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Biggest billionaire gains in the last 12 months

Elon Musk shows the largest gain between two dated estimates, +$155B since June 2026. Change between each person's latest public estimate and the one before it, where the two are at most 12 months apart, largest gains first.
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World rank Name Net worth
1 Elon Musk 55 Tesla, SpaceX, United States $945B +$155Bsince Jun 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2 Jeff Bezos 62 Amazon, United States $373B +$149Bsince Mar 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
7 Jensen Huang 63 Nvidia, United States $192B +$37.7Bsince Mar 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
18 Changpeng Zhao 49 Binance, Canada $115B +$35.8Bsince Feb 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
6 Mark Zuckerberg 42 Facebook, Meta Platforms, United States $253B +$30.8Bsince Mar 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3 Larry Page 53 Google, Alphabet, United States $285B +$27.7Bsince Mar 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
4 Sergey Brin 53 Google, Alphabet, United States $262B +$25.0Bsince Mar 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
34 Dieter Schwarz 87 Lidl, Kaufland, Germany $57.0B +$16.4Bsince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
80 Vagit Alekperov 76 Lukoil, Russia $29.5B +$8.5Bsince Aug 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
49 Eduardo Saverin 44 Facebook, Meta Platforms, Brazil $40.8B +$7.9Bsince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
62 Alexei Mordashov 61 Severstal, Russia $36.9B +$7.8Bsince Aug 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
78 Vladimir Potanin 65 Nornickel, Interros, Russia $29.7B +$6.7Bsince Aug 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
83 Leonid Mikhelson 71 Novatek, Sibur, Russia $28.3B +$3.5Bsince Aug 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
29 Germรกn Larrea Mota-Velasco 72 Grupo Mรฉxico, Southern Copper, Mexico $68.9B +$1.8Bsince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
94 Vladimir Lisin 70 NLMK (steel), Russia $25.5B +$1.4Bsince Mar 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
38 Li Ka-shing 98 CK Hutchison, CK Asset (formerly C..., Hong Kong $48.3B +$1.3Bsince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
218 Pierre Omidyar 59 eBay, United States $13.8B +$1.3Bsince Aug 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
669 Eren ร–zmen 68 Sierra Nevada Corporation, United States $6.1B +$1.2Bsince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
701 Fatih ร–zmen 68 Sierra Nevada Corporation, United States $5.9B +$1.2Bsince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
895 Sergio Stevanato 83 Stevanato Group pharma glass, Italy $4.8B +$883Msince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
323 Li Xiting 56 Mindray Medical, Singapore $10.9B +$881Msince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1238 Tony Langley 56 Langley Holdings, United Kingdom $3.4B +$693Msince Mar 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
481 Paolo Rocca 74 Techint and Tenaris, Argentina $8.0B +$658Msince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
482 Gianfelice Rocca 78 Techint Group, Italy $8.0B +$657Msince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
57 Peter Thiel 59 Palantir, PayPal, Founders Fund, United States $38.3B +$624Msince Oct 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1606 Robert Warren Miller 93 DFS (Duty Free Shoppers), United Kingdom $2.6B +$563Msince Mar 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
284 Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone 83 Cement, construction, investments, Italy $11.7B +$560Msince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
