View profiles for each of the world’s 100 richest people. These are the top 100 richest people in the world. Below you will find a dynamically updated, real time listing of the 100 richest people in the world today. Bill Gates dominated this list for much of the last two decades, but in recent years he has been overtaken by Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk. Other perennial top billionaires include Warren Buffett, Bernard Arnault and Amancio Ortega.
- Elon Musk – $235B
- Bernard Arnault – $190B
- Jeff Bezos – $159B
- Larry Ellison – $135B
- Bill Gates – $129B
- Larry Page – $122B
- Warren Buffett – $121B
- Sergey Brin – $116B
- Steve Ballmer – $114B
- Mark Zuckerberg – $107B
- Carlos Slim – $94.8B
- Mukesh Ambani – $90.9B
- Francoise Bettencourt Meyers – $89.9B
- Amancio Ortega – $77.9B
- Jim Walton – $72.9B
- Rob Walton – $70.9B
- Alice Walton – $69.9B
- Charles Koch – $64.5B
- Julia Flesher Koch & family – $64.5B
- Gautam Adani – $64.1B
- Michael Dell – $63.8B
- Zhong Shanshan – $61.0B
- Jacqueline Badger Mars – $55.4B
- John Mars – $55.4B
- Alain Wertheimer – $46.2B
- Gerard Wertheimer – $46.2B
- Jensen Huang – $44.0B
- Klaus-Michael Kuehne – $43.6B
- Zhang Yiming – $42.3B
- Francois Pinault – $40.8B
- Phil Knight & family – $39.9B
- Len Blavatnik – $39.6B
- Ma Huateng – $37.6B
- Ken Griffin – $37.2B
- Miriam Adelson – $36.0B
- Giovanni Ferrero & family – $36.0B
- Stephen Schwarzman – $35.4B
- Tadashi Yanai – $35.3B
- Abigail Johnson – $35.1B
- Colin Huang – $34.6B
- Zeng Yuqun – $34.1B
- German Larrea – $32.5B
- William Ding – $32.1B
- Dieter Schwarz – $31.7B
- MacKenzie Scott – $31.1B
- Shapoor Mistry – $31.0B
- Changpeng Zhao – $30.9B
- Jack Ma – $30.6B
- Vladimir Potanin – $29.4B
- Li Ka-shing – $28.5B
- James Simons – $28.4B
- Jeff Yass – $28.4B
- Leonid Mikhelson – $28.0B
- Thomas Peterffy – $27.7B
- Shiv Nadar – $27.6B
- Low Tuck Kwong – $27.1B
- Eric Schmidt – $26.7B
- Susanne Klatten – $26.4B
- Reinhold Wuerth – $25.7B
- Iris Fontbona & family – $25.5B
- Lukas Walton – $25.3B
- Thomas Frist – $24.8B
- Azim Premji – $24.5B
- Vladimir Lisin – $24.0B
- He Xiangjian – $24.0B
- Elaine Marshall – $23.9B
- Takemitsu Takizaki – $23.4B
- Dan Gilbert – $23.3B
- Stefan Quandt – $23.2B
- Ernesto Bertarelli & family – $22.8B
- Rodolphe Saade & family – $22.7B
- Vagit Alekperov – $22.6B
- Harold Hamm – $22.4B
- Budi Hartono – $22.4B
- Henry Cheng – $22.1B
- Andrew Forrest – $22.0B
- Eyal Ofer – $21.7B
- Xu Yangtian – $21.5B
- Jorge Paulo Lemann – $21.5B
- Mark Mateschitz – $21.2B
- Leonard Lauder – $20.7B
- Gianluigi Aponte – $20.6B
- Idan Ofer – $20.2B
- Michael Hartono – $20.1B
- Vicky Safra – $20.1B
- Cyrus Poonawalla – $19.9B
- Poonawalla is the chairman of the Serum Institute of India, the world’s biggest vaccine manufacturer. The Pune, India-based company had revenue of 378 billion rupees ($5 billion) in the year ended March 31, 2022. The billionaire’s other assets include stud farms and properties in Mumbai and Pune.
