Summary
Forbes released its "World’s Billionaires List" for 2026, ranking the richest people globally based on their net worth. The list shows that Elon Musk is the wealthiest person, and over half of the top 50 billionaires are American.
Key Facts
- The Forbes list ranks billionaires using stock prices and currency rates as of March 1, 2026.
- Combined wealth of the world's billionaires is $20.1 trillion, up $4 trillion from the previous year.
- Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is the richest person with $839 billion.
- Larry Page and Sergey Brin, co-founders of Google, are second and third with $257 billion and $237 billion.
- Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg round out the top five with $224 billion and $222 billion, respectively.
- The U.S. has 989 billionaires, the most of any country, with 24 of the top 50 being Americans.
- China has the second-highest number of billionaires at 610, followed by India with 229.
