Complete Forbes ranking of the world's 100 richest people as of January 2026, with net worth, country, and industry for each billionaire.
Rank | Name | Net Worth (Billion USD) | Annual Change (Billion USD) | Country | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elon Musk | 627 | 194 | United States | Technology |
| 2 | Larry Page | 270 | 101 | United States | Technology |
| 3 | Jeff Bezos | 255 | 15.8 | United States | Technology |
| 4 | Sergey Brin | 251 | 92.3 | United States | Technology |
| 5 | Larry Ellison | 248 | 56.2 | United States | Technology |
| 6 | Mark Zuckerberg | 233 | 25.5 | United States | Technology |
| 7 | Bernard Arnault | 205 | 28.8 | France | Consumer |
| 8 | Steve Ballmer | 170 | 23.0 | United States | Technology |
| 9 | Jensen Huang | 156 | 41.5 | United States | Technology |
| 10 | Warren Buffett | 151 | 8.71 | United States | Diversified |
| 11 | Michael Dell | 141 | 17.4 | United States | Technology |
| 12 | Jim Walton | 137 | 25.3 | United States | Retail |
| 13 | Amancio Ortega | 136 | 34.5 | Spain | Retail |
| 14 | Rob Walton | 135 | 25.0 | United States | Retail |
| 15 | Alice Walton | 134 | 25.0 | United States | Retail |
| 16 | Bill Gates | 118 | -40.8 | United States | Technology |
| 17 | Carlos Slim | 112 | 32.4 | Mexico | Diversified |
| 18 | Mukesh Ambani | 106 | 15.4 | India | Energy |
| 19 | Francoise Bettencourt Meyers | 92.5 | 18.1 | France | Consumer |
| 20 | Gautam Adani | 83.0 | 4.25 | India | Industrial |
| 21 | Thomas Peterffy | 78.3 | 25.1 | United States | Finance |
| 22 | Julia Flesher Koch & family | 77.7 | 4.69 | United States | Industrial |
| 23 | Zhong Shanshan | 69.8 | 14.9 | China | Diversified |
| 24 | Charles Koch | 69.7 | 3.98 | United States | Industrial |
| 25 | Ma Huateng | 66.0 | 17.7 | China | Technology |
| 26 | Zhang Yiming | 65.2 | 21.3 | China | Technology |
| 27 | Jeff Yass | 63.3 | 17.4 | United States | Finance |
| 28 | German Larrea | 60.0 | 27.3 | Mexico | Commodities |
| 29 | Zeng Yuqun | 56.5 | 17.8 | Hong Kong | Industrial |
| 30 | Giovanni Ferrero & family | 55.8 | 20.0 | Italy | Food & Beverage |
| 31 | Tadashi Yanai | 54.9 | 3.98 | Japan | Retail |
| 32 | Stephen Schwarzman | 53.4 | -0.0338 | United States | Finance |
| 33 | Eric Schmidt | 53.1 | 16.9 | United States | Technology |
| 34 | Changpeng Zhao | 51.0 | -2.35 | Canada | Finance |
| 35 | Iris Fontbona & family | 49.4 | 20.8 | Chile | Commodities |
| 36 | Ken Griffin | 48.3 | 6.91 | United States | Finance |
| 37 | Jacqueline Badger Mars | 48.1 | 4.96 | United States | Food & Beverage |
| 38 | John Mars | 48.1 | 4.96 | United States | Food & Beverage |
| 39 | Lukas Walton | 47.4 | 8.72 | United States | Retail |
| 40 | Abigail Johnson | 47.2 | 5.4 | United States | Finance |
| 41 | Miriam Adelson | 46.8 | 9.55 | United States | Entertainment |
| 42 | Prajogo Pangestu | 45.8 | 16.1 | Indonesia | Energy |
| 43 | Jack Ma | 45.4 | 11.2 | China | Technology |
| 44 | William Ding | 44.6 | 15.8 | China | Technology |
| 45 | Alain Wertheimer | 43.5 | -0.922 | France | Consumer |
| 46 | Gerard Wertheimer | 43.5 | -0.922 | France | Consumer |
| 47 | Klaus-Michael Kuehne | 41.8 | 3.28 | Germany | Industrial |
| 48 | Zhang Bo | 41.7 | 21.6 | China | Industrial |
