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Richest people in the world

The richest people in the world, ranked by their latest public net worth estimate. Wei Huang leads with $2.1 billion as of October 2026. Every row shows the date and the source of its figure.
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Rank Name Net worth
1901 Wei Huang 67 Real estate, China $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1902 Henry Sy Jr 72 Diversified, Philippines $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1903 Katharina Otto-Bernstein 62 Real estate, Germany $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1904 Steven Sarowitz 60 Payroll software, United States $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1905 Heikki Herlin 39 Elevators, escalators, Finland $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1906 Benjamin Otto 51 Retail, Germany $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1907 Aleลก Zavoral 49 E-commerce, Czech Republic $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1908 Chu Lam Yiu 56 Flavorings, China $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1909 Christian Birkenstock 54 Shoes, Germany $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1910 Manuel Lao Hernรกndez 82 Casinos, Spain $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1911 Vasily Anisimov 75 Real estate, Croatia $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1912 Koo Bon-sik 68 LG, South Korea $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1913 Fiona Geminder 61 Manufacturing, Australia $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1914 Phongthep Chiaravanont 74 Diversified, Thailand $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1915 Laurie Tisch 75 Loews, New York Giants, United States $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1916 Steven Tisch 77 Loews, New York Giants, United States $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1917 Daniel Hirschfeld 85 Fashion retail, United States $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1918 Basudeo Singh 85 Pharmaceuticals, India $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1919 Kishore Jain 62 Jewellery, India $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1920 Leo Huang 75 Testing equipment, Taiwan $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1921 Doug Ostrover 64 Private equity, United States $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1922 Ryan Horton 53 Homebuilding, United States $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1923 Gavril Yushvaev 69 Precious metals, real estate, Russia $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1924 Reagan Horton 51 Homebuilding, United States $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1925 Ishay Davidi 64 Private Equity, Israel $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1926 Manuel Arango Arias 90 Walmart Mexico, Mexico $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1927 Gideon Hamburger 81 Financial Services, Israel $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1928 Nurit Manor 73 Financial Services, Israel $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1929 Yair Hamburger 79 Financial Services, Israel $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1930 Hwang Chul-joo 66 Semiconductors, South Korea $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1931 Yasuhiro Fukushima 79 Video games, Japan $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1932 Paweล‚ Marchewka 53 Videogames, Poland $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1933 Anthony Casalena 44 Software, United States $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1934 Dong Wei 55 Pharmaceuticals, China $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1935 She Yingjie 69 Printed circuit board, Hong Kong $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1936 Manas Chiaravanond 70 Diversified, Thailand $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1937 George Alexander Muthoot 71 Financial services, India $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1938 George Jacob Muthoot 74 Financial services, India $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1939 George Thomas Muthoot 75 Financial services, India $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1940 Sara George Muthoot 66 Financial services, India $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1941 Andy Konwinski 43 Artificial intelligence, United States $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1942 Aravind Srinivas 32 Artificial intelligence, India $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1943 Denis Yarats 39 Artificial intelligence, United States $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1944 Guillermo Rauch 35 AI software, United States $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1945 Johnny Ho Artificial intelligence, United States $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1946 Zhang Yalin 48 Technology, China $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1947 Zhao Lidong 60 Semiconductors, United States $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1948 Shao Peisheng 77 AI computing rental, LCD metal mou..., China $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1949 Somsri Lamsam 71 Diversified, Thailand $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1950 Serge Godin 76 Information technology, Canada $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1951 Edward Lampert 64 Sears, United States $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1952 Mohammed Dewji 51 Diversified, Tanzania $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1953 Luiz Frias 63 Media, Brazil $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1954 Matthew Rabinowitz 53 Health diagnostics, United States $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1955 Per Sandberg 64 Pharmaceuticals, Sweden $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1956 Manfredi Lefebvre d'Ovidio 73 Silversea Cruises and Heritage Gro..., Italy $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1957 Mario Gabelli 84 Money management, United States $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1958 Simon Nixon 59 Moneysupermarket.com, United Kingdom $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1959 Stephen Rubin 89 Sports apparel, United Kingdom $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1960 Athanasios Martinos 76 Shipping, real estate, Greece $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1961 Larry Connor 76 Real estate, United States $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1962 Brannin McBee 41 Technology, United States $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1963 Anurang Jain 64 Auto parts, India $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1964 Sam Goi 56 Tee Yih Jia Food, Singapore $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1965 Andres Santo Domingo 48 Beer, United States $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1966 Gerda Tschira 82 Software, Germany $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1967 Harald Tschira 52 Software, Germany $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1968 Udo Tschira 57 Software, Germany $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1969 Dragos Paval 60 Retail, Romania $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1970 Prathip Chiravanond 78 Diversified, Thailand $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1971 Liu Gexin 75 Pharmaceuticals, China $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1972 Solomon Lew 81 Retail, Australia $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1973 Domenico Dolce 68 Dolce & Gabbana, Italy $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1974 Stefano Gabbana 63 Dolce & Gabbana, Italy $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1975 Mitchell Jacobson 75 Industrial equipment, United States $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1976 Wu Shaoxun 70 Wine, China $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1977 Motilal Oswal 64 Financial services, India $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1978 Binod Chaudhary 71 Diversified, Nepal $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1979 John Bloor 83 Triumph Motorcycles, United Kingdom $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1980 Zhu Xingming 59 Electrical equipment, China $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1981 Max Levchin 51 Fintech, United States $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1982 Li Jianquan 69 Consumer products, Hong Kong $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1983 Leonie Baldock 55 Mining, Australia $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1984 Barbara Banke 73 Wine, United States $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1985 Chung Mong-joon 75 Shipbuilding, industrial machines, South Korea $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1986 Marek Dospiva 57 Penta Investments, Czech Republic $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1987 Liesel Pritzker Simmons 42 Hotels, investments, United States $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1988 Wee Ee Chao 70 Banking, Singapore $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1989 Cynthia Helena Grossman Fleishman 72 Arca Continental, Mexico $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1990 Paul Saville 70 Homebuilder, United States $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1991 Solina Chau 56 Investments, China $2.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1992 Abdullah Al-Othaim 66 Al Othaim Markets, Saudi Arabia $2.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1993 Zhang Shilong 60 Semiconductor, China $2.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1994 Alex Birkenstock 57 Shoes, Germany $2.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1995 Satish Mehta 75 Pharmaceuticals, India $2.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1996 Xue Jiping 75 Cable, China $2.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1997 Robin Khuda 47 Data centers, Australia $2.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1998 Abhay Soi 53 Healthcare, India $2.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
1999 Rubens Menin Teixeira de Souza 70 Home building, banking, Brazil $2.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2000 B. Wayne Hughes Jr 67 Storage facilities, United States $2.0B 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?
Wei Huang is first in the BillionaireList ranking with a latest public estimate of $2.1 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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