- Prince Charles visited Poonawalla’s manufacturing facility in 2013.
- The majority of Poonawalla’s fortune is derived from closely held Serum Institute of India, the vaccine maker he founded in 1966. It’s the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by number of doses produced and sold globally, according to its website.The company reported revenue of 378 billion rupees ($5 billion), and net income of 203 billion rupees in the year ended March 31, 2022, according financial results provided by Poonawalla. The billionaire said he owns all of the business.It’s valued using reported financial results and the average enterprise value-to-sales multiple of four publicly traded peers: Biocon Ltd, Cipla Ltd/India, Zydus Lifesciences Ltd and Merck & Co Inc.The billionaire also owns 62% of Poonawalla Fincorp, a provider of car and home loans, according to a June 2023 filing. The company, formerly known as Magma Fincorp, was purchased for $441 million in February 2021.He also said he owns stud farms, about 250 acres of land and properties, and homes in Mumbai and Pune. Valuations for these assets were provided by Poonawalla in a signed letter.
- John Menard – $19.8B
- Menard is the founder and majority shareholder of Menard Inc., the Eau Claire, Wisconsin-based company that owns the Menard home improvement chain. Founded in 1960, the closely held business controls more than 300 stores in 15 US states. It had revenue of $13.1 billion in 2021, according to the National Retail Federation.
- The majority of Menard’s fortune is derived from his 89% ownership of Menard Inc., according to a 2008 US Tax Court filing. It’s the 31st biggest retailer in the US according to the National Retail Federation Top 100 Retailers list for 2021. The company has more than 300 stores in 15 US States, according to its website.Menard Inc. had revenue of $13.1 billion in 2021, according to the National Retail Federation’s website. Its valuation is based on the average enterprise value-to-sales and enterprise value-to-Ebitda multiples of two publicly traded peer companies: Home Depot and Lowe’s.Jeff Abbott, a spokesperson for Menard, didn’t respond to emailed requests for comment on the net worth calculation.
- Lee Shau Kee – $19.7B
- Lee is the founder and largest shareholder of Henderson Land Development, a publicly traded real estate conglomerate. The Hong Kong-based company reported revenue of HK$25.6 billion ($3.3 billion) in 2022. The property developer also operates in financial services, department stores, hotels and infrastructure.
- He said he would swap 99% of his wealth for 30 years of time.
- The majority of Lee’s fortune derives from his 73% stake in Henderson Land Development, a publicly traded property developer. He owns the shares directly and through trusts and holding companies, according to the company’s 2022 annual report.Lee also owns 2% of Sun Hung Kai Properties, 22% of Sunlight Real Estate Investment Trust and less than 1% of Hong Kong Ferry directly, according to corporate filings.His indirect stakes in Sun Hung Kai Properties, Hong Kong Ferry and Sunlight Real Estate Investment Trust are held through Henderson Land Development and are not included separately in the net worth calculation to avoid double-counting.The value of his cash investments is based on an analysis of dividends, insider transactions, taxes, market performance and charitable giving.Lee’s publicly held stakes were confirmed by Henderson Land executives. They declined to comment on his closely held assets.
- Gina Rinehart – $19.4B
- Rinehart is chairman of Hancock Prospecting, a closely held company that owns stakes in and collects royalties from iron ore mines. The West Perth, Australia-based company’s assets include the Roy Hill mine, which began production in 2015. Hancock also has investments in agricultural properties across Australia.
- She battled with two of her four children over a family trust..
- The majority of Rinehart’s fortune is derived from her control of Hancock Prospecting, a closely held mining business.The group is the holding vehicle for most of her family’s business interests. These include royalty rights that guarantee less than 1.25% of the annual revenue generated by some of the Hamersley Iron ore mines operated by publicly traded Rio Tinto.The closely held company has a 50% interest in the Hope Downs mine in a joint venture with Rio Tinto, and undeveloped coal projects in Queensland.The business is valued using its reported financials for the year ended June 30, 2022, and the average enterprise value-to-sales and price-to-book value multiples of two publicly traded peer companies Rio Tinto and Vale.Livestock held by the group is valued separately based on the value disclosed in Hancock’s financials results.A liability is included to reflect the provision for dividend payments to a family trust. The dividends cannot be paid until the dispute is resolved, according to an Oct. 31, 2019 statement from the company.