| 49 | Dieter Schwarz | 41.2 | 9.63 | Germany | Retail |
| 50 | Thomas Frist | 41.1 | 13.4 | United States | Health Care |
| 51 | MacKenzie Scott | 40.5 | 0.343 | United States | Technology |
| 52 | Colin Huang | 40.2 | 6.05 | China | Technology |
| 53 | Rodolphe Saade & family | 38.5 | 8.68 | France | Services |
| 54 | He Xiangjian | 38.3 | 5.6 | China | Consumer |
| 55 | Li Ka-shing | 38.0 | 8.12 | Hong Kong | Real Estate |
| 56 | Len Blavatnik | 37.8 | -1.37 | United States | Diversified |
| 57 | Gianluigi Aponte | 37.8 | 10.4 | Switzerland | Services |
| 58 | Shiv Nadar | 37.7 | -5.43 | India | Technology |
| 59 | Gina Rinehart | 37.6 | 12.6 | Australia | Commodities |
| 60 | Masayoshi Son | 36.8 | 21.0 | Japan | Technology |
| 61 | Ernesto Bertarelli & family | 36.2 | 9.53 | Switzerland | Diversified |
| 62 | Dan Gilbert | 36.2 | 10.1 | United States | Real Estate |
| 63 | Eduardo Saverin | 35.8 | 3.95 | Brazil | Technology |
| 64 | Shapoor Mistry | 35.3 | -3.33 | India | Industrial |
| 65 | Robert Pera | 34.3 | 13.9 | United States | Technology |
| 66 | Mark Mateschitz | 33.6 | 12.8 | Austria | Food & Beverage |
| 67 | Lei Jun | 33.1 | 3.5 | China | Technology |
| 68 | Susanne Klatten | 32.8 | 8.51 | Germany | Industrial |
| 69 | Henry Samueli | 32.5 | 8.89 | United States | Technology |
| 70 | Lakshmi Mittal | 31.3 | 11.7 | India | Commodities |
| 71 | Savitri Jindal | 30.9 | -1.41 | India | Commodities |
| 72 | Eyal Ofer | 30.8 | 4.36 | Monaco | Diversified |
| 73 | Idan Ofer | 30.7 | 2.25 | Israel | Energy |
| 74 | Andy Bechtolsheim | 30.3 | 5.28 | Germany | Technology |
| 75 | Aliko Dangote | 29.9 | 1.88 | Nigeria | Industrial |
| 76 | Phil Knight & family | 29.7 | -4.7 | United States | Consumer |
| 77 | David Sun | 29.5 | 15.7 | United States | Technology |
| 78 | John Tu | 29.5 | 15.7 | United States | Technology |
| 79 | Sunil Mittal | 29.4 | 5.51 | India | Media & Telecom |
| 80 | Zhang Xuexin | 29.0 | 16.0 | China | Industrial |
| 81 | Hasso Plattner | 28.5 | 2.75 | Germany | Technology |
| 82 | Stefan Quandt | 28.5 | 7.62 | Germany | Industrial |
| 83 | Andrew Forrest | 28.3 | 6.28 | Australia | Commodities |
| 84 | Pham Nhat Vuong | 28.1 | 22.8 | Vietnam | Real Estate |
| 85 | Liu Yongxing | 27.9 | 14.2 | China | Industrial |
| 86 | Azim Premji | 27.5 | -3.46 | India | Technology |
| 87 | Jorge Paulo Lemann | 27.3 | 6.14 | Brazil | Food & Beverage |
| 88 | Henry Cheng | 27.2 | 8.23 | Hong Kong | Retail |
| 89 | Stan Kroenke | 26.8 | 6.1 | United States | Real Estate |
| 90 | Peter Thiel | 26.8 | 10.7 | United States | Finance |
| 91 | Rick Cohen | 26.7 | 12.3 | United States | Consumer |
| 92 | Ernie Garcia | 26.4 | 11.5 | United States | Consumer |
| 93 | Vladimir Potanin | 26.3 | -1.51 | Russian Federation | Commodities |
| 94 | Vicky Safra | 26.3 | 5.96 | Greece | Finance |
| 95 | Huang Shilin | 26.3 | 8.18 | China | Industrial |
| 96 | Alexey Mordashov | 26.2 | 3.01 | Russian Federation | Industrial |
| 97 | Izzy Englander | 26.2 | 12.8 | United States | Finance |
| 98 | Adam Foroughi | 26.0 | 13.9 | United States | Technology |
| 99 | Elaine Marshall | 26.0 | 1.2 | United States | Industrial |
| 100 | Jaime Gilinski | 25.8 | 16.9 | Colombia | Finance |