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Wealth classification · 2026 provisional annual reference

Self-made billionaires

Fortunes identified by the annual source as primarily self-made. Reported estimates and positions come from a March 1, 2026 external annual reference and are not independently calculated Other Billionaires valuations.

2287Provisional annual records$13527.9BCombined 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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2,287 provisional annual recordsExternal annual reference · USD billions
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#5Mark ZuckerbergAge 41$222BExternal annual referenceUSAFacebookTechnologyForbes profile
6#6Larry EllisonAge 81$190BExternal annual referenceUSAOracleTechnologyForbes profile
7#8Jensen HuangAge 63$154BExternal annual referenceUSASemiconductorsTechnologyForbes profile
8#9Warren BuffettAge 95$149BExternal annual referenceUSABerkshire HathawayFinanceForbes profile
9#10Amancio OrtegaAge 89$148BExternal annual referenceSpainZaraFashion and RetailForbes profile
10#13Michael DellAge 61$141BExternal annual referenceUSADell TechnologiesTechnologyForbes profile
11#15Steve BallmerAge 69$126BExternal annual referenceUSAMicrosoftTechnologyForbes profile
12#16Carlos Slim Helu & familyAge 86$125BExternal annual referenceMexicoTelecomTelecomForbes profile
13#17Changpeng ZhaoAge 49$110BExternal annual referenceCanadaCryptocurrency exchangeFinanceForbes profile
14#18Michael BloombergAge 84$109BExternal annual referenceUSABloomberg LPFinanceForbes profile
15#19Bill GatesAge 70$108BExternal annual referenceUSAMicrosoftTechnologyForbes profile
16#22Giancarlo DevasiniAge 61$89.3BExternal annual referenceItalyCryptocurrencyFinanceForbes profile
17#23Thomas PeterffyAge 81$82.9BExternal annual referenceUSADiscount brokerageFinanceForbes profile
18#26Zhang YimingAge 41$69.3BExternal annual referenceChinaTikTokTechnologyForbes profile
19#27Zhong ShanshanAge 71$68.1BExternal annual referenceChinaBeverages, pharmaceuticalsFood and BeverageForbes profile
20#28Jeff YassAge 67$67.4BExternal annual referenceUSATrading, investmentsFinanceForbes profile
21#31Gautam AdaniAge 63$63.8BExternal annual referenceIndiaInfrastructure, commoditiesDiversifiedForbes profile
22#32Tadashi Yanai & familyAge 77$61.8BExternal annual referenceJapanFashion retailFashion and RetailForbes profile
23#33Ma HuatengAge 54$53.8BExternal annual referenceChinaOnline gamesTechnologyForbes profile
24#34Robin ZengAge 57$53.2BExternal annual referenceHong KongBatteriesEnergyForbes profile
25#36Masayoshi SonAge 68$51.5BExternal annual referenceJapanTelecom, InvestmentsFinanceForbes profile
26#37Ken GriffinAge 57$49.8BExternal annual referenceUSAHedge fundsFinanceForbes profile
27#42Li Ka-shingAge 97$47BExternal annual referenceHong KongDiversifiedDiversifiedForbes profile
28#44Gianluigi AponteAge 85$44.5BExternal annual referenceSwitzerlandShippingLogisticsForbes profile
28#44Rafaela Aponte-DiamantAge 80$44.5BExternal annual referenceSwitzerlandShippingLogisticsForbes profile
30#46Andrea PignataroAge 55$42.6BExternal annual referenceItalyFinancial softwareFinanceForbes profile
31#48Thomas Frist, Jr. & familyAge 87$41.1BExternal annual referenceUSAHospitalsHealthcareForbes profile
32#52Stephen SchwarzmanAge 79$38.3BExternal annual referenceUSAInvestmentsFinanceForbes profile
33#53Jean-Louis van der VeldeAge 62$38BExternal annual referenceNetherlandsCryptocurrencyFinanceForbes profile
33#53Paolo ArdoinoAge 41$38BExternal annual referenceItalyCryptocurrencyFinanceForbes profile
35#55William DingAge 54$37.9BExternal annual referenceChinaOnline gamesTechnologyForbes profile
36#57Alexey Mordashov & familyAge 60$37BExternal annual referenceRussiaSteel, investmentsMetals and MiningForbes profile
37#58Colin HuangAge 46$36.6BExternal annual referenceChinaE-commerceTechnologyForbes profile
38#59Eduardo SaverinAge 43$35.9BExternal annual referenceBrazilFacebookTechnologyForbes profile
39#60Eric SchmidtAge 70$35.5BExternal annual referenceUSAGoogleTechnologyForbes profile
40#63He Xiangjian & familyAge 83$33.2BExternal annual referenceChinaHome appliancesManufacturingForbes profile
41#67Robert PeraAge 48$31.7BExternal annual referenceUSAWireless networkingTechnologyForbes profile
42#68Phil Knight & familyAge 88$31.1BExternal annual referenceUSANikeFashion and RetailForbes profile
43#71Shiv NadarAge 80$30.9BExternal annual referenceIndiaSoftware servicesTechnologyForbes profile
44#73Henry SamueliAge 71$30.8BExternal annual referenceUSASemiconductorsTechnologyForbes profile
45#75Reinhold Wuerth & familyAge 90$30.1BExternal annual referenceGermanyFastenersManufacturingForbes profile
46#78Len BlavatnikAge 68$29.9BExternal annual referenceUSAMusic, chemicalsDiversifiedForbes profile
47#79Vladimir PotaninAge 65$29.7BExternal annual referenceRussiaMetalsMetals and MiningForbes profile
48#81François Pinault & familyAge 89$29.5BExternal annual referenceFranceLuxury goodsFashion and RetailForbes profile
48#81Vagit AlekperovAge 75$29.5BExternal annual referenceRussiaOilEnergyForbes profile
50#83Jack MaAge 61$29.1BExternal annual referenceChinaE-commerceTechnologyForbes profile