Do you know who the wealthiest person in France is? Would you be surprised to know that they currently hold the title of the world’s richest person? The wealthiest people in America always seem to be making headlines, but it’s not too often we hear about the richest people in other countries around the world. To learn more about the billionaires that currently have the highest net worth in their countries, the research team at Madison Trust collected data from the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List to create a visual that highlights the richest person in every country along with the source of their vast net worth. The 76 countries that had data available were then ranked by the net worth of their richest person. The net worths included in the study are from March 7, 2023; a billionaire’s net worth is constantly fluctuating, and the Real-Time Billionaires List is continuously updated throughout each trading day for the most accurate information. Explore our list of the world’s richest people below to see how the wealthiest person in each country stacks up.
76 Countries Ranked by the Net Worth of Their Wealthiest Person
| Country | Name | Ranking on Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List | Net Worth (in Billions USD) as of March 7, 2023 | Source of Net Worth | |
| 1 | France | Bernard Arnault and family | 1 | $214.4 | LVMH |
| 2 | United States | Elon Musk | 2 | $186.1 | Tesla, SpaceX |
| 3 | Mexico | Carlos Slim Helu and family | 7 | $92.7 | telecom |
| 4 | India | Mukesh Ambani | 8 | $86.5 | diversified |
| 5 | Spain | Amancio Ortega | 13 | $76.9 | Zara |
| 6 | China | Zhong Shanshan | 15 | $67.2 | beverages, pharmaceuticals |
| 7 | Canada | David Thomson and family | 22 | $55.2 | media |
| 8 | Germany | Klaus-Michael Kuehne | 28 | $38.7 | shipping |
| 9 | Hong Kong | Li Ka-shing | 29 | $38.5 | diversified |
| 10 | Italy | Giovanni Ferrero | 34 | $35.3 | Nutella, chocolates |
| 11 | Japan | Tadashi Yanai and family | 39 | $32.5 | fashion retail |
| 12 | Australia | Gina Rinehart | 44 | $29.1 | mining |
| 13 | Russia | Andrey Melnichenko and family | 52 | $26.1 | fertilizers, coal |
| 14 | Indonesia | Low Tuck Kwong | 54 | $25.7 | coal |
| 15 | Chile | Iris Fontbona and family | 61 | $23.4 | mining |
| 16 | Switzerland | Gianluigi and Rafaela Aponte | 93 | $16.7 | Shipping |
| 17 | Brazil | Vicky Safra | 94 | $16.6 | banking |
| 18 | Czechia | Renata Kellnerova and family | 97 | $16.5 | finance, telecommunications |
| 19 | Sweden | Stefan Persson | 99 | $16.5 | H&M |
| 20 | Singapore | Li Xiting | 100 | $16.3 | medical devices |
| 21 | United Kingdom | James Ratcliffe | 109 | $15.3 | chemicals |
| 22 | Thailand | Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi | 110 | $15.3 | alcohol, real estate |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | Pavel Durov | 113 | $15.1 | messaging app |
| 24 | Cyprus | John Fredriksen | 117 | $14.8 | shipping |
| 25 | Israel | Eyal Ofer | 119 | $14.6 | real estate, shipping |
| 26 | Netherlands | Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and family | 121 | $14.6 | Heineken |
| 27 | Nigeria | Aliko Dangote | 129 | $13.9 | cement, sugar |
| 28 | Malaysia | Robert Kuok | 142 | $12.2 | palm oil, shipping, property |
