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Richest people in the world

The richest people in the world, ranked by their latest public net worth estimate. Niraj Bajaj leads with $3.8 billion as of October 2026. Every row shows the date and the source of its figure.
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Rank Name Net worth
1101 Niraj Bajaj 72 Diversified, India $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1102 Otto Philipp Braun 48 Medical technology, Germany $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1103 Xiao Hongxing 59 Manufacturing, China $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1104 Ivar Tollefsen 65 Real estate, Norway $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1105 Yu Zhuyun 52 Diversified, China $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1106 Chairul Tanjung 64 CT Corp, Indonesia $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1107 Norbert Dentressangle 72 Transport, logistics, France $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1108 UฤŸur ลžahin 61 BioNTech, Germany $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1109 Ranjan Pai 53 Education, healthcare, India $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1110 Akira Mori 90 Real estate, Japan $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1111 Kagemasa Kozuki 85 Video games, Japan $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1112 P.N.C. Menon 77 Real estate, Oman $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1113 Reinold Geiger 79 Beauty products, Austria $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1114 Cameron Adams 46 Software, Australia $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1115 Catharina Claas-Muhlhauser 51 Agricultural Machinery, Germany $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1116 Anne Beaufour 63 Pharmaceuticals, France $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1117 Alceu Elias Feldmann 77 Fertilizer, Brazil $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1118 Spiro Latsis 80 Banking, shipping, Greece $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1119 Lee Yeow Seng 48 Palm oil, property, Malaysia $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1120 Yakir Gabay 60 Real estate, Cyprus $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1121 David Wertheim 68 Coca-Cola Israel, Israel $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1122 Kenneth Dart 71 Investments, Belize $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1123 Markus Blocher 55 Chemicals, Switzerland $3.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1124 Lawrence Stroll 67 Tommy Hilfiger, Michael Kors, Canada $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1125 Danny Harris 54 Alo Yoga, United States $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1126 Najib Mikati 70 Telecom, Lebanon $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1127 Taha Mikati 82 M1 Group (telecom), Lebanon $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1128 Frank Slootman 68 Software, United States $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1129 Wang Junlin 64 Liquor, China $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1130 Han Arming Hanafia 70 Data centers, Indonesia $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1131 Richard Chang 79 Semiconductors, Hong Kong $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1132 Maggie Gu 44 Shein, China $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1133 Molly Miao 41 Shein, China $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1134 Ren Xiaoqing 45 Shein, China $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1135 Dan Sten Olsson 79 Stena AB (shipping), Sweden $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1136 Gang Ye 46 Online gaming, e-commerce, Singapore $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1137 Liu Wei 39 Mobile gaming, China $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1138 Du Jiangtao 56 Chemicals, China $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1139 Ivan Jakabovic 54 Financial services, private equity, Slovakia $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1140 Cai Kui 63 Real estate, China $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1141 Marco DeGeorge 53 Alo Yoga, United States $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1142 Dennis Bastas 60 Pharmaceuticals, Australia $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1143 Roberto Hartono Banking, tobacco, Indonesia $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1144 Stefanus Hartono Banking, tobacco, Indonesia $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1145 Tessa Natalia Hartono Banking, tobacco, Indonesia $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1146 Vanessa Hartono Banking, tobacco, Indonesia $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1147 Ren Yuanlin 73 Shipbuilding, China $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1148 Yang Weidong 58 Chemicals, China $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1149 Sanjiv Goenka 65 Diversified, India $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1150 Shlomo Eliahu 90 Insurance, Israel $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1151 William Stone 71 SS&C Technologies, United States $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1152 Klaus-Peter Schulenberg 75 Ticketing service, Germany $3.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1153 Susan Alfond 80 Dexter Shoe (inherited), United States $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1154 Ted Alfond 82 Dexter Shoe (inherited), United States $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1155 Bill Alfond 78 Dexter Shoe (inherited), United States $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1156 Duke Reyes 69 Beer distribution, United States $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1157 John Fish 66 Construction, United States $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1158 Roman Trotsenko 56 Transport, engineering, real estat..., Russia $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1159 Jennifer Gilbert 58 Rocket Mortgage, United States $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1160 Barry Zekelman 59 Steel, Canada $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1161 Issad Rebrab 82 Food, Algeria $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1162 Hemant Taneja 51 Venture capital, United States $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1163 Panagiotis Tsakos 90 Shipping, Greece $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1164 Prathap Reddy 94 Healthcare, India $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1165 Harish Ahuja 71 Apparel, India $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1166 Carlos March Delgado 81 Banking, Spain $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1167 Nadir Godrej 75 Consumer goods, real estate, India $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1168 James Packer 59 Investments, Australia $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1169 Charles Zegar 78 Bloomberg LP, United States $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1170 Vladimir Litvinenko 71 Chemical industry, Russia $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1171 Leon G. Cooperman 83 Hedge funds, United States $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1172 Fu Liquan 59 Surveillance equipment, China $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1173 Antonio del Valle Ruiz 88 Orbia (Mexichem), Mexico $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1174 John Fisher 65 Gap, United States $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1175 Miriam Baumann-Blocher 51 Chemicals, Switzerland $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1176 Brian Acton 54 WhatsApp, United States $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1177 Erik Selin 59 Fastighets AB Balder, Sweden $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1178 Richard White 71 Software, Australia $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1179 Jeff Rothschild 71 Facebook, United States $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1180 Li Hu 51 Memory and storage, China $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1181 Peter Hargreaves 80 Hargreaves Lansdown, United Kingdom $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1182 William Wrigley Jr 62 Chewing gum, United States $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1183 Ricardo Salinas Pliego 61 Grupo Salinas, TV Azteca, Mexico $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1184 Jonathan Nelson 70 Private equity, United States $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1185 Travis Kalanick 50 Uber, United States $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1186 Alpana Dangi 53 Investments, India $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1187 Frank Fertitta III 64 Casinos, mixed martial arts, United States $3.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1188 Liu Sheng 55 Optical communication, China $3.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1189 Lorenzo Fertitta 57 Casinos, mixed martial arts, United States $3.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1190 Adi Godrej 84 Consumer goods, India $3.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1191 Brunello Cucinelli 73 Brunello Cucinelli, Italy $3.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1192 Kwon Hyuk-bin 53 Smilegate (games), South Korea $3.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1193 Erman Ilicak 59 Construction, Tรผrkiye $3.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1194 Ji Qi 60 Hotels, motels, Singapore $3.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1195 Nick Caporella 90 National Beverage (LaCroix), United States $3.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1196 Thomas James 84 Raymond James Financial, United States $3.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1197 Yu Hao 39 Cleaning appliance, China $3.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1198 Martua Sitorus 66 Palm oil, Indonesia $3.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1199 Leena Tewari 69 Pharmaceuticals, India $3.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1200 Pierre Karl Pรฉladeau 65 Media, Canada $3.5B 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?
Niraj Bajaj is first in the BillionaireList ranking with a latest public estimate of $3.8 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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