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{{short description|'''The 2026 edition of the Forbes World's Billionaires ranking'''}}

'''The World's Billionaires, 2026''' is the 2026 edition of the annual ranking of the world's billionaires published by the American business magazine ''[[Forbes]]''. The list data published by Forbes for 2026 contain 3,428 people with an estimated net worth of at least US$1 billion, worth a combined US$20.05 trillion.<ref name="ForbesList2026">Forbes, [https://www.forbes.com/forbesapi/person/billionaires/2026/position/true.json World's Billionaires 2026 (list data feed behind forbes.com/billionaires)] ''Forbes'', 2026 edition, accessed 20 October 2026.</ref> That is 400 more than the 3,028 people in the 2025 list.<ref name="ForbesList2025">Forbes, [https://www.forbes.com/forbesapi/person/billionaires/2025/position/true.json World's Billionaires 2025 (list data feed behind forbes.com/billionaires)] ''Forbes'', 2025 edition, accessed 20 October 2026.</ref> The top-ranked person was [[Elon Musk]], with an estimated US$839.0 billion (Tesla, SpaceX).<ref name="ForbesList2026" />

== Methodology ==
The figures on this page were compiled from the list data published by [[Forbes]] for the 2026 World's Billionaires list.<ref name="ForbesList2026" /> 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. For the 2026 list, [[Forbes Middle East]] reported that the figures were "based on share prices and data as of March 1, 2026".<ref name="FMEArab2026">Hagar Omran, [https://forbesmiddleeast.com/billionaires/arab-billionaires/meet-the-4-new-entrants-to-the-arab-billionaire-ranks-2026 Meet The Four New Entrants To The Arab Billionaire Ranks In 2026] ''Forbes Middle East'', 11 March 2026, accessed 20 October 2026.</ref>

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.

== Summary ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Summary of the list
! Measure !! Value
|-
| Number of billionaires || 3,428
|-
| Combined net worth || US$20.05 trillion
|-
| Average net worth || US$5.85 billion
|-
| Median net worth || US$2.50 billion
|-
| Worth US$100 billion or more || 20
|-
| Combined worth of top 10 || US$2.59 trillion
|-
| Countries of citizenship represented || 80
|}<ref name="ForbesList2026" />

[[File:Black_billionaires_Forbes_2026_pie.png|thumb|500px|Black billionaires on the Forbes 2026 list, by number and combined wealth]]

=== By country of citizenship ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Top 25 countries of citizenship
! Country !! Billionaires !! Share of total !! Combined net worth (US$ billion)
|-
| United States || 991 || 28.9% || 8,431.4
|-
| China || 539 || 15.7% || 2,175.3
|-
| India || 229 || 6.7% || 1,019.2
|-
| Germany || 212 || 6.2% || 1,016.2
|-
| Russia || 149 || 4.3% || 652.7
|-
| Italy || 90 || 2.6% || 483.9
|-
| Canada || 82 || 2.4% || 457.2
|-
| Hong Kong || 71 || 2.1% || 420.1
|-
| Brazil || 70 || 2.0% || 264.8
|-
| Taiwan || 66 || 1.9% || 245.3
|-
| United Kingdom || 57 || 1.7% || 300.2
|-
| Australia || 56 || 1.6% || 249.2
|-
| Singapore || 55 || 1.6% || 155.7
|-
| France || 53 || 1.5% || 627.8
|-
| South Korea || 50 || 1.5% || 197.3
|-
| Sweden || 50 || 1.5% || 224.6
|-
| Spain || 44 || 1.3% || 281.2
|-
| Japan || 44 || 1.3% || 228.9
|-
| Switzerland || 44 || 1.3% || 278.4
|-
| Israel || 41 || 1.2% || 196.2
|-
| Turkey || 40 || 1.2% || 91.7
|-
| Indonesia || 35 || 1.0% || 210.5
|-
| Malaysia || 25 || 0.7% || 79.8
|-
| Mexico || 24 || 0.7% || 267.3
|-
| Thailand || 22 || 0.6% || 100.3
|-
| All other (55) || 289 || 8.4% || 1,395.1
|}<ref name="ForbesList2026" />

