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Richest people in the world

The richest people in the world, ranked by their latest public net worth estimate. Cho Hyun-beom leads with $1.2 billion as of October 2026. Every row shows the date and the source of its figure.
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Rank Name Net worth
3101 Cho Hyun-beom 54 Tire manufacturing, South Korea $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3102 Lalit Keshre 45 Financial Services, India $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3103 Ryuji Arai 80 Electronics Retail, Japan $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3104 Deepak Mehta 69 Chemicals, India $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3105 Fahed Hariri 45 Construction, investments, Lebanon $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3106 ร‰douard Carmignac 79 Asset management, France $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3107 Jonas Kamprad 56 IKEA, Sweden $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3108 Mathias Kamprad 57 IKEA, Sweden $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3109 Peter Kamprad 62 IKEA, Sweden $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3110 Takaya Awata 64 Restaurants, Japan $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3111 Daniel Feffer 66 Pulp and paper, Brazil $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3112 Qian Ying 60 Pig breeding, China $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3113 Scott Smith 77 Cloud computing, United States $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3114 Lin Por-Chun 77 Glass, Taiwan $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3115 Danilo Iervolino 56 Pegaso online university, Italy $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3116 Li Guoqing 56 Petro Fibre, China $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3117 Lu Yiwen 38 Jewelry, China $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3118 Zhao Hongfei 52 Software, China $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3119 Yoon Dae-in 76 Biotech, South Korea $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3120 John Christodoulou 61 Yianis Group property, United Kingdom $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3121 Cheng Lili 61 Poultry breeding, China $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3122 Tan Yu Yeh 55 Retail, Malaysia $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3123 Rajju Shroff 93 Agrochemicals, India $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3124 Michael Dunlap 63 Loan servicing, United States $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3125 Xu Jiangnan 64 Vitamins, China $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3126 Sam Tarascio 81 Salta Properties, Australia $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3127 Paul Sciarra 45 Pinterest, United States $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3128 Mustafa Hamied 86 Pharmaceuticals, India $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3129 Madeleine Olsson Eriksson 81 Diversified, Sweden $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3130 Sachin Bansal 45 Flipkart, India $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3131 Hideyuki Busujima 71 Sankyo (pachinko), Japan $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3132 Eduard Chukhlebov 63 Metallurgy, Russia $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3133 Myron Wentz 86 Health products, St. Kitts & Nevis $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3134 Ruben Feffer Pulp and paper, Brazil $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3135 Aidyn Rakhimbayev 54 Real estate and construction, Kazakhstan $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3136 Craig Abod 63 Information Technology, United States $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3137 Zhong Peifeng 63 Semiconductor, United States $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3138 Hiroyuki Inoue 81 Steel products, Japan $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3139 Lin Zhijun 51 Medical devices, China $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3140 Amelie Voigt Trejes 21 Industrial machinery, Brazil $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3141 Felipe Voigt Trejes 24 Industrial machinery, Brazil $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3142 Pedro Voigt Trejes 24 Industrial machinery, Brazil $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3143 Yu De-Chao 62 Pharmaceuticals, United States $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3144 Karen Virginia Beckmann Legoretta Tequila, Mexico $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3145 Teresita Sy-Coson 56 SM Investments, Philippines $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3146 Bancha Ongkosit 75 Electronics, Thailand $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3147 Wen Pengcheng 64 Agribusiness, China $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3148 Igor Kudryashkin 64 Metallurgy, Russia $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3149 Eiichi Kuriwada 80 Package delivery, Japan $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3150 Christian Herz 55 Coffee, Germany $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3151 Michaela Herz 52 Coffee, Germany $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3152 Sergey Kasyanenko 68 Tea and coffee, Russia $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3153 Lou Guoqiang 69 Copper, China $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3154 Keiko Erikawa 77 Video games, Japan $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3155 Tatiana Volodina 57 Retail, Russia $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3156 Jorge Feffer 61 Pulp and paper, Brazil $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3157 Yoichi Erikawa 75 Video games, Japan $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3158 Ryan Israel 41 Hedge funds, United States $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3159 Zhou Zongwen 69 Jewelry, China $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3160 Cai Mingtong 74 Electronic components, China $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3161 Gina Vecchiarelli 65 Mozzarella cheese, United States $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3162 Terry Leprino 66 Mozzarella cheese, United States $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3163 Oscar Baeza Fares 66 Food products, Mexico $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3164 Sun Qinghuan 53 Lighting, China $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3165 Phillippe Van de Vyvere 73 Shipping Terminals, Belgium $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3166 Pan Shiyi 63 Real estate, China $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3167 Laurence Escalante 44 Gaming, Australia $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3168 William Heinecke 77 Hotels, Thailand $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3169 Jet Jie Li 51 Package delivery, China $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3170 Zhu Xingliang 67 Construction, China $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3171 Dou Zhenggang 73 Energy, chemicals, China $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3172 Yuan Kokuei 52 Crypto exchange, Japan $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3173 Valery Kustov 65 Food production, Russia $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3174 Anton Fedun 41 Oil & gas, Russia $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3175 Cai Hongbin Pharmaceuticals, China $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3176 Vidit Aatrey 36 E-commerce, India $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3177 Lin Por-Shih 81 Glass, Taiwan $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3178 Wang Chou-hsiong 85 Footwear, Taiwan $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3179 Lee Joon-ho 62 Online games, South Korea $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3180 Wang Zhenghua 82 Budget airline, China $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3181 Alfredo Harp Helu 82 Banking, investments, Mexico $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3182 Alexander Rinke 37 Enterprise software, Germany $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3183 Marco Squinzi 55 Chemical products, Italy $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3184 Veronica Squinzi 54 Chemical products, Italy $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3185 James Cameron 72 Movies, Canada $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3186 Jerry Seinfeld 72 Comedy, United States $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3187 Weijian Shan 56 Private equity, Hong Kong $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3188 Rakesh Chopdar 47 Aerospace engineering, India $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3189 Jane Goldman 71 Sol Goldman real estate, United States $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3190 Oliver Samwer 53 Tech investments, Germany $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3191 Carlos Eduardo M. Scripilliti Diversified, Brazil $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3192 Regina Helena S. Velloso Diversified, Brazil $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3193 Clรณvis Ermรญrio de Moraes Diversified, Brazil $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3194 Azman Hashim 87 Banking, Malaysia $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3195 Yao Yi 61 Machine vision and fiber optics, China $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3196 Nutchamai Thanombooncharoen 64 Energy drinks, Thailand $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3197 Anatoly Skurov 73 Coal, fertilizers, Russia $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3198 Joe Agresti 54 Auto dealerships, investments, United States $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3199 Zhang Keqiang 66 Real estate, China $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3200 Li Zhen 62 Lithium batteries, China $1.1B 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?
Cho Hyun-beom is first in the BillionaireList ranking with a latest public estimate of $1.2 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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