- Lakshmi Mittal – $18.8B
- Mittal is chairman and largest shareholder of ArcelorMittal, the world’s biggest steelmaker outside of China. The Luxembourg-based company has mining, energy and refining operations in 59 countries and had revenue of $79.8 billion in 2022. The India-born billionaire owns several properties in London, where he now resides. She was named after the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity.
- The majority of Mittal’s fortune is derived from a 38% stake in ArcelorMittal, the world’s biggest steelmaker outside of China. He and his family own the stake through a trust, according to the company’s website in February 2023. The entire fortune is attributed to Mittal to reflect his status as founder, chairman and chief executive officer.Mittal has collected more than $4 billion in dividends and another $2 billion that he paid himself from family-owned LNM Holdings in 2004, when LNM merged with publicly traded Ispat International to create Mittal Steel. The value of his cash investments is based on an analysis of these proceeds as well as taxes, charitable contributions and market performance.The billionaire has three mansions collectively worth about $350 million on London’s ‘Billionaire’s Row’ on Kensington Palace Gardens, according to purchase records from the UK Land Registry. He also owns other properties in England, Scotland and India.He has 38% of Aperam, a Luxembourg-headquartered maker of stainless steel and 49% of HPCL-Mittal Energy, which is valued using the average price-to-sales multiple of three publicly traded peers, Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd, Indian Oil Corp Ltd and Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. He also has a stake in closely held Queens Park Rangers soccer team in London.
- Alexey Mordashov – $18.8B
- Mordashov is the largest shareholder of Severstal, Russia’s fourth-biggest steelmaker. He also owns stakes in miner Nordgold, power generation equipment maker Power Machines, and TUI, a European tour operator. He has investments in hypermarket chain Lenta and telecommunications operator Rostelecom.
- He was sanctioned by the EU, UK and US following the invasion of Ukraine.
- The majority of Mordashov’s fortune is derived from his 77% stake in Severstal, a publicly traded steelmaker. He holds the shares through “Russian structures” as of March 2023, according to the company’s website. Severstal is Russia’s fourth-largest steelmaker by tonnage in 2022, according to the World Steel Association’s website.He also owns a 10.9% stake in TUI, a publicly traded German shipping and tourism company, according to the company’s website in May 2023.The value of his cash investments is based on an analysis of dividends, insider transactions, taxes and market performance.The billionaire owns an industrial machinery manufacturer Siloviye Mashiny (Power Machines), which was delisted from the Moscow Stock Exchange in December 2011, gold producer Nordgold, which was spun off from Severstal in February 2012 before being delisted from the London Stock Exchange in March 2017, and hypermarket chain Lenta.He transferred part of his stake in Nordgold to his partner, Marina, around the time the EU sanctioned him in 2022. It’s credited to him to reflect his status as company’s founder.Mordashov holds interest in a plywood maker Sveza. He also has minority stake in the telecommunications operator Rostelecom, which he acquired along with a group of investors led by billionaire Yury Kovalchuk.
- Wang Chuan-Fu – $18.5B
- Wang is the founder and largest shareholder of BYD, a Chinese maker of electric cars. The Shenzhen-based company employs over 570,000 people and had revenue of 424 billion yuan ($63.1 billion) in 2022. Aside from cars and buses, it also makes rechargeable and nickel-cadmium batteries for use in mobile phones.
- The majority of Wang’s fortune is derived from a 19% stake in BYD, a car maker that trades publicly in Shanghai and Hong Kong. He holds the shares directly and through an asset management plan, according to the company’s 2023 first-quarter report. The company employs more than 570,000 people, according to its 2022 annual report.
- The value of his cash investments is based on an analysis of these proceeds, as well as taxes and market performance.
