The 2025 edition of the Forbes World's Billionaires ranking
The World's Billionaires, 2025 is the 2025 edition of the annual ranking of the world's billionaires published by the American business magazine Forbes. The list data published by Forbes for 2025 contain 3,028 people with an estimated net worth of at least US$1 billion, worth a combined US$16.09 trillion.[1] That is 247 more than the 2,781 people in the 2024 list.[2] The top-ranked person was Elon Musk, with an estimated US$342.0 billion (Tesla, SpaceX).[1]
Methodology
The figures on this page were compiled from the list data published by Forbes for the 2025 World's Billionaires list.[1] Net worth figures are Forbes's own estimates, in US dollars, at the time the list was compiled; they are not audited figures. Totals and breakdowns were calculated by Powerbase from that data: country means the country of citizenship recorded by Forbes; regions are a grouping of those countries made for this page (Forbes does not publish them in this form); gender is as recorded by Forbes; and industry is the first industry category Forbes assigns to each entry. Entries listed by Forbes as a family (for example "& family") are counted once. Forbes's own methodology article could not be opened for this page, so its details are not summarised here.
This page deliberately reproduces only aggregate figures and the top 100 entries, not the complete Forbes list. It contains no breakdown by religion, ethnicity or race compiled by Powerbase; the only group figures are counts published by named third parties, reported in the section "Published counts by group".
Summary
Summary of the list
| Measure |
Value
|
| Number of billionaires |
3,028
|
| Combined net worth |
US$16.09 trillion
|
| Average net worth |
US$5.31 billion
|
| Median net worth |
US$2.40 billion
|
| Worth US$100 billion or more |
15
|
| Combined worth of top 10 |
US$1.82 trillion
|
| Countries of citizenship represented |
78
|
[1]
By country of citizenship
Top 25 countries of citizenship
| Country |
Billionaires |
Share of total |
Combined net worth (US$ billion)
|
| United States |
902 |
29.8% |
6,750.4
|
| China |
450 |
14.9% |
1,682.0
|
| India |
205 |
6.8% |
941.0
|
| Germany |
171 |
5.6% |
793.1
|
| Russia |
139 |
4.6% |
579.1
|
| Canada |
76 |
2.5% |
359.1
|
| Italy |
74 |
2.4% |
338.8
|
| Hong Kong |
67 |
2.2% |
337.0
|
| Brazil |
55 |
1.8% |
191.2
|
| United Kingdom |
54 |
1.8% |
235.3
|
| Taiwan |
53 |
1.8% |
169.8
|
| France |
52 |
1.7% |
573.4
|
| Singapore |
49 |
1.6% |
145.2
|
| Australia |
47 |
1.6% |
223.7
|
| Sweden |
45 |
1.5% |
191.2
|
| Japan |
42 |
1.4% |
182.0
|
| Switzerland |
42 |
1.4% |
242.7
|
| Israel |
42 |
1.4% |
176.0
|
| Spain |
34 |
1.1% |
211.5
|
| Indonesia |
33 |
1.1% |
175.4
|
| Turkey |
32 |
1.1% |
67.3
|
| South Korea |
30 |
1.0% |
75.6
|
| Thailand |
25 |
0.8% |
93.5
|
| Mexico |
22 |
0.7% |
167.1
|
| Malaysia |
19 |
0.6% |
57.3
