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Richest people in the world

The richest people in the world, ranked by their latest public net worth estimate. Ludwig Theodor Braun leads with $1.6 billion as of October 2026. Every row shows the date and the source of its figure.
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Rank Name Net worth
2501 Ludwig Theodor Braun 36 Medical technology, Germany $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2502 Raymond Kwok 56 Real estate, China $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2503 Anita Zucker 74 Chemicals, United States $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2504 Shrikant Badve 61 Auto parts, India $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2505 Dean Solon 61 Solar systems, United States $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2506 Dmitry Nikolaev 60 Coal, Russia $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2507 Diego Della Valle 72 Tod's, Italy $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2508 Lau Cho Kun 90 Palm oil, property, Malaysia $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2509 Maike Oberwelland-Height 63 Candy, Germany $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2510 William Fisher 69 Gap, United States $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2511 Adam Norwitt 57 Electronic components, United States $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2512 Shalom Meckenzie 50 Sports betting, Israel $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2513 Torsten Toeller 60 Pet food, Germany $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2514 Alexander Ramlie 53 Mining, Indonesia $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2515 Huang Zelan 71 Metals, China $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2516 Chirayu Amin 79 Pharmaceuticals, India $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2517 Sidney Kimmel 98 Retail, United States $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2518 Kirill Minovalov 55 Agriculture, finance, Russia $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2519 Fernando Espinosa Abdalรก 76 Pharmaceuticals, Mexico $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2520 Leopoldo Espinosa Abdalรก Pharmaceutical, Mexico $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2521 Ingrid Wu 56 Manufacturing, United States $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2522 Kwek Leng Keow 74 Diversified, Singapore $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2523 Kwek Leng Peck 70 Diversified, Singapore $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2524 Guillermo Fierro 65 Banking, Spain $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2525 Ben Ashkenazy 57 Ashkenazy Acquisition, United States $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2526 Trevor Burgess 54 Insurance, United States $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2527 Huang Jianjun 45 Optical and semiconductor testing..., China $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2528 Terence (Terry) Matthews 83 Telecom, Canada $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2529 Liu Zhenfeng 65 Oilfield equipment, China $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2530 Ye Xiaoping 63 Pharmaceuticals, China $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2531 Liu Weiping 48 Packaged food, China $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2532 Antonio Gallardo Ballart 90 Pharmaceuticals, Spain $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2533 S.D. Shibulal 71 Software services, India $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2534 Stewart Butterfield 53 Slack, Flickr, Canada $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2535 Jose Ignacio Comenge 75 Beverages, Spain $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2536 Konstantin Goncharov 55 Transportation, Russia $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2537 Michael Steinhardt 85 Hedge funds, United States $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2538 Othman Benjelloun 93 BMCE Bank, Morocco $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2539 Bharat Desai 73 IT consulting, United States $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2540 Evgeny (Eugene) Shvidler 62 Metals, investments, United States $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2541 Surjit Kumar Gupta 84 Electrical equipment, India $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2542 Lee Kar Whatt 53 Dollar store, Malaysia $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2543 Magic Johnson 67 Basketball, investments, United States $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2544 Giannis Alafouzos 69 Shipping, Greece $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2545 Ahmet Calik 68 Energy, banking, construction, Tรผrkiye $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2546 Yigal Dimri 70 Construction, Israel $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2547 Hajime Satomi 84 Video games, Pachinko, Japan $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2548 Bachtiar Karim 68 Palm oil, Indonesia $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2549 Robert Mouawad 81 Fine jewelry, Lebanon $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2550 Frank McCourt 73 Baseball, United States $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2551 Jose Llorens Torra 82 Investments, Spain $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2552 Wu Bo 72 Machinery, China $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2553 Kenzo Tsujimoto 85 Video games, Japan $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2554 Yusaku Maezawa 50 Zozotown, Japan $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2555 Mori Arkin 76 Agis Industries (pharma), Israel $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2556 Wu Zhigang 91 Bakery chain, China $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2557 Peter Guber 84 Sports teams, movies, United States $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2558 Alakh Pandey 34 Edtech, India $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2559 Prateek Boob 38 Edtech, India $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2560 Kim Jung-youn 22 Online gaming, South Korea $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2561 Kim Jung-min 24 Online gaming, South Korea $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2562 Chen Kaichen 70 Household chemicals, China $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2563 Dick Wolf 79 Law & Order, United States $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2564 Nelson Peltz 84 Investments, United States $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2565 Peter Kelly 69 I.T., United Kingdom $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2566 Wu Chung-yi 71 Manufacturing, Taiwan $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2567 Zeng Chaolin 44 Aluminium, China $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2568 Nicole Shanahan 41 Google, United States $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2569 Vladimir Voronin 50 Real estate, Russia $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2570 Alexander Evnevich 67 Tea, retail, Russia $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2571 Chin Jong Hwa 68 Auto parts, Taiwan $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2572 Antti Aarnio-Wihuri 86 Diversified, Finland $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2573 George Raymond Zage III 56 Investments, Singapore $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2574 Lei Jufang 73 Pharmaceuticals, China $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2575 Li Zhigang 50 Machinery, China $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2576 Lim Chap Huat 72 Property, Singapore $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2577 Mohammad Abunayyan 63 Diversified, Saudi Arabia $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2578 Andrei Komarov 60 Investments, Russia $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2579 Kapil Bhatia 94 Aviation, India $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2580 Andy Fang 34 Food delivery app, United States $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2581 Ronald Perelman 83 MacAndrews & Forbes, Revlon, United States $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2582 Daniel Dines 54 Software, Romania $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2583 Zhuang Kuilong 64 Polyester, China $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2584 Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani 78 Hotels, diversified, Qatar $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2585 Timothy Headington 76 Oil & gas, investments, United States $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2586 Samuel Chen 76 Investments, Taiwan $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2587 Roman Sokolov Optical modules $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2588 George Christ 71 Technology, United States $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2589 Michael Heine 76 Financial services, Australia $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2590 Jack Cogen 70 Technology, United States $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2591 Paritosh Garg 71 Manufacturing, India $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2592 Zhang Yin 69 Paper manufacturing, China $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2593 Shirley Kao 70 Food & beverage retailing, Taiwan $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2594 Cargill MacMillan III 66 Cargill, United States $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2595 John MacMillan 77 Cargill, United States $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2596 Martha MacMillan 75 Cargill, United States $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2597 William MacMillan 72 Cargill, United States $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2598 Jeremy Allaire 55 Cryptocurrency, United States $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2599 Jeff T. Green 49 Digital advertising, United States $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
2600 Susan Co 68 Retail, Philippines $1.5B 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?
Ludwig Theodor Braun is first in the BillionaireList ranking with a latest public estimate of $1.6 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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