- According to a Hong Kong stock exchange filing dated June 18, 2015, Wang sold 25.7 million BYD shares and loaned the proceeds to employees to facilitate their share purchases. The amount he loaned to his workers is included as an asset in the net worth analysis.
- Mia Gu, a spokeswoman at BYD, said the billionaire declined to comment on his net worth.
- Alisher Usmanov – $18.5B
- Usmanov owns 49% of USM, a Russia-based investment group that controls Metalloinvest, Russia’s largest iron ore producer, and MegaFon, a Moscow-based telecommunications company. He controls Kommersant, a Russian newspaper, and has stakes in AliExpress Russia Holding and Akkermann Cement.
- Had his 512-foot yacht frozen by German authorities in March 2022.
- The majority of Usmanov’s fortune is credited as Cash & Other Assets and derived from local media reports and figures provided by his press representatives. Based on Bloomberg calculations, Usmanov netted more than $7 billion from 2012 and 2014 share transactions involving Vladimir Skoch, father of his partner Andrey Skoch, and Farhad Moshiri.Usmanov owns 49% of Metalloinvest through a holding company, according to previous disclosures on the company’s website. His stake in the holding company isn’t provided on the website as of May 2023 and he’s credited with a 49% interest. Metalloinvest is the largest iron ore producer in Russia, according to its website.He’s also credited with a 39% stake in Megafon, a mobile phone company. Usmanov holds the shares through his 49% stake in USM, a Russia-based investment company. USM controls all of Megafon directly and through AF Telecom, according to the Megafon website. USM is credited with 80% of Megafon in this analysis because 20% of the company is the subject of a transfer to Usmanov’s partners Ivan Streshinsky and Anton Cherepennikov, according to an Interfax news agency report on April 30, 2020.USM investments in Chinese smartphone vendor Xiaomi and Didi Kuaidi taxi booking service, as well as Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart and taxi booking service Ola Cabs, aren’t included in the analysis because information about the stakes is uncertain.Usmanov was sanctioned by the European Union, the United Kingdom and the US in 2022 over the escalating conflict in Ukraine.
- Dustin Moskovitz – $18.3B
- Moskovitz is a co-founder of Meta Platforms, the company behind Facebook — the world’s largest social-network. The Menlo Park, California-based business reported revenue of $117 billion in 2022 and has about 3.7 billion active users. Moskovitz also co-owns Asana, a provider of task management software that went public in 2020.
- He Dropped out of Harvard and moved to Silicon Valley in 2004.
- The largest part of Moskovitz’s fortune is derived from a 1% stake in Meta Platforms. He owns about 32 million class B shares, based on the company’s 2021 proxy statement. Meta’s Facebook, the world’s largest social network, has about 3 billion monthly active users, according to a January 2023 company presentation.
- He also founded task-management software company Asana with a former Meta colleague and owns 80 million shares of Class A and B stock, according to the company’s 2021 proxy statement and subsequent Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Asana went public on Sept. 30, 2020. Prior to this date, his stake wasn’t disclosed and it was assumed in this analysis that Moskovitz owned 25% of the company.
- Moskovitz hasn’t disclosed how much Meta stock he sold prior to the company’s initial public offering. The billionaire sold $143 million in Facebook stock in 2012.
- An Asana spokesperson declined to comment on Moskovitz’s stake in the company.
- Dilip Shanghvi – $18.3B
- Shanghvi is the founder of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, a generic drugmaker with revenue of $5.2 billion in the year to March 31, 2022. The Mumbai-based company has more than 40 manufacturing facilities and serves more than 100 countries. He also has interests in Sun Pharma Advanced Research and BioLight Life Sciences.
- The majority of Shangvhi’s wealth comes from a 54% stake in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, a generic drugmaker. It has more than 40 manufacturing facilities and serves more than 100 countries, according to the company’s website.The shares are held by a promoter group, which includes holding companies, trusts and family members, according to an April 2023 BSE filing. Shares held by his family are credited to Shanghvi to reflect his status as founder and managing director.He also has about 66% of Sun Pharma Advanced Research, the research and development arm of the drugmaker. He controls shares in the companies directly and through promoter groups, which are all attributed to him to reflect his status as founder. Pledged shares have been excluded from the calculation of his net worth.The billionaire also has a 12% of Suzlon Energy, a wind turbine maker, which he purchased for $289 million in 2015.Frederick Castro, a Sun Pharma spokeswoman, declined to comment on Shanghvi’s net worth calculation.
