BillionairesCompared

Compare the world's billionaires

See how the world's richest people stack up, side by side: where each fortune came from, what they own, and what they give away.

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$913B15 Oct 2026
Net worthForbes estimate: $381B9 Oct 2026; Founded it
Where it came fromSame for both: Founded it; SpaceX48.4% owned
Biggest stake: Blue Origin93% owned; United States
CountrySame for both: United States; 1971
Born: 1964; Signed, 2012
Giving Pledge: Not a signer

Musk vs Bezos in full

Warren Buffett

42 of 73

started the company their money comes from

Bill Gates

11 of 73

have signed the Giving Pledge to give most of it away

Alice Walton

23 of 73

inherited their fortune or married into it

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The two friends behind the Giving Pledge

Mark Zuckerberg vs Elon Musk

Social networks against rockets and cars

Mukesh Ambani vs Gautam Adani

India's two biggest family groups

Larry Page vs Sergey Brin

The two Google founders

Bernard Arnault vs Amancio Ortega

Two fashion fortunes: luxury houses and Zara

Jensen Huang vs Larry Ellison

Chips and databases, both riding AI

Jeff Bezos vs Bill Gates

Amazon against Microsoft

Rob Walton vs Jim Walton

Two Walmart heirs, one family stake

Where the money came from

Everyone on the site, grouped by how their fortune started: the company they founded, the one they joined and built, the family firm they took over, the stake they inherited or married into.

Founded it 42 of 73

Founded or co-founded the company

Built it up 8 of 73

Joined early or bought in, then built it

Inherited and grew it 12 of 73

Took over a family firm and grew it

Inherited it 6 of 73

Inherited the stake

Through marriage 5 of 73

Through marriage

The richest, by Forbes' estimate

Forbes updates these figures as share prices move, so each one carries the day it was published.