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3,387 profiles

EM
Elon Musk
Tesla and SpaceX ownership, with stakes in other companies
#1
$1T
TechnologySelf-made
JB
Jeff Bezos
Amazon
#2
$380.8B
TechnologySelf-made
LP
Larry Page
Google and Alphabet
#3
$287.9B
TechnologySelf-made
MD
Michael Dell
Dell Technologies and DFO Management
#4
$281.9B
TechnologySelf-made
SB
Sergey Brin
Alphabet and Google
#5
$265B
TechnologySelf-made
MZ
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta Platforms
#6
$246.5B
TechnologySelf-made
JH
Jensen Huang
NVIDIA
#7
$198.5B
TechnologySelf-made
LE
Larry Ellison
Oracle
#8
$183.5B
TechnologySelf-made
SB
Steve Ballmer
Microsoft
#9
$165B
TechnologySelf-made
WB
Warren Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway
#10
$146.6B
Finance & InvestmentsSelf-made
AO
Amancio Ortega
Inditex
#11
$140.6B
Fashion & RetailSelf-made
RW
Rob Walton & family
Walmart
#12
$135.4B
Fashion & RetailInherited
JW
Jim Walton & family
Walmart
#13
$132.2B
Fashion & RetailFinance & InvestmentsInherited
AW
Alice Walton
Walmart
#14
$121.9B
Fashion & RetailFinance & InvestmentsInherited
BA
Bernard Arnault & family
LVMH
#15
$115.8B
Fashion & RetailInherited
CS
Carlos Slim Helu & family
América Móvil; Telmex; Grupo Carso
#16
$114.9B
TelecomSelf-made
BG
Bill Gates
Microsoft
#17
$114.7B
TechnologySelf-made
CZ
Changpeng Zhao
Binance
#18
$114.6B
Finance & InvestmentsSelf-made
TP
Thomas Peterffy
Interactive Brokers
#19
$102B
Finance & InvestmentsSelf-made
MB
Michael Bloomberg
Bloomberg LP
#20
$94.9B
Finance & InvestmentsMedia & EntertainmentSelf-made
FB
Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family
L'Oréal
#21
$91.6B
Fashion & RetailInherited
GD
Giancarlo Devasini
Tether; Bitfinex
#22
$89.3B
Finance & InvestmentsSelf-made
JK
Julia Koch & family
Koch Industries
#23
$84.6B
EnergyManufacturingInherited
ZY
Zhang Yiming
ByteDance
#24
$84B
TechnologySelf-made
MA
Mukesh Ambani
Reliance Industries
#25
$79.6B
EnergyTelecomFashion & RetailInherited
JY
Jeff Yass
Susquehanna International Group
#26
$77.8B
Finance & InvestmentsSelf-made
CK
Charles Koch & family
Koch Industries
#27
$76.9B
EnergyManufacturingInherited
GA
Gautam Adani
Adani Group and family-linked holdings
#28
$75.1B
EnergyConstruction & EngineeringSelf-made
MS
Masayoshi Son
SoftBank Group
#29
$69.8B
Finance & InvestmentsTelecomSelf-made
GL
Germán Larrea Mota Velasco & family
Grupo México
#30
$69.1B
Metals & MiningInherited
TY
Tadashi Yanai & family
Fast Retailing
#31
$62.5B
Fashion & RetailSelf-made
ZS
Zhong Shanshan
Nongfu Spring; Wantai Biological
#32
$60.9B
Food & BeverageSelf-made
KG
Ken Griffin
Citadel; Citadel Securities
#33
$57.5B
Finance & InvestmentsSelf-made
DS
Dieter Schwarz
Lidl; Kaufland
#34
$56.1B
Food & BeverageInherited
AD
Aliko Dangote
Dangote Cement; Dangote Refinery
#35
$51.7B
ManufacturingEnergyFood & BeverageSelf-made
JM
Jacqueline Mars
Mars Inc.
#36
$50.3B
Food & BeverageInherited
JM
John Mars
Mars Inc.
