Oligarch list
The power people, top 50.
The Forbes list updated: There has never been a better time to be a billionaire!
Thanks to AI’s explosion, sizzling markets and favorable fiscal policies, a record 3,428 entrepreneurs, investors and heirs made this year’s World’s Billionaires list, 400 more than in 2025. They are richer than ever, worth a record $20.1 trillion, up $4 trillion from last year. The U.S. has the most billionaires, with a record 989, including 15 of the top 20. China, including Hong Kong, is next, with 610, and India (229) ranks a distant third. We used stock prices and exchange rates from March 1, 2026. For daily updated net worths of all billionaires, check out our real-time billionaires ranking.
top 50 RankNameNet WorthAgeCountry/TerritorySourceIndustry 1Elon Musk
$839 B.
54United States Tesla, SpaceX Technology2 Larry Page
$257 B
52United StatesGoogle
Technology 3 Sergey Brin
$237 B
52United StatesGoogleTechnology4 Jeff Bezos
$224 B
62United StatesAmazonTechnology5 Mark Zuckerberg
$222 B
41United StatesFacebookTechnology6 Larry Ellison
$190 B
81United States,OracleTechnology 7 Bernard Arnault & family
$171 B
77 FranceLVMHFashion & Retail8 Jensen Huang
$154 B
63 United StatesSemiconductorsTechnology 9Warren Buffett
$149 B
95 United StatesBerkshire HathawayFinance & Investments10 Amancio Ortega
$148 B
89 SpainZaraFashion & Retail11Rob Walton & family
$146 B
81 United StatesWalmartFashion & Retail12Jim Walton & family
$143 B
77 United StatesWalmartFashion & Retail13Michael Dell
$141 B
61 United StatesDell TechnologiesTechnology14Alice Walton
$134 B
76 United StatesWalmartFashion & Retail15Steve Ballmer
$126 B
69 United StatesMicrosoftTechnology
16 Carlos Slim Helu & family
$125 B
86 MexicoTelecomTelecom17Changpeng Zhao
$110 B
49 CanadaCryptocurrency exchangeFinance & Investments18Michael Bloomberg
$109 B
84 United StatesBloomberg LPFinance & Investments19Bill Gates
$108 B
70 United StatesMicrosoftTechnology20Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family
$100 B
72 FranceL’OréalFashion & Retail21Mukesh Ambani
$99.7 B
68 IndiaDiversifiedDiversified22Giancarlo Devasini
$89.3 B
61 ItalyCryptocurrencyFinance & Investments23Thomas Peterffy
$82.9 B
81 United StatesDiscount brokerageFinance & Investments24Julia Koch & family
$81.2 B
63 United StatesKoch, Inc.Diversified25Charles Koch & family
$73.8 B
90 United StatesKoch, Inc.Diversified26Zhang Yiming
$69.3 B
41 ChinaTikTokTechnology27Zhong Shanshan
$68.1 B
71 ChinaBeverages, pharmaceuticalsFood & Beverage28Jeff Yass
$67.4 B
67 United StatesTrading, investmentsFinance & Investments29Dieter Schwarz
$67.2 B
86 GermanyRetailFashion & Retail30Germán Larrea Mota Velasco & family
$67.1 B
72 MexicoMiningMetals & Mining
31 Gautam Adani $63.8 B
63 IndiaInfrastructure, commoditiesDiversified32Tadashi Yanai & family
$61.8 B
77 JapanFashion retailFashion & Retail33Ma Huateng
$53.8 B
54 ChinaOnline gamesTechnology34Robin Zeng
$53.2 B
57 Hong KongBatteriesEnergy35Iris Fontbona & family
$52.6 B
83 ChileMiningMetals & Mining36Masayoshi Son
$51.5 B
68 JapanTelecom, InvestmentsFinance & Investments37Ken Griffin
$49.8 B
57 United StatesHedge fundsFinance & Investments38Jacqueline Mars
$49.1 B
86 United StatesCandy, pet foodFood & Beverage38John Mars
$49.1 B
90 United StatesCandy, pet foodFood & Beverage40Lukas Walton
$48.9 B
39 United StatesWalmartFashion & Retail41Giovanni Ferrero
$48.8 B
61 ItalyNutella, chocolatesFood & Beverage42Li Ka-shing
$47 B
97 Hong KongDiversifiedDiversified43Mark Mateschitz
$45.8 B
33 AustriaRed BullFood & Beverage44Gianluigi Aponte
$44.5 B
85 SwitzerlandShippingLogistics44Rafaela Aponte-Diamant
$44.5 B
80 SwitzerlandShippingLogistics
46 Andrea Pignataro
$42.6 B
55 ItalyFinancial softwareFinance & Investments47Klaus-Michael Kuehne
$41.9 B
88 GermanyShippingLogistics48Thomas Frist, Jr. & family
$41.1 B
87 United StatesHospitalsHealthcare49Alain Wertheimer
$39.4 B
77 FranceChanelFashion & Retail49Gerard Wertheimer
$39.4 B
75 FranceChanelFashion & Retail
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