There has never been a better time to be a billionaire. Thanks to AI’s explosion, sizzling markets and supportive 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.

Here are the 200 richest people in the world on the 2026 Forbes World’s Billionaires list.

INFORMATION AS OF MARCH 1, 2026.

#1. Elon Musk | Net worth: $839 billion | Age: 54 | Country/territory: United States | Technology

Elon Musk cofounded seven companies, including electric car maker Tesla, rocket producer SpaceX and artificial intelligence startup xAI.

#2. Larry Page | Net worth: $257 billion | Age: 52 | Country/territory: United States | Technology

Larry Page stepped down as CEO of Alphabet, the parent company of Google, in 2019 but remains a board member and a controlling shareholder.

#3. Sergey Brin | Net worth: $237 billion | Age: 52 | Country/territory: United States | Technology

Sergey Brin stepped down as president of Alphabet, parent company of Google, in 2019 but remains a board member and a controlling shareholder.

#4. Jeff Bezos | Net worth: $224 billion | Age: 62 | Country/territory: United States | Technology

Jeff Bezos founded e-commerce giant Amazon in 1994 out of his Seattle garage.

#5. Mark Zuckerberg | Net worth: $222 billion | Age: 41 | Country/territory: United States | Technology

A 19-year-old Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook in 2004 for students to match names with photos of classmates.

#6. Larry Ellison | Net worth: $190 billion | Age: 81 | Country/territory: United States | Technology

Larry Ellison is chairman, chief technology officer and cofounder of software giant Oracle, of which he owns roughly 40%.

#7. Bernard Arnault & family | Net worth: $171 billion | Age: 77 | Country/territory: France | Fashion & Retail

Bernard Arnault oversees the LVMH empire of 75 fashion and cosmetics brands, including Louis Vuitton and Sephora.

#8. Jensen Huang | Net worth: $154 billion | Age: 63 | Country/territory: United States | Technology

Jensen Huang cofounded graphics-chip maker Nvidia in 1993 and has served as its CEO and president ever since.

#9. Warren Buffett | Net worth: $149 billion | Age: 95 | Country/territory: United States | Finance & Investments

Known as the "Oracle of Omaha," Warren Buffett is one of the most successful investors of all time.

#10. Amancio Ortega | Net worth: $148 billion | Age: 89 | Country/territory: Spain | Fashion & Retail

Amancio Ortega of Spain is one of the wealthiest clothing retailers in the world.

#11. Rob Walton & family | Net worth: $146 billion | Age: 81 | Country/territory: United States | Fashion & Retail

Rob Walton is the eldest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton.

#12. Jim Walton & family | Net worth: $143 billion | Age: 77 | Country/territory: United States | Fashion & Retail

Jim Walton is the youngest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton (d. 1992).

#13. Michael Dell | Net worth: $141 billion | Age: 61 | Country/territory: United States | Technology

Michael Dell is chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, which formed in 2016 via Dell's $60 billion merger with computer storage giant EMC.

#14. Alice Walton | Net worth: $134 billion | Age: 76 | Country/territory: United States | Fashion & Retail

Alice Walton is the only daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton (d. 1992).

#15. Steve Ballmer | Net worth: $126 billion | Age: 69 | Country/territory: United States | Technology

Steve Ballmer is the high-energy former CEO of Microsoft, who led the company from 2000 to 2014.

#16. Carlos Slim Helu & family | Net worth: $125 billion | Age: 86 | Country/territory: Mexico | Telecom

Mexico's richest person, Carlos Slim Helú and his family control América Móvil, Latin America's biggest mobile telecom firm.

#17. Changpeng Zhao | Net worth: $110 billion | Age: 49 | Country/territory: Canada | Finance & Investments

Changpeng Zhao, who goes by CZ, is the founder and former CEO of Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world.

#18. Michael Bloomberg | Net worth: $109 billion | Age: 84 | Country/territory: United States | Finance & Investments

Michael Bloomberg cofounded financial information and media company Bloomberg LP in 1981.

#19. Bill Gates | Net worth: $108 billion | Age: 70 | Country/territory: United States | Technology

Bill Gates helped usher in huge changes in personal technology with software firm Microsoft; now he's focused on giving away his massive fortune.

#20. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family | Net worth: $100 billion | Age: 72 | Country/territory: France | Fashion & Retail

Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is the granddaughter of the founder of L'Oréal.

#21. Mukesh Ambani | Net worth: $99.7 billion | Age: 68 | Country/territory: India | Diversified

Mukesh Ambani chairs and runs $125 billion (revenue) Reliance Industries, which has interests in petrochemicals, oil and gas, telecom, retail, media and financial services.

#22. Giancarlo Devasini | Net worth: $89.3 billion | Age: 61 | Country/territory: Italy | Finance & Investments

Giancarlo Devasini is the chief financial officer, and likely the biggest shareholder, of Tether, the largest issuer of crypto stablecoins.

#23. Thomas Peterffy | Net worth: $82.9 billion | Age: 81 | Country/territory: United States | Finance & Investments

A digital trading pioneer, Thomas Peterffy chairs Interactive Brokers, which markets its specialized trading platform to sophisticated investors.

#24. Julia Koch & family | Net worth: $81.2 billion | Age: 63 | Country/territory: United States | Diversified

Julia Koch and her three children inherited a 42% stake in Koch, Inc. (formerly Koch Industries) from her husband, David Koch, who died in 2019 at age 79.

#25. Charles Koch & family | Net worth: $73.8 billion | Age: 90 | Country/territory: United States | Diversified

Charles Koch has been chairman of Koch, Inc., America's second largest private company by revenue, since 1967. He brought on his first ever co-CEO in 2023.

