Richest Self-Made Billionaires
Elon Musk is the richest self-made billionaire with $849.7 billion. 2,291 people make this list as of November 7, 2026.
· Source: Forbes Real-Time Billionaires
| # | Name | Net worth | Today | Per second | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Elon MuskTesla, SpaceX | $849.7B | +$60.24B(+7.6%) | $10,045/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 | Carlos Slim Helu & familyTelecom | $125.4B | +$1.35B(+1.1%) | $848/s | Mexico |
| 13 |  Bill GatesMicrosoft | $121.3B | −$491.7M(−0.4%) | $262/s | United States |
| 14 | Changpeng ZhaoCryptocurrency exchange | $114.6B | — | $1,023/s | Canada |
| 15 | Michael BloombergBloomberg LP | $94.92B | — | −$199/s | United States |
| 16 | Giancarlo DevasiniCryptocurrency | $89.3B | — | $1,323/s | Italy |
| 17 | Thomas PeterffyDiscount brokerage | $88.79B | +$3.36B(+3.9%) | $623/s | United States |
| 18 | Zhang YimingTikTok | $84B | — | $366/s | China |
| 19 | Gautam AdaniInfrastructure, commodities | $83.71B | +$533.7M(+0.6%) | $542/s | India |
| 20 | Jeff YassTrading, investments | $77.79B | — | $372/s | United States |
| 21 | Tadashi Yanai & familyFashion retail | $67.29B | −$2.3B(−3.3%) | $439/s | Japan |
| 22 | Zhong ShanshanBeverages, pharmaceuticals | $65.08B | −$307M(−0.5%) | $146/s | China |
| 23 | Ken GriffinHedge funds | $56.69B | — | $285/s | United States |
| 24 | Aliko DangoteCement, sugar | $54.51B | −$4.4M(−0.0%) | $606/s | Nigeria |
| 25 | Li Ka-shingDiversified | $48.83B | −$166.6M(−0.3%) | $197/s | Hong Kong |
| 26 | Liang WenfengAI, hedge fund | $46.14B | — | $893/s | China |
| 27 | Ma HuatengOnline games | $45.56B | −$959.7M(−2.1%) | −$210/s | China |
| 28 | Gianluigi AponteShipping | $45.52B | −$4.31M(−0.0%) | $155/s | Switzerland |
| 29 | Rafaela Aponte-DiamantShipping | $45.52B | −$4.31M(−0.0%) | $155/s | Switzerland |
| 30 | Masayoshi SonTelecom, Investments | $44.92B | −$4.8B(−9.7%) | $307/s | Japan |
| 31 | William DingOnline games | $43.24B | +$838.4M(+2.0%) | $197/s | China |
| 32 | Robin ZengBatteries | $42.43B | −$1.5B(−3.4%) | $89.71/s | Hong Kong |
| 33 | Stephen SchwarzmanInvestments | $42.35B | −$99.45M(−0.2%) | −$40.59/s | United States |
| 34 | Andrea PignataroFinancial software | $40.53B | — | $125/s | Italy |
| 35 | Thomas Frist Jr & familyHospitals | $39.94B | −$873.6M(−2.1%) | $256/s | United States |
| 36 | He Xiangjian & familyHome appliances | $38.82B | +$446.3M(+1.2%) | $234/s | China |
| 37 | Jean-Louis van der VeldeCryptocurrency | $38B | — | $564/s | Netherlands |
| 38 | Paolo ArdoinoCryptocurrency | $38B | — | $564/s | Italy |
| 39 | Pham Nhat VuongDiversified | $36.97B | −$467.2M(−1.2%) | $603/s | Vietnam |
| 40 | Alexey Mordashov & familySteel, investments | $36.95B | +$3.97M(+0.0%) | $165/s | Russia |
| 41 | Len BlavatnikMusic, chemicals | $34.76B | −$144.4M(−0.4%) | $96.21/s | United States |
| 42 | Andreas von Bechtolsheim & familyGoogle | $34.7B | +$2.15B(+6.6%) | $332/s | Germany |
| 43 | Eduardo SaverinFacebook | $33.95B | +$271.1M(+0.8%) | −$10.92/s | Brazil |
| 44 | Eric SchmidtGoogle | $33.36B | +$186.1M(+0.6%) | $185/s | United States |
| 45 | Peter ThielFacebook, investments | $33.03B | +$1.36B(+4.3%) | $331/s | United States |
| 46 | Shiv NadarSoftware services | $31.69B | +$114.7M(+0.4%) | −$55.50/s | India |
