The 100 richest men in the world in 2026: Forbes real-time ranking

A list of the world’s 100 richest people can include people of different genders and stop at the overall 100th place. This list uses a different cut: we filtered Forbes profiles marked male and ranked the first 100 in that group. Each entry also keeps its original overall Forbes position.

Edition: Singapore. article language: English.

Figures are estimated net worth in US$ billions, rounded to one decimal place. They reflect estimated ownership stakes and other assets, not cash available to spend. Where Forbes labels a fortune as belonging to a person and family, that designation is retained.

The 100 richest men

Each line shows the filtered rank among men, the overall Forbes rank, estimated net worth in US$ billions, and Forbes’ listed primary source of wealth.

1. Elon Musk — 981.0 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 1; primary source of wealth: Tesla, SpaceX.

2. Jeff Bezos — 371.2 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 2; primary source of wealth: Amazon.

3. Larry Page — 281.8 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 3; primary source of wealth: Google.

4. Michael Dell — 273.9 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 4; primary source of wealth: Dell Technologies.

5. Sergey Brin — 259.3 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 5; primary source of wealth: Google.

6. Mark Zuckerberg — 249.6 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 6; primary source of wealth: Facebook.

7. Jensen Huang — 202.5 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 7; primary source of wealth: Nvidia.

8. Larry Ellison — 184.2 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 8; primary source of wealth: Oracle.

9. Steve Ballmer — 160.6 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 9; primary source of wealth: Microsoft.

10. Warren Buffett — 143.0 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 10; primary source of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway.

11. Amancio Ortega — 140.2 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 11; primary source of wealth: Zara.

12. Rob Walton & family — 129.0 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 12; primary source of wealth: Walmart.

13. Jim Walton & family — 125.8 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 13; primary source of wealth: Walmart.

14. Bernard Arnault & family — 116.3 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 14; primary source of wealth: LVMH.

15. Changpeng Zhao — 114.6 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 16; primary source of wealth: Cryptocurrency exchange.

16. Carlos Slim Helu & family — 114.4 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 17; primary source of wealth: Telecom.

17. Bill Gates — 114.2 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 18; primary source of wealth: Microsoft.

18. Thomas Peterffy — 102.4 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 19; primary source of wealth: Discount brokerage.

19. Michael Bloomberg — 94.9 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 20; primary source of wealth: Bloomberg LP.

20. Giancarlo Devasini — 89.3 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 22; primary source of wealth: Cryptocurrency.

21. Zhang Yiming — 84.0 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 24; primary source of wealth: TikTok.

22. Mukesh Ambani — 79.5 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 25; primary source of wealth: Diversified.

23. Gautam Adani — 78.3 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 26; primary source of wealth: Infrastructure, commodities.

24. Jeff Yass — 77.8 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 27; primary source of wealth: Trading, investments.

25. Charles Koch & family — 76.9 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 28; primary source of wealth: Koch, Inc..

26. Masayoshi Son — 75.8 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 29; primary source of wealth: Telecom, Investments.

27. Germán Larrea Mota Velasco & family — 67.5 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 30; primary source of wealth: Mining.

28. Tadashi Yanai & family — 62.7 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 31; primary source of wealth: Fashion retail.

29. Zhong Shanshan — 58.5 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 32; primary source of wealth: Beverages, pharmaceuticals.

30. Ken Griffin — 57.2 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 33; primary source of wealth: Hedge funds.

31. Dieter Schwarz — 56.2 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 34; primary source of wealth: Retail.

32. Aliko Dangote — 51.7 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 35; primary source of wealth: Cement, sugar.

33. John Mars — 50.3 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 36; primary source of wealth: Candy, pet food.

34. Li Ka-shing — 49.0 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 38; primary source of wealth: Diversified.

35. Robin Zeng — 47.8 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 39; primary source of wealth: Batteries.

36. Gianluigi Aponte — 46.7 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 41; primary source of wealth: Shipping.

37. Giovanni Ferrero — 46.6 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 43; primary source of wealth: Nutella, chocolates.

38. Ma Huateng — 45.6 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 44; primary source of wealth: Online games.

39. Mark Mateschitz — 43.7 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 45; primary source of wealth: Red Bull.

40. Lukas Walton — 43.5 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 46; primary source of wealth: Walmart.

41. Andreas von Bechtolsheim & family — 41.6 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 48; primary source of wealth: Google.

42. Andrea Pignataro — 40.7 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 49; primary source of wealth: Financial software.

43. Stephen Schwarzman — 40.5 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 50; primary source of wealth: Investments.

44. Eduardo Saverin — 40.3 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 51; primary source of wealth: Facebook.

45. Liang Wenfeng — 39.9 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 52; primary source of wealth: AI, hedge fund.

46. William Ding — 39.7 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 53; primary source of wealth: Online games.

47. Alain Wertheimer — 39.4 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 54; primary source of wealth: Chanel.

48. Gerard Wertheimer — 39.4 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 54; primary source of wealth: Chanel.

49. Eric Schmidt — 38.2 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 57; primary source of wealth: Google.

50. Jean-Louis van der Velde — 38.0 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 58; primary source of wealth: Cryptocurrency.

