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Wealth classification · 2026 provisional annual reference

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Entrepreneurs whose source biography identifies them as a founder or co-founder of a principal wealth source. Reported estimates and positions come from a March 1, 2026 external annual reference and are not independently calculated Other Billionaires valuations.

1983Provisional annual records$11970.2BCombined provisional estimates

Membership is generated from source fields, wealth-source text and deterministic classification rules. The source classifications and reported values are provisional while sourcing and methodology are under review; qualified research records remain excluded from aggregate totals.

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1,983 provisional annual records + 1 qualified research recordExternal annual reference · USD billions

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 positionProvisional global rankPersonReported amountCountryWealth sourceIndustrySourceAs of
1#1Elon MuskAge 54$839BExternal annual referenceUSATesla, SpaceXTechnologyForbes profile
2#2Larry PageAge 52$257BExternal annual referenceUSAGoogleTechnologyForbes profile
3#3Sergey BrinAge 52$237BExternal annual referenceUSAGoogleTechnologyForbes profile
4#4Jeff BezosAge 62$224BExternal annual referenceUSAAmazonTechnologyForbes profile
5#6Larry EllisonAge 81$190BExternal annual referenceUSAOracleTechnologyForbes profile
6#8Jensen HuangAge 63$154BExternal annual referenceUSASemiconductorsTechnologyForbes profile
7#10Amancio OrtegaAge 89$148BExternal annual referenceSpainZaraFashion and RetailForbes profile
8#11Rob Walton & familyAge 81$146BExternal annual referenceUSAWalmartFashion and RetailForbes profile
9#12Jim Walton & familyAge 77$143BExternal annual referenceUSAWalmartFashion and RetailForbes profile
10#14Alice WaltonAge 76$134BExternal annual referenceUSAWalmartFashion and RetailForbes profile
11#15Steve BallmerAge 69$126BExternal annual referenceUSAMicrosoftTechnologyForbes profile
12#17Changpeng ZhaoAge 49$110BExternal annual referenceCanadaCryptocurrency exchangeFinanceForbes profile
13#18Michael BloombergAge 84$109BExternal annual referenceUSABloomberg LPFinanceForbes profile
14#20Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & familyAge 72$100BExternal annual referenceFranceL'OréalFashion and RetailForbes profile
15#21Mukesh AmbaniAge 68$99.7BExternal annual referenceIndiaDiversifiedDiversifiedForbes profile
16#23Thomas PeterffyAge 81$82.9BExternal annual referenceUSADiscount brokerageFinanceForbes profile
17#26Zhang YimingAge 41$69.3BExternal annual referenceChinaTikTokTechnologyForbes profile
18#27Zhong ShanshanAge 71$68.1BExternal annual referenceChinaBeverages, pharmaceuticalsFood and BeverageForbes profile
19#28Jeff YassAge 67$67.4BExternal annual referenceUSATrading, investmentsFinanceForbes profile
20#34Robin ZengAge 57$53.2BExternal annual referenceHong KongBatteriesEnergyForbes profile
21#36Masayoshi SonAge 68$51.5BExternal annual referenceJapanTelecom, InvestmentsFinanceForbes profile
22#37Ken GriffinAge 57$49.8BExternal annual referenceUSAHedge fundsFinanceForbes profile
23#38Jacqueline MarsAge 86$49.1BExternal annual referenceUSACandy, pet foodFood and BeverageForbes profile
23#38John MarsAge 90$49.1BExternal annual referenceUSACandy, pet foodFood and BeverageForbes profile
25#40Lukas WaltonAge 39$48.9BExternal annual referenceUSAWalmartFashion and RetailForbes profile
26#43Mark MateschitzAge 33$45.8BExternal annual referenceAustriaRed BullFood and BeverageForbes profile
27#46Andrea PignataroAge 55$42.6BExternal annual referenceItalyFinancial softwareFinanceForbes profile
28#47Klaus-Michael KuehneAge 88$41.9BExternal annual referenceGermanyShippingLogisticsForbes profile
29#48Thomas Frist, Jr. & familyAge 87$41.1BExternal annual referenceUSAHospitalsHealthcareForbes profile
30#49Alain WertheimerAge 77$39.4BExternal annual referenceFranceChanelFashion and RetailForbes profile
31#51Savitri Jindal & familyAge 75$39.1BExternal annual referenceIndiaSteelMetals and MiningForbes profile
32#52Stephen SchwarzmanAge 79$38.3BExternal annual referenceUSAInvestmentsFinanceForbes profile
33#53Jean-Louis van der VeldeAge 62$38BExternal annual referenceNetherlandsCryptocurrencyFinanceForbes profile
34#55William DingAge 54$37.9BExternal annual referenceChinaOnline gamesTechnologyForbes profile
35#58Colin HuangAge 46$36.6BExternal annual referenceChinaE-commerceTechnologyForbes profile
36#59Eduardo SaverinAge 43$35.9BExternal annual referenceBrazilFacebookTechnologyForbes profile
37#60Eric SchmidtAge 70$35.5BExternal annual referenceUSAGoogleTechnologyForbes profile
38#63Abigail JohnsonAge 64$33.2BExternal annual referenceUSAFidelityFinanceForbes profile
38#63Zheng Shuliang & familyAge 80$33.2BExternal annual referenceChinaAluminum productsMetals and MiningForbes profile
40#67Robert PeraAge 48$31.7BExternal annual referenceUSAWireless networkingTechnologyForbes profile
41#68Michal StrnadAge 33$31.1BExternal annual referenceCzech RepublicDefense ContractingManufacturingForbes profile
41#68Phil Knight & familyAge 88$31.1BExternal annual referenceUSANikeFashion and RetailForbes profile
43#71Elaine Marshall & familyAge 83$30.9BExternal annual referenceUSAKoch Inc.DiversifiedForbes profile
43#71Shiv NadarAge 80$30.9BExternal annual referenceIndiaSoftware servicesTechnologyForbes profile
45#73Henry SamueliAge 71$30.8BExternal annual referenceUSASemiconductorsTechnologyForbes profile
46#75Reinhold Wuerth & familyAge 90$30.1BExternal annual referenceGermanyFastenersManufacturingForbes profile
47#77Lyndal Stephens Greth & familyAge 51$30BExternal annual referenceUSAOil & gasEnergyForbes profile
48#79Vladimir PotaninAge 65$29.7BExternal annual referenceRussiaMetalsMetals and MiningForbes profile
49#81François Pinault & familyAge 89$29.5BExternal annual referenceFranceLuxury goodsFashion and RetailForbes profile
50#83Jack MaAge 61$29.1BExternal annual referenceChinaE-commerceTechnologyForbes profile