| 47 | Vladimir PotaninMetals | $29.74B | — | $110/s | Russia |
| 48 | Robert PeraWireless networking | $29.62B | — | $275/s | United States |
| 49 | Reinhold Wuerth & familyFasteners | $29.6B | — | −$109/s | Germany |
| 50 | Vagit AlekperovOil | $29.48B | — | $15.33/s | Russia |
| 51 | Colin HuangE-commerce | $29.26B | −$324.2M(−1.1%) | −$258/s | China |
| 52 | David TepperHedge funds | $28.5B | — | $143/s | United States |
| 53 | Henry SamueliSemiconductors | $28.46B | +$180.1M(+0.6%) | $173/s | United States |
| 54 | Leonid Mikhelson & familyGas, chemicals | $28.3B | — | −$1.95/s | Russia |
| 55 | Stanley KroenkeSports, real estate | $27.59B | — | $190/s | United States |
| 56 | Vinod AdaniInfrastructure, commodities | $27.58B | +$360M(+1.3%) | $251/s | Cyprus |
| 57 | Israel EnglanderHedge funds | $27.56B | — | $264/s | United States |
| 58 | Steve CohenHedge funds | $26.67B | — | $106/s | United States |
| 59 | Dilip ShanghviPharmaceuticals | $26.46B | +$458.2M(+1.8%) | $30.91/s | India |
| 60 | Jack MaE-commerce | $26.08B | +$117.2M(+0.5%) | −$49.79/s | China |
| 61 | Phil Knight & familyNike | $25.87B | −$295.7M(−1.1%) | −$188/s | United States |
| 62 | Suleiman Kerimov & familyGold | $25.66B | — | $183/s | Russia |
| 63 | Vladimir LisinSteel, transport | $25.53B | — | −$19.14/s | Russia |
| 64 | Greg BrockmanOpenAI | $25.49B | — | — | United States |
| 65 | Stuart HoegnerCryptocurrency | $24.7B | — | $366/s | Canada |
| 66 | Lei JunSmartphones, automobiles | $24.4B | −$707.4M(−2.8%) | −$378/s | China |
| 67 | Gennady TimchenkoOil, gas | $24.17B | — | $19.10/s | Russia |
| 68 | Ernest Garcia IIUsed cars | $24.09B | +$316.2M(+1.3%) | $182/s | United States |
| 69 | Daniel GilbertRocket Mortgage | $24.01B | +$272.9M(+1.1%) | −$74.91/s | United States |
| 70 | Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaudinvestments | $23.58B | +$399.2M(+1.7%) | $140/s | Saudi Arabia |
| 71 | Diane HendricksBuilding supplies | $23.58B | — | $33.20/s | United States |
| 72 | Brett AdcockRobots | $23.39B | +$6.17M(+0.0%) | $435/s | United States |
| 73 | Jerry Jones & familyDallas Cowboys | $23.11B | +$18.75M(+0.1%) | $129/s | United States |
| 74 | François Pinault & familyLuxury goods | $22.86B | −$203.8M(−0.9%) | $23.02/s | France |
| 75 | Harry TriguboffReal estate | $22.83B | — | $73.82/s | Australia |
| 76 | John TuComputer hardware | $22.48B | — | $168/s | United States |
| 77 | David SunComputer hardware | $22.46B | — | $167/s | United States |
| 78 | John FredriksenShipping | $21.9B | −$134.2M(−0.6%) | $97.02/s | Cyprus |
| 79 | Chen JianhuaChemicals | $21.83B | −$663M(−2.9%) | $278/s | China |
| 80 | Chen TianshiSemiconductors | $21.58B | −$1.13B(−5.0%) | $180/s | China |
| 81 | Stephen RossReal estate | $21.51B | — | $61.50/s | United States |
| 82 | Wang ChuanfuBatteries, automobiles | $21.35B | −$237.9M(−1.1%) | −$99.82/s | China |
| 83 | Takemitsu TakizakiSensors | $21.13B | −$739.6M(−3.4%) | $32.29/s | Japan |
| 84 | Qin YinglinPig breeding | $21.12B | +$273.6M(+1.3%) | $129/s | China |
| 85 | Michael PlattHedge funds | $20.9B | — | $41.56/s | United Kingdom |
| 86 | Torstein HagenCruises | $20.67B | +$311.8M(+1.5%) | $205/s | Norway |
| 87 | Jorge Paulo Lemann & familyBeer | $20.58B | −$7.67M(−0.0%) | $70.85/s | Brazil |