|
| All other (53) |
268 |
8.9% |
1,129.9
|
[1]
By region
Region (grouping of citizenship countries)
| Region |
Billionaires |
Share of total |
Combined net worth (US$ billion)
|
| Asia-Pacific |
1,052 |
34.7% |
4,201.9
|
| North America |
978 |
32.3% |
7,109.5
|
| Europe |
804 |
26.6% |
3,884.6
|
| Latin America & Caribbean |
98 |
3.2% |
483.8
|
| Middle East & North Africa |
82 |
2.7% |
324.9
|
| Sub-Saharan Africa |
14 |
0.5% |
84.0
|
[1]
By gender
Gender as recorded by Forbes
| Gender |
Billionaires |
Share of total |
Combined net worth (US$ billion)
|
| Men |
2,619 |
86.5% |
13,962.6
|
| Women |
409 |
13.5% |
2,126.0
|
[1]
By industry
First industry category assigned by Forbes
| Industry (Forbes category) |
Billionaires |
Share of total |
Combined net worth (US$ billion)
|
| Finance & Investments |
464 |
15.3% |
2,598.3
|
| Technology |
401 |
13.2% |
3,205.6
|
| Manufacturing |
344 |
11.4% |
1,094.3
|
| Fashion & Retail |
297 |
9.8% |
2,013.0
|
| Healthcare |
230 |
7.6% |
816.2
|
| Food & Beverage |
223 |
7.4% |
1,075.2
|
| Diversified |
210 |
6.9% |
1,148.1
|
| Real Estate |
205 |
6.8% |
704.3
|
| Media & Entertainment |
115 |
3.8% |
423.2
|
| Energy |
106 |
3.5% |
553.5
|
| Automotive |
80 |
2.6% |
770.8
|
| Metals & Mining |
75 |
2.5% |
496.6
|
| Logistics |
61 |
2.0% |
310.8
|
| Construction & Engineering |
54 |
1.8% |
181.1
|
| Service |
54 |
1.8% |
199.9
|
| Sports |
53 |
1.8% |
192.4
|
| Telecom |
34 |
1.1% |
196.6
|
| Gambling & Casinos |
22 |
0.7% |
108.7
|
[1]
Published counts by group
The figures below are counts compiled by the named publishers using their own criteria; they are reproduced as published and are not comparable with each other. No published counts were found for other groups.
Published aggregate counts relating to the 2025 list
| Group |
Publisher |
Count |
Combined worth |
Publisher's stated basis
|
| Black billionaires |
Forbes (annual count, 2025 list; prior-year figure as stated in a March 2026 report) |
23 |
not stated in source |
Forbes's annual count of Black billionaires; the classification method is not described in the secondary report opened[3]
|
| Jewish billionaires |
Forbes Israel ("The World's Jewish Billionaires 2025", published 7 January 2025; Forbes data as of 25 December 2024) |
465 |
US$2.66 trillion |
"a unique international project by Forbes Israel", which "draws from the Forbes World's Billionaires List, in which Forbes Israel is a contributing partner"; inclusion criteria not stated[4][5]
|
Top 100
Entries ranked 1 to 100 by Forbes (tied ranks included).[1] Age is as given in the Forbes list data for 2025.
| Rank |
Name |
Net worth (US$ billion) |
Age |
Citizenship |
Source of wealth |
Industry
|
| 1 |
Elon Musk |
342.0 |
53 |
United States |
Tesla, SpaceX |
Automotive
|
| 2 |
Mark Zuckerberg |
216.0 |
40 |
United States |
Facebook |
Technology
|
| 3 |
Jeff Bezos |
215.0 |
61 |
United States |
Amazon |
Technology
