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Richest people in the world

The richest people in the world, ranked by their latest public net worth estimate. Tang Jinkui leads with $1.7 billion as of October 2026. Every row shows the date and the source of its figure.
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Rank Name Net worth
2401 Tang Jinkui 71 Textiles, petrochemicals, China $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2402 Salil Singhal 79 Agrochemicals, India $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2403 Wang Linxiang 74 Cashmere, China $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2404 Ronald Clarke 71 Payments technology, United States $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2405 Liang Guangwei 63 Conglomerate, China $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2406 Jeff Tangney 54 Doximity, United States $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2407 Ivan Savvidis 67 Agribusiness, Russia $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2408 Farkhad Akhmedov 71 Northgas, Azerbaijan $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2409 Alberto Coppel Luken 74 Diversified, Mexico $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2410 José Coppel Luken 67 Diversified, Mexico $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2411 Pia Hollweg-Vajen 52 Plumbing and heating supplies, Germany $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2412 Huang Dawen 65 Silicon, Hong Kong $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2413 Sebastian Kulczyk 45 Kulczyk Investments, Poland $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2414 Zhao Ding 36 Snacks, China $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2415 Kai-Uwe Hollweg 60 Plumbing and heating supplies, Germany $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2416 Zong Yanmin 61 Semiconductor materials, China $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2417 Chen Bangdong Electricity transmission equipment, China $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2418 Bob Muglia 67 Software, United States $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2419 Margarita Latsis Catsiapis 65 Banking, shipping, Greece $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2420 Anil Gupta 67 Cables, India $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2421 Habil Khorakiwala 84 Pharmaceuticals, India $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2422 Henry Engelhardt 68 Insurance, United States $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2423 Lu Di Drones, China $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2424 Phil Shawe 57 Translation services, United States $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2425 Azad Moopen 73 Healthcare, India $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2426 Mochtar Riady 97 Diversified, Indonesia $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2427 Lloyd Blankfein 72 Goldman Sachs, United States $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2428 Gretel Packer 60 Investments, Australia $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2429 Jose Isaac Peres 86 Shopping malls, Brazil $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2430 Zhong Ruonong 63 Electronics, China $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2431 Alexander Diehl 48 Defense, aviation, Germany $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2432 Carla Diehl 36 Defense, aviation, Germany $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2433 Konstantin Diehl 33 Defense, aviation, Germany $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2434 Laura Diehl 38 Defense, aviation, Germany $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2435 Markus Diehl 43 Defense, aviation, Germany $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2436 Stephanie Haas 44 Defense, aviation, Germany $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2437 Cheng Zhenghui 61 Medical equipment, China $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2438 Jahm Najafi 63 Investments, United States $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2439 Xue Xiangdong 67 Software, China $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2440 Aerin Lauder 56 Estee Lauder, United States $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2441 Sachin Agarwal 54 Metal castings, India $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2442 Ronnie Screwvala 70 Edtech, entertainment, India $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2443 Zheng Jianjiang 65 Electrical equipment, China $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2444 Jin Baofang 56 Solar panels, China $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2445 Forrest Preston 93 Health care, United States $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2446 He Zhaoxi 52 Software, China $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2447 Leonid Simanovsky 77 Investments, Russia $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2448 Kenny Troutt 78 Telecom, United States $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2449 Zhang Xinghai 63 Machinery, China $1.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2450 Eustasio Lopez Gonzalez 72 Hotels, Spain $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2451 Vijay Shekhar Sharma 48 Paytm, India $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2452 Edward Netylko 58 Pharmacy, Russia $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2453 Jeffrey Gundlach 67 Investments, United States $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2454 Olivia Holding 62 Banking, United States $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2455 Yi Dasheng 65 Conglomerate, China $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2456 Li Jianli 54 Battery parts, China $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2457 Xu Yingzhuo 58 Agribusiness, China $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2458 Li Shui-po 70 Stainless steel products, Taiwan $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2459 Paul Van Zuydam 88 Le Creuset, South Africa $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2460 Ulrich Mommert 85 Lighting, Austria $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2461 Willis Johnson 79 Damaged cars, United States $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2462 Andrew Tisch 77 Loews, United States $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2463 Laszlo Szijj 68 Construction, Hungary $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2464 Brandt Louie 83 Drugstores, Canada $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2465 Chen Yung-tai 90 Real estate, Taiwan $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2466 Vladimir Krupchak 68 Manufacturing, Cyprus $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2467 Christian Dreyer 62 Agricultural Machinery, Germany $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2468 Justus Dreyer 56 Agricultural Machinery, Germany $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2469 Yoshiaki Yoshida 85 Cosmetics, Japan $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2470 Kishin RK 43 Real estate, hotels, Singapore $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2471 Raj Kumar 72 Real estate, hotels, Singapore $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2472 Xu Chuanhua 91 Chemicals, logistics, China $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2473 Barry Bentley 70 Software, United States $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2474 Pieter van der Does 57 Payments software, Netherlands $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2475 Chu Mang Yee 66 Real estate, China $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2476 Dmitry Alexeyev 52 Retail, Russia $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2477 Teo Swee Ann 51 Semiconductors, Singapore $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2478 He Xiaopeng 48 Electric vehicles, China $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2479 Li Qiong 48 Online games, China $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2480 Vladimir Yevtushenkov 78 Telecom, investments, Russia $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2481 Sundar Pichai 54 Google, United States $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2482 Sanjay Agarwal 56 Banking, India $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2483 Ke Xiping 66 Investments, China $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2484 Thomas Bruch 76 Retail, Germany $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2485 Alessandro Rosano 57 Shoes, Italy $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2486 Xiong Haitao 62 Plastics/investment, China $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2487 Wang Zhenhua 64 Real estate, China $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2488 Chen Zhisong 60 Communication equipment, China $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2489 Pacal Vanhalst 56 Industrial and agricultural equipm..., Belgium $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2490 Liu Jianfang 51 Semiconductors, China $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2491 Jorge Gallardo Ballart 85 Pharmaceuticals, Spain $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2492 Todd McKinnon 54 Software, United States $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2493 Kimbal Musk 54 Tesla, SpaceX, United States $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2494 Filippo Ghirelli 46 Infrastructure, energy, Italy $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2495 Lucio Co 72 Puregold Price Club, Philippines $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2496 Shyam Bhartia 73 Pharmaceuticals, food, India $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2497 Rick Workman 71 Dentistry, United States $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2498 Juan Domingo Beckmann Legorreta 59 Tequila, Mexico $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2499 Hari Bhartia 69 Diversified, India $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2500 Richard Fairbank 76 Banking, United States $1.6B 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?
Tang Jinkui is first in the BillionaireList ranking with a latest public estimate of $1.7 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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