Another year, another record for the very richest of the world’s wealthiest people. There are now 20 people on the planet with a net worth of $100 billion or more, according to Forbes’ 2026 World’s Billionaires list. That’s up from 15 last year, and none less than a decade ago.

These 20 “centi-billionaires” have a collective net worth of $3.8 trillion, about $1.4 trillion more than last year. Despite making up just 0.6% of the world’s 3,428 billionaires, this group now accounts for a staggering 19% of all billionaire wealth.

At the top of them all is Elon Musk, who has continued to smash records over the past year. He became the first person to be worth more than $500 billion in October, then crossed the $600 billion and $700 billion marks in December. In February, his wealth soared past $800 billion, after he merged his rocket maker SpaceX with his artificial intelligence and social media company xAI in a deal valuing the combined company at $1.25 trillion. A successful IPO of the firm later this year could make Musk the world’s first trillionaire.

Such a milestone was unthinkable until recently. The first edition of the World’s Billionaires list, published in 1987, featured just two people worth more than $10 billion. Bill Gates briefly became a centibillionaire in 1999 during the dotcom bubble, but it took until 2017 for the next person to achieve the feat, Jeff Bezos. The Amazon founder was also the first to break the $200 billion barrier, in 2020, and there are now five tycoons with net worths above that threshold, up from three last year. But the only person besides Musk whose wealth has topped $300 billion is Oracle’s Larry Ellison, whose net worth briefly crossed the $400 billion mark in September before falling to $190 billion over the next six months.

This level of wealth is hard to lose: Everyone who was a member of the $100 Billion Club on last year’s list remains a member today. And now there are five notable additions on this year’s ranking: L'Oréal heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, Mexican telecom magnate Carlos Slim HelúHelu, Nvidia's Jensen Huang and tech baron Michael Dell.

There are several more billionaires knocking on the door including Indian industrialist Mukesh Ambani (estimated fortune: $99.7 billion), crypto titan Giancarlo Devasini of Tether ($89.3 billion), digital trading pioneer Thomas Peterffy ($82.9 billion) and Koch, Inc. heiress Julia Koch ($81.2 billion).

Here is the full roster of the world’s most exclusive club, the $100 Billion Club, from least to most super-rich.

NET WORTHS ARE AS OF MARCH 1, 2026

#20. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family

Net worth: $100 billion (up $18.4 billion) | Source of wealth: L'Oréal | Citizenship: France

The 72-year-old granddaughter of L'Oréal's founder briefly became the world’s first female centibillionaire in 2024. She stepped down from the board of the French beauty giant in 2025, bringing her 28-year tenure to a close. She had also served as vice-chair since 2020, a position that was taken over by her son Jean-Victor Meyers. The transition didn’t seem to impact L'Oréal's business, with the firm growing revenues by 4%, to $51 billion, in 2025, powered by strong sales in its two largest markets, the U.S. and China.

Net worth: $108 billion (flat) | Source of wealth: Microsoft | Citizenship: United States

Gates’ net worth is unchanged from a year ago, landing him lower on the World’s Billionaires list than he’s been in decades. While Microsoft’s stock barely budged over the past year, Gates made significant announcements about his philanthropy. Last May, he reiterated his plan to give 99% of his wealth to his Gates Foundation and said that the charity will spend $200 billion over the next two decades and “sunset its operations” by........

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