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Richest people in the world

The richest people in the world, ranked by their latest public net worth estimate. Jim Kavanaugh leads with $7.7 billion as of October 2026. Every row shows the date and the source of its figure.
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Rank Name Net worth
501 Jim Kavanaugh 63 World Wide Technology, United States $7.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
502 Mikhail Gutseriev 68 Oil, coal, real estate, Russia $7.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
503 Michael Kim 62 MBK Partners, South Korea $7.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
504 Sudhir Mehta 72 Pharmaceuticals, power, India $7.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
505 Samir Mehta 63 Pharmaceuticals, power, India $7.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
506 Stephen Cohen 44 Palantir Technologies, United States $7.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
507 Oleg Deripaska 58 Rusal, En+ Group, Russia $7.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
508 Zong Fuli 44 Beverages, China $7.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
509 Vincent Viola 70 Virtu Financial, United States $7.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
510 Mike Brown 91 Cincinnati Bengals (inherited), United States $7.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
511 Herb Simon 92 Simon Property Group, United States $7.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
512 Daniel Nadler 43 AI software, Canada $7.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
513 Michael Kadoorie 85 CLP, Peninsula Hotels (inherited), Hong Kong $7.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
514 Joseph Liemandt 58 Trilogy, ESW Capital, United States $7.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
515 Ali Ghodsi 56 Databricks, Sweden $7.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
516 Marc Rowan 64 Apollo Global Management, United States $7.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
517 Marian Ilitch 93 Little Caesars, United States $7.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
518 Cliff Obrecht 40 Software, Australia $7.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
519 Melanie Perkins 39 Software, Australia $7.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
520 Denise Coates 59 Bet365, United Kingdom $7.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
521 Andrew Cherng 79 Panda Express, United States $7.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
522 Peggy Cherng 78 Panda Express, United States $7.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
523 Marcos Galperin 54 E-commerce, Argentina $7.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
524 Timur Turlov 38 Stock brokerage, Kazakhstan $7.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
525 You Xiaoping 68 Polyurethanes, China $7.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
526 Wolfgang Marguerre 56 Pharmaceuticals, Germany $7.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
527 Massimiliana Landini Aleotti 84 Menarini pharmaceuticals, Italy $7.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
528 Maria Angelicoussis 44 Shipping, Greece $7.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
529 John Grayken 70 Private equity, Ireland $7.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
530 Jack Dorsey 49 Twitter, Block, United States $7.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
531 Maximilian Viessmann 37 Heating, cooling equipment, Germany $7.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
532 Ross Perot, Jr. 67 Perot Systems, Hillwood real estat..., United States $7.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
533 Wang Xingxing 36 Robotics, China $7.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
534 Alain Bouchard 77 Convinience stores, Canada $7.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
535 Dona Bertarelli 58 Biotech and investments, Switzerland $7.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
536 Quek Leng Chan 85 Hong Leong Group Malaysia, Malaysia $7.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
537 Thomas Pritzker 76 Hyatt, Marmon (inherited), United States $7.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
538 Jeffrey Koo Jr 62 Finance, Taiwan $7.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
539 Patrick Drahi 63 Telecom, France $7.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
540 Thai Lee 68 SHI International, United States $7.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
541 Horst Julius Pudwill 82 Manufacturing, Germany $7.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
542 Cao Renxian 58 Photovoltaic equipment, China $7.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
543 David Thomson 69 Thomson Reuters, Canada $7.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
544 Peter Thomson 61 Thomson Reuters, Canada $7.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
545 Taylor Thomson 66 Thomson Reuters, Canada $7.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
546 Mark Walter 66 Guggenheim Partners, United States $7.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
547 Xu Hang 56 Medical devices, China $7.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
548 Lynsi Snyder 44 In-N-Out Burger, United States $7.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
549 Stรฉphane Bancel 54 Biotech, vaccines, France $7.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
550 Jayshree Ullal 65 Arista Networks, United States $7.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
551 Max Van Hoegaerden Herrmann Telles 30 Beer, Brazil $7.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
552 Juergen Blickle 79 Auto parts, Germany $7.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
553 Yitzhak Tshuva 78 Real estate, Israel $7.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
554 Paul Singer 82 Elliott Management hedge fund, United States $7.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
555 Howard Lutnick 65 Finance, United States $7.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
556 Blair Parry-Okeden 76 Cox Enterprises, United States $7.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
557 James C. Kennedy 78 Cox Enterprises (inherited), United States $7.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
558 Mike Hollingshead 56 Concrete, United States $7.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
559 Neal Blue 91 General Atomics, United States $7.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
560 Albert Avdolyan 55 Oil, mining, Russia $7.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
561 Vincent Bollorรฉ 74 Investments, France $7.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
562 Teddy Sagi 54 Gambling software, Israel $7.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
563 Rick J. Caruso 67 Caruso real estate, United States $7.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
564 Yip Sum Yin 77 Printed circuit boards, Hong Kong $7.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
565 Ding Shizhong 55 Sports apparel, China $7.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
566 Ed Roski Jr. 88 Majestic Realty, United States $7.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
567 Robert Bass 78 Oil, investments, United States $7.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
568 Elizabeth Uihlein 81 Uline, United States $7.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
569 Richard Uihlein 81 Uline, United States $7.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
570 Daryl Katz 65 Pharmacies, Canada $7.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
571 Ion Stoica 61 Data analytics, United States $7.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
572 Matei Zaharia 41 Data analytics, United States $7.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
573 Edythe Broad 90 KB Home, SunAmerica (inherited), United States $7.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
574 Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen 78 Lego, Denmark $7.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
575 Robert Clark 67 Construction, United States $7.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
576 Miguel Krigsner 76 Cosmetics, Brazil $7.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
577 Alexandra Schoerghuber 68 Real estate, Germany $7.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
578 Joe Lewis 89 Tavistock Group and currency tradi..., United Kingdom $7.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
579 Venu Srinivasan 73 Two-wheelers, India $7.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
580 Philip Ng 67 Real Estate, Singapore $7.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
581 Zhou Chaonan 66 Manufacturing, China $6.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
582 Mike Adenuga 73 Telecom, oil, Nigeria $6.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
583 Chen Tao 54 Hardware, China $6.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
584 Evangelos Marinakis 59 Shipping, soccer, Greece $6.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
585 Jim Davis 83 New Balance, United States $6.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
586 Ronald G. Wanek 85 Ashley Furniture, United States $6.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
587 Jeremy Jacobs Sr. 86 Delaware North (inherited), United States $6.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
588 Clive Calder 79 Zomba, Jive Records, United Kingdom $6.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
589 Robert Ng 74 Real estate, Singapore $6.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
590 Frederik Paulsen Jr 75 Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Sweden $6.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
591 Mark Cuban 68 Broadcast.com, Dallas Mavericks, United States $6.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
592 Andrei Skoch 60 Metals and mining, Russia $6.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
593 Radovan Vรญtek 55 CPI Property Group, Czech Republic $6.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
594 Zeng Fangqin 61 Smartphone components, Hong Kong $6.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
595 Ricardo Faria 51 Eggs, Brazil $6.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
596 Ronda Stryker 72 Stryker Corp (inherited), United States $6.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
597 Kerry Stokes 86 Construction equipment, media, Australia $6.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
598 Wang Xing 47 Food delivery, China $6.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
599 Donald Trump 80 Real estate, Trump Media, United States $6.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
600 Rahul Bhatia 67 Aviation, India $6.8B 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?
Jim Kavanaugh is first in the BillionaireList ranking with a latest public estimate of $7.7 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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