- Jim Ratcliffe – $18.2B
- Ratcliffe is the founder and majority owner of Ineos, a closely held chemicals manufacturer. The London-based company has more than 26,000 employees, operates in 29 countries and has revenue of about $65 billion. It produces about 60 million tons of chemicals every year, including polymers and resins.
- Ratcliffe’s fortune derives from his majority stake in closely held Ineos, one of the world’s largest chemical producers. The London-based company is valued based on a calculation of the group’s average enterprise value-to-Ebitda multiple of three publicly traded peers: LyondellBasell Industries NV, Saudi Basic Industries Corp and Solvay SA.The Ebitda figure used in this analysis has been calculated by Bloomberg from the five-year average Ebitda of subsidiary Ineos Group Holdings between 2018 and 2022. This average is 14% lower than the subsidiary’s 2022 unadjusted Ebitda figure. The same decrease has been applied to the group’s calculated Ebitda figure for 2022 to approximate the group’s five-year average Ebitda figure.The company has revenue of about $65 billion, and has 26,000 employees across almost 30 countries, according to its website.Ratcliffe also owns a superyacht, Hampshire II, which is valued using the current asking prices for similar length vessels from the same ship yard, according to a person familiar with the boats who asked not to be identified as he works in the industry and the information is private.Richard Longden, a spokesperson for Ineos, declined to comment on Ratcliffe’s net worth.
- Radhakishan Damani – $17.8B
- Damani controls Avenue Supermarts, a Mumbai-based retailer specializing in low-priced consumer goods.
- The publicly traded business sells food, clothing and other consumer products in more than 300 D-Mart shops across India. It reported revenue of 309 billion rupees ($4.1 billion) in the year-ended March 31, 2022. Damani’s fortune is derived from publicly traded Avenue Supermarts, the Indian retailer that operates D-Mart retail stores in more than 300 locations, according to its website.
- The 60% stake attributed to him is held by a promoter group, which includes Mumbai-based Bright Star, which he owns with his wife, and three trusts in the names his children, according to a March 2023 stock exchange filing. Only the stakes held by his immediate family are included in the net worth calculation.
- The billionaire has a history of active investments in publicly traded Indian companies, according to a Bloomberg Quint report. Cash & Other Assets reflects estimated stock holdings as well dividends, insider transactions, taxes and market performance.
- A company representative didn’t reply to a request for comment.
- Savitri Jindal – $17.7B
- With her nine children, India’s wealthiest woman controls O.P. Jindal Group, an $18 billion conglomerate set up by her late husband, Om Prakash Jindal. The New Delhi-based company has stakes in steel producer JSW Steel as well as companies involved in mining, power generation, industrial gases and port facilities.
- She never asked how much money her husband made until he died.
- The majority of Jindal’s fortune is derived from her family’s O.P. Jindal Group, a conglomerate set up by her late husband, Om Prakash Jindal. The New Delhi-based company operates steel, mining and power companies and has stakes in publicly traded JSW Steel, Jindal Steel & Power, JSW Energy, Jindal Saw, Jindal Stainless and investment company JSW Holdings.Savitri Jindal inherited her stake in O.P. Jindal Group after her husband died in a helicopter crash in 2005, and sons Prithvi, Sajjan, Ratan and Naveen manage the family businesses. Their father devised a structure in which each of his four sons would hold a fifth of the family’s shareholding in each company, and he would hold another 20%. This meant each son would be in charge of his operation and own a piece of his brothers’ businesses. Savitri Jindal controls her husband’s stake in the O.P. Jindal Group, and has been credited with her sons’ stakes, according to exchange filings, reflecting her status as matriarch. Her share in each company will be transferred to the son heading it when she dies.O.P. Jindal Group also owns 92% of closely held JSW Infrastructure, which builds ports, shipyards and ship repair facilities. The valuation of the company is based on the average enterprise value-to-Ebitda and price-to-earnings multiples of two publicly traded peer companies: Adani Ports and Gujarat Pipavav Port.The family also owns JSW Cement, which is valued based on the average enterprise value-to-Ebitda and price-to-earnings multiples of three publicly traded peer companies: Shree Cement, Ultratech Cement and ACC. The valuation of JSW Cement was updated according the latest financial information on Feb. 9, 2023. This led to an increase of about $1.3 billion in the net worth calculation.The value of her cash investments is based on an analysis of dividends, market performance, insider transactions and taxes.
