THE WORLD’S REAL-TIME BILLIONAIRES

Daily ranking of the world’s richest people. The figures are updated at the close of every trading day in New York.

Last update 28th May 2023
The richest person in the world changes all the time, depending on stock prices and other factors. However, there are always a few constants near the top of the list. Looking at the list of richest people can be inspiring, as it shows what is possible with hard work and innovation. It can also be informative, as it gives you a glimpse into different industries and business models. And finally, it can give you ideas for your own investment portfolio. By studying how these richest people made their fortunes, you can get a better sense of where to put your money to work.
Rank
Name
Total net worth
$ Last change
$ YTD change
Country / Region
Industry
1
$193B
+$4.33B
+$31.2B
France
Consumer
2
$185B
+$6.22B
+$48.4B
United States
Technology
3
$144B
+$5.11B
+$36.7B
United States
Technology
4
$126B
+$1.01B
+$16.4B
United States
Technology
5
$116B
+$313M
+$24.2B
United States
Technology
6
Steve Ballmer
$115B
+$2.25B
+$29.6B
United States
Technology
7
Larry Page
$112B
+$886M
+$29.6B
United States
Technology
8
$112B
+$820M
+$4.62B
United States
Diversified
9
Sergey Brin
$107B
+$860M
+$27.4B
United States
Technology
10
Mark Zuckerberg
$95.5B
+$3.28B
+$49.9B
United States
Technology
11
Carlos Slim
$92.2B
+$1.98B
+$17.9B
Mexico
Diversified
12
Francoise Bettencourt Meyers
$88.1B
+$904M
+$16.6B
France
Consumer
13
Mukesh Ambani
$86.1B
+$2.47B
-$969M
India
Energy
14
Amancio Ortega
$67.8B
+$699M
+$13.1B
Spain
Retail
15
Jim Walton
$66.8B
+$143M
+$2.90B
United States
Retail
16
Rob Walton
$65.0B
+$136M
+$1.82B
United States
Retail
17
Alice Walton
$64.0B
+$133M
+$2.33B
United States
Retail
18
$62.9B
-$438M
-$57.6B
India
Industrial
19
Zhong Shanshan
$61.5B
-$168M
-$6.10B
China
Diversified
20
Jacqueline Badger Mars
$61.4B
-$299M
+$6.61B
United States
Food & Beverage
21
John Mars
$61.4B
-$299M
+$6.61B
United States
Food & Beverage
22
Julia Flesher Koch & family
$60.7B
+$144M
-$6.30B
United States
Industrial
23
Charles Koch
$60.5B
+$143M
-$6.50B
United States
Industrial
24
Michael Dell
$54.5B
+$1.10B
+$6.08B
United States
Technology
25
Alain Wertheimer
$46.4B
+$506M
+$3.17B
France
Consumer
26
Gerard Wertheimer
$46.4B
+$506M
+$3.17B
France
Consumer
27
Giovanni Ferrero & family
$43.5B
-$92.3M
+$1.54B
Italy
Food & Beverage
28
Zhang Yiming
$42.3B
$0
-$12.6B
China
Technology
29
Klaus-Michael Kuehne
$41.6B
+$655M
+$9.53B
Germany
Industrial
30
Phil Knight & family
$41.5B
+$34.3M
-$2.29B
United States
Consumer
31
Francois Pinault
$40.1B
+$463M
+$4.35B
France
Consumer
32
Ma Huateng
$36.6B
+$29.8M
+$4.09M
China
Technology
33
Tadashi Yanai
$36.5B
-$142M
+$4.80B
Japan
Retail
34
Ken Griffin
$36.3B
+$157M
+$7.38B
United States