| 88 | Andrey Melnichenko & familyFertilizers, coal | $20.42B | — | $59.79/s | Russia |
| 89 | John DoerrVenture capital | $20.39B | +$90.15M(+0.4%) | $130/s | United States |
| 90 | Dang YanbaoCoal | $20.32B | −$192.9M(−0.9%) | $115/s | China |
| 91 | Huang ShilinBatteries | $20.15B | −$620.1M(−3.0%) | $54.34/s | China |
| 92 | Todd GravesFast food | $19.95B | — | $207/s | United States |
| 93 | Donald BrenReal estate | $19.8B | — | $17.76/s | United States |
| 94 | Henry Nicholas IIISemiconductors | $19.63B | +$73.92M(+0.4%) | $67.83/s | United States |
| 95 | Arthur DantchikTrading, investments | $19.48B | — | $96.48/s | United States |
| 96 | Harold Hamm & familyOil & gas | $19B | — | $9.89/s | United States |
| 97 | Ray DalioHedge funds | $18.89B | — | $96.83/s | United States |
| 98 | Zhong HuijuanPharmaceuticals | $18.78B | −$185.1M(−1.0%) | $164/s | China |
| 99 | Nik StoronskyFintech | $18.75B | — | $215/s | United Kingdom |
| 100 | Nathan KirshRetail, real estate | $18.6B | +$11.27M(+0.1%) | $224/s | Eswatini (Swaziland) |
| 101 | Marc AndreessenVenture capital investing | $18.53B | −$2.28M(−0.0%) | $329/s | United States |
| 102 | Jan KoumWhatsApp | $18.47B | +$16.76M(+0.1%) | $38.88/s | United States |
| 103 | Ben HorowitzVenture capital investing | $18.12B | — | — | United States |
| 104 | Edwin ChenArtificial intelligence | $18B | — | $0/s | United States |
| 105 | Yu YongMining | $17.96B | −$595M(−3.2%) | $144/s | China |
| 106 | Eric SmidtHardware stores | $17.76B | — | $42.64/s | United States |
| 107 | Jason ChangSemiconductors | $17.61B | −$1.32B(−7.0%) | $218/s | Singapore |
| 108 | James RatcliffeChemicals | $17.52B | — | $30.02/s | United Kingdom |
| 109 | John Menard JrHome improvement stores | $17.5B | — | −$107/s | United States |
| 110 | John CollisonPayment software | $17.49B | — | $146/s | Ireland |
| 111 | Patrick CollisonPayment software | $17.49B | — | $146/s | Ireland |
| 112 | Alexander KarpSoftware firm | $17.43B | +$521.8M(+3.1%) | $179/s | United States |
| 113 | Antonio GraciasInvestments | $17.1B | — | $295/s | United States |
| 114 | Mikhail FridmanOil, banking, telecom | $16.8B | +$78.29M(+0.5%) | $37.58/s | Russia |
| 115 | Josh KushnerVenture capital | $16.69B | — | $255/s | United States |
| 116 | Lu XiangyangAutomobiles, batteries | $16.67B | −$156.9M(−0.9%) | −$65.88/s | China |
| 117 | Sarath RatanavadiEnergy | $16.67B | −$335.5M(−2.0%) | $74.55/s | Thailand |
| 118 | Wang WeiPackage delivery | $16.61B | −$37.46M(−0.2%) | $8.03/s | China |
| 119 | Peter MalloukWealth planning | $16.53B | — | $20.71/s | United States |
| 120 | Andrew Forrest & familyMining | $16.18B | −$197.1M(−1.2%) | $35.26/s | Australia |
| 121 | Shahid KhanSports teams, auto parts | $16.15B | — | $54.41/s | United States |
| 122 | Uday KotakBanking | $15.81B | +$340.3M(+2.2%) | $35.73/s | India |
| 123 | Ralph Lauren & familyApparel | $15.42B | −$117.3M(−0.8%) | $93.32/s | United States |
| 124 | Murali Divi & familyPharmaceuticals | $15.39B | +$225.7M(+1.5%) | $124/s | India |
| 125 | Hussain SajwaniReal estate | $15.28B | — | $100/s | United Arab Emirates |
| 126 | Robert KraftManufacturing, New England Patriots | $15.23B | — | $67.93/s | United States |
| 127 | Eric LiAutomobiles | $15.18B | −$259.2M(−1.7%) | −$69.57/s | China |