51. Paolo Ardoino — 38.0 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 58; primary source of wealth: Cryptocurrency.

52. Peter Thiel — 37.7 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 60; primary source of wealth: Facebook, investments.

53. Alexey Mordashov & family — 36.9 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 61; primary source of wealth: Steel, investments.

54. He Xiangjian & family — 35.7 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 63; primary source of wealth: Home appliances.

55. Thomas Frist Jr & family — 35.2 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 64; primary source of wealth: Hospitals.

56. Eyal Ofer — 34.9 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 65; primary source of wealth: Real estate, shipping.

57. Pham Nhat Vuong — 34.9 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 66; primary source of wealth: Diversified.

58. John Tu — 34.4 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 68; primary source of wealth: Computer hardware.

59. David Sun — 34.4 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 69; primary source of wealth: Computer hardware.

60. Len Blavatnik — 34.1 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 70; primary source of wealth: Music, chemicals.

61. Jay Y. Lee — 34.0 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 71; primary source of wealth: Samsung.

62. Henry Samueli — 33.6 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 72; primary source of wealth: Semiconductors.

63. Lakshmi Mittal — 31.1 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 74; primary source of wealth: Steel.

64. Idan Ofer — 30.8 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 75; primary source of wealth: Shipping.

65. Vladimir Potanin — 29.7 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 77; primary source of wealth: Metals.

66. Robert Pera — 29.6 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 78; primary source of wealth: Wireless networking.

67. Vagit Alekperov — 29.5 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 79; primary source of wealth: Oil.

68. David Tepper — 28.5 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 81; primary source of wealth: Hedge funds.

69. Leonid Mikhelson & family — 28.3 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 82; primary source of wealth: Gas, chemicals.

70. Shiv Nadar — 27.9 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 83; primary source of wealth: Software services.

71. Stanley Kroenke — 27.6 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 84; primary source of wealth: Sports, real estate.

72. Chen Jianhua — 27.6 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 85; primary source of wealth: Chemicals.

73. Israel Englander — 27.6 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 86; primary source of wealth: Hedge funds.

74. Reinhold Wuerth & family — 27.3 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 88; primary source of wealth: Fasteners.

75. Cyrus Poonawalla — 27.1 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 89; primary source of wealth: Vaccines.

76. Chen Tianshi — 27.0 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 90; primary source of wealth: Semiconductors.

77. Steve Cohen — 26.7 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 91; primary source of wealth: Hedge funds.

78. Colin Huang — 26.6 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 92; primary source of wealth: E-commerce.

79. Jack Ma — 25.8 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 93; primary source of wealth: E-commerce.

80. Suleiman Kerimov & family — 25.7 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 94; primary source of wealth: Gold.

81. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud — 25.6 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 95; primary source of wealth: investments.

82. Vladimir Lisin — 25.5 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 96; primary source of wealth: Steel, transport.

83. Greg Brockman — 25.5 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 97; primary source of wealth: OpenAI.

84. Dilip Shanghvi — 25.3 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 98; primary source of wealth: Pharmaceuticals.

85. Stuart Hoegner — 24.7 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 101; primary source of wealth: Cryptocurrency.

86. Vinod Adani — 24.5 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 102; primary source of wealth: Infrastructure, commodities.

87. Rupert Murdoch & family — 24.5 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 103; primary source of wealth: Newspapers, TV network.

88. Phil Knight & family — 24.4 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 104; primary source of wealth: Nike.

89. Gennady Timchenko — 24.2 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 106; primary source of wealth: Oil, gas.

90. Takemitsu Takizaki — 24.1 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 107; primary source of wealth: Sensors.

91. François Pinault & family — 24.0 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 108; primary source of wealth: Luxury goods.

92. Jason Chang — 23.5 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 110; primary source of wealth: Semiconductors.

93. Brett Adcock — 23.4 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 112; primary source of wealth: Robots.

94. Emmanuel Besnier — 23.3 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 113; primary source of wealth: Cheese.

95. John Doerr — 23.0 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 114; primary source of wealth: Venture capital.

96. Jerry Jones & family — 23.0 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 115; primary source of wealth: Dallas Cowboys.

97. Harry Triguboff — 22.9 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 116; primary source of wealth: Real estate.

98. Stefan Quandt — 22.6 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 117; primary source of wealth: BMW.

99. John Fredriksen — 22.4 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 118; primary source of wealth: Shipping.

100. Huang Shilin — 22.4 US$ billions; overall Forbes rank: 119; primary source of wealth: Batteries.

Source: Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, accessed October 3, 2026. Forbes updates public holdings during trading and estimates fortunes tied to private companies on separate cycles. Values can change. Forbes.

Three points to keep in mind

Are these fortunes cash?

No. The estimates include company stakes and other assets. They do not mean the person has that amount available to spend.

Why is the overall Forbes rank different?

This article’s order includes only Forbes profiles marked male. The overall rank preserves each person’s original place among everyone on the list, including women.

Do the estimates stay the same all day?

No. Forbes updates public holdings during market hours and revises private-company estimates on their own schedule. This article records a snapshot from October 3, 2026.

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