The richest people in the world (Forbes 2026)
The top 3 according to 53 votes from people: Elon Musk · Sergey Brin · Larry Page. (Updated Sep 27, 2026.)
The top 10 of Forbes' World's Billionaires list for 2026, with each person's estimated net worth at the time of the ranking and the main source of their fortune.
Top 10
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1
Elon Musk
$839 billion. Main source: Tesla and SpaceX. Age 54 at the time of the list; United States.
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2
Sergey Brin
$237 billion. Main source: Google. Age 52 at the time of the list; United States.
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3
Larry Page
$257 billion. Main source: Google. Age 52 at the time of the list; United States.
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4
Bernard Arnault & family
$171 billion. Main source: LVMH. Age 77 at the time of the list; France.
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5
Mark Zuckerberg
$222 billion. Main source: Meta. Age 41 at the time of the list; United States.
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6
Jeff Bezos
$224 billion. Main source: Amazon. Age 62 at the time of the list; United States.
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Warren Buffett
$149 billion. Main source: Berkshire Hathaway. Age 95 at the time of the list; United States.
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8
Larry Ellison
$190 billion. Main source: Oracle. Age 81 at the time of the list; United States.
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9
Jensen Huang
$154 billion. Main source: Nvidia. Age 63 at the time of the list; United States.
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10
Amancio Ortega
$148 billion. Main source: Inditex (Zara). Age 89 at the time of the list; Spain.
Candidates
They don't make it into the top 10… yet. Vote for them to move them up.
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11
Steve Ballmer
Former Microsoft CEO and owner of the LA Clippers.
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12
Michael Dell
Founder of Dell Technologies, consistently among the 15 richest people on Forbes lists.
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Comments (2)
Musk first again. Where are Michael Dell and Steve Ballmer?
The numbers on this list are just impossible to imagine.