| 128 | James DysonVacuums | $14.99B | — | $7.80/s | United Kingdom |
| 129 | Sunil MittalTelecom | $14.97B | −$8.51M(−0.1%) | $56.76/s | India |
| 130 | Ken FisherMoney management | $14.96B | — | $74.46/s | United States |
| 131 | Hasso Plattner & familySoftware | $14.81B | −$207.7M(−1.4%) | −$7.66/s | Germany |
| 132 | Liu YongxingDiversified | $14.54B | — | $68.09/s | China |
| 133 | Xavier Niel & familyInternet, telecom | $14.44B | +$268.5M(+1.9%) | $76.01/s | France |
| 134 | J. Christopher ReyesFood distribution | $14.26B | — | $44.73/s | United States |
| 135 | Jude ReyesFood distribution | $14.26B | — | $44.73/s | United States |
| 136 | Adam Foroughiadvertising technology | $14.24B | +$1.25B(+9.6%) | $85.88/s | United States |
| 137 | Alisher UsmanovSteel, telecom, investments | $14.24B | −$48.2M(−0.3%) | −$48.66/s | Russia |
| 138 | Joseph LauReal estate | $14.2B | −$912,344(−0.0%) | $11.92/s | Hong Kong |
| 139 | Jeffery HildebrandOil & gas | $14.18B | — | $128/s | United States |
| 140 | Li Shuirong & familyPetrochemicals | $14.15B | −$388.9M(−2.7%) | $87.97/s | China |
| 141 | Zhou Qunfei & familySmartphone screens | $14.1B | −$413.1M(−2.8%) | $15.81/s | Hong Kong |
| 142 | Leon BlackPrivate equity | $14.09B | −$27.68M(−0.2%) | −$16.04/s | United States |
| 143 | George RobertsPrivate equity | $14.03B | −$150.4M(−1.1%) | −$13.20/s | United States |
| 144 | Pierre OmidyarEBay, PayPal | $14.03B | −$35.67M(−0.3%) | $75.75/s | United States |
| 145 | Zhang ZhidongOnline games | $13.87B | −$261.1M(−1.8%) | −$59.92/s | China |
| 146 | Christopher OlahArtificial intelligence | $13.8B | — | $249/s | Canada |
| 147 | Tom BrownArtificial intelligence | $13.8B | — | $249/s | United States |
| 148 | Daniela AmodeiArtificial intelligence | $13.7B | — | $247/s | United States |
| 149 | Jack ClarkArtificial intelligence | $13.7B | — | $247/s | United States |
| 150 | Jared KaplanArtificial intelligence | $13.7B | — | $247/s | United States |
| 151 | Terry GouElectronics | $13.61B | −$501.7M(−3.6%) | $53.55/s | Taiwan |
| 152 | Dario AmodeiArtificial intelligence | $13.6B | — | $245/s | United States |
| 153 | Daniel EkSpotify | $13.55B | −$136.7M(−1.0%) | $114/s | Sweden |
| 154 | Dmitri BukhmanOnline games | $13.54B | — | $74.03/s | United Kingdom |
| 155 | Igor BukhmanOnline games | $13.54B | — | $74.03/s | United Kingdom |
| 156 | Arthur BlankHome Depot | $13.5B | −$87.34M(−0.6%) | $88.94/s | United States |
| 157 | Radhakishan DamaniRetail, investments | $13.48B | −$1.76M(−0.0%) | −$37.94/s | India |
| 158 | Barry LamElectronics | $13.48B | −$302.9M(−2.2%) | $35.16/s | Taiwan |
| 159 | Gong Hongjia & familyVideo surveillance | $13.4B | −$130.6M(−1.0%) | $61.31/s | Hong Kong |
| 160 | David ReubenInvestments, real estate | $13.3B | — | $9.96/s | United Kingdom |
| 161 | Simon ReubenReal estate, investments | $13.3B | — | $9.96/s | United Kingdom |
| 162 | Charles SchwabDiscount brokerage | $13.19B | −$104.4M(−0.8%) | $47.36/s | United States |
| 163 | Brian CheskyAirbnb | $13.11B | +$1.3B(+11.0%) | $77.44/s | United States |
| 164 | Sam McCandlishArtificial intelligence | $13.1B | — | $235/s | United States |
| 165 | Charles ErgenSatellite TV | $13.05B | +$683.1M(+5.5%) | $191/s | United States |
