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Industry intelligence · 2026 provisional annual reference
Finance and investments
Investment management, banking, brokerage, private equity and financial services. Reported estimates and positions come from a March 1, 2026 external annual reference and are not independently calculated Other Billionaires valuations.
517Provisional records$3227.6BCombined provisional estimates$6.2BAverage provisional estimateUSALeading country
Top wealth sourcesBerkshire HathawayCryptocurrency exchangeBloomberg LPCryptocurrencyDiscount brokerageTrading
Supplemental research records are placed near an attributed public figure solely for discovery. They remain NR and are excluded from annual ranks, counts, totals and structured net-worth data.
| Provisional category position | Provisional global rank | Person | Reported amount | Country | Wealth source | Industry | Source | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #9 | Warren BuffettAge 95 | $149BExternal annual reference | USA | Berkshire Hathaway | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 2 | #17 | Changpeng ZhaoAge 49 | $110BExternal annual reference | Canada | Cryptocurrency exchange | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 3 | #18 | Michael BloombergAge 84 | $109BExternal annual reference | USA | Bloomberg LP | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 4 | #22 | Giancarlo DevasiniAge 61 | $89.3BExternal annual reference | Italy | Cryptocurrency | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 5 | #23 | Thomas PeterffyAge 81 | $82.9BExternal annual reference | USA | Discount brokerage | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 6 | #28 | Jeff YassAge 67 | $67.4BExternal annual reference | USA | Trading, investments | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 7 | #36 | Masayoshi SonAge 68 | $51.5BExternal annual reference | Japan | Telecom, Investments | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 8 | #37 | Ken GriffinAge 57 | $49.8BExternal annual reference | USA | Hedge funds | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 9 | #46 | Andrea PignataroAge 55 | $42.6BExternal annual reference | Italy | Financial software | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 10 | #52 | Stephen SchwarzmanAge 79 | $38.3BExternal annual reference | USA | Investments | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 11 | #53 | Jean-Louis van der VeldeAge 62 | $38BExternal annual reference | Netherlands | Cryptocurrency | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 11 | #53 | Paolo ArdoinoAge 41 | $38BExternal annual reference | Italy | Cryptocurrency | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 13 | #63 | Abigail JohnsonAge 64 | $33.2BExternal annual reference | USA | Fidelity | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 14 | #66 | Marilyn Simons & familyAge 75 | $32.5BExternal annual reference | USA | Hedge funds | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 15 | #87 | Peter ThielAge 58 | $28.4BExternal annual reference | USA | Facebook, investments | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 16 | #90 | Daniel GilbertAge 64 | $27.9BExternal annual reference | USA | Rocket Mortgage | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 17 | #94 | Vicky Safra & familyAge 73 | $27.1BExternal annual reference | Greece | Banking | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 18 | #98 | Israel EnglanderAge 77 | $25.8BExternal annual reference | USA | Hedge funds | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 19 | #99 | Suleiman Kerimov & familyAge 59 | $25.7BExternal annual reference | Russia | Gold | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 20 | #103 | Yu YongAge 65 | $25.4BExternal annual reference | China | Mining | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 21 | #104 | Stuart HoegnerAge not reported | $24.7BExternal annual reference | Canada | Cryptocurrency | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 22 | #109 | David TepperAge 68 | $23.7BExternal annual reference | USA | Hedge funds | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 23 | #111 | Steve CohenAge 69 | $23BExternal annual reference | USA | Hedge funds | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 24 | #120 | Michael PlattAge 57 | $20.9BExternal annual reference | UK | Hedge funds | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 25 | #131 | Andre EstevesAge 57 | $20.2BExternal annual reference | Brazil | Banking | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 25 | #131 | Renata Kellnerova & familyAge 58 | $20.2BExternal annual reference | Czech Republic | Finance, telecommunications | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 27 | #135 | Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal AlsaudAge 71 | $19.9BExternal annual reference | Saudi Arabia | investments | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 28 | #137 | John DoerrAge 74 | $19.8BExternal annual reference | USA | Venture capital | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 29 | #139 | R. Budi HartonoAge 85 | $19.6BExternal annual reference | Indonesia | Banking, tobacco | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 30 | #141 | Philip AnschutzAge 86 | $19.4BExternal annual reference | USA | Energy, sports, entertainment | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 31 | #150 | Nik StoronskyAge 41 | $18.8BExternal annual reference | UK | Fintech | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 32 | #156 | Ludwig MerckleAge 61 | $18.3BExternal annual reference | Germany | Pharmaceuticals | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 33 | #171 | Arthur DantchikAge 68 | $16.9BExternal annual reference | USA | Trading, investments | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 34 | #178 | Peter MalloukAge 56 | $16.1BExternal annual reference | USA | Wealth planning | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 35 | #188 | Ray DalioAge 76 | $15.4BExternal annual reference | USA | Hedge funds | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 36 | #196 | Jaime Gilinski BacalAge 68 | $14.7BExternal annual reference | Colombia | Banking | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 37 | #199 | David Velez & familyAge 44 | $14.5BExternal annual reference | Colombia | Fintech | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 38 | #201 | Uday KotakAge 66 | $14.4BExternal annual reference | India | Banking | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 39 | #216 | Edward Johnson, IV.Age 61 | $13.6BExternal annual reference | USA | Fidelity | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 40 | #226 | Ken FisherAge 75 | $13.2BExternal annual reference | USA | Money management | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 41 | #232 | Charles SchwabAge 88 | $13BExternal annual reference | USA | Discount brokerage | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 42 | #234 | Orlando BravoAge 55 | $12.8BExternal annual reference | USA | Private equity | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 43 | #238 | Andrew BealAge 73 | $12.6BExternal annual reference | USA | Banks, real estate | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 44 | #241 | George RobertsAge 82 | $12.5BExternal annual reference | USA | Private equity | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 45 | #245 | Chris LarsenAge 65 | $12.3BExternal annual reference | USA | Cryptocurrency | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 45 | #245 | Francine von Finck & familyAge 81 | $12.3BExternal annual reference | Germany | Investments | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 47 | #251 | Leon BlackAge 74 | $12.2BExternal annual reference | USA | Private equity | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 48 | #255 | Alexander GerkoAge 46 | $12BExternal annual reference | UK | Trading | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 49 | #260 | Nadia Thiele & familyAge 50 | $11.9BExternal annual reference | Germany | Investments | Finance | Forbes profile | |
| 50 | #262 | Christopher HohnAge 59 | $11.8BExternal annual reference | UK | Hedge funds | Finance | Forbes profile |