#36
$50.3B
Food & BeverageInherited
RZ
Robin Zeng
CATL
#38
$48.9B
EnergyManufacturingSelf-made
LK
Li Ka-shing
CK Hutchison
#39
$48.6B
TelecomReal EstateLogisticsSelf-made
IF
Iris Fontbona & family
Antofagasta; Quiñenco
#40
$47.5B
Metals & MiningFinance & InvestmentsInherited
GA
Gianluigi Aponte
MSC
#41
$47B
LogisticsSelf-made
RA
Rafaela Aponte-Diamant
MSC
#41
$47B
LogisticsSelf-made
GF
Giovanni Ferrero
Ferrero Group
#43
$46.2B
Food & BeverageInherited
MH
Ma Huateng
Tencent
#44
$46B
TechnologySelf-made
LW
Lukas Walton
Walmart
#45
$45.5B
Fashion & RetailFinance & InvestmentsInherited
MM
Mark Mateschitz
Red Bull
#46
$43.4B
Food & BeverageInherited
AV
Andreas von Bechtolsheim & family
Sun Microsystems; Arista Networks; Google
#47
$43.4B
TechnologySelf-made
WD
William Ding
NetEase
#48
$41.7B
TechnologySelf-made
AJ
Abigail Johnson
Fidelity Investments
#49
$41.6B
Finance & InvestmentsInherited
SS
Stephen Schwarzman
Blackstone
#50
$41.1B
Finance & InvestmentsSelf-made
AP
Andrea Pignataro
ION Group
#51
$40.4B
TechnologySelf-made
LW
Liang Wenfeng
DeepSeek and High-Flyer
#52
$40B
TechnologyFinance & InvestmentsSelf-made
PT
Peter Thiel
Meta; Palantir Technologies; Founders Fund
#53
$39.9B
TechnologyFinance & InvestmentsSelf-made
ES
Eduardo Saverin
Meta; B Capital
#54
$39.7B
TechnologyFinance & InvestmentsSelf-made
AW
Alain Wertheimer
Chanel
#55
$39.4B
Fashion & RetailInherited
GW
Gerard Wertheimer
Chanel
#55
$39.4B
Fashion & RetailInherited
ES
Eric Schmidt
Google (primary); Relativity (operating bet)
#57
$38.9B
TechnologySelf-made
JV
Jean-Louis van der Velde
Bitfinex; Tether
#58
$38B
Finance & InvestmentsSelf-made
PA
Paolo Ardoino
Bitfinex; Tether
#58
$38B
Finance & InvestmentsSelf-made
AM
Alexey Mordashov & family
Severstal; Nordgold
#60
$36.9B
Metals & MiningSelf-made
TF
Thomas Frist Jr & family
HCA Healthcare
#61
$36.9B
HealthcareSelf-made
MS
Marilyn Simons & family
Renaissance Technologies
#62
$36.6B
Finance & InvestmentsInherited
HX
He Xiangjian & family
Midea Group
#63
$36.5B
ManufacturingSelf-made
SJ
Savitri Jindal & family
JSW; Jindal Steel & Power
#64
$36.4B
Metals & MiningEnergyInherited
EO
Eyal Ofer
Zodiac Group; Global Holdings
#65
$35.7B
LogisticsReal EstateInherited
PN
Pham Nhat Vuong
Vingroup; VinFast; Technocom
#66
$35.2B
Real EstateAutomotiveSelf-made
LB
Len Blavatnik
Warner Music Group; LyondellBasell; Access Industries
#67
$35.1B
Media & EntertainmentManufacturingFinance & InvestmentsSelf-made
MF
Melinda French Gates
Microsoft; Pivotal Philanthropies
#68
$34.1B
TechnologyInherited
HS
Henry Samueli
Broadcom
#69
$34.1B
TechnologySelf-made
JT
John Tu
Kingston Technology
#70
$33.7B
TechnologySelf-made
DS
David Sun
Kingston Technology
#71
$33.7B
TechnologySelf-made
EM
Elaine Marshall & family
Koch Industries
#72
$32.2B
EnergyManufacturingInherited
JY
Jay Y. Lee
Samsung
#73
$32.2B
TechnologyInherited
LM
Lakshmi Mittal
ArcelorMittal
#74
$30.8B
Metals & MiningManufacturingSelf-made
IO
Idan Ofer
Quantum Pacific Group; ZIM
#75
$30.4B
LogisticsEnergyInherited
MA
Miriam Adelson & family
Las Vegas Sands
#76
$30.3B
Gambling & CasinosSportsInherited
VP
Vladimir Potanin
Norilsk Nickel; Interros; Rosbank
#77
$29.7B
Metals & MiningFinance & InvestmentsSelf-made
RP
Robert Pera
Ubiquiti
#78
$29.6B
TechnologySelf-made
LS
Lyndal Stephens Greth & family
Diamondback Energy; Endeavor Energy Resources
#79
$29.5B
EnergyInherited