#26. Zhang Yiming | Net worth: $69.3 billion | Age: 41 | Country/territory: China | Technology

Zhang Yiming is the main cofounder of Chinese tech giant ByteDance, best known for its insanely popular app TikTok, which has more than 1 billion users worldwide.

#27. Zhong Shanshan | Net worth: $68.1 billion | Age: 71 | Country/territory: China | Food & Beverage

Zhong Shanshan is the founder and chairman of Nongfu Spring, a bottled water company that listed its shares in Hong Kong in 2020.

#28. Jeff Yass | Net worth: $67.4 billion | Age: 67 | Country/territory: United States | Finance & Investments

Jeff Yass is a cofounder of Susquehanna International Group, one of Wall Street's largest and most successful trading firms.

#29. Dieter Schwarz | Net worth: $67.2 billion | Age: 86 | Country/territory: Germany | Fashion & Retail

Dieter Schwarz owns Schwarz Group, a German discount grocery retailer with revenue of more than $200 billion.

#30. Germán Larrea Mota Velasco & family | Net worth: $67.1 billion | Age: 72 | Country/territory: Mexico | Metals & Mining

Germán Larrea Mota Velasco owns the majority of Mexico's largest copper mining company, Grupo México, which also has operations in Perú and the U.S.

#31. Gautam Adani | Net worth: $63.8 billion | Age: 63 | Country/territory: India | Diversified

Gautam Adani is chairman of the Ahmedabad-headquartered Adani Group, with interests in ports, airports, power generation and transmission, and green energy, among others.

#32. Tadashi Yanai & family | Net worth: $61.8 billion | Age: 77 | Country/territory: Japan | Fashion & Retail

Tadashi Yanai built and runs Tokyo-listed retail clothing empire Fast Retailing, parent of the Uniqlo chain.

#33. Ma Huateng | Net worth: $53.8 billion | Age: 54 | Country/territory: China | Technology

Ma Huateng, also known as Pony Ma, is the chairman and CEO of Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings.

#34. Robin Zeng | Net worth: $53.2 billion | Age: 57 | Country/territory: Hong Kong | Energy

Robin Zeng is the founder, chairman and CEO of Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), one of the world's largest suppliers of batteries for electric vehicles.

#35. Iris Fontbona & family | Net worth: $52.6 billion | Age: 83 | Country/territory: Chile | Metals & Mining

Iris Fontbona is the widow of Andrónico Luksic, who built a fortune in mining and beverages before dying of cancer in 2005.

#36. Masayoshi Son | Net worth: $51.5 billion | Age: 68 | Country/territory: Japan | Finance & Investments

Masayoshi Son founded and runs investment giant SoftBank Group, which reported net profit of 3.2 trillion yen ($20.5 billion) on sales of 5.7 trillion yen ($37 billion) for the nine months ended December 31, 2025.

#37. Ken Griffin | Net worth: $49.8 billion | Age: 57 | Country/territory: United States | Finance & Investments

Ken Griffin founded and runs Citadel, a Miami-based hedge fund firm that manages $68 billion in assets.

#38. Jacqueline Mars | Net worth: $49.1 billion | Age: 86 | Country/territory: United States | Food & Beverage

Jacqueline Mars owns an estimated one-third of Mars, the candy, food and pet care firm founded by her grandfather.

#38. John Mars | Net worth: $49.1 billion | Age: 90 | Country/territory: United States | Food & Beverage

John Mars and his siblings Jacqueline and Forrest Jr. (d. 2016) inherited stakes in the candy firm Mars when their father died in 1999.

#40. Lukas Walton | Net worth: $48.9 billion | Age: 39 | Country/territory: United States | Fashion & Retail

Lukas Walton is a grandson of Walmart founder Sam Walton (d. 1992).

#41. Giovanni Ferrero | Net worth: $48.8 billion | Age: 61 | Country/territory: Italy | Food & Beverage

Giovanni Ferrero is executive chairman of his family's namesake confections business, which boasts $20 billion in annual sales.

#42. Li Ka-shing | Net worth: $47 billion | Age: 97 | Country/territory: Hong Kong | Diversified

Nicknamed Superman, Li Ka-shing is revered as one of the most influential businessmen in Asia.

#43. Mark Mateschitz | Net worth: $45.8 billion | Age: 33 | Country/territory: Austria | Food & Beverage

Mark Mateschitz is the only child of the late Austrian billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz, who cofounded energy drink firm Red Bull in 1987.

#44. Gianluigi Aponte | Net worth: $44.5 billion | Age: 85 | Country/territory: Switzerland | Logistics

Gianluigi Aponte and his wife Rafaela each own a 50% stake in MSC, the world's largest shipping line.

#44. Rafaela Aponte-Diamant | Net worth: $44.5 billion | Age: 80 | Country/territory: Switzerland | Logistics

Rafaela Aponte-Diamant and her husband Gianluigi each own a 50% stake in MSC, the world's largest shipping line.

#46. Andrea Pignataro | Net worth: $42.6 billion | Age: 55 | Country/territory: Italy | Finance & Investments

Andrea Pignataro is the founder and CEO of ION Group, a London-based financial data and technology firm.

#47. Klaus-Michael Kuehne | Net worth: $41.9 billion | Age: 88 | Country/territory: Germany | Logistics

Logistics magnate Klaus-Michael Kuehne is honorary chairman of Kuehne Nagel International AG, based in Schindellegi‎, Switzerland.

#48. Thomas Frist Jr & family | Net worth: $41.1 billion | Age: 87 | Country/territory: United States | Healthcare

Thomas Frist Jr., a former Air Force flight surgeon, founded Hospital Corp. of America with his father in 1968.

#49. Alain Wertheimer | Net worth: $39.4 billion | Age: 77 | Country/territory: France | Fashion & Retail

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