FINANCE
Individuals
Wealthiest Individuals (Current)
This list features the current wealthiest people in the world as of January 2026.
RANK | INDIVIDUAL | NET WORTH | SOURCE OF INCOME |
1 | Elon Musk | $809 billion | Tesla, SpaceX |
2 | Larry Page | $244.2 billion | |
3 | Sergey Brin | $225.4 billion | |
4 | Jeff Bezos | $223.5 billion | Amazon |
5 | Mark Zuckerberg | $197.3 billion | |
6 | Larry Ellison | $187.8 billion | Oracle |
7 | Jensen Huang | $153.7 billion | Semiconductors |
8 | Michael Dell | $147.5 billion | Dell Technologies |
9 | Bernard Arnault & family | $145.9 billion | LVMH |
10 | Rob Walton & family | $144.1 billion | Walmart |
11 | Warren Buffett | $141.4 billion | Berkshire Hathaway |
12 | Jim Walton & family | $141.4 billion | Walmart |
13 | Alice Walton | $132.2 billion | Walmart |
14 | Amancio Ortega | $131.9 billion | Zara |
15 | Carlos Slim Helu & family | $121.7 billion | Telecom |
16 | Steve Ballmer | $121.5 billion | Microsoft |
17 | Michael Bloomberg | $109.4 billion | Bloomberg LP |
18 | Changpeng Zhao | $108.7 billion | Cryptocurrency exchange |
19 | Bill Gates | $104 billion | Microsoft |
20 | Mukesh Ambani | $91.4 billion | Diversified |
21 | Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family | $89.6 billion | L'Oréal |
22 | Giancarlo Devasini | $89.3 billion | Cryptocurrency |
23 | Julia Koch & family | $81.2 billion | Koch, Inc. |
24 | Thomas Peterffy | $79.1 billion | Discount brokerage |
25 | Charles Koch & family | $73.8 billion | Koch, Inc. |
26 | Zhang Yiming | $69.3 billion | TikTok |
27 | Zhong Shanshan | $67.8 billion | Beverages, pharmaceuticals |
28 | Jeff Yass | $67.4 billion | Trading, investments |
29 | Dieter Schwarz | $62.6 billion | Retail |
30 | Gautam Adani | $60.8 billion | Infrastructure, commodities |
31 | Robin Zeng | $59.6 billion | Batteries |
32 | Germán Larrea Mota Velasco & family | $58.8 billion | Mining |
33 | Tadashi Yanai & family | $57.5 billion | Fashion retail |
34 | Ma Huateng | $51.2 billion | Online games |
35 | Ken Griffin | $49.2 billion | Hedge funds |
36 | Lukas Walton | $48.3 billion | Walmart |
37 | Giovanni Ferrero | $47.7 billion | Nutella, chocolates |
38 | Li Ka-shing | $46.5 billion | Diversified |
39 | John Mars | $46.2 billion | Candy, pet food |
40 | Jacqueline Mars | $46.2 billion | Candy, pet food |
41 | Masayoshi Son | $45.6 billion | Telecom, investments |
42 | Mark Mateschitz | $44.8 billion | Red Bull |
43 | Iris Fontbona & family | $44.5 billion | Mining |
44 | Gianluigi Aponte | $43.8 billion | Shipping |
45 | Rafaela Aponte-Diamant | $43.8 billion | Shipping |
46 | Andrea Pignataro | $41.7 billion | Financial software |
47 | Klaus-Michael Kuehne | $40 billion | Shipping |
48 | Gerard Wertheimer | $39.4 billion | Chanel |
49 | Alain Wertheimer | $39.4 billion | Chanel |
50 | Stephen Schwarzman | $38.2 billion | Investments |
51 | Jean-Louis van der Velde | $38 billion | Cryptocurrency |
52 | Paolo Ardoino | $38 billion | Cryptocurrency |
53 | William Ding | $37.3 billion | Online games |
54 | Thomas Frist Jr & family | $37.1 billion | Hospitals |
55 | Alexey Mordashov & family | $36.9 billion | Steel, investments |
56 | Miriam Adelson & family | $36.6 billion | Casinos |
57 | Savitri Jindal & family | $35.6 billion | Steel |
58 | Colin Huang | $35.6 billion | E-commerce |
59 | Eric Schmidt | $34.1 billion | |
60 | Zheng Shuliang & family | $34.1 billion | Aluminum products |
61 | Eyal Ofer | $33.9 billion | Real estate, shipping |
62 | Marilyn Simons & family | $32.5 billion | Hedge funds |
63 | He Xiangjian & family | $32.2 billion | Home appliances |
64 | Lyndal Stephens Greth & family | $32.1 billion | Oil & gas |
65 | Eduardo Saverin | $32 billion | |
66 | Robert Pera | $31.7 billion | Wireless networking |
67 | Idan Ofer | $31.5 billion | Shipping |
68 | Len Blavatnik | $31.2 billion | Music, chemicals |
69 | Abigail Johnson | $31 billion | Fidelity |
70 | Elaine Marshall & family | $30.9 billion | Koch Inc. |
71 | Shiv Nadar | $30.5 billion | Software services |
72 | Michal Strnad | $30.4 billion | Defense Contracting |
73 | Henry Samueli | $30.4 billion | Semiconductors |
74 | Melinda French Gates | $29.9 billion | Microsoft |
75 | Vladimir Potanin | $29.7 billion | Metals |
76 | Peter Thiel | $29.5 billion | Facebook, investments |
77 | Vagit Alekperov | $29.5 billion | Oil |
78 | MacKenzie Scott | $28.6 billion | Amazon |
79 | Aliko Dangote | $28.5 billion | Cement, sugar |
80 | Leonid Mikhelson & family | $28.3 billion | Gas, chemicals |
81 | François Pinault & family | $27.6 billion | Luxury goods |
82 | Stefan Quandt | $27.6 billion | BMW |
83 | Susanne Klatten | $27.6 billion | BMW, pharmaceuticals |
84 | Huang Shilin | $27.3 billion | Batteries |
85 | Jack Ma | $27.2 billion | E-commerce |
86 | Andreas von Bechtolsheim & family | $26.6 billion | |
87 | Lakshmi Mittal | $26.2 billion | Steel |
88 | Reinhold Wuerth & family | $26 billion | Fasteners |
89 | Emmanuel Besnier | $25.9 billion | Cheese |
90 | Vicky Safra & family | $25.8 billion | Banking |
91 | Israel Englander | $25.8 billion | Hedge funds |
92 | Rick Cohen & family | $25.8 billion | Warehouse automation |
93 | Suleiman Kerimov & family | $25.7 billion | Gold |
94 | Phil Knight & family | $25.6 billion | Nike |
95 | Cyrus Poonawalla | $25.6 billion | Vaccines |
96 | Vladimir Lisin | $25.5 billion | Steel, transport |
97 | Gina Rinehart | $24.7 billion | Mining |
98 | Stuart Hoegner | $24.7 billion | Cryptocurrency |
99 | Lei Jun | $24.7 billion | Smartphones, automobiles |
100 | Pham Nhat Vuong | $24.6 billion | Diversified |
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