=== By region ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Region (grouping of citizenship countries)
! Region !! Billionaires !! Share of total !! Combined net worth (US$ billion)
|-
| Asia-Pacific || 1,230 || 35.9% || 5,231.7
|-
| North America || 1,073 || 31.3% || 8,888.6
|-
| Europe || 915 || 26.7% || 4,781.5
|-
| Latin America & Caribbean || 115 || 3.4% || 697.6
|-
| Middle East & North Africa || 80 || 2.3% || 345.4
|-
| Sub-Saharan Africa || 15 || 0.4% || 105.5
|}<ref name="ForbesList2026" />

=== By gender ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Gender as recorded by Forbes
! Gender !! Billionaires !! Share of total !! Combined net worth (US$ billion)
|-
| Men || 2,947 || 86.0% || 17,427.1
|-
| Women || 481 || 14.0% || 2,623.2
|}<ref name="ForbesList2026" />

=== By industry ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ First industry category assigned by Forbes
! Industry (Forbes category) !! Billionaires !! Share of total !! Combined net worth (US$ billion)
|-
| Finance & Investments || 517 || 15.1% || 3,227.6
|-
| Manufacturing || 470 || 13.7% || 1,551.2
|-
| Technology || 468 || 13.7% || 4,789.0
|-
| Fashion & Retail || 311 || 9.1% || 2,320.4
|-
| Food & Beverage || 255 || 7.4% || 1,265.0
|-
| Healthcare || 255 || 7.4% || 1,003.3
|-
| Diversified || 225 || 6.6% || 1,356.6
|-
| Real Estate || 214 || 6.2% || 783.6
|-
| Media & Entertainment || 123 || 3.6% || 478.5
|-
| Energy || 115 || 3.4% || 712.9
|-
| Metals & Mining || 96 || 2.8% || 703.1
|-
| Automotive || 76 || 2.2% || 421.4
|-
| Logistics || 69 || 2.0% || 375.5
|-
| Construction & Engineering || 65 || 1.9% || 235.7
|-
| Service || 57 || 1.7% || 219.4
|-
| Sports || 56 || 1.6% || 227.2
|-
| Telecom || 33 || 1.0% || 259.2
|-
| Gambling & Casinos || 23 || 0.7% || 120.7
|}<ref name="ForbesList2026" />

