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Richest people in the world

The richest people in the world, ranked by their latest public net worth estimate. Geoffrey Palmer leads with $2 billion as of October 2026. Every row shows the date and the source of its figure.
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Rank Name Net worth
2101 Geoffrey Palmer 26 Real estate, United States $2.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2102 Evan Williams 54 Twitter, United States $2.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2103 Wenaas Lars 75 Hotels, Norway $2.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2104 William Koch 86 Oil, investments, United States $2.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2105 Christopher Goldsbury 83 Salsa, United States $2.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2106 Michael Hsing 65 Semiconductors, United States $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2107 Joaquin del Pino y Calvo-Sotelo 65 Construction, Spain $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2108 Gwynne Shotwell 62 SpaceX, United States $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2109 Richard Desmond 74 Northern & Shell, United Kingdom $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2110 Keith Bentley 68 Software, United States $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2111 John Van Lieshout 80 Super Amart, Australia $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2112 Peter Jackson 64 Movies, digital effects, New Zealand $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2113 Paolo Bulgari 56 Bulgari, Italy $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2114 Sue Gross 76 Investments, United States $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2115 Christopher Kwok 40 Real estate, Hong Kong $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2116 Karl-Johan Persson 51 H&M, Sweden $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2117 Edward Kwok 45 Real estate, Hong Kong $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2118 Alberto Alcocer 83 Investments, Spain $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2119 Nicholas Howley 64 Aerospace, United States $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2120 Ilona Herlin 61 Elevators, escalators, Finland $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2121 Airat Shaimiev 64 Refinery, chemicals, Russia $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2122 Mustafa Kรผรงรผk 63 Fashion retail, Tรผrkiye $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2123 Yao Hsiao Tung 86 Manufacturing, Singapore $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2124 Dominika Kulczyk 49 Kulczyk Investments, Poland $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2125 Barbara Berlusconi 42 Fininvest, Italy $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2126 Eleonora Berlusconi 40 Media, Italy $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2127 Luigi Berlusconi 38 Media, Italy $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2128 Arvind Lal 77 Medical diagnostics, India $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2129 Hans-Ueli Rihs 82 Hearing Aids, Switzerland $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2130 Boris Zingarevich 67 Pulp and paper, diversified, Russia $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2131 Mrudula Parekh 78 Adhesives, India $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2132 John Hancock 50 Mining, Australia $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2133 Timur Rahimkulov 49 Diversified, Russia $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2134 Ginia Rinehart 40 Mining, Australia $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2135 Oleg Boyko 62 Diversified, Russia $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2136 Premchand Godha 79 Pharmaceuticals, India $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2137 Zhou Hongyi 56 Security software, China $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2138 Wang Kunxiao 57 Oilfield equipment, China $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2139 Annika Bootsman Kleberg 60 Shipping, Sweden $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2140 Jonas Kleberg 63 Shipping, Sweden $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2141 Zsolt Felcsuti 55 Manufacturing, Hungary $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2142 Sandor Csanyi 73 Finance, real estate, Hungary $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2143 Philippe Ginestet 72 Retail stores, France $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2144 Charles Liang 68 Computer hardware, United States $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2145 Sun Chengsi 38 Memory and storage, China $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2146 Carsten Maschmeyer 67 Finance services, Germany $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2147 John Goff 71 Real estate, United States $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2148 Charlwin Mao 41 E-commerce, China $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2149 Eric Glyman 36 Fintech, United States $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2150 Gene Lee 35 Fintech, United States $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2151 Karim Atiyeh 37 Fintech, United States $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2152 Miranda Qu 41 E-commerce, China $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2153 Bianca Rinehart 49 Mining, Australia $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2154 Hope Welker 41 Mining, Australia $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2155 Robert Fisher 73 Gap, United States $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2156 Djoko Susanto 76 Supermarkets, Indonesia $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2157 Dai Jun 52 Optics equipment, China $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2158 Michael Patterson 51 Private equity, United States $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2159 Scot French 56 Private equity, United States $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2160 Ricardo Villela Marino 52 Banking, Brazil $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2161 Girdhari Jaisinghani 82 Cables & wires, India $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2162 T. Satishkumar 52 Dairy products, India $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2163 Rodolfo Villela Marino 50 Banking, Brazil $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2164 Marc Andreessen 55 Venture capital investing, United States $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2165 Kim Kardashian 46 Shapewear, skincare, United States $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2166 P.P. Reddy 69 Infrastructure, India $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2167 Alfred Oetker 59 Consumer goods, Germany $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2168 Carl Ferdinand Oetker 54 Consumer goods, Germany $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2169 Lin Xiucheng 71 Electronics, China $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2170 Alfons Doblinger 82 Real estate, Germany $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2171 Aloke Lohia 67 Petrochemicals, India $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2172 Gao Mingqing 73 Mining, China $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2173 Zhou Xiaoping 64 Auto parts, China $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2174 Terry Taylor 75 Car dealerships, United States $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2175 Shigenobu Nagamori 82 Motors, Japan $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2176 Su Hua 44 Video streaming, China $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2177 Michael Arougheti 54 Finance, United States $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2178 Abbas Sajwani 27 AHS Properties, United Arab Emirates $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2179 Gao Yunfeng 59 Industrial lasers, China $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2180 Diona Teh Li Shian Banking, Malaysia $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2181 Lillian Teh Li Ming Banking, Malaysia $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2182 Lillyn Teh Li Hua Finance, Malaysia $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2183 William Teh Lee Pang Banking, Malaysia $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2184 Itzhak Ezratti 74 Homebuilding, United States $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2185 Masateru Uno 79 Drugstores, Japan $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2186 Huang Xu 59 Semiconductor, China $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2187 Alan Wilson 85 Retailing, Australia $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2188 Bruce Wilson 80 Retailing, Australia $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2189 John Wilson 88 Retailing, Australia $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2190 James Tisch 73 Loews, United States $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2191 Zakhar Smushkin 64 Pulp and paper, diversified, Russia $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2192 Ruan Shuilong 90 Chemicals, China $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2193 Alex Shevchenko 46 Grammarly, Canada $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2194 Max Lytvyn 48 Grammarly, Canada $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2195 Sandro Veronesi 56 Calzedonia, Italy $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2196 Alberto Prada 37 Prada, Italy $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2197 Marina Prada 81 Luxury goods, Italy $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2198 Gu Wei 61 Consumer electronics, China $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2199 Zhao Lixin 60 Electronics, China $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2200 Mehmet Ali Aydinlar 70 Hospitals, Tรผrkiye $1.9B 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?
Geoffrey Palmer is first in the BillionaireList ranking with a latest public estimate of $2 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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