- Aliko Dangote – $17.4B
- Africa’s richest person controls Dangote Industries, a closely held conglomerate. The Lagos, Nigeria-based company owns sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest cement producer, Dangote Cement, which had revenue of 1.38 trillion naira ($3.4 billion) in 2021. It also has interests in sugar, salt, oil, fertilizer and packaged food.
- His companies make up a third of Nigeria’s total public market value.
- The majority of Dangote’s fortune is derived from his 86% stake in publicly traded Dangote Cement. He holds the shares in the company directly and through his conglomerate, Dangote Industries.Dangote’s other publicly traded assets include stakes in Dangote Sugar, Nascon Allied Industries and United Bank for Africa.
- His stakes in the publicly traded companies are held directly and through Dangote Industries, which also owns closely held businesses operating in food manufacturing, fertilizer, oil and other industries.His most valuable closely held asset is a fertilizer plant with capacity to produce up to 2.8 million tonnes of urea annually. Its net value is based on a discounted cash flow analysis by KPMG. The valuation was confirmed by outside analysts.A $19 billion oil refinery that is currently being developed in Nigeria isn’t included in the valuation because it’s not yet operational.The billionaire owns six residential and commercial properties in Lagos. They are valued using the capitalization method, using rental income provided by Dangote’s spokesman, Anthony Chiejina, and capitalization rates from CBRE Broll Nigeria.His cash holdings are based on an analysis of dividends, taxes, insider transactions and other expenditures.
- David Tepper – $17.3B
- Tepper is owner of the Carolina Panthers, a National Football League team. He also co-founded Appaloosa, a New Jersey-based investment adviser with $13.8 billion in assets under management. It’s being converted to a family office with most assets now belonging to Tepper and other employees of the firm.
- He Called then-presidential candidate Donald Trump “father of lies” in 2016.
- The majority of Tepper’s wealth is derived from his investments in hedge funds that he runs as president of Appaloosa Management. The firm has $13.8 billion in assets under management, according to a March 2023 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Almost 90% of that amount belongs to Tepper and his employees, according to the disclosure. Tepper is assumed to own 75% of employee funds based on Form ADV disclosures.
- Tepper’s plan to return outside money to investors and convert Appaloosa into a family office was announced in 2019, according to a May 23, 2019 Bloomberg report.
- The billionaire is calculated to have paid about $536 million in federal taxes in early 2018 on deferred fees paid to one of his British Virgin Islands-based funds. The estimated payment stemmed from the 2017 closure of a loophole that allowed money managers to avoid taxes on performance fees earned on offshore entities. His payment amount assumes that his offshore fund had average annual returns of 20% and that he paid the highest marginal tax rate for 2017 of 39.6%.
- Tepper owns Appaloosa LP, the entity that runs its funds, according to regulatory filings. Appaloosa is valued based on the average market capitalization-to-assets under management ratio of publicly-traded alternative asset managers Och-Ziff Capital Management and Man Group. For valuation purposes, Tepper’s own assets are deducted from AUM and a 25% key-man risk is applied.
- He also owns the Carolina Panthers football team, which he bought for $2.3 billion in July 2018. The team is valued based on an August 2023 report by sports media firm Sportico.
- Tepper declined to comment on his net worth through spokesman Jonathan Gasthalter.
