Real-Time Billionaires List: The World's Richest People
There are 3,401 billionaires worth a combined $20.13 trillion as of November 7, 2026. Elon Musk is #1 with $849.7B. This page shows the top 100; use the pages below to browse every billionaire.
· Source: Forbes Real-Time Billionaires
| # | Name | Net worth | Today | Per second | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Elon MuskTesla, SpaceX | $849.7B | +$60.24B(+7.6%) | $10,044/s | United States |
| 2 |  Jeff BezosAmazon | $378.1B | −$804.8M(−0.2%) | $3,226/s | United States |
| 3 |  Larry PageGoogle | $236.9B | +$1.72B(+0.7%) | $1,838/s | United States |
| 4 |  Sergey BrinGoogle | $218.1B | +$1.58B(+0.7%) | $1,584/s | United States |
| 5 |  Mark ZuckerbergFacebook | $209.7B | +$1.72B(+0.8%) | −$124/s | United States |
| 6 | Michael DellDell Technologies | $194.9B | +$3.78B(+2.0%) | $1,923/s | United States |
| 7 | Steve BallmerMicrosoft | $163.9B | −$1.34B(−0.8%) | $908/s | United States |
| 8 | Jensen HuangNvidia | $162.2B | +$4.29B(+2.7%) | $1,255/s | United States |
| 9 |  Warren BuffettBerkshire Hathaway | $162.1B | −$16.57M(−0.0%) | $161/s | United States |
| 10 |  Larry EllisonOracle | $154.9B | +$1.6B(+1.0%) | −$734/s | United States |
| 11 | Amancio OrtegaZara | $151.7B | −$2.12B(−1.4%) | $548/s | Spain |
| 12 | Rob Walton & familyWalmart | $148.2B | −$1.99B(−1.3%) | $755/s | United States |
| 13 | Jim Walton & familyWalmart | $145B | −$1.98B(−1.3%) | $711/s | United States |
| 14 | Alice WaltonWalmart | $134.4B | −$1.94B(−1.4%) | $661/s | United States |
| 15 | Carlos Slim Helu & familyTelecom | $125.4B | +$1.35B(+1.1%) | $848/s | Mexico |
| 16 | Bernard Arnault & familyLVMH | $124.2B | −$2.76B(−2.2%) | −$1,065/s | France |
| 17 |  Bill GatesMicrosoft | $121.3B | −$491.7M(−0.4%) | $262/s | United States |
| 18 | Changpeng ZhaoCryptocurrency exchange | $114.6B | — | $1,023/s | Canada |
| 19 | Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & familyL'Oréal | $106.2B | −$1.21B(−1.1%) | $486/s | France |
| 20 | Michael BloombergBloomberg LP | $94.92B | — | −$199/s | United States |
| 21 | Mukesh AmbaniDiversified | $90.99B | +$326.7M(+0.4%) | −$29.96/s | India |
| 22 | Giancarlo DevasiniCryptocurrency | $89.3B | — | $1,323/s | Italy |
| 23 | Thomas PeterffyDiscount brokerage | $88.79B | +$3.36B(+3.9%) | $623/s | United States |
| 24 | Julia Koch & familyKoch, Inc. | $84.63B | — | $206/s | United States |
| 25 | Zhang YimingTikTok | $84B | — | $366/s | China |
| 26 | Gautam AdaniInfrastructure, commodities | $83.71B | +$533.7M(+0.6%) | $542/s | India |
| 27 | Jeff YassTrading, investments | $77.79B | — | $372/s | United States |
| 28 | Charles Koch & familyKoch, Inc. | $76.94B | — | $187/s | United States |
| 29 | Tadashi Yanai & familyFashion retail | $67.29B | −$2.3B(−3.3%) | $439/s | Japan |
| 30 | Zhong ShanshanBeverages, pharmaceuticals | $65.08B | −$307M(−0.5%) | $146/s | China |
| 31 | Dieter SchwarzRetail | $62.33B | — | $422/s | Germany |