Finance
35
Miriam Adelson
$35.8B
+$255M
+$4.39B
United States
Entertainment
36
Len Blavatnik
$35.7B
-$147M
-$248M
United States
Diversified
37
Jensen Huang
$34.9B
+$919M
+$21.1B
United States
Technology
38
Jeff Yass
$34.0B
+$75.7M
+$1.21B
United States
Finance
39
Jack Ma
$32.6B
+$259M
+$373M
China
Technology
40
Zeng Yuqun
$32.6B
-$525M
-$208M
Hong Kong
Industrial
41
Abigail Johnson
$32.1B
+$600M
+$5.47B
United States
Finance
42
Stephen Schwarzman
$30.1B
+$532M
+$3.63B
United States
Finance
43
German Larrea
$29.7B
-$103M
+$7.10B
Mexico
Commodities
44
Shapoor Mistry
$29.4B
+$334M
+$1.62B
India
Industrial
45
Vladimir Potanin
$29.4B
+$243M
+$780M
Russian Federation
Commodities
46
Li Ka-shing
$27.7B
+$115M
-$730M
Hong Kong
Real Estate
47
William Ding
$27.7B
+$1.10B
+$5.02B
China
Technology
48
Leonid Mikhelson
$27.5B
-$1.45B
+$2.89B
Russian Federation
Energy
49
James Simons
$27.3B
+$50.0M
+$2.78B
United States
Finance
50
MacKenzie Scott
$27.1B
+$1.36B
+$8.18B
United States
Technology
51
Takemitsu Takizaki
$26.5B
-$108M
+$4.37B
Japan
Technology
52
Shiv Nadar
$26.4B
+$510M
+$1.87B
India
Technology
53
Susanne Klatten
$26.1B
+$295M
+$3.79B
Germany
Industrial
54
Low Tuck Kwong
$25.4B
-$1.03B
-$2.91B
Indonesia
Energy
55
Colin Huang
$25.2B
+$4.02B
-$3.57B
China
Technology
56
Iris Fontbona & family
$24.7B
+$21.3M
+$876M
Chile
Commodities
57
Eric Schmidt
$24.7B
+$192M
+$5.90B
United States
Technology
58
Thomas Peterffy
$24.5B
+$329M
+$1.88B
United States
Finance
59
Changpeng Zhao
$24.4B
+$404M
+$11.8B
Canada
Finance
60
Azim Premji
$23.9B
+$454M
-$70.9M
India
Technology
61
Stefan Quandt
$23.7B
+$318M
+$4.69B
Germany
Industrial
62
Dieter Schwarz
$23.7B
+$17.7M
+$1.04B
Germany
Retail
63
Xu Yangtian
$23.5B
$0
$0
China
Retail
64
Henry Cheng
$23.3B
+$27.5M
-$1.16B
Hong Kong
Retail
65
Thomas Frist
$23.3B
+$47.2M
+$2.07B
United States
Health Care
66
Lukas Walton
$23.2B
+$28.5M
+$1.07B
United States
Retail
67
He Xiangjian
$22.8B
+$159M
-$47.2M
China
Consumer
68
Budi Hartono
$22.7B
+$224M
+$3.72B
Indonesia
Diversified
69
Leonard Lauder
$22.7B
+$294M
-$3.77B
United States
Consumer
70
Elaine Marshall
$22.5B
+$45.3M
+$210M
United States
Industrial
71
Harold Hamm
$22.4B
$0
+$25.0M
United States
Energy
72
Vladimir Lisin
$21.7B
+$180M
+$1.87B
Russian Federation
Industrial
73
Rodolphe Saade & family
$21.3B
+$401M
+$5.11B
France
Services
74
Jorge Paulo Lemann
$21.2B
+$91.0M
-$53.6M
Brazil
Food & Beverage
75
Mark Mateschitz
$20.9B
+$112M
+$4.37B
Austria
Food & Beverage
76
Ernesto Bertarelli & family
$20.9B
+$75.0M
+$1.62B
Switzerland
Diversified
77
Lee Shau Kee
$20.9B
+$27.0M
+$91.0M
Hong Kong
Real Estate
78
Vagit Alekperov
$20.8B
+$325M
+$5.42B
Russian Federation
Energy
79
Gianluigi Aponte
$20.7B
-$15.2M
+$4.58B
Switzerland
Services
80
Idan Ofer
$20.5B
+$851M
+$8.94B
Israel
Energy
81
Eyal Ofer