|
| 4 |
Larry Ellison |
192.0 |
80 |
United States |
Oracle |
Technology
|
| 5 |
Bernard Arnault & family |
178.0 |
76 |
France |
LVMH |
Fashion & Retail
|
| 6 |
Warren Buffett |
154.0 |
94 |
United States |
Berkshire Hathaway |
Finance & Investments
|
| 7 |
Larry Page |
144.0 |
52 |
United States |
Google |
Technology
|
| 8 |
Sergey Brin |
138.0 |
51 |
United States |
Google |
Technology
|
| 9 |
Amancio Ortega |
124.0 |
89 |
Spain |
Zara |
Fashion & Retail
|
| 10 |
Steve Ballmer |
118.0 |
69 |
United States |
Microsoft |
Technology
|
| 11 |
Rob Walton & family |
110.0 |
80 |
United States |
Walmart |
Fashion & Retail
|
| 12 |
Jim Walton & family |
109.0 |
76 |
United States |
Walmart |
Fashion & Retail
|
| 13 |
Bill Gates |
108.0 |
69 |
United States |
Microsoft |
Technology
|
| 14 |
Michael Bloomberg |
105.0 |
83 |
United States |
Bloomberg LP |
Finance & Investments
|
| 15 |
Alice Walton |
101.0 |
75 |
United States |
Walmart |
Fashion & Retail
|
| 16 |
Jensen Huang |
98.7 |
62 |
United States |
Semiconductors |
Technology
|
| 17 |
Michael Dell |
97.7 |
60 |
United States |
Dell Technologies |
Technology
|
| 18 |
Mukesh Ambani |
92.5 |
67 |
India |
Diversified |
Diversified
|
| 19 |
Carlos Slim Helu & family |
82.5 |
85 |
Mexico |
Telecom |
Telecom
|
| 20 |
Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family |
81.6 |
71 |
France |
L'Oréal |
Fashion & Retail
|
| 21 |
Julia Koch & family |
74.2 |
62 |
United States |
Koch, Inc. |
Diversified
|
| 22 |
Charles Koch & family |
67.5 |
89 |
United States |
Koch, Inc. |
Diversified
|
| 23 |
Zhang Yiming |
65.5 |
41 |
China |
TikTok |
Technology
|
| 24 |
Changpeng Zhao |
62.9 |
48 |
Canada |
Cryptocurrency exchange |
Finance & Investments
|
| 25 |
Jeff Yass |
59.0 |
66 |
United States |
Trading, investments |
Finance & Investments
|
| 26 |
Zhong Shanshan |
57.7 |
70 |
China |
Beverages, pharmaceuticals |
Food & Beverage
|
| 27 |
Thomas Peterffy |
57.3 |
80 |
United States |
Discount brokerage |
Finance & Investments
|
| 28 |
Gautam Adani |
56.3 |
62 |
India |
Infrastructure, commodities |
Diversified
|
| 29 |
Ma Huateng |
56.2 |
53 |
China |
Online games |
Technology
|
| 30 |
Tadashi Yanai & family |
45.1 |
76 |
Japan |
Fashion retail |
Fashion & Retail
|
| 31 |
Stephen Schwarzman |
44.4 |
78 |
United States |
Investments |
Finance & Investments
|
| 32 |
Lei Jun |
43.5 |
55 |
China |
Smartphones, automobiles |
Technology
|
| 33 |
Jacqueline Mars |
42.6 |
85 |
United States |
Candy, pet food |
Food & Beverage
|
| 33 |
John Mars |
42.6 |
89 |
United States |
Candy, pet food |
Food & Beverage
|
| 35 |
Ken Griffin |
42.3 |
56 |
United States |
Hedge funds |
Finance & Investments
|
| 35 |
Colin Huang |
42.3 |
45 |
China |
E-commerce |
Technology
|
| 37 |
Dieter Schwarz |
41.0 |
85 |
Germany |
Retail |
Fashion & Retail
|
| 38 |
Mark Mateschitz |
40.6 |
32 |
Austria |
Red Bull |
Food & Beverage
|
| 39 |
Klaus-Michael Kuehne |