== Top 100 ==
Entries ranked 1 to 100 by Forbes (tied ranks included).<ref name="ForbesList2026" /> Age is as given in the Forbes list data for 2026.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank !! Name !! Net worth (US$ billion) !! Age !! Citizenship !! Source of wealth !! Industry
|-
| 1 || [[Elon Musk]] || 839.0 || 54 || United States || Tesla, SpaceX || Technology
|-
| 2 || [[Larry Page]] || 257.0 || 52 || United States || [[Google]] || Technology
|-
| 3 || [[Sergey Brin]] || 237.0 || 52 || United States || Google || Technology
|-
| 4 || [[Jeff Bezos]] || 224.0 || 62 || United States || Amazon || Technology
|-
| 5 || [[Mark Zuckerberg]] || 222.0 || 41 || United States || Facebook || Technology
|-
| 6 || [[Larry Ellison]] || 190.0 || 81 || United States || Oracle || Technology
|-
| 7 || [[Bernard Arnault]] & family || 171.0 || 77 || France || [[LVMH]] || Fashion & Retail
|-
| 8 || [[Jensen Huang]] || 154.0 || 63 || United States || Semiconductors || Technology
|-
| 9 || [[Warren Buffett]] || 149.0 || 95 || United States || Berkshire Hathaway || Finance & Investments
|-
| 10 || [[Amancio Ortega]] || 148.0 || 89 || Spain || Zara || Fashion & Retail
|-
| 11 || [[Rob Walton]] & family || 146.0 || 81 || United States || [[Wal-Mart|Walmart]] || Fashion & Retail
|-
| 12 || [[Jim Walton]] & family || 143.0 || 77 || United States || Walmart || Fashion & Retail
|-
| 13 || [[Michael Dell]] || 141.0 || 61 || United States || Dell Technologies || Technology
|-
| 14 || [[Alice Walton]] || 134.0 || 76 || United States || Walmart || Fashion & Retail
|-
| 15 || [[Steven A. Ballmer|Steve Ballmer]] || 126.0 || 69 || United States || [[Microsoft]] || Technology
|-
| 16 || [[Carlos Slim Helú|Carlos Slim Helu]] & family || 125.0 || 86 || Mexico || Telecom || Telecom
|-
| 17 || [[Changpeng Zhao]] || 110.0 || 49 || Canada || Cryptocurrency exchange || Finance & Investments
|-
| 18 || [[Michael Bloomberg]] || 109.0 || 84 || United States || Bloomberg LP || Finance & Investments
|-
| 19 || [[William H Gates|Bill Gates]] || 108.0 || 70 || United States || Microsoft || Technology
|-
| 20 || [[Françoise Bettencourt Meyers|Francoise Bettencourt Meyers]] & family || 100.0 || 72 || France || L'Oréal || Fashion & Retail
|-
| 21 || [[Mukesh Ambani]] || 99.7 || 68 || India || Diversified || Diversified
|-
| 22 || [[Giancarlo Devasini]] || 89.3 || 61 || Italy || Cryptocurrency || Finance & Investments
|-
| 23 || [[Thomas Peterffy]] || 82.9 || 81 || United States || Discount brokerage || Finance & Investments
|-
| 24 || [[Julia Koch]] & family || 81.2 || 63 || United States || Koch, Inc. || Diversified
|-
| 25 || [[Charles G. Koch|Charles Koch]] & family || 73.8 || 90 || United States || Koch, Inc. || Diversified
|-
| 26 || [[Zhang Yiming]] || 69.3 || 41 || China || TikTok || Technology
|-
| 27 || [[Zhong Shanshan]] || 68.1 || 71 || China || Beverages, pharmaceuticals || Food & Beverage
|-
| 28 || [[Jeff Yass]] || 67.4 || 67 || United States || Trading, investments || Finance & Investments
|-
| 29 || [[Dieter Schwarz]] || 67.2 || 86 || Germany || Retail || Fashion & Retail
|-
| 30 || [[Germán Larrea Mota Velasco]] & family || 67.1 || 72 || Mexico || Mining || Metals & Mining
|-
| 31 || [[Gautam Adani]] || 63.8 || 63 || India || Infrastructure, commodities || Diversified
|-
| 32 || [[Tadashi Yanai]] & family || 61.8 || 77 || Japan || Fashion retail || Fashion & Retail
|-
| 33 || [[Ma Huateng]] || 53.8 || 54 || China || Online games || Technology
|-
| 34 || [[Robin Zeng]] || 53.2 || 57 || Hong Kong || Batteries || Energy
|-
| 35 || [[Iris Fontbona]] & family || 52.6 || 83 || Chile || Mining || Metals & Mining
|-
