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Richest people in the world

The richest people in the world, ranked by their latest public net worth estimate. Helen Johnson-Leipold leads with $5.3 billion as of October 2026. Every row shows the date and the source of its figure.
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Rank Name Net worth
801 Helen Johnson-Leipold 69 Cleaning products, United States $5.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
802 Pyotr Aven 71 Oil, banking, telecom, Russia $5.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
803 Gail Miller 83 Larry H. Miller auto dealerships, United States $5.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
804 Ian Livingstone 64 London & Regional Properties, United Kingdom $5.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
805 Richard Livingstone 61 Livingstone Brothers property, United Kingdom $5.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
806 Joe Mansueto 70 Morningstar, United States $5.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
807 Euisun Chung 56 Hyundai, South Korea $5.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
808 Gopikishan Damani 68 Retail, investments, India $5.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
809 Lu Weiding 55 Diversified, China $5.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
810 Liu Yonghao 75 Agribusiness, China $5.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
811 David Filo 60 Yahoo, United States $5.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
812 Andrey Anatolyevich Kozitsyn 66 UMMC (copper), Russia $5.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
813 Pablo Legorreta 62 Investments, United States $5.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
814 Ruan Liping 61 Power strips, Hong Kong $5.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
815 Ryan Cohen 41 Investments, Canada $5.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
816 Scott Cook 74 Intuit, United States $5.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
817 Thomas Secunda 72 Bloomberg L.P., United States $5.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
818 Jerzy Starak 78 Pharmaceuticals, Poland $5.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
819 Winifred J. Marquart 67 S. C. Johnson (inherited), United States $5.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
820 H. Fisk Johnson 68 Cleaning products, United States $5.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
821 Cho Tak Wong 80 Auto parts, Hong Kong $5.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
822 S. Curtis Johnson 71 S. C. Johnson (inherited), United States $5.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
823 Shaul Shani 71 Telecom, Israel $5.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
824 N. Murray Edwards 66 Oil & gas, Canada $5.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
825 Claudio Del Vecchio 56 EssilorLuxottica via Delfin, Italy $5.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
826 Marisa Del Vecchio 68 Eyeglasses, Italy $5.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
827 Clemente Del Vecchio 22 Eyeglasses, Italy $5.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
828 Luca Del Vecchio 25 Eyeglasses, Italy $5.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
829 Nicoletta Zampillo 68 Eyeglasses, Italy $5.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
830 Paola Del Vecchio 65 Eyeglasses, Italy $5.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
831 Rocco Basilico 37 Eyeglasses, Italy $5.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
832 Murat Ülker 67 Yildiz Holding, Ulker and Godiva, Türkiye $5.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
833 Marc Lore 55 Jet.com, Diapers.com, United States $5.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
834 Dagmar Dolby 85 Dolby Laboratories (inherited), United States $5.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
835 Phil Ruffin 91 Casinos, real estate, United States $5.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
836 God Nisanov 54 Real estate, Russia $5.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
837 Zarakh Iliev 60 Real estate, Russia $5.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
838 Larry Gies 60 Private equity, United States $5.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
839 Patrizio Vinciarelli 79 Electronic components, United States $5.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
840 Steven F. Udvar-Hazy 80 Aircraft leasing (ILFC, Air Lease), United States $5.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
841 Willy Michel 79 Medical devices, Switzerland $5.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
842 Peter Gassner 61 Veeva Systems, United States $5.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
843 Anil Agarwal 73 Mining, metals, India $5.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
844 Richard Schulze 85 Best Buy, United States $5.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
845 David MacNeil 67 Automobile accessories, United States $5.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
846 Li Min 60 Semiconductor, China $5.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
847 Jamshyd Godrej 77 Consumer goods, real estate, India $5.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
848 Smita Crishna Godrej 75 Consumer goods, India $5.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
849 Zhu Baoguo 64 Pharmaceuticals, China $5.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
850 Todd Christopher 63 Vogue International (hair care), United States $5.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
851 Lai Meisong 55 Package delivery, China $5.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
852 John A. Sobrato 87 Sobrato Organization real estate, United States $5.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
853 Shen Guojun 64 Retail, China $5.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
854 Robin Li 57 Baidu, China $5.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
855 Jon Stryker 68 Stryker (inherited), United States $5.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
856 Remon Vos 56 Logistics real estate, Netherlands $5.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
857 Weili Dai 65 Semiconductors, United States $5.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
858 Nikolai Buinov 59 Oil, gas, Russia $5.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
859 Byron Trott 67 BDT & MSD Partners, United States $5.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
860 Li Chunan 58 Solar wafers and modules, China $5.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
861 B. Partha Saradhi Reddy 72 Pharmaceuticals, India $5.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
862 Anthony Pritzker 65 Hyatt, Marmon (inherited), United States $5.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
863 Danielle Bellon 86 Food services, France $5.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
864 Ben Chestnut 52 Mailchimp, United States $4.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
865 Arte Moreno 80 Outdoor Systems billboards, Angels, United States $4.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
866 Vikas Oberoi 56 Real estate, India $4.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
867 Abhay Firodia 81 Automobiles, India $4.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
868 Igor Altushkin 56 Metals, Russia $4.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
869 Scott B. Kapnick 67 HPS Investment Partners, United States $4.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
870 John Middleton 71 John Middleton Co. cigars, United States $4.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
871 Ling Tang Advertising technology, Canada $4.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
872 Miao Hangen 61 Textiles, petrochemicals, China $4.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
873 Han Tao 65 Copper-clad laminates, China $4.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
874 Daniel A. D'Aniello 80 Carlyle Group, United States $4.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
875 Fernand Huts 76 Logistics, transportation, Belgium $4.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
876 Baba Kalyani 77 Engineering, India $4.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
877 Nicolas D'Ieteren 51 Auto parts, distribution, Belgium $4.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
878 Andrei Bokarev 60 Metals, mining, Russia $4.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
879 Robert Johnson 79 Johnson & Johnson, New York Jets, United States $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
880 Thomas Straumann 63 Dental implants, Switzerland $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
881 Wu Yajun 62 Longfor Properties, China $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
882 Thomas B. Hagen 91 Erie Indemnity insurance, United States $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
883 Rodger O. Riney 80 Scottrade, United States $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
884 Nusli Wadia 82 Consumer goods, India $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
885 Austen S. Cargill II 75 Cargill (inherited), United States $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
886 James R. Cargill II 77 Cargill (inherited), United States $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
887 Marianne Cargill Liebmann 73 Cargill (inherited), United States $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
888 Donald Sterling 92 Real estate, United States $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
889 Igor Kesaev 59 Tobacco distribution, retail, Russia $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
890 Herbert Wertheim 87 Brain Power Inc., investments, United States $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
891 Lorinc Meszaros 60 Diversified, Hungary $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
892 Jiang Rensheng 56 Vaccines, China $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
893 C. Dean Metropoulos 80 Investments, United States $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
894 Hu Baifan 64 Pharmaceuticals, China $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
895 Sergio Stevanato 83 Stevanato Group pharma glass, Italy $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
896 Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani 67 Investments, Qatar $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
897 James Cox Chambers 69 Cox Enterprises (inherited), United States $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
898 Katharine Rayner 81 Cox Enterprises (inherited), United States $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
899 Margaretta Taylor 84 Cox Enterprises (inherited), United States $4.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes
900 Drayton McLane, Jr. 90 McLane Company, United States $4.8B 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?
Helen Johnson-Leipold is first in the BillionaireList ranking with a latest public estimate of $5.3 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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