39.6 |
87 |
Germany |
Shipping |
Logistics
|
| 40 |
Li Ka-shing |
38.9 |
96 |
Hong Kong |
Diversified |
Diversified
|
| 41 |
Giovanni Ferrero |
38.2 |
60 |
Italy |
Nutella, chocolates |
Food & Beverage
|
| 42 |
Lukas Walton |
37.9 |
38 |
United States |
Walmart |
Fashion & Retail
|
| 42 |
Robin Zeng |
37.9 |
56 |
Hong Kong |
Batteries |
Automotive
|
| 44 |
Gianluigi Aponte |
37.7 |
84 |
Switzerland |
Shipping |
Logistics
|
| 44 |
Rafaela Aponte-Diamant |
37.7 |
80 |
Switzerland |
Shipping |
Logistics
|
| 46 |
Alain Wertheimer |
36.0 |
76 |
France |
Chanel |
Fashion & Retail
|
| 46 |
Gerard Wertheimer |
36.0 |
74 |
France |
Chanel |
Fashion & Retail
|
| 48 |
Savitri Jindal & family |
35.5 |
75 |
India |
Steel |
Metals & Mining
|
| 49 |
Phil Knight & family |
35.4 |
87 |
United States |
Nike |
Fashion & Retail
|
| 50 |
Reinhold Wuerth & family |
35.1 |
89 |
Germany |
Fasteners |
Manufacturing
|
| 51 |
Shiv Nadar |
34.5 |
79 |
India |
Software services |
Technology
|
| 51 |
Eduardo Saverin |
34.5 |
43 |
Brazil |
Facebook |
Technology
|
| 53 |
Andrea Pignataro |
34.2 |
54 |
Italy |
Financial software |
Finance & Investments
|
| 54 |
William Ding |
33.3 |
53 |
China |
Online games |
Technology
|
| 55 |
Abigail Johnson |
32.7 |
63 |
United States |
Fidelity |
Finance & Investments
|
| 56 |
Miriam Adelson & family |
32.1 |
79 |
United States |
Casinos |
Gambling & Casinos
|
| 57 |
Marilyn Simons & family |
31.0 |
74 |
United States |
Hedge funds |
Finance & Investments
|
| 58 |
Melinda French Gates |
30.4 |
60 |
United States |
Microsoft, investments |
Technology
|
| 59 |
Len Blavatnik |
29.9 |
67 |
United States |
Music, chemicals |
Diversified
|
| 60 |
Masayoshi Son |
29.4 |
67 |
Japan |
Telecom, Investments |
Finance & Investments
|
| 61 |
Gina Rinehart |
29.3 |
71 |
Australia |
Mining |
Metals & Mining
|
| 62 |
Vagit Alekperov |
28.7 |
74 |
Russia |
Oil |
Energy
|
| 63 |
Germán Larrea Mota Velasco & family |
28.6 |
71 |
Mexico |
Mining |
Metals & Mining
|
| 63 |
Jack Ma |
28.6 |
60 |
China |
E-commerce |
Technology
|
| 63 |
Alexey Mordashov & family |
28.6 |
59 |
Russia |
Steel, investments |
Metals & Mining
|
| 66 |
Leonid Mikhelson & family |
28.4 |
69 |
Russia |
Gas, chemicals |
Energy
|
| 67 |
Elaine Marshall & family |
28.3 |
82 |
United States |
Koch Inc. |
Diversified
|
| 68 |
Eyal Ofer |
28.2 |
74 |
Israel |
Real estate, shipping |
Diversified
|
| 68 |
MacKenzie Scott |
28.2 |
54 |
United States |
Amazon |
Technology
|
| 70 |
Iris Fontbona & family |
28.1 |
82 |
Chile |
Mining |
Metals & Mining
|
| 71 |
Daniel Gilbert |
27.8 |
63 |
United States |
Rocket Mortgage |
Finance & Investments
|
| 72 |
Low Tuck Kwong |
27.3 |
76 |
Indonesia |
Coal |
Energy
|
| 73 |
Thomas Frist, Jr. & family |
27.0 |
86 |
United States |
Hospitals |
Healthcare
|
| 73 |
He Xiangjian & family |
27.0 |
82 |
China |
Home appliances |
Manufacturing
|
| 75 |
Vladimir Lisin |
26.5 |
