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 | $727.2 billion | Tesla, SpaceX |
2 | Larry Page | $270.6 billion | |
3 | Jeff Bezos | $256.7 billion | Amazon |
4 | Larry Ellison | $255.9 billion | Oracle |
5 | Sergey Brin | $249.6 billion | |
6 | Mark Zuckerberg | $221.9 billion | |
7 | Bernard Arnault & family | $194.1 billion | LVMH |
8 | Jensen Huang | $161.4 billion | Semiconductors |
9 | Warren Buffett | $147.4 billion | Berkshire Hathaway |
10 | Amancio Ortega | $146.6 billion | Zara |
11 | Steve Ballmer | $146.2 billion | Microsoft |
12 | Michael Dell | $138.9 billion | Dell Technologies |
13 | Rob Walton & family | $137.6 billion | Walmart |
14 | Jim Walton & family | $134.9 billion | Walmart |
15 | Alice Walton | $125.9 billion | Walmart |
16 | Michael Bloomberg | $109.4 billion | Bloomberg LP |
17 | Mukesh Ambani | $106.7 billion | Diversified |
18 | Bill Gates | $104 billion | Microsoft |
19 | Carlos Slim Helu & family | $102.2 billion | Telecom |
20 | Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family | $94.5 billion | L’Oréal |
21 | Thomas Peterffy | $82.4 billion | Discount brokerage |
22 | Julia Koch & family | $81.1 billion | Koch, Inc. |
23 | Changpeng Zhao | $78.8 billion | Cryptocurrency exchange |
24 | Charles Koch & family | $73.7 billion | Koch, Inc. |
25 | Zhong Shanshan | $69.7 billion | Beverages, pharmaceuticals |
26 | Zhang Yiming | $69.3 billion | TikTok |
27 | Jeff Yass | $65.6 billion | Trading, investments |
28 | Ma Huateng | $63.9 billion | Online games |
29 | Gautam Adani | $63.6 billion | Infrastructure, commodities |
30 | Germán Larrea Mota Velasco & family | $56.6 billion | Mining |
31 | Tadashi Yanai & family | $56.1 billion | Fashion retail |
32 | Robin Zeng | $55.1 billion | Batteries |
33 | Masayoshi Son | $53.7 billion | Telecom, investments |
34 | Ken Griffin | $51.1 billion | Hedge funds |
35 | Stephen Schwarzman | $48.5 billion | Investments |
36 | William Ding | $46.8 billion | Online games |
37 | Lukas Walton | $46.2 billion | Walmart |
38 | Iris Fontbona & family | $46.1 billion | Mining |
39 | Mark Mateschitz | $43.5 billion | Red Bull |
40 | Gerard Wertheimer | $43 billion | Chanel |
41 | Alain Wertheimer | $43 billion | Chanel |
42 | Li Ka-shing | $42.8 billion | Diversified |
43 | Colin Huang | $41.7 billion | E-commerce |
44 | Reinhold Wuerth & family | $41.2 billion | Fasteners |
45 | Giovanni Ferrero | $40.9 billion | Nutella, chocolates |
46 | Dieter Schwarz | $40.6 billion | Retail |
47 | Rafaela Aponte-Diamant | $40.4 billion | Shipping |
48 | Gianluigi Aponte | $40.4 billion | Shipping |
49 | Idan Ofer | $40.2 billion | Shipping |
50 | Jacqueline Mars | $40 billion | Candy, pet food |
51 | Klaus-Michael Kuehne | $39.8 billion | Shipping |
52 | Miriam Adelson & family | $38.7 billion | Casinos |
53 | Eric Schmidt | $37.3 billion | |
54 | Savitri Jindal & family | $37.2 billion | Steel |
55 | Thomas Frist Jr & family | $37.1 billion | Hospitals |
56 | Andrea Pignataro | $36.5 billion | Financial software |
57 | Abigail Johnson | $36.2 billion | Fidelity |
58 | Shiv Nadar | $36.2 billion | Software services |
59 | Eduardo Saverin | $35.6 billion | |
60 | Prajogo Pangestu | $34.4 billion | Petrochemicals, energy |
61 | Henry Samueli | $33.6 billion | Semiconductors |
62 | Zheng Shuliang & family | $33.1 billion | Aluminum products |
63 | Eyal Ofer | $32.6 billion | Real estate, shipping |
64 | Daniel Gilbert | $32.6 billion | Rocket Mortgage |
65 | Rick Cohen & family | $32.5 billion | Warehouse automation |
66 | Marilyn Simons & family | $32.5 billion | Hedge funds |
67 | He Xiangjian & family | $32.3 billion | Home appliances |
68 | Phil Knight & family | $32 billion | Nike |
69 | MacKenzie Scott | $31.6 billion | Amazon |
70 | Lei Jun | $31.1 billion | Smartphones, automobiles |
71 | Jack Ma | $30.9 billion | E-commerce |
72 | Elaine Marshall & family | $30.9 billion | Koch Inc. |
73 | Len Blavatnik | $30.6 billion | Music, chemicals |
74 | Emmanuel Besnier | $29.8 billion | Cheese |
75 | Melinda French Gates | $29.4 billion | Microsoft |
76 | Pham Nhat Vuong | $29 billion | Diversified |
77 | Vagit Alekperov | $28.7 billion | Oil |
78 | Alexey Mordashov & family | $28.5 billion | Steel, investments |
79 | Leonid Mikhelson & family | $28.3 billion | Gas, chemicals |
80 | Susanne Klatten | $27.8 billion | BMW, pharmaceuticals |
81 | Ernest Garcia II | $27.3 billion | Used cars |
82 | Lyndal Stephens Greth & family | $27 billion | Oil & gas |
83 | Stefan Quandt | $26.7 billion | BMW |
84 | François Pinault & family | $26.6 billion | Luxury goods |
85 | Vladimir Lisin | $26.4 billion | Steel, transport |
86 | Andreas von Bechtolsheim & family | $26.3 billion | |
87 | Robert Pera | $26.1 billion | Wireless networking |
88 | Aliko Dangote | $26 billion | Cement, sugar |
89 | Peter Thiel | $26 billion | Facebook, investments |
90 | Chen Tianshi | $25.9 billion | Semiconductors |
91 | Dilip Shanghvi | $25.7 billion | Pharmaceuticals |
92 | Huang Shilin | $25.2 billion | Batteries |
93 | Rupert Murdoch & family | $24.8 billion | Newspapers, TV network |
94 | Lakshmi Mittal | $24.6 billion | Steel |
95 | Vladimir Potanin | $24.2 billion | Metals |
96 | Yu Yong | $23.9 billion | Mining |
97 | Gina Rinehart | $23.9 billion | Mining |
98 | Low Tuck Kwong | $23.9 billion | Coal |
99 | Adam Foroughi | $23.8 billion | Advertising technology |
100 | Vicky Safra & family | $23.7 billion | Banking |
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