| 36 || [[Masayoshi Son]] || 51.5 || 68 || Japan || Telecom, Investments || Finance & Investments
|-
| 37 || [[Ken Griffin]] || 49.8 || 57 || United States || Hedge funds || Finance & Investments
|-
| 38 || [[Jacqueline Mars]] || 49.1 || 86 || United States || Candy, pet food || Food & Beverage
|-
| 38 || [[John Mars]] || 49.1 || 90 || United States || Candy, pet food || Food & Beverage
|-
| 40 || [[Lukas Walton]] || 48.9 || 39 || United States || Walmart || Fashion & Retail
|-
| 41 || [[Giovanni Ferrero]] || 48.8 || 61 || Italy || Nutella, chocolates || Food & Beverage
|-
| 42 || [[Li Ka-shing]] || 47.0 || 97 || Hong Kong || Diversified || Diversified
|-
| 43 || [[Mark Mateschitz]] || 45.8 || 33 || Austria || Red Bull || Food & Beverage
|-
| 44 || [[Gianluigi Aponte]] || 44.5 || 85 || Switzerland || Shipping || Logistics
|-
| 44 || [[Rafaela Aponte-Diamant]] || 44.5 || 80 || Switzerland || Shipping || Logistics
|-
| 46 || [[Andrea Pignataro]] || 42.6 || 55 || Italy || Financial software || Finance & Investments
|-
| 47 || [[Klaus-Michael Kuehne]] || 41.9 || 88 || Germany || Shipping || Logistics
|-
| 48 || [[Thomas Frist, Jr.]] & family || 41.1 || 87 || United States || Hospitals || Healthcare
|-
| 49 || [[Alain Wertheimer]] || 39.4 || 77 || France || Chanel || Fashion & Retail
|-
| 49 || [[Gerard Wertheimer]] || 39.4 || 75 || France || Chanel || Fashion & Retail
|-
| 51 || [[Savitri Jindal]] & family || 39.1 || 75 || India || Steel || Metals & Mining
|-
| 52 || [[Stephen A. Schwarzman|Stephen Schwarzman]] || 38.3 || 79 || United States || Investments || Finance & Investments
|-
| 53 || [[Paolo Ardoino]] || 38.0 || 41 || Italy || Cryptocurrency || Finance & Investments
|-
| 53 || [[Jean-Louis van der Velde]] || 38.0 || 62 || Netherlands || Cryptocurrency || Finance & Investments
|-
| 55 || [[William Ding]] || 37.9 || 54 || China || Online games || Technology
|-
| 56 || [[Miriam Adelson]] & family || 37.5 || 80 || United States || Casinos || Gambling & Casinos
|-
| 57 || [[Alexey Mordashov]] & family || 37.0 || 60 || Russia || Steel, investments || Metals & Mining
|-
| 58 || [[Colin Huang]] || 36.6 || 46 || China || E-commerce || Technology
|-
| 59 || [[Eduardo Saverin]] || 35.9 || 43 || Brazil || Facebook || Technology
|-
| 60 || [[Eric Schmidt]] || 35.5 || 70 || United States || Google || Technology
|-
| 61 || [[Idan Ofer]] || 34.6 || 70 || Israel || Shipping || Diversified
|-
| 62 || [[Eyal Ofer]] || 33.6 || 75 || Israel || Real estate, shipping || Diversified
|-
| 63 || [[He Xiangjian]] & family || 33.2 || 83 || China || Home appliances || Manufacturing
|-
| 63 || [[Abigail Johnson]] || 33.2 || 64 || United States || Fidelity || Finance & Investments
|-
| 63 || [[Zheng Shuliang]] & family || 33.2 || 80 || China || Aluminum products || Metals & Mining
|-
| 66 || [[Marilyn Simons]] & family || 32.5 || 75 || United States || Hedge funds || Finance & Investments
|-
| 67 || [[Robert Pera]] || 31.7 || 48 || United States || Wireless networking || Technology
|-
| 68 || [[Phil Knight]] & family || 31.1 || 88 || United States || [[Nike]] || Fashion & Retail
|-
| 68 || [[Michal Strnad]] || 31.1 || 33 || Czech Republic || Defense Contracting || Manufacturing
|-
| 70 || [[Lakshmi Mittal]] || 31.0 || 75 || India || Steel || Metals & Mining
|-
| 71 || [[Elaine Marshall]] & family || 30.9 || 83 || United States || Koch Inc. || Diversified
|-
| 71 || [[Shiv Nadar]] || 30.9 || 80 || India || Software services || Technology
|-
| 73 || [[Henry Samueli]] || 30.8 || 71 || United States || Semiconductors || Technology
|-
| 74 || [[Melinda French Gates]] || 30.3 || 61 || United States || Microsoft || Technology
|-
| 75 || [[Stefan Quandt]] || 30.1 || 59 || Germany || BMW || Automotive
|-
