Bas of 2026
25thEduardo SaverinFounders · as of 2026BrazilFounders$34.2Bas of 2026
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Ranked by sourced net worth. Figures are estimates and may be out of date. Not financial advice.

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