$20.4B
+$14.2M
+$4.09B
Monaco
Diversified
82
Andrew Forrest
$20.4B
+$518M
-$705M
Australia
Commodities
83
Michael Hartono
$20.4B
+$215M
+$2.53B
Indonesia
Diversified
84
Aliko Dangote
$20.4B
+$49.3M
+$1.72B
Nigeria
Industrial
85
Vicky Safra
$19.2B
+$145M
+$1.81B
Greece
Finance
86
Gina Rinehart
$19.2B
+$575M
-$4.72B
Australia
Commodities
87
Wang Chuan-Fu
$18.8B
-$591M
-$1.16B
China
Consumer
88
Dan Gilbert
$18.8B
+$184M
+$1.42B
United States
Real Estate
89
Reinhold Wuerth
$18.7B
+$224M
+$5.68B
Germany
Industrial
90
Alisher Usmanov
$18.4B
+$263M
-$51.9M
Russian Federation
Diversified
91
Alexey Mordashov
$18.3B
+$35.2M
-$370M
Russian Federation
Industrial
92
Lakshmi Mittal
$18.0B
+$204M
+$624M
India
Commodities
93
Sammy Lee
$17.7B
+$72.9M
-$272M
Hong Kong
Consumer
94
John Menard
$17.5B
+$346M
-$700M
United States
Retail
95
Cyrus Poonawalla
$17.3B
+$30.1M
+$3.03B
India
Health Care
96
Donald Bren
$17.2B
$0
+$1.14B
United States
Real Estate
97
Radhakishan Damani
$16.9B
+$345M
-$2.45B
India
Retail
98
Dustin Moskovitz
$16.8B
+$362M
+$5.69B
United States
Technology
99
Li Xiting
$16.5B
+$163M
-$267M
Singapore
Health Care
100
Liu Yongxing
$16.5B
+$102M
+$1.34B
China
Industrial
101
Ray Dalio
$16.5B
$0
+$315M
United States
Finance
102
Robert Kuok
$16.4B
+$56.5M
-$579M
Malaysia
Diversified
103
Peter Woo
$16.2B
+$3.66M
-$2.65B
Hong Kong
Real Estate
104
David Tepper
$16.2B
+$25.0M
+$810M
United States
Finance
105
Alwaleed Bin Talal
$16.1B
+$25.8M
+$624M
Saudi Arabia
Diversified
106
Harry Triguboff
$16.0B
$0
+$3.20B
Australia
Real Estate
107
Jim Ratcliffe
$15.8B
-$26.0M
+$5.02B
United Kingdom
Industrial
108
Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken
$15.8B
+$59.5M
+$2.05B
Netherlands
Food & Beverage
109
Lui Che-Woo
$15.8B
+$1.85M
-$311M
Hong Kong
Entertainment
110
Dilip Shanghvi
$15.7B
+$426M
+$102M
India
Health Care
111
Marijke Mars
$15.3B
-$74.6M
+$1.65B
United States
Food & Beverage
112
Victoria Mars
$15.3B
-$74.6M
+$1.65B
United States
Food & Beverage
113
Pamela Mars-Wright
$15.3B
-$74.6M
+$1.65B
United States
Food & Beverage
114
Valerie Mars
$15.3B
-$74.6M
+$1.65B
United States
Food & Beverage
115
Huang Shilin
$15.2B
-$240M
-$80.8M
China
Industrial
116
Stefan Persson
$14.9B
+$93.7M
+$2.12B
Sweden
Retail
117
Stan Kroenke
$14.9B
$0
+$2.15B
United States
Real Estate
118
Hasso Plattner
$14.9B
+$181M
+$2.60B
Germany
Technology
119
Qin Yinglin
$14.8B
+$24.0M
-$2.55B
China
Food & Beverage
120
James Dyson
$14.7B
+$75.3M
-$147M
United Kingdom
Consumer
121
Sherry Brydson
$14.7B
+$106M
+$1.13B
Canada
Media & Telecom
122
Savitri Jindal
$14.7B
+$131M
+$774M
India
Commodities
123
Uday Kotak
$14.7B
+$119M
+$956M
India
Finance
124
Zhang Zhidong
$14.6B
+$27.2M
-$106M
China
Technology
125
Gennady Timchenko
$14.5B
+$230M
+$2.70B
Russian Federation
Diversified
126
Eduardo Saverin
$14.4