| 75 || [[Reinhold Wuerth]] & family || 30.1 || 90 || Germany || Fasteners || Manufacturing
|-
| 77 || [[Lyndal Stephens Greth]] & family || 30.0 || 51 || United States || Oil & gas || Energy
|-
| 78 || [[Len Blavatnik]] || 29.9 || 68 || United States || Music, chemicals || Diversified
|-
| 79 || [[Susanne Klatten]] || 29.7 || 63 || Germany || BMW, pharmaceuticals || Automotive
|-
| 79 || [[Vladimir Potanin]] || 29.7 || 65 || Russia || Metals || Metals & Mining
|-
| 81 || [[Vagit Alekperov]] || 29.5 || 75 || Russia || Oil || Energy
|-
| 81 || [[François Pinault]] & family || 29.5 || 89 || France || Luxury goods || Fashion & Retail
|-
| 83 || [[Jack Ma]] || 29.1 || 61 || China || E-commerce || Technology
|-
| 84 || [[Prajogo Pangestu]] || 28.6 || 81 || Indonesia || Petrochemicals, energy || Diversified
|-
| 84 || [[MacKenzie Scott]] || 28.6 || 55 || United States || Amazon || Technology
|-
| 86 || [[Aliko Dangote]] || 28.5 || 68 || Nigeria || Cement, sugar || Manufacturing
|-
| 87 || [[Peter A. Thiel|Peter Thiel]] || 28.4 || 58 || United States || Facebook, investments || Finance & Investments
|-
| 88 || [[Emmanuel Besnier]] || 28.3 || 55 || France || Cheese || Food & Beverage
|-
| 88 || [[Leonid Mikhelson]] & family || 28.3 || 70 || Russia || Gas, chemicals || Energy
|-
| 90 || [[Daniel Gilbert]] || 27.9 || 64 || United States || Rocket Mortgage || Finance & Investments
|-
| 90 || [[Lei Jun]] || 27.9 || 56 || China || Smartphones, automobiles || Technology
|-
| 90 || [[Andreas von Bechtolsheim]] & family || 27.9 || 70 || Germany || Google || Technology
|-
| 93 || [[Pham Nhat Vuong]] || 27.7 || 57 || Vietnam || Diversified || Diversified
|-
| 94 || [[Vicky Safra]] & family || 27.1 || 73 || Greece || Banking || Finance & Investments
|-
| 95 || [[Jay Y. Lee]] || 27.0 || 57 || South Korea || Samsung || Technology
|-
| 95 || [[Cyrus Poonawalla]] || 27.0 || 84 || India || Vaccines || Healthcare
|-
| 97 || [[Rick Cohen]] & family || 26.3 || 73 || United States || Warehouse automation || Technology
|-
| 98 || [[Israel Englander]] || 25.8 || 77 || United States || Hedge funds || Finance & Investments
|-
| 99 || [[Suleiman Kerimov]] & family || 25.7 || 59 || Russia || Gold || Finance & Investments
|-
| 100 || [[Dilip Shanghvi]] || 25.6 || 70 || India || Pharmaceuticals || Healthcare
|}

== See also ==
* [[The World's Billionaires]]
* [[The World's Billionaires, 2025]]

== External links ==
* [https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/ Forbes World's Billionaires list]

==Notes==
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[[Category:Lists of billionaires|World's Billionaires, 2026]]
[[Category:Corporate Elite|World's Billionaires, 2026]]
[[Category:Finance|World's Billionaires, 2026]]

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 The figures on this page were compiled from the list data published by [[Forbes]] for the 2026 World's Billionaires list.<ref name="ForbesList2026" /> 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. For the 2026 list, [[Forbes Middle East]] reported that the figures were "based on share prices and data as of March 1, 2026".<ref name="FMEArab2026">Hagar Omran, [https://forbesmiddleeast.com/billionaires/arab-billionaires/meet-the-4-new-entrants-to-the-arab-billionaire-ranks-2026 Meet The Four New Entrants To The Arab Billionaire Ranks In 2026] ''Forbes Middle East'', 11 March 2026, accessed 20 October 2026.</ref>
-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.
+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".
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 | Gambling & Casinos || 23 || 0.7% || 120.7
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