68 |
Russia |
Steel, transport |
Metals & Mining
|
| 76 |
Wang Chuanfu |
26.4 |
58 |
China |
Batteries, automobiles |
Automotive
|
| 77 |
Lyndal Stephens Greth & family |
25.8 |
50 |
United States |
Oil & gas |
Energy
|
| 78 |
Susanne Klatten |
25.2 |
62 |
Germany |
BMW, pharmaceuticals |
Automotive
|
| 79 |
Dilip Shanghvi |
24.9 |
69 |
India |
Pharmaceuticals |
Healthcare
|
| 80 |
Emmanuel Besnier |
24.5 |
54 |
France |
Cheese |
Food & Beverage
|
| 81 |
Vladimir Potanin |
24.2 |
64 |
Russia |
Metals |
Metals & Mining
|
| 82 |
Eric Schmidt |
24.0 |
69 |
United States |
Google |
Technology
|
| 83 |
Aliko Dangote |
23.9 |
67 |
Nigeria |
Cement, sugar |
Manufacturing
|
| 84 |
Stefan Quandt |
23.8 |
58 |
Germany |
BMW |
Automotive
|
| 85 |
Gennady Timchenko |
23.2 |
72 |
Russia |
Oil, gas |
Energy
|
| 86 |
Cyrus Poonawalla |
23.1 |
83 |
India |
Vaccines |
Healthcare
|
| 87 |
Rupert Murdoch & family |
23.0 |
94 |
United States |
Newspapers, TV network |
Media & Entertainment
|
| 88 |
John Menard, Jr. |
22.9 |
85 |
United States |
Home improvement stores |
Fashion & Retail
|
| 89 |
Idan Ofer |
22.5 |
69 |
Israel |
Shipping |
Diversified
|
| 90 |
Giancarlo Devasini |
22.4 |
60 |
Italy |
Cryptocurrency |
Finance & Investments
|
| 90 |
R. Budi Hartono |
22.4 |
84 |
Indonesia |
Banking, tobacco |
Finance & Investments
|
| 92 |
Diane Hendricks |
21.9 |
78 |
United States |
Building supplies |
Construction & Engineering
|
| 93 |
François Pinault & family |
21.7 |
88 |
France |
Luxury goods |
Fashion & Retail
|
| 94 |
Michael Hartono |
21.5 |
85 |
Indonesia |
Banking, tobacco |
Manufacturing
|
| 95 |
Steve Cohen |
21.3 |
68 |
United States |
Hedge funds |
Finance & Investments
|
| 95 |
David Tepper |
21.3 |
67 |
United States |
Hedge funds |
Finance & Investments
|
| 97 |
Kumar Birla |
20.9 |
57 |
India |
Diversified |
Diversified
|
| 98 |
Vicky Safra & family |
20.7 |
72 |
Greece |
Banking |
Finance & Investments
|
| 99 |
Lu Xiangyang |
20.0 |
62 |
China |
Automobiles, batteries |
Automotive
|
| 99 |
Prajogo Pangestu |
20.0 |
80 |
Indonesia |
Petrochemicals, energy |
Diversified
|
See also
External links
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Forbes, World's Billionaires 2025 (list data feed behind forbes.com/billionaires) Forbes, 2025 edition, accessed 20 October 2026.
- ↑ Forbes, World's Billionaires 2024 (list data feed behind forbes.com/billionaires) Forbes, 2024 edition, accessed 20 October 2026.
- ↑ BellaNaija, Nigeria's 'Big Four' Lead Record 27 Black Billionaires on Forbes 2026 World's Richest List BellaNaija, 23 March 2026, accessed 20 October 2026. Secondary report of a Forbes list; the Forbes article itself could not be opened.
- ↑ Itai Zehorai, The World's Jewish Billionaires 2025 Forbes Israel, 7 January 2025, accessed 20 October 2026.
- ↑ Rafi Rosenfeld, World Jewish Billionaires in Numbers Forbes Israel, 15 January 2025, accessed 20 October 2026.