| 32 | Germán Larrea Mota Velasco & familyMining | $61.59B | −$344.4M(−0.6%) | $653/s | Mexico |
| 33 | Ken GriffinHedge funds | $56.69B | — | $285/s | United States |
| 34 | Aliko DangoteCement, sugar | $54.51B | −$4.4M(−0.0%) | $606/s | Nigeria |
| 35 | Jacqueline MarsCandy, pet food | $50.35B | — | $153/s | United States |
| 35 | John MarsCandy, pet food | $50.35B | — | $153/s | United States |
| 37 | Lukas WaltonWalmart | $49.73B | −$630.2M(−1.3%) | $234/s | United States |
| 38 | Li Ka-shingDiversified | $48.83B | −$166.6M(−0.3%) | $197/s | Hong Kong |
| 39 | Giovanni FerreroNutella, chocolates | $46.36B | — | $161/s | Italy |
| 40 | Liang WenfengAI, hedge fund | $46.14B | — | $893/s | China |
| 41 | Ma HuatengOnline games | $45.56B | −$959.7M(−2.1%) | −$210/s | China |
| 42 | Gianluigi AponteShipping | $45.52B | −$4.31M(−0.0%) | $155/s | Switzerland |
| 42 | Rafaela Aponte-DiamantShipping | $45.52B | −$4.31M(−0.0%) | $155/s | Switzerland |
| 44 | Masayoshi SonTelecom, Investments | $44.92B | −$4.8B(−9.7%) | $307/s | Japan |
| 45 | Mark MateschitzRed Bull | $43.54B | — | $58.16/s | Austria |
| 46 | William DingOnline games | $43.24B | +$838.4M(+2.0%) | $197/s | China |
| 47 | Robin ZengBatteries | $42.43B | −$1.5B(−3.4%) | $89.70/s | Hong Kong |
| 48 | Stephen SchwarzmanInvestments | $42.35B | −$99.45M(−0.2%) | −$40.59/s | United States |
| 49 | Iris Fontbona & familyMining | $41.98B | −$131.8M(−0.3%) | $275/s | Chile |
| 50 | Abigail JohnsonFidelity | $41.64B | — | $177/s | United States |
| 51 | Savitri Jindal & familySteel | $40.92B | +$34.39M(+0.1%) | $107/s | India |
| 52 | Andrea PignataroFinancial software | $40.53B | — | $125/s | Italy |
| 53 | Thomas Frist Jr & familyHospitals | $39.94B | −$873.6M(−2.1%) | $256/s | United States |
| 54 | Alain WertheimerChanel | $39.4B | — | $67.27/s | France |
| 54 | Gerard WertheimerChanel | $39.4B | — | $67.27/s | France |
| 56 | He Xiangjian & familyHome appliances | $38.82B | +$446.3M(+1.2%) | $234/s | China |
| 57 | Jean-Louis van der VeldeCryptocurrency | $38B | — | $564/s | Netherlands |
| 57 | Paolo ArdoinoCryptocurrency | $38B | — | $564/s | Italy |
| 59 | Pham Nhat VuongDiversified | $36.97B | −$467.2M(−1.2%) | $603/s | Vietnam |
| 60 | Alexey Mordashov & familySteel, investments | $36.95B | +$3.97M(+0.0%) | $165/s | Russia |
| 61 | Marilyn Simons & familyHedge funds | $36.57B | — | $110/s | United States |
| 62 | Len BlavatnikMusic, chemicals | $34.76B | −$144.4M(−0.4%) | $96.20/s | United States |
| 63 | Andreas von Bechtolsheim & familyGoogle | $34.7B | +$2.15B(+6.6%) | $332/s | Germany |
| 64 | Melinda French GatesMicrosoft | $34.49B | +$964,233(+0.0%) | $80.94/s | United States |
| 65 | Idan OferShipping | $34.22B | +$24.84M(+0.1%) | $232/s | Israel |
| 66 | Eduardo SaverinFacebook | $33.95B | +$271.1M(+0.8%) | −$10.92/s | Brazil |
| 67 | Eyal OferReal estate, shipping | $33.53B | +$216.6M(+0.7%) | $105/s | Israel |
| 68 | Eric SchmidtGoogle | $33.36B | +$186.1M(+0.6%) | $185/s | United States |
