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Richest people in the world

The richest people in the world, ranked by their latest public net worth estimate. Ding Shijia leads with $6.8 billion as of October 2026. Every row shows the date and the source of its figure.
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Rank Name Net worth
601 Ding Shijia 62 Sports apparel, China $6.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
602 Stephen Smith 75 Finance and investments, Canada $6.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
603 Lin Shu-hong 98 Petrochemicals, Taiwan $6.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
604 Baiju Bhatt 41 Robinhood, United States $6.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
605 Dmitry Rybolovlev 59 Uralkali fertilizers, Russia $6.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
606 Mitchell Morgan 72 Morgan Properties, United States $6.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
607 Pavel Durov 42 Telegram, United Arab Emirates $6.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
608 Rudolf Maag 80 Medical devices, Switzerland $6.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
609 Michael Otto 83 Retail, real estate, Germany $6.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
610 Mark Scheinberg 52 Online gambling, Canada $6.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
611 Eric Lefkofsky 57 Groupon, Tempus AI, United States $6.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
612 Carlos Alberto Sicupira 78 Beer, Brazil $6.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
613 Jon Yarbrough 71 Video Gaming Technologies, United States $6.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
614 Charles Bartlett Johnson 93 Franklin Templeton (inherited), United States $6.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
615 Robert Hale Jr. 60 Granite Telecommunications, United States $6.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
616 Zhang Wanzhen 76 Electronics components, China $6.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
617 Christiane Schoeller 58 Publishing, Germany $6.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
618 Stefan von Holtzbrinck 63 Publishing, Germany $6.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
619 Sumet Jiaravanon 91 Diversified, Thailand $6.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
620 Margot Birmingham Perot 92 EDS, Perot Systems (inherited), United States $6.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
621 Arnon Milchan 81 Movie making, Israel $6.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
622 Mohed Altrad 56 Scaffolding, cement mixers, France $6.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
623 Matthias Reimann-Andersen 61 Consumer goods, Germany $6.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
624 Renate Reimann-Haas 56 Consumer goods, Austria $6.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
625 Stefan Reimann-Andersen 63 Consumer goods, Austria $6.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
626 Wolfgang Reimann 74 Consumer goods, Germany $6.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
627 Alain Mérieux 88 Pharmaceuticals, France $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
628 Zhang Congyuan 78 Shoes, Taiwan $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
629 Jaran Chiaravanont 96 Diversified, Thailand $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
630 Stefano Pessina 85 Walgreens Boots Alliance, Italy $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
631 Justin Ishbia 48 Shore Capital Partners, United States $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
632 Albert Boehringer 85 Pharmaceuticals, Germany $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
633 Barbara Boehringer 54 Pharmaceuticals, Germany $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
634 Christian Boehringer 61 Pharmaceuticals, Germany $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
635 Christoph Boehringer 56 Pharmaceuticals, Germany $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
636 Erich von Baumbach 55 Pharma, Germany $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
637 Franz von Baumbach 25 Pharma, Germany $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
638 Hubertus von Baumbach 58 Pharma, Germany $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
639 Isabel Boehringer 46 Pharmaceuticals, Germany $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
640 Johannes von Baumbach 21 Pharma, Germany $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
641 Katharina von Baumbach 27 Pharma, Germany $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
642 Mathias Boehringer 57 Pharmaceuticals, Germany $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
643 Maximilian von Baumbach 28 Pharma, Germany $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
644 Otto Boehringer 96 Pharmaceuticals, Germany $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
645 Philipp Boehringer 48 Pharmaceuticals, Germany $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
646 Ulrike von Baumbach 84 Pharma, Germany $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
647 Mike Ashley 62 Frasers Group (Sports Direct), United Kingdom $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
648 Erich Wesjohann 81 Poultry genetics, Germany $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
649 Bill Haslam 68 Pilot Flying J (inherited), United States $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
650 Steve Feinberg 66 Cerberus Capital Management, United States $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
651 Dietmar Hopp 86 SAP, Germany $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
652 Wu Jianshu 62 Auto parts, Hong Kong $6.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
653 John Catsimatidis 78 Red Apple Group, United Refining, United States $6.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
654 Doug Meijer 72 Meijer (inherited), United States $6.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
655 Hank Meijer 74 Meijer (inherited), United States $6.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
656 Mark Meijer 68 Meijer (inherited), United States $6.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
657 Mat Ishbia 46 United Wholesale Mortgage, United States $6.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
658 Mangal Lodha 70 Real estate, India $6.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
659 John Henry 76 Trading, Fenway Sports Group, United States $6.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
660 Koon Poh Keong 65 Aluminum, Malaysia $6.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
661 Michael Herz 56 Coffee, Germany $6.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
662 Wolfgang Herz 56 Coffee, Germany $6.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
663 Frank Wang 46 DJI, China $6.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
664 Hortensia Herrero 76 Supermarkets, Spain $6.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
665 Forrest Li 56 Sea Limited, Singapore $6.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
666 Arkady Volozh 62 Search engine, Israel $6.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
667 Trevor Rees-Jones 75 Chief Oil & Gas, United States $6.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
668 Giuseppe De'Longhi 87 De'Longhi appliances, Italy $6.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
669 Eren Özmen 68 Sierra Nevada Corporation, United States $6.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
670 Rakesh Gangwal 73 IndiGo airline, United States $6.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
671 Gao Dekang 74 Apparel, China $6.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
672 Richard Li 59 Insurance, telecom, Canada $6.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
673 Peter Cancro 69 Jersey Mike's Subs, United States $6.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
674 Mong-Koo Chung 88 Hyundai, South Korea $6.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
675 Franz Viegener 43 Plumbing/HVAC, Germany $6.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
676 Thomas Kaeser 73 Air systems, Germany $6.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
677 Mikhail Lomtadze 51 Fintech, Georgia $6.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
678 Chao Chung-Hsin 71 Cooling devices and components, Taiwan $6.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
679 Cai Huabo 50 Electronics, China $6.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
680 Vlad Tenev 39 Robinhood, United States $6.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
681 Palmer Luckey 34 Virtual reality, defense technolog..., United States $6.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
682 Sky Xu 42 E-commerce, China $6.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
683 Anna Viegener 36 Plumbing/HVAC, Germany $6.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
684 Renuka Jagtiani 72 Retail, India $6.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
685 Yang Chang-Chih 79 Printed circuit board, Taiwan $6.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
686 Peter Gilgan 75 Homebuilding, Canada $6.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
687 Jean Pritzker 64 Hyatt, Marmon (inherited), United States $6.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
688 Alexander Otto 59 ECE Group (inherited), Germany $6.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
689 Robert Faith 62 Greystar Real Estate, United States $6.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
690 Shari Arison 69 Carnival Cruises, Israel $6.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
691 Vladimir Kim 65 Mining, Kazakhstan $5.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
692 Jeff Skoll 61 eBay, Canada $5.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
693 Archie Aldis Emmerson 97 Sierra Pacific Industries timber, United States $5.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
694 Yasumitsu Shigeta 61 Mobile phone retailer, Japan $5.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
695 Tom Golisano 84 Paychex, United States $5.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
696 Isaac Perlmutter 83 Marvel Entertainment, United States $5.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
697 Lee Thiam Wah 62 Retailing, Malaysia $5.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
698 Romesh Wadhwani 79 Symphony Technology Group, United States $5.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
699 Ma Jianrong 66 Shenzhou International textiles, China $5.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
700 Barry Diller 84 IAC, Expedia, United States $5.9B 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?
Ding Shijia is first in the BillionaireList ranking with a latest public estimate of $6.8 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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