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Richest people in the world

The richest people in the world, ranked by their latest public net worth estimate. Harshil Mathur leads with $1 billion as of October 2026. Every row shows the date and the source of its figure.
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Rank Name Net worth
3301 Harshil Mathur 35 Fintech, India $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3302 Shashank Kumar 36 Fintech, India $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3303 Carl-Anton Kunz 28 Plumbing and heating supplies, Germany $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3304 Marty Horton 75 Homebuilding, United States $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3305 Bruce Mathieson 82 Hotels, Australia $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3306 Hans Langer 74 3D printing, Germany $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3307 Peter-Alexander Wacker 75 Chemicals, Germany $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3308 Ong Leong Huat 82 Property, construction, financial..., Malaysia $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3309 Rihanna 38 Music, cosmetics, Barbados $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3310 Gabor Szeles 78 Electronics manufacturing, Hungary $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3311 Eddy Sugianto 80 Coal, Indonesia $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3312 Don Ahern 73 Equipment rental, United States $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3313 Clemens Fischer 51 Pharmaceuticals, Germany $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3314 Lou Jing 63 Biotechnology, China $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3315 Lu Bin 66 Industrial valves, China $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3316 Bill Cummings 89 Commercial real estate, United States $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3317 He Yamin 69 Manufacturing, China $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3318 Jacques Merceron-Vicat 88 Cement, France $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3319 Li San Yim 76 Construction equipment, China $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3320 Qin Hua 58 Pet Food, China $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3321 Wang Baoqing 69 Industrial valves, China $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3322 Li Liufa 69 Steel, diversified, China $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3323 Park Kyoung-soo 73 Semiconductors, South Korea $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3324 Jia Tianjiang 64 Non-ferrous metals, China $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3325 Andrea Della Valle 61 Shoes, Italy $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3326 Andrii Verevskyi 52 Agriculture, Ukraine $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3327 Roy Chi Ping Chung 73 Manufacturing, Hong Kong $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3328 Lv Yongxiang 76 Magnetic switches, China $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3329 Elizabeth Sy 74 Diversified, Philippines $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3330 Lee Hwa-kyung 70 Confectionery, South Korea $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3331 Kuldip Rathee 72 Auto ancillaries, India $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3332 Jared Kushner 45 Real estate, private equity, United States $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3333 Cheng Zhangwen 61 Industrial valves, China $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3334 Tan Eng Kee 56 Factory automation equipment, Malaysia $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3335 Chen Xueli 75 Pharmaceuticals, China $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3336 Wu Yulan 57 Pharmaceuticals, China $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3337 Omani Carson 62 Wealth planning, United States $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3338 Prachak Tangkaravakoon 82 Paints, Thailand $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3339 Aydın DoÄŸan 90 Dogan Holding, Türkiye $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3340 Yuan Zhimin 65 Plastics, China $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3341 Ivan Streshinsky 57 Metals, telecom, Russia $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3342 Vladimir Melnikov 78 Fast fashion, Russia $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3343 Xi Chao 68 Industrial valves, China $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3344 Louis Bacon 70 Hedge funds, United States $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3345 Ashok Kajaria 79 Tiles, India $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3346 Chen Huwen 56 Stationery, China $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3347 Joao Alves de Queiroz Filho 73 Pharmaceuticals, Brazil $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3348 Hsu Shou-Hsiung 83 Electrical transformers, Taiwan $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3349 Zach McLeroy 64 Fast food, United States $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3350 Norman Asbjornson 90 HVAC, United States $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3351 Bhavish Aggarwal 41 Ride-hailing app, India $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3352 Yang Qiumei 61 Software, Hong Kong $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3353 Axel Stawski 76 Kanam Grund, Germany $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3354 Soichiro Minami 50 Internet and software, Japan $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3355 Cesar Maklary 29 AI datacenter builder, France $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3356 David Beckham 51 Soccer, United Kingdom $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3357 David Hindawi 82 Tanium, United States $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3358 Dr. Dre 61 Music, headphones, United States $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3359 Gary Wu 31 AI datacenter builder, China $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3360 James Dacombe 26 Chipmaking startup, United Kingdom $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3361 Jamie Cox 30 AI datacenter builder, United Kingdom $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3362 Richard Kurtz 86 Real estate, United States $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3363 Rick Jackson 72 Healthcare, United States $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3364 Robert Johnson 80 Black Entertainment Television, United States $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3365 Shayne Coplan 28 Polymarket, United States $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3366 Stephen Ketchum 65 Investments, United States $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3367 Thor Bjorgolfsson 59 Investments, Iceland $1.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
3368 Trae Stephens 42 Defense technology, United States $1.0B 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?
Harshil Mathur is first in the BillionaireList ranking with a latest public estimate of $1 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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