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Richest people in the world

The richest people in the world, ranked by their latest public net worth estimate. Daniel Och leads with $4.8 billion as of October 2026. Every row shows the date and the source of its figure.
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Rank Name Net worth
901 Daniel Och 65 Och-Ziff (Sculptor Capital), United States $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
902 Anthony von Mandl 76 Alcoholic beverages, Canada $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
903 Gao Guangrong 57 Optical modules, China $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
904 Martin Ebner 81 Investments, Switzerland $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
905 Hansjoerg Wyss 91 Medical devices, Switzerland $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
906 Henning Oldendorff 69 Shipping, Germany $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
907 Beatriz Davila de Santo Domingo 87 Beer, Colombia $4.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
908 Mark Shoen 75 U-Haul, United States $4.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
909 Hsieh Wen-Ta Semiconductor testing equipment, Taiwan $4.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
910 Garrett Camp 48 Uber, Canada $4.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
911 Eleanor Butt Crook 94 H-E-B (inherited), United States $4.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
912 Chip Wilson 69 Lululemon, Canada $4.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
913 Nithin Kamath 47 Financial services, India $4.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
914 Huang Li 63 Imaging systems, China $4.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
915 Don Vultaggio 74 AriZona Beverages, United States $4.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
916 Lee Yeow Chor 59 Palm oil, property, Malaysia $4.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
917 Stewart Rahr 80 Drug distribution, United States $4.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
918 Egor Kulkov 54 Pharmaceuticals, Russia $4.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
919 Abdulla Al Futtaim 86 Auto dealers, investments, United Arab Emirates $4.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
920 Tomasz Biernacki 53 Supermarkets, Poland $4.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
921 Sid Richardson Bass 84 Oil (inherited), United States $4.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
922 Lin Chen-hai 79 Real estate, Taiwan $4.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
923 Michael Jordan 63 Nike endorsements, Charlotte Horne..., United States $4.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
924 Thomas Wu 76 Finance, Taiwan $4.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
925 George Prokopiou 80 Shipping, Greece $4.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
926 Catherine Commisso 68 Telecom, United States $4.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
927 Wendy Abrams 61 Medical supplies, United States $4.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
928 Olivier Pomel 49 Cloud computing, France $4.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
929 Keith Dunleavy 57 Health IT, Investments, United States $4.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
930 Martin Haefner 72 Software, investments, Switzerland $4.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
931 Kwak Dong-shin 51 Semiconductors, South Korea $4.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
932 Sanjit Biswas 44 Samsara, Meraki, United States $4.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
933 Maria Del Pino 70 Construction, Spain $4.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
934 Michael Novogratz 61 Galaxy Digital, crypto, United States $4.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
935 Thomas Siebel 73 Siebel Systems, C3.ai, United States $4.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
936 Michael J. Saylor 61 Strategy, bitcoin, United States $4.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
937 Bob Parsons 75 GoDaddy, United States $4.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
938 August Troendle 70 Pharmaceutical services, United States $4.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
939 Hans Peter Wild 85 Flavorings, Switzerland $4.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
940 Huang Xiaolei 57 Optical modules, China $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
941 José E. Feliciano 53 Clearlake Capital, United States $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
942 Behdad Eghbali 50 Clearlake Capital, United States $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
943 Theodore Rachmat 82 Diversified, Indonesia $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
944 Theodore Leonsis 70 Sports teams, United States $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
945 Laurence Graff 88 Graff Diamonds, United Kingdom $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
946 George Bishop 89 GeoSouthern Energy, United States $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
947 Carl Thoma 77 Thoma Bravo, United States $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
948 Lynn Schusterman 87 Samson Investment oil (inherited), United States $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
949 Alexis Lê-Quôc 51 Cloud computing, United States $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
950 Erwin Franz Mueller 94 Drugstores, Germany $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
951 Hu Haiyang 53 Optical and semiconductor testing..., China $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
952 James Coulter 66 TPG, United States $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