| 69 | Peter ThielFacebook, investments | $33.03B | +$1.36B(+4.3%) | $331/s | United States |
| 70 | Elaine Marshall & familyKoch, Inc. | $32.24B | — | $77.92/s | United States |
| 71 | Miriam Adelson & familyCasinos | $32.09B | −$73.74M(−0.2%) | −$0.24/s | United States |
| 72 | Shiv NadarSoftware services | $31.69B | +$114.7M(+0.4%) | −$55.49/s | India |
| 73 | Lakshmi MittalSteel | $29.79B | +$74.49M(+0.3%) | $210/s | India |
| 74 | Vladimir PotaninMetals | $29.74B | — | $110/s | Russia |
| 75 | Robert PeraWireless networking | $29.62B | — | $275/s | United States |
| 76 | Reinhold Wuerth & familyFasteners | $29.6B | — | −$109/s | Germany |
| 77 | Vagit AlekperovOil | $29.48B | — | $15.33/s | Russia |
| 78 | Colin HuangE-commerce | $29.26B | −$324.2M(−1.1%) | −$258/s | China |
| 79 | Cyrus PoonawallaVaccines | $29.01B | −$8.82M(−0.0%) | $117/s | India |
| 80 | Lyndal Stephens Greth & familyOil & gas | $28.51B | −$45.9M(−0.2%) | $53.52/s | United States |
| 81 | David TepperHedge funds | $28.5B | — | $143/s | United States |
| 82 | Henry SamueliSemiconductors | $28.46B | +$180.1M(+0.6%) | $173/s | United States |
| 83 | Leonid Mikhelson & familyGas, chemicals | $28.3B | — | −$1.95/s | Russia |
| 84 | MacKenzie ScottAmazon | $27.97B | −$62.09M(−0.2%) | −$4.63/s | United States |
| 85 | Stanley KroenkeSports, real estate | $27.59B | — | $190/s | United States |
| 86 | Vinod AdaniInfrastructure, commodities | $27.58B | +$360M(+1.3%) | $251/s | Cyprus |
| 87 | Israel EnglanderHedge funds | $27.56B | — | $264/s | United States |
| 88 | Steve CohenHedge funds | $26.67B | — | $106/s | United States |
| 89 | Dilip ShanghviPharmaceuticals | $26.46B | +$458.2M(+1.8%) | $30.90/s | India |
| 90 | Emmanuel BesnierCheese | $26.4B | — | $37.69/s | France |
| 91 | Jack MaE-commerce | $26.08B | +$117.2M(+0.5%) | −$49.79/s | China |
| 92 | Phil Knight & familyNike | $25.87B | −$295.7M(−1.1%) | −$188/s | United States |
| 93 | Suleiman Kerimov & familyGold | $25.66B | — | $183/s | Russia |
| 94 | Vladimir LisinSteel, transport | $25.53B | — | −$19.14/s | Russia |
| 95 | Greg BrockmanOpenAI | $25.49B | — | — | United States |
| 96 | Jay Y. LeeSamsung | $25.46B | −$1.43B(−5.3%) | $341/s | South Korea |
| 97 | Rupert Murdoch & familyNewspapers, TV network | $25.32B | −$54.94M(−0.2%) | $45.81/s | United States |
| 98 | Gina RinehartMining | $24.88B | — | −$87.54/s | Australia |
| 99 | Stuart HoegnerCryptocurrency | $24.7B | — | $366/s | Canada |
| 100 | Christy WaltonWalmart | $24.63B | −$312.4M(−1.3%) | $121/s | United States |
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Frequently asked questions
How many billionaires are there in the world?
Forbes' real-time list tracks 3,401 billionaires as of November 7, 2026, with a combined fortune of $20.13 trillion.
How many billionaires are women?
460 of the world's billionaires are women. The richest is Alice Walton with $134.4 billion.
How many billionaires are self-made?
Forbes classifies 2,291 billionaires (67%) as self-made.