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Richest people in the world

The richest people in the world, ranked by their latest public net worth estimate. Larry Culp leads with $1.8 billion as of October 2026. Every row shows the date and the source of its figure.
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Rank Name Net worth
2301 Larry Culp 63 General Electric, manufacturing, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2302 Ma Hong 55 Machinery, China $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2303 David Kaplan 59 Finance, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2304 Bambang Sutantio 67 Dairy & consumer products, Indonesia $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2305 Fumio Sakiya 81 Manufacturing, Japan $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2306 Timothy Boyle 77 Columbia Sportswear, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2307 Rubรฉn Coppel Luken 76 Diversified, Mexico $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2308 Banwari Lal Bawri 73 Pharmaceuticals, India $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2309 Warren Chen 75 Testing equipment, Taiwan $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2310 David Teoh 70 Telecom, Australia $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2311 Charlotte Colket Weber 83 Campbell Soup, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2312 Eduardo Voigt Schwartz 36 Industrial Machinery, Brazil $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2313 Mariana Voigt Schwartz Gomes 40 Industrial Machinery, Brazil $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2314 James France 81 Nascar, racing, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2315 Peter Lim 73 Investments incl. Wilmar, Singapore $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2316 Gary Tharaldson 81 Hotels, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2317 Amnon Shashua 66 Automotive technology, Israel $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2318 Gary Michelson 77 Medical patents, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2319 Alberto Cortina 80 Investments, Spain $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2320 Deepinder Goyal 43 Food delivery service, India $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2321 Tang Jie 49 Artificial intelligence, China $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2322 Albert Shigaboutdinov 73 Refinery, chemicals, Russia $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2323 Jon Winkelried 67 Private equity, banking, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2324 Nan Cunhui 63 Power equipment, China $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2325 Yves-Loic Martin 60 Laboratory services, France $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2326 Duncan MacMillan 88 Bloomberg LP, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2327 George Yancopoulos 67 Pharmaceuticals, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2328 Yan Junjie 37 AI, China $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2329 Rustem Sulteev 72 Refinery, chemicals, Russia $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2330 Zhang Jingzhang 90 Precision machinery, China $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2331 Min-Liang Tan 48 Razer, Singapore $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2332 Zhou Yahui 49 Online games, China $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2333 Chen Shibin 59 Quartz products, China $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2334 Lin Fanlian 65 Energy, real estate, China $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2335 Pavel Demidov 57 Agriculture, Russia $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2336 Donald Friese 86 C&D Technologies, United States $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2337 Mati Staniszewski 31 AI voice cloning, Poland $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2338 Piotr Dฤ…bkowski 31 AI voice cloning, Poland $1.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2339 Ke Zunhong 72 Pharmaceuticals, China $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2340 Bobby Murphy 38 Snap, United States $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2341 Conni Jonsson 66 Asset management, Sweden $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2342 Jean-Pierre Cayard 83 Spirits, France $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2343 Cai Zaihua 63 Chemicals, China $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2344 Ilson Mateus 63 Supermarkets, Brazil $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2345 Hisao Nagata 70 Retail, Japan $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2346 Tony Xu 42 Food delivery service, United States $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2347 Suman Munjal 73 Motorcycles, India $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2348 Pan Dong 61 Consumer goods, Canada $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2349 Stephane Courbit 61 Entertainment, France $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2350 Lu Zongjun 63 Logistics, China $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2351 James Scapa 69 Software, United States $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2352 Nihat ร–zdemir 76 Limak Holding, Tรผrkiye $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2353 Sezai Bacaksiz 77 Diversified, Tรผrkiye $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2354 Bernd Freier 69 Fashion retail, Germany $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2355 Chey Ki-won 62 Computer services, telecom, South Korea $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2356 D.V. Manjunatha 59 Solar panels, India $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2357 Igor Khudokormov 58 Agriculture, Russia $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2358 Shu Ping Restaurants, Singapore $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2359 Renu Munjal 71 Motorcycles, India $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2360 Hal Steinbrenner 57 Sports, United States $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2361 Jennifer Steinbrenner Swindal 67 Sports, United States $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2362 Jessica Steinbrenner 62 Sports, United States $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2363 Gloria Joseph 102 Insurance, United States $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2364 Wong Luen Hei 64 Building materials, China $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2365 Adam Forste 48 Diversified, United States $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2366 Kevin Marchetti 48 Diversified, United States $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2367 Jeffrey Michael 70 Data management, United States $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2368 Sergey Shishkarev 58 Transport, Russia $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2369 Madhusudan Agarwal 70 Indian sweets and snacks, India $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2370 Alexander Knauf 52 Building materials, Germany $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2371 Carlos Sanchez 64 Generic drugs, Brazil $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2372 Tibor Veres 64 Real Estate, Investments, Hungary $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2373 Sasson Dayan 86 Banking, Brazil $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2374 Pantaleo Dell'Orco 73 Luxury goods, Italy $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2375 Wang Wenmo 69 Sports apparel, China $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2376 Artur Grynbaum 57 Cosmetics, Brazil $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2377 John Coustas 70 Shipping, Greece $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2378 Lai Shixian 51 Sports apparel, China $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2379 Jimmy Rane 80 Lumber, United States $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2380 Karin Schick 56 Information technology, Germany $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2381 Helene Odfjell 61 Drilling, Norway $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2382 Elisabeth Douglas 85 Investments, Sweden $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2383 Zeng Chaoyi 57 Aluminum products, China $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2384 Li Zhongchu 63 Software, China $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2385 Shamsheer Vayalil 49 Healthcare, India $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2386 Will Adderley 54 Home furnishings, United Kingdom $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2387 Wang Bing 46 Semiconductor components, China $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2388 Clรฉment Delangue 38 AI models, France $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2389 Igor Tulchinsky 60 Hedge funds, United States $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2390 Ivan Zhao 40 Software, Canada $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2391 Julien Chaumond 42 AI models, France $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2392 Thomas Wolf 41 AI models, France $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2393 Vladimir Leshchikov 69 Real estate, Russia $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2394 Wang Chaobin 70 Real estate, China $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2395 Guy Lalibertรฉ 66 Cirque du Soleil, Canada $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2396 William Lauder 66 Estee Lauder, United States $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2397 Anna Maria Braun 47 Medical technology, Germany $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2398 Johanna Braun 46 Medical technology, Germany $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2399 Karl Friedrich Braun 43 Medical technology, Germany $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2400 Horst Wortmann 85 Footwear, Germany $1.7B 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?
Larry Culp is first in the BillionaireList ranking with a latest public estimate of $1.8 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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