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Richest people in the world

The richest people in the world, ranked by their latest public net worth estimate. Wan Long leads with $1.9 billion as of October 2026. Every row shows the date and the source of its figure.
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Rank Name Net worth
2201 Wan Long 86 WH Group (pork), China $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2202 Alan Zekelman 64 Steel, Canada $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2203 Mark Attanasio 69 Finance, United States $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2204 An Kang 77 Pharmaceuticals, China $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2205 Zhang Fan 60 Touch screens, China $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2206 Patrick Hanrahan 71 Software, United States $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2207 Bina Chhabria 69 Alcoholic beverages, India $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2208 Holger Loclair 75 Adhesives, Germany $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2209 James Leininger 81 Medical products, United States $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2210 Hui Wing Mau 76 Real estate, Hong Kong $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2211 Abdullah Amer Al Nahdi 65 Pharmacies, Saudi Arabia $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2212 Jiang Xuefei 56 Printed circuit boards, China $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2213 Philip O'Doherty 66 Information technology, Ireland $1.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2214 Carlie Irsay-Gordon 45 Indianapolis Colts, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2215 Casey Foyt 43 Indianapolis Colts, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2216 Kalen Jackson 39 Indianapolis Colts, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2217 Zhao Tao 60 Pharmaceuticals, Singapore $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2218 Stephane Bonvin 59 Real estate, Switzerland $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2219 Christoph Henkel 68 Consumer goods, Germany $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2220 Anju Agarwal 59 Pharmaceuticals, India $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2221 Nerio Alessandri 65 Technogym, Italy $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2222 Alan Miller 89 Healthcare services, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2223 Alexander Isaev 50 Mining, Russia $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2224 Fang Hongbo 59 Home appliances, China $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2225 Michael Minhong Yu 64 Education, China $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2226 Jian Jun 62 Biomedical products, China $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2227 Melchior Oeri 32 Pharmaceuticals, Switzerland $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2228 Massimo Moratti 81 Saras oil refining, Italy $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2229 Femi Otedola 63 Energy and Utilities, Nigeria $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2230 Ralph Winterhalter 48 Appliances, Germany $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2231 Jitendra Virwani 60 Real estate, India $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2232 Dong Jinggui Electric scooters, China $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2233 Lesley Bamberger 61 Real estate, Netherlands $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2234 Tom Persson 41 H&M, Sweden $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2235 Artem Khachatryan 51 Retail, Russia $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2236 Christoffel Wiese 85 Retail, South Africa $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2237 Hong Jie 59 Paint, China $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2238 Roberto Angelini Rossi 78 Forestry, mining, Chile $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2239 Evangelos Mytilineos 72 Energy, metals, Greece $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2240 Saroj Rani Gupta 76 Steel tubes, India $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2241 Girdhari Lal Bawri 79 Pharmaceuticals, India $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2242 Li Jinyang 43 Mining, China $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2243 Thomas Eisert 34 Electrical Products, Germany $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2244 Shi Yonghong 57 Restaurants, China $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2245 Giammaria Giuliani 48 Pharmaceuticals, Switzerland $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2246 Shao Qinxiang 72 Diversified, China $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2247 Paul Lee 68 Battery separators, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2248 Kwee Liong Keng 80 Real estate, Singapore $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2249 Kwee Liong Phing 68 Real estate, Singapore $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2250 Kwee Liong Seen 73 Real estate, Singapore $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2251 Kwee Liong Tek 79 Real estate, Singapore $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2252 Youssef Mansour 81 Diversified, Egypt $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2253 Pantas Sutardja 63 Semiconductors, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2254 Husnu Ozyegin 82 Finance, diversified, Türkiye $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2255 Joseph Bae 54 Private equity, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2256 Said Gutseriev 38 Retail, investments, Russia $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2257 Fumio Kaneko 70 Waste management, Japan $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2258 Marius Nacht 60 Software, Israel $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2259 Pawan Munjal 71 Motorcycles, India $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2260 Charlotte Söderström 56 H&M, Sweden $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2261 Ashwin Desai 75 Specialty chemicals, India $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2262 Wirastuty Fangiono 53 Palm oil, Indonesia $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2263 Alexander Tkachev 65 Food & beverages, Russia $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2264 Mehmet Sinan & Family Tara 68 Construction, Türkiye $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2265 Barbara Benetton 57 Fashion retail, investments, Italy $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2266 Brad Keywell 56 Software, investments, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2267 Mike Speiser 55 Software, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2268 Grigory Berezkin 60 Energy trading, Russia $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2269 Arthur Mensch 34 Artificial intelligence, France $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2270 Brian Higgins 61 Hedge funds, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2271 Gerry Cardinale 59 Private equity, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2272 Guillaume Lample 36 Artificial intelligence, France $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2273 O. Francis Biondi 62 Hedge funds, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2274 Timothée Lacroix 35 Artificial intelligence, France $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2275 Timothy Dunn 70 Energy, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2276 Zhang Xiaojuan 57 Logistics, China $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2277 Lai Guogui 62 Machinery, China $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2278 Joop van den Ende 84 TV shows, Netherlands $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2279 JB Straubel 50 Tesla, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2280 Walter Kortschak 67 Venture capital, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2281 Wang Jianfeng Auto parts, China $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2282 Zbigniew Juroszek 64 Real estate, gambling, Poland $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2283 Mario Moretti Polegato 74 Geox, Italy $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2284 Giovanni Arvedi 89 Steel, Italy $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2285 Åžefik Yılmaz Dizdar 88 Fashion retail, Türkiye $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2286 Andrew Tan 56 Megaworld and Alliance Global, Philippines $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2287 Radik Shaimiev 61 Refinery, chemicals, Russia $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2288 Daniel Chiu 65 Oil & gas, education, Hong Kong $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2289 Jim McKelvey 61 Mobile payments, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2290 Harald Link 71 Diversified, Thailand $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2291 Martine Rothblatt 72 Pharmaceuticals, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2292 Stanley Hubbard 93 DirecTV, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2293 Samir Mane 58 Diversified, Albania $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2294 Chow Shing Yuk 48 Logistics, Hong Kong $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2295 Sergei Katsiev 68 Retail, wholesale, Russia $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2296 Vicente Boluda Fos 71 Shipping, Spain $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2297 Liu Xiaodong 59 Flavorings, China $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2298 Nikesh Arora 58 Cybersecurity, SoftBank, Google, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2299 Thaksin Shinawatra 77 Investments, Thailand $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2300 Kiran Kumar Jain 58 Gold jewelry retailing, India $1.8B 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?
Wan Long is first in the BillionaireList ranking with a latest public estimate of $1.9 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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