All 73 billionaires
The world's richest people by Forbes' estimate, with where each fortune came from. Filter by how it started, by industry, or by who has pledged to give most of it away.
73 of 73
Elon Musk
SpaceX
- Forbes
- $913B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1971
Jeff Bezos
Amazon
- Forbes
- $381B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1964
Larry Page
Alphabet (Google)
- Forbes
- $286B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1973
Michael Dell
Dell Technologies
- Forbes
- $281B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1965
Sergey Brin
Alphabet (Google)
- Forbes
- $265B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1973
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta Platforms
- Forbes
- $253B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1984
Jensen Huang
Nvidia
- Forbes
- $192B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1963
Larry Ellison
Oracle
- Forbes
- $184B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1944
Steve Ballmer
Microsoft
- Forbes
- $165B
- Started
- Built it up
- Born
- 1956
Warren Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway
- Forbes
- $151B
- Started
- Built it up
- Born
- 1930
Rob Walton
Walmart
- Forbes
- $142B
- Started
- Inherited it
- Born
- Not stated
Amancio Ortega
Inditex
- Forbes
- $142B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1936
Jim Walton
Walmart
- Forbes
- $137B
- Started
- Inherited it
- Born
- 1948
Alice Walton
Walmart
- Forbes
- $123B
- Started
- Inherited it
- Born
- 1949
Carlos Slim Helú
América Móvil
- Forbes
- $120B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1940
Bernard Arnault
LVMH
- Forbes
- $119B
- Started
- Inherited and grew it
- Born
- 1949
Bill Gates
Microsoft
- Forbes
- $118B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1955
Changpeng Zhao
Binance
- Forbes
- $115B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1977
Thomas Peterffy
Interactive Brokers
- Forbes
- $107B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1944
Zhang Yiming
ByteDance
- Forbes
- $101B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1983
Michael Bloomberg
Bloomberg L.P.
- Forbes
- $94.9B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1942
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers
L'Oréal
- Forbes
- $90.7B
- Started
- Inherited it
- Born
- 1953
Julia Koch
Koch, Inc.
- Forbes
- $84.6B
- Started
- Through marriage
- Born
- 1963
Mukesh Ambani
Reliance Industries
- Forbes
- $84.2B
- Started
- Inherited and grew it
- Born
- 1957
Gautam Adani
Adani Group (Adani Enterprises)
- Forbes
- $83.9B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1962
Jeff Yass
Susquehanna International Group
- Forbes
- $77.8B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- Not stated
Charles Koch
Koch, Inc.
- Forbes
- $76.9B
- Started
- Inherited and grew it
- Born
- 1935
Zhong Shanshan
Nongfu Spring
- Forbes
- $61.3B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1954
Masayoshi Son
SoftBank Group
- Forbes
- $60.4B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1957
Dieter Schwarz
Schwarz Group (Lidl, Kaufland)
- Forbes
- $58.2B
- Started
- Inherited and grew it
- Born
- 1939
Ken Griffin
Citadel
- Forbes
- $57.4B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1968
Tadashi Yanai
Fast Retailing (Uniqlo)
- Forbes
- $55.1B
- Started
- Inherited and grew it
- Born
- 1949
Aliko Dangote
Dangote Industries (Dangote Group)
- Forbes
- $51.1B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1957
Jacqueline Mars
Mars, Incorporated
- Forbes
- $50.3B
- Started
- Inherited it
- Born
- Not stated
Li Ka-shing
CK Hutchison Holdings
- Forbes
- $48.7B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1928
Giovanni Ferrero
Ferrero Group
- Forbes
- $48B
- Started
- Inherited and grew it
- Born
- 1964
Gianluigi Aponte
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company
- Forbes
- $46.8B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1940
Robin Zeng
CATL
- Forbes
- $45.8B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1968
Ma Huateng
Tencent
- Forbes
- $45.5B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1971
Stephen Schwarzman
Blackstone
- Forbes
- $44.8B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1947
Abigail Johnson
Fidelity Investments (FMR LLC)
- Forbes
- $41.6B
- Started
- Inherited and grew it
- Born
- 1961
Peter Thiel
Palantir
- Forbes
- $39.9B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1967
Eduardo Saverin
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
- Forbes
- $39.3B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1982
Savitri Jindal
JSW Steel
- Forbes
- $38.3B
- Started
- Through marriage
- Born
- 1950
Eric Schmidt
Alphabet (Google)
- Forbes
- $38B
- Started
- Built it up
- Born
- 1955
Paolo Ardoino
Tether
- Forbes
- $38B
- Started
- Built it up
- Born
- 1984
Thomas Frist Jr.
HCA Healthcare
- Forbes
- $37.4B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1938
Alexey Mordashov
Severstal
- Forbes
- $36.9B
- Started
- Built it up
- Born
- 1965
Andreas von Bechtolsheim
Arista Networks
- Forbes
- $36B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1955
Eyal Ofer
Zodiac Maritime
- Forbes
- $35.8B
- Started
- Inherited and grew it
- Born
- 1950
Len Blavatnik
Warner Music Group
- Forbes
- $35.5B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1957
Melinda French Gates
Microsoft
- Forbes
- $34.3B
- Started
- Through marriage
- Born
- 1964
Pham Nhat Vuong
Vingroup
- Forbes
- $33.8B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1968
Miriam Adelson
Las Vegas Sands
- Forbes
- $31B
- Started
- Through marriage
- Born
- 1945
Lakshmi Mittal
ArcelorMittal
- Forbes
- $30.7B
- Started
- Inherited and grew it
- Born
- 1950
Shiv Nadar
HCLTech
- Forbes
- $30.5B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1945
Idan Ofer
Quantum Pacific Group (Eastern Pacific Shipping)
- Forbes
- $30.2B
- Started
- Inherited and grew it
- Born
- 1955
Vladimir Potanin
Nornickel
- Forbes
- $29.7B
- Started
- Built it up
- Born
- 1961
Vagit Alekperov
Lukoil
- Forbes
- $29.5B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1950
David Tepper
Appaloosa Management
- Forbes
- $28.5B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1957
Leonid Mikhelson
NOVATEK
- Forbes
- $28.3B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1955
Israel Englander
Millennium Management
- Forbes
- $27.6B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1948
Stan Kroenke
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment
- Forbes
- $27.6B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1947
MacKenzie Scott
Amazon
- Forbes
- $27.3B
- Started
- Through marriage
- Born
- 1970
Reinhold Würth
Würth Group
- Forbes
- $27.3B
- Started
- Inherited and grew it
- Born
- 1935
Jay Y. Lee
Samsung Electronics
- Forbes
- $26.7B
- Started
- Inherited it
- Born
- Not stated
Steve Cohen
Point72
- Forbes
- $26.7B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1956
Jack Ma
Alibaba Group
- Forbes
- $26.1B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1964
Suleiman Kerimov
Polyus
- Forbes
- $25.7B
- Started
- Built it up
- Born
- 1966
Greg Brockman
OpenAI
- Forbes
- $25.5B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1987
Vladimir Lisin
NLMK
- Forbes
- $25.5B
- Started
- Built it up
- Born
- 1956
Rupert Murdoch
News Corp
- Forbes
- $25.1B
- Started
- Inherited and grew it
- Born
- 1931
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
Kingdom Holding Company
- Forbes
- $24.9B
- Started
- Founded it
- Born
- 1955