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Industry intelligence · 2026 provisional annual reference

Fashion and retail

Luxury goods, consumer brands, supermarkets, apparel and global retail groups. Reported estimates and positions come from a March 1, 2026 external annual reference and are not independently calculated Other Billionaires valuations.

311Provisional records$2320.4BCombined provisional estimates$7.5BAverage provisional estimateUSALeading country
Top wealth sourcesLVMHZaraWalmartL'OréalRetailFashion retail
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311 provisional annual recordsExternal annual reference · USD billions
Provisional category positionProvisional global rankPersonReported amountCountryWealth sourceIndustrySourceAs of
1#7Bernard Arnault & familyAge 77$171BExternal annual referenceFranceLVMHFashion and RetailForbes profile
2#10Amancio OrtegaAge 89$148BExternal annual referenceSpainZaraFashion and RetailForbes profile
3#11Rob Walton & familyAge 81$146BExternal annual referenceUSAWalmartFashion and RetailForbes profile
4#12Jim Walton & familyAge 77$143BExternal annual referenceUSAWalmartFashion and RetailForbes profile
5#14Alice WaltonAge 76$134BExternal annual referenceUSAWalmartFashion and RetailForbes profile
6#20Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & familyAge 72$100BExternal annual referenceFranceL'OréalFashion and RetailForbes profile
7#29Dieter SchwarzAge 86$67.2BExternal annual referenceGermanyRetailFashion and RetailForbes profile
8#32Tadashi Yanai & familyAge 77$61.8BExternal annual referenceJapanFashion retailFashion and RetailForbes profile
9#40Lukas WaltonAge 39$48.9BExternal annual referenceUSAWalmartFashion and RetailForbes profile
10#49Alain WertheimerAge 77$39.4BExternal annual referenceFranceChanelFashion and RetailForbes profile
10#49Gerard WertheimerAge 75$39.4BExternal annual referenceFranceChanelFashion and RetailForbes profile
12#68Phil Knight & familyAge 88$31.1BExternal annual referenceUSANikeFashion and RetailForbes profile
13#81François Pinault & familyAge 89$29.5BExternal annual referenceFranceLuxury goodsFashion and RetailForbes profile
14#106Christy WaltonAge 77$24.3BExternal annual referenceUSAWalmartFashion and RetailForbes profile
15#107Stefan PerssonAge 78$24.2BExternal annual referenceSwedenH&MFashion and RetailForbes profile
16#134Nancy Walton LaurieAge 74$20BExternal annual referenceUSAWalmartFashion and RetailForbes profile
17#141John Menard, Jr.Age 86$19.4BExternal annual referenceUSAHome improvement storesFashion and RetailForbes profile
18#146Beate HeisterAge 75$19.1BExternal annual referenceGermanySupermarketsFashion and RetailForbes profile
18#146Karl Albrecht Jr. & familyAge 78$19.1BExternal annual referenceGermanySupermarketsFashion and RetailForbes profile
20#158Theo Albrecht, Jr. & familyAge 75$18BExternal annual referenceGermanyAldi, Trader Joe'sFashion and RetailForbes profile
21#160Eric SmidtAge 66$17.9BExternal annual referenceUSAHardware storesFashion and RetailForbes profile
22#171Anders Holch PovlsenAge 53$16.9BExternal annual referenceDenmarkFashion retailFashion and RetailForbes profile
23#178Johann Rupert & familyAge 75$16.1BExternal annual referenceSouth AfricaLuxury goodsFashion and RetailForbes profile
24#185Radhakishan DamaniAge 71$15.7BExternal annual referenceIndiaRetail, investmentsFashion and RetailForbes profile
25#197Ann Walton KroenkeAge 77$14.6BExternal annual referenceUSAWalmartFashion and RetailForbes profile
26#208Ralph Lauren & familyAge 86$14.1BExternal annual referenceUSAApparelFashion and RetailForbes profile
27#226Sandra Ortega MeraAge 57$13.2BExternal annual referenceSpainZaraFashion and RetailForbes profile
28#289Charles ButtAge 88$11.1BExternal annual referenceUSASupermarketsFashion and RetailForbes profile
29#316Jimmy HaslamAge 72$10.3BExternal annual referenceUSAGas stations, retailFashion and RetailForbes profile
30#332Juan RoigAge 76$10.1BExternal annual referenceSpainSupermarketsFashion and RetailForbes profile
31#362Michael RubinAge 53$9.6BExternal annual referenceUSAOnline retailFashion and RetailForbes profile
32#364Xu GaomingAge 61$9.5BExternal annual referenceChinaGold and jewelryFashion and RetailForbes profile
33#383Nathan KirshAge 94$9.1BExternal annual referenceEswatini (Swaziland)Retail, real estateFashion and RetailForbes profile
33#383Odd Reitan & familyAge 74$9.1BExternal annual referenceNorwayRetail, real estateFashion and RetailForbes profile
35#401John MorrisAge 77$8.9BExternal annual referenceUSASporting goods retailFashion and RetailForbes profile
36#402Les Wexner & familyAge 88$8.8BExternal annual referenceUSARetailFashion and RetailForbes profile
37#430Zhang CongyuanAge 78$8.3BExternal annual referenceTaiwanShoesFashion and RetailForbes profile
38#444Michael HerzAge 82$8.1BExternal annual referenceGermanyCoffeeFashion and RetailForbes profile
38#444Tatyana KimAge 50$8.1BExternal annual referenceRussiaE-commerceFashion and RetailForbes profile
38#444Wolfgang HerzAge 75$8.1BExternal annual referenceGermanyCoffeeFashion and RetailForbes profile
41#461Alain BouchardAge 77$7.9BExternal annual referenceCanadaConvinience storesFashion and RetailForbes profile
41#461Dirk Rossmann & familyAge 79$7.9BExternal annual referenceGermanyDrugstoresFashion and RetailForbes profile
43#520Ding ShizhongAge 55$7.4BExternal annual referenceChinaSports apparelFashion and RetailForbes profile
44#528Ma JianrongAge 62$7.3BExternal annual referenceChinaTextiles, apparelFashion and RetailForbes profile
45#557Ding ShijiaAge 62$7.1BExternal annual referenceChinaSports apparelFashion and RetailForbes profile
46#567Leonardo Maria Del VecchioAge 30$7BExternal annual referenceItalyEyeglassesFashion and RetailForbes profile
47#588Michael OttoAge 82$6.9BExternal annual referenceGermanyRetail, real estateFashion and RetailForbes profile
48#595Claudio Del VecchioAge 69$6.8BExternal annual referenceItalyEyeglassesFashion and RetailForbes profile
48#595Clemente Del VecchioAge 21$6.8BExternal annual referenceItalyEyeglassesFashion and RetailForbes profile
48#595Lee Thiam WahAge 62$6.8BExternal annual referenceMalaysiaRetailingFashion and RetailForbes profile