| 166 | William AckmanHedge funds | $13B | +$199.3M(+1.6%) | $75.11/s | United States |
| 167 | Tobi LutkeE-commerce | $12.92B | +$412M(+3.3%) | $79.58/s | Canada |
| 168 | Wang Liping & familyHydraulic machinery | $12.9B | −$321.3M(−2.4%) | $13.89/s | China |
| 169 | Martin LorentzonSpotify | $12.86B | −$216.7M(−1.7%) | $28.91/s | Sweden |
| 170 | Ivan GlasenbergMining | $12.81B | −$28.58M(−0.2%) | $61.50/s | Switzerland |
| 171 | Henry KravisPrivate equity | $12.7B | −$137.5M(−1.1%) | −$11.95/s | United States |
| 172 | Robert DugganPharmaceuticals | $12.68B | +$1.25B(+10.9%) | $13.38/s | United States |
| 173 | Tilman FertittaEntertainment, Houston Rockets | $12.66B | −$10.14M(−0.1%) | $26.94/s | United States |
| 174 | Brad JacobsLogistics | $12.63B | −$26.36M(−0.2%) | $12.45/s | United States |
| 175 | Robert KuokPalm oil, shipping, property | $12.52B | −$16.84M(−0.1%) | $8.28/s | Malaysia |
| 176 | Pei ZhenhuaBatteries | $12.51B | −$290.4M(−2.3%) | $59.45/s | China |
| 177 | Richard KinderPipelines | $12.49B | −$59.36M(−0.5%) | $37.42/s | United States |
| 178 | George KurtzSecurity software | $12.47B | −$13.05M(−0.1%) | $122/s | United States |
| 179 | Nathan BlecharczykAirbnb | $12.36B | +$1.21B(+10.9%) | $66.57/s | United States |
| 180 | Francesco Gaetano CaltagironeCement, diversified | $12.32B | −$28.83M(−0.2%) | $81.58/s | Italy |
| 181 | David StewardIT provider | $12.26B | — | $16.99/s | United States |
| 182 | Wang LaishengElectronics components | $12.11B | −$160.4M(−1.3%) | $59.48/s | Hong Kong |
| 183 | Andrew BealBanks, real estate | $12.08B | — | $1.64/s | United States |
| 184 | Joseph TsaiE-commerce | $12.06B | −$140.9M(−1.2%) | −$0.78/s | Canada |
| 185 | Alexander GerkoTrading | $12B | — | $94.93/s | United Kingdom |
| 186 | Jim PattisonDiversified | $11.97B | −$7.96M(−0.1%) | $11.31/s | Canada |
| 187 | Viatcheslav KantorFertilizer, real estate | $11.95B | — | $48.54/s | Russia |
| 188 | Wang XingxingRobotics | $11.95B | −$497.1M(−4.0%) | — | China |
| 189 | Wang Weixiu & familyMachinery | $11.9B | −$1.12B(−8.6%) | $184/s | China |
| 190 | Wang LaichunElectronics components | $11.88B | −$150.2M(−1.2%) | $58.91/s | Hong Kong |
| 191 | David Velez & familyFintech | $11.87B | +$262.6M(+2.3%) | $23.17/s | Colombia |
| 192 | Zhu YiPharmaceuticals | $11.87B | +$51.11M(+0.4%) | $62.69/s | China |
| 193 | Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi & familyBeverage, Real Estate | $11.85B | −$225.1M(−1.9%) | $2.97/s | Thailand |
| 194 | Josh HarrisPrivate equity | $11.84B | −$17.84M(−0.2%) | $38.40/s | United States |
| 195 | Christopher HohnHedge funds | $11.83B | — | $52.03/s | United Kingdom |
| 196 | Li XitingMedical devices | $11.79B | +$2.97M(+0.0%) | −$19.89/s | Singapore |
| 197 | Pierre ChenElectronics | $11.77B | −$687M(−5.5%) | $108/s | Taiwan |
| 198 | Terrence PegulaNatural gas | $11.77B | +$392,642(+0.0%) | $82.55/s | United States |
| 199 | Zhu YimingSemiconductors | $11.72B | −$611.3M(−5.0%) | $206/s | China |
| 200 | Michael DorrellInvesting | $11.72B | — | $63.70/s | United States |
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Who is the richest self-made billionaire?
Elon Musk is the richest self-made billionaire with $849.7 billion. Figures are Forbes' real-time estimates as of November 7, 2026.