Billionaires
All-time records
Billionaires — every record, with Forbes and Bloomberg cited.
Live net worth, historical peaks, source of wealth, age-at-first-billion, inflation-adjusted comparisons. Tracking 1,075 entities sourced from Forbes + Bloomberg + Wikidata.
Top 10 by metric
Source · Forbes + BloombergRichest people (current)
- 1Elon Musk2026$419B
- 2Elon Musk2022$270.1B
- 3Mark Zuckerberg2026$250B
- 4Larry Ellison2026$220B
- 5Jeff Bezos2026$215B
- 6Bernard Arnault2024$207.8B
- 7Jeff Bezos2020$204.6B
- 8Bernard Arnault2026$180B
- 9Larry Page2026$170B
- 10Elon Musk2021$162B
Highest peak net worth
- 1Elon Musk2024$486B
- 2Mark Zuckerberg2024$260B
- 3Jeff Bezos2024$244B
- 4Bernard Arnault2023$233B
- 5Gautam Adani2022$150B
- 6Bill Gates1999$100B
- 7Carlos Slim2012$82B
- 8Masayoshi Son2000$78B
- 9Jack Ma2020$65B
Youngest to a billion
- #1Mark Zuckerberg200823 y
- #2Michael Dell199227 y
- #3Larry Page200431 y
- #4Sergey Brin200431 y
- #5Bill Gates198731 y
- #6Jeff Bezos199935 y
- #7Elon Musk201241 y
- #8Larry Ellison199349 y
- #9Warren Buffett198656 y
By industry
- #1Technology70$5T
- #2Fashion & Retail35$2T
- #3Diversified21$1T
- #4Finance & Investments15$789B
- #5Telecom5$311B
- #6Media & Entertainment6$256B
- #7Food & Beverage5$160B
- #8Metals & Mining6$97B
Browse by source of wealth
8 industriesTechnology70
$5T
Top · Elon Musk
Fashion & Retail35
$2T
Top · Bernard Arnault
Diversified21
$1T
Top · Gautam Adani
Finance & Investments15
$789B
Top · Warren Buffett
Telecom5
$311B
Top · Carlos Slim
Media & Entertainment6
$256B
Top · Michael Bloomberg
Food & Beverage5
$160B
Top · Zhong Shanshan
Metals & Mining6
$97B
Top · Iris Fontbona