10 Warren Buffett 96 Berkshire Hathaway, United States $150B +$527Msince Mar 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1024 Somurai Jaruphnit 72 Diversified, Thailand $4.1B +$443Msince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1361 Tim Cook 65 Apple, United States $3.1B +$289Msince Feb 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1702 Dennis Gillings 82 Quintiles, United Kingdom $2.4B +$206Msince Mar 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2195 Sandro Veronesi 56 Calzedonia, Italy $1.9B +$169Msince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1558 Alex Beard 56 Glencore oil trading, United Kingdom $2.6B +$138Msince Mar 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
477 Piero Ferrari 81 Ferrari, Italy $8.0B +$113Msince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2485 Alessandro Rosano 57 Shoes, Italy $1.6B +$112Msince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1542 Kalanithi Maran 62 Media, India $2.7B +$111Msince Nov 2025 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1277 Marina Berlusconi 60 Fininvest and Mondadori, Italy $3.3B +$93Msince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1278 Pier Silvio Berlusconi 57 Fininvest and MFE Mediaset, Italy $3.3B +$93Msince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1861 Roberto Hernรกndez Ramรญrez 56 Banamex, Mexico $2.2B +$93Msince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
978 Wang Jianlin 71 Dalian Wanda Group, China $4.4B +$86Msince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1726 Pavel Baudiลก 66 Avast antivirus, Czech Republic $2.4B +$72Msince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1612 Gustavo Denegri 89 DiaSorin, Italy $2.6B +$53Msince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
383 Roman Abramovich 59 Oil, steel, investments, Russia $9.3B +$46Msince Mar 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2846 Helly Nahmad 49 Art dealing, United Kingdom $1.3B +$40Msince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2847 Joe Nahmad 56 Art dealing, United States $1.3B +$40Msince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1561 Andrey Andreev 52 Badoo and Bumble, United Kingdom $2.6B +$34Msince Mar 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
274 Chris Hohn 56 TCI Fund Management, United Kingdom $11.8B +$30Msince Mar 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2125 Barbara Berlusconi 42 Fininvest, Italy $1.9B +$27Msince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
473 Tatjana Kim 51 E-commerce, Russia $8.1B +$24Msince Jul 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
607 Pavel Durov 42 Telegram, United Arab Emirates $6.6B +$20Msince Mar 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1527 Farhad Moshiri 71 Investments, USM Holdings, Iran $2.7B +$17Msince Mar 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3002 J. K. Rowling 61 Harry Potter books, United Kingdom $1.2B +$16Msince Mar 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1465 Richard Branson 76 Virgin Group, United Kingdom $2.8B +$12Msince Mar 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3010 Ben Francis 34 Gymshark, United Kingdom $1.2B +$11Msince Mar 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2739 Binny Bansal 56 Flipkart, India $1.4B +$10Msince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3339 Aydฤฑn DoฤŸan 90 Dogan Holding, Tรผrkiye $1.0B +$10Msince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2890 Kenneth Lo 56 Textile, United Kingdom $1.3B +$9Msince Mar 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1386 Richard Chandler 56 Clermont Group, New Zealand $3.0B +$6Msince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2043 Michael Ashcroft 80 Business investments, United Kingdom $2.0B +$5Msince Mar 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2331 Min-Liang Tan 48 Razer, Singapore $1.8B +$4Msince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1532 Selรงuk Bayraktar 47 Baykar drones, Tรผrkiye $2.7B +$3Msince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1173 Antonio del Valle Ruiz 88 Orbia (Mexichem), Mexico $3.6B +$3Msince Jan 2026 15 Oct 2026, Forbes