953 Ray Davis 84 Pipelines, United States $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
954 Miguel Fluxà Rosselló 88 Iberostar (inherited), Spain $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
955 James Duff 61 Duff Capital Investors, United States $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
956 Hamilton E. James 75 Blackstone, United States $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
957 Aristotelis Mistakidis 64 Mining, commodities, Greece $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
958 Edward J. DeBartolo, Jr. 79 DeBartolo Corp (inherited), United States $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
959 Edward Stack 71 Dick's Sporting Goods, United States $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
960 Daniel Sundheim 49 Hedge funds, United States $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
961 Thomas Duff 71 Duff Capital Investors, United States $4.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
962 Phillip T. (Terry) Ragon 77 Health IT, United States $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
963 Xu Shihui 56 Snacks, beverages, China $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
964 Walter Frey 83 Car dealerships, Switzerland $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
965 Amos Hostetter, Jr. 89 Continental Cablevision, United States $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
966 John Gandel 92 Shopping malls, Australia $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
967 Reed Hastings 66 Netflix, United States $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
968 Hao Tang 55 Advertising technology, China $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
969 Andreas Martinos 71 Shipping, Greece $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
970 Meg Whitman 70 eBay, United States $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
971 John Bicket 46 Samsara, United States $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
972 Jim Davis 66 Staffing & recruiting, United States $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
973 Daniel S. Loeb 64 Third Point, United States $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
974 Eduardo Hochschild 62 Mining, Peru $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
975 Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière 85 Finance, France $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
976 Luca Ferrari 41 Software investment, Italy $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
977 Alexandre Van Damme 64 ABInBev, Belgium $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
978 Wang Jianlin 71 Dalian Wanda Group, China $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
979 Joesley Batista 54 Beef processing, Brazil $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
980 Wesley Batista 53 Beef packing, Brazil $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
981 Michael Intrator 57 CoreWeave, United States $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
982 Xu Gaoming 61 Gold and jewelry, China $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
983 Michael Pieper 80 Kitchen appliances, Switzerland $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
984 Liu Jincheng 62 Lithium batteries, China $4.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
985 Steve Wynn 84 Wynn Resorts, casinos, United States $4.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
986 Scott Shleifer 49 Tiger Global, United States $4.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
987 Ira Rennert 92 Renco Group, United States $4.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
988 Friede Springer 84 Publishing, Germany $4.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
989 Carlo Fidani 71 Real estate, Canada $4.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
990 Lim Hariyanto Wijaya Sarwono 97 Palm oil, nickel mining, Indonesia $4.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
991 Fabien Pinckaers 47 Software, Belgium $4.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
992 Zhang Yong 56 Restaurants, Singapore $4.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
993 Saban Cemil Kazanci 65 Energy, Türkiye $4.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
994 Xiao Yongming 62 Fertilizer, China $4.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
995 Angela Bennett 82 Mining, Australia $4.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
996 Cheng Cheung Ling 62 Pharmaceuticals, China $4.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
997 David Blitzer 57 Sports, United States $4.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
998 April Goh 35 Paints, Singapore $4.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
999 Yeung Kin-man 73 Electronics, Hong Kong $4.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1000 Steve Lavin 71 Meat processing, United States $4.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes

Not in the table because the estimate is under one billion dollars: Szymon Susz, Polish internet entrepreneur.

Questions people ask

Who is the richest person in the world?
Daniel Och is first in the BillionaireList ranking with a latest public estimate of $4.8 billion, dated October 2026. The ranking orders living people by their latest dated public estimate.
How many billionaires are in this list?
3,368 people are ranked right now: everyone in our records whose latest public estimate is above one billion dollars and dated on or after 1 September 2026, from an established publisher.
Why do estimates have different dates?
Each figure comes from a dated public source. We show the date next to every number instead of mixing dates silently, so you can see how fresh each estimate is.

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