| 29 | South Africa | Johann Rupert and family | 153 | $11.3 | luxury goods |
| 30 | Belgium | Eric Wittouck | 209 | $9.0 | investments |
| 31 | New Zealand | Graeme Hart | 215 | $8.8 | investments |
| 32 | Philippines | Manuel Villar | 223 | $8.6 | real estate |
| 33 | Monaco | Stefano Pessina | 231 | $8.4 | drugstores |
| 34 | South Korea | Jay Y. Lee | 243 | $8.2 | Samsung |
| 35 | Taiwan | Zhang Congyuan | 250 | $8.1 | shoes |
| 36 | Austria | Georg Stumpf | 270 | $7.9 | real estate, construction |
| 37 | Denmark | Anders Holch Povlsen | 300 | $7.3 | fashion retail |
| 38 | Egypt | Nassef Sawiris | 304 | $7.3 | construction, investments |
| 39 | Ireland | Patrick Collison | 336 | $6.9 | payment software |
| 40 | Eswatini | Nathan Kirsh | 378 | $6.6 | retail, real estate |
| 41 | Colombia | Luis Carlos Sarmiento | 392 | $6.3 | banking |
| 42 | Poland | Michal Solowow | 402 | $6.2 | investments |
| 43 | Norway | Andreas Halvorsen | 422 | $5.9 | hedge funds |
| 44 | Ukraine | Rinat Akhmetov | 430 | $5.7 | steel, coal |
| 45 | Argentina | Marcos Galperin | 490 | $5.3 | e-commerce |
| 46 | Turkey | Ibrahim Erdemoglu | 493 | $5.3 | carpet |
| 47 | Georgia | Bidzina Ivanishvili | 556 | $4.8 | investments |
| 48 | Portugal | Maria Fernanda Amorim and family | 582 | $4.6 | energy, investments |
| 49 | Kazakhstan | Vladimir Kim | 590 | $4.6 | mining |
| 50 | Algeria | Issad Rebrab and family | 591 | $4.6 | food |
| 51 | Venezuela | Juan Carlos Escotet | 647 | $4.3 | banking |
| 52 | Finland | Antti Herlin | 669 | $4.2 | elevators, escalators |
| 53 | Vietnam | Pham Nhat Vuong | 701 | $4.0 | diversified |
| 54 | Belize | Kenneth Dart | 849 | $3.3 | investments |
| 55 | Greece | Aristotelis Mistakidis | 906 | $3.2 | mining, commodities |
| 56 | Lebanon | Najib Mikati | 1,078 | $2.8 | telecom |
| 57 | Oman | Suhail Bahwan | 1,125 | $2.7 | diversified |
| 58 | Iceland | Thor Bjorgolfsson | 1,188 | $2.5 | investments |
| 59 | Guernsey | Stephen Lansdown | 1,320 | $2.3 | financial services |
| 60 | Liechtenstein | Christoph Zeller | 1,331 | $2.2 | dental materials |
| 61 | Romania | Ion Tiriac | 1,485 | $2.0 | banking, insurance |
| 62 | Bulgaria | LiechtensteinGeorgi Domuschiev & Kiril Domuschiev (tied) | 1,492 | $2.0 | animal health, investments |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | Strive Masiyiwa | 1,523 | $1.9 | telecom |
| 64 | Qatar | Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani | 1,583 | $1.8 | hotels, diversified |
| 65 | Nepal | Binod Chaudhary | 1,618 | $1.8 | diversified |
| 66 | Slovakia | Ivan Chrenko | 1,750 | $1.6 | real estate |
| 67 | Hungary | Sandor Csanyi | 1,812 | $1.5 | finance, real estate |
| 68 | Peru | Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor | 1,821 | $1.5 | finance |
| 69 | Tanzania | Mohammed Dewji | 1,849 | $1.5 | diversified |
| 70 | Morocco | Aziz Akhannouch and family | 1,896 | $1.5 | petroleum, diversified |
| 71 | Macau | Hoi Kin Hong | 2,027 | $1.4 | real estate |
| 72 | Barbados | Rihanna | 2,032 | $1.4 | music, cosmetics |
| 73 | Estonia | Kristo Käärmann | 2,070 | $1.3 | payments, banking |
| 74 | St. Kitts and Nevis | Myron Wentz | 2,073 | $1.3 | health products |
| 75 | Armenia | Ruben Vardanyan | 2,267 | $1.2 | investment banking |
| 76 | Bangladesh | Muhammed Aziz Khan | 2,451 | $1.0 | power |