Definition. The change compares two dated estimates for the same person that are at most 12 months apart. Both dates are shown in every row. Changes over a longer gap between estimates are listed separately below the main table. Methodology

Gains over gaps longer than 12 months

These people have no estimate in our records from the last 12 months before their latest one, so the change spans a longer period. Read each row with both dates.

World rank Name Net worth
5 Michael Dell 61 Dell Technologies, United States $256B +$219Bsince Nov 2020 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
12 S. Robson Walton 81 Walmart (inherited), United States $140B +$95.4Bsince Jan 2019 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
13 Jim Walton 78 Walmart (inherited), United States $137B +$81.9Bsince Mar 2020 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
19 Thomas Peterffy 82 Interactive Brokers, United States $97.9B +$80.8Bsince Jan 2019 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
14 Alice Walton 77 Walmart (inherited), United States $126B +$71.8Bsince Mar 2020 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
9 Steve Ballmer 70 Microsoft, United States $165B +$46.7Bsince Mar 2025 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
30 Tadashi Yanai 77 Fast Retailing (Uniqlo), Japan $65.6B +$43.4Bsince Jan 2019 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
35 Aliko Dangote 69 Dangote Group (cement), Nigeria $51.7B +$38.2Bsince Feb 2023 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
32 Masayoshi Son 69 SoftBank Group, Japan $59.4B +$37.8Bsince Jan 2019 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
33 Kenneth C. Griffin 58 Citadel, United States $57.3B +$34.6Bsince Jan 2021 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
41 Lukas Walton 40 Walmart (inherited), United States $47.0B +$31.8Bsince Jan 2019 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
71 David Sun 75 Kingston Technology, computer memo..., United States $32.2B +$27.6Bsince Jun 2016 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
37 John Franklyn Mars 91 Mars, Incorporated (inherited), United States $50.3B +$26.4Bsince Jan 2019 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
36 Jacqueline Mars 87 Mars Inc. (inherited), United States $50.3B +$26.4Bsince Jan 2019 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
28 Charles Koch 90 Koch Industries, United States $76.9B +$26.4Bsince Jan 2019 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
65 Eyal Ofer 76 Zodiac Group, shipping and real es..., Israel $35.5B +$26.1Bsince Jan 2019 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
47 Abigail Johnson 64 Fidelity Investments (inherited), United States $41.6B +$26.0Bsince Jan 2019 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
55 Stephen A. Schwarzman 79 Blackstone, United States $39.2B +$26.0Bsince Jan 2019 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
58 Thomas F. Frist, Jr. 88 HCA Healthcare, United States $38.2B +$25.8Bsince Jan 2019 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
56 Eric Schmidt 71 Google (Alphabet), United States $38.6B +$25.7Bsince Jan 2019 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
52 Andy Bechtolsheim 71 Arista Networks, Sun Microsystems,..., Germany $39.4B +$24.6Bsince Jan 2024 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
70 John Tu 86 Kingston Technology, United States $32.3B +$18.5Bsince Jan 2025 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
99 Rupert Murdoch 95 News Corp, Fox, United States $24.8B +$17.7Bsince May 2019 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
82 David Tepper 69 Appaloosa Management, hedge funds, United States $28.5B +$16.9Bsince Jan 2019 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
66 Len Blavatnik 69 Access Industries, diversified inv..., United States $34.6B +$16.9Bsince Jan 2019 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
107 Diane Hendricks 79 ABC Supply, United States $23.6B +$15.6Bsince Oct 2020 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
74 Lakshmi Mittal 76 ArcelorMittal, India $30.4B +$14.0Bsince Apr 2024 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
121 Stephen M. Ross 86 Related Companies, United States $21.5B +$13.9Bsince Jan 2019 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
89 Steven A. Cohen 70 Point72 Asset Management, United States $26.7B +$13.8Bsince Jan 2019 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
126 Michael Platt 57 BlueCrest Capital hedge fund, United Kingdom $20.9B +$12.9Bsince Jan 2019 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
104 Gennady Timchenko 73 Volga Group, Novatek, Russia $24.2B +$12.9Bsince Jan 2022 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
117 John Fredriksen 82 Shipping, Seadrill, Cyprus $22.9B +$12.1Bsince Jan 2019 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
27 Jeff Yass 68 Susquehanna, ByteDance, United States $77.8B +$12.1Bsince Jan 2025 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
163 Joshua Kushner 41 Thrive Capital, United States $16.7B +$11.5Bsince Jan 2025 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
130 Andrey Melnichenko 54 EuroChem, SUEK, Russia $20.4B +$9.3Bsince Jan 2022 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
159 Zhong Huijuan 65 Hansoh Pharmaceutical, China $16.9B +$8.8Bsince Jan 2022 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
86 Israel Englander 78 Millennium Management, United States $27.6B +$8.7Bsince Jan 2025 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
63 He Xiangjian 84 Midea Group, China $36.8B +$8.5Bsince Jan 2022 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
139 Philip Anschutz 86 Anschutz Corporation, United States $19.3B +$8.4Bsince Jan 2019 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
103 Vinod Adani 77 Infrastructure, commodities, India $24.3B +$7.9Bsince Jan 2025 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
53 Alain Wertheimer 78 Chanel (inherited), France $39.4B +$7.8Bsince Jan 2023 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
54 Gรฉrard Wertheimer 75 Chanel (inherited), France $39.4B +$7.8Bsince Jan 2023 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
192 George Kaiser 84 Kaiser-Francis Oil, BOK Financial, United States $15.2B +$7.6Bsince Jan 2019 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
214 Xavier Niel 59 Internet, telecom, France $13.9B +$7.2Bsince Jan 2023 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
109 Takemitsu Takizaki 81 Keyence, Japan $23.4B +$7.1Bsince Jan 2019 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
123 Alexander C. Karp 59 Palantir Technologies, United States $21.4B +$7.1Bsince Jan 2025 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
279 Jim Pattison 98 Jim Pattison Group, Canada $11.7B +$6.9Bsince Jun 2016 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
115 John Doerr 75 Venture capital, Kleiner Perkins, United States $23.0B +$6.9Bsince Jan 2025 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
258 Ken Xie 63 Fortinet, United States $12.3B +$6.7Bsince Jan 2025 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
259 David Steward 75 World Wide Technology, United States $12.3B +$6.5Bsince Feb 2022 15 Oct 2026, Forbes

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Biggest billionaire gains?
Elon Musk shows the largest gain between two dated estimates, +$155B since June 2026.
How is this list defined?
The change compares two dated estimates for the same person that are at most 12 months apart. Both dates are shown in every row. Changes over a longer gap between estimates are listed separately below the main table.

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