VA
Vagit Alekperov
Lukoil
#80
$29.5B
EnergySelf-made
CH
Colin Huang
E-commerce
#81
$28.7B
E-commerceSelf-made
DT
David Tepper
Appaloosa Management
#82
$28.5B
Finance & InvestmentsSportsSelf-made
LM
Leonid Mikhelson & family
Novatek; Sibur
#83
$28.3B
EnergyManufacturingSelf-made
MS
MacKenzie Scott
Amazon; Yield Giving
#84
$28.2B
E-commerceInherited
SK
Stanley Kroenke
Kroenke Group; THF Realty; Kroenke Sports & Entertainment
#85
$27.6B
Real EstateSportsSelf-made
IE
Israel Englander
Millennium Management
#86
$27.6B
Finance & InvestmentsSelf-made
SN
Shiv Nadar
HCL Technologies
#87
$27.3B
TechnologySelf-made
CJ
Chen Jianhua
Hengli Group
#88
$26.8B
EnergyManufacturingFashion & RetailSelf-made
RW
Reinhold Wuerth & family
Würth Group
#89
$26.7B
ManufacturingInherited
SC
Steve Cohen
Point72 Asset Management; S.A.C. Capital Advisors
#90
$26.7B
Finance & InvestmentsSportsSelf-made
CP
Cyrus Poonawalla
Serum Institute of India
#91
$26.4B
HealthcareInherited
CT
Chen Tianshi
Cambricon
#92
$26.4B
TechnologyAISelf-made
VS
Vicky Safra & family
Safra Group; Banco Safra; J. Safra Sarasin
#93
$26.3B
Finance & InvestmentsInherited
JM
Jack Ma
Alibaba Group; Ant Group
#94
$26.2B
TechnologySelf-made
PA
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
Kingdom Holding Company
#95
$25.9B
Finance & InvestmentsReal EstateSelf-made
SK
Suleiman Kerimov & family
Polyus
#96
$25.7B
Metals & MiningFinance & InvestmentsSelf-made
VL
Vladimir Lisin
NLMK
#97
$25.5B
Metals & MiningManufacturingSelf-made
GB
Greg Brockman
OpenAI
#98
$25.5B
TechSelf-made
GR
Gina Rinehart
Hancock Prospecting; Roy Hill
#99
$24.9B
Metals & MiningInherited
RM
Rupert Murdoch & family
News Corp; Fox Corporation
#100
$24.8B
Media & EntertainmentInherited
SH
Stuart Hoegner
Tether; Bitfinex
#101
$24.7B
Finance & InvestmentsSelf-made
PK
Phil Knight & family
Nike
#102
$24.7B
Fashion & RetailManufacturingSelf-made
DS
Dilip Shanghvi
Sun Pharmaceutical
#103
$24.5B
HealthcareSelf-made
JC
Jason Chang
ASE Technology Holding
#104
$24.4B
ManufacturingTechnologySelf-made
ZS
Zheng Shuliang & family
China Hongqiao Group; Weiqiao Textile
#105
$24.3B
Metals & MiningManufacturingFashion & RetailInherited
GT
Gennady Timchenko
Gunvor; Volga Group
#106
$24.2B
EnergySelf-made
TT
Takemitsu Takizaki
Keyence
#107
$24.1B
ManufacturingSelf-made
FP
François Pinault & family
Kering; Artémis; Christie's
#108
$24B
Fashion & RetailSelf-made
DH
Diane Hendricks
ABC Supply
#109
$23.6B
ManufacturingConstruction & EngineeringSelf-made
JD
John Doerr
Kleiner Perkins
#110
$23.5B
Finance & InvestmentsTechnologySelf-made
BA
Brett Adcock
Figure AI; Archer Aviation
#111
$23.4B
TechnologyAIAutomotiveSelf-made
VA
Vinod Adani
Adani Group
#112
$23.3B
EnergyConstruction & EngineeringSelf-made
SK
Susanne Klatten
BMW; Altana
#113
$23.3B
AutomotiveManufacturingInherited
JJ
Jerry Jones & family
Dallas Cowboys; Jerry Jones Oil and Gas
#114
$23.2B
SportsEnergySelf-made
EB
Emmanuel Besnier
Lactalis
#115
$23B
Food & BeverageManufacturingInherited
JF
John Fredriksen
Frontline; Seadrill; Mowi
#116
$22.9B
LogisticsEnergyFood & BeverageSelf-made
HT
Harry Triguboff
Meriton
#117
$22.9B
Real EstateSelf-made
HS
Huang Shilin
CATL; ATL
#118
$22.8B
EnergyManufacturingSelf-made
CW
Christy Walton
Walmart; First Solar
#119
$22.5B
Fashion & RetailEnergyInherited
SQ
Stefan Quandt
BMW; Delton
#120
$22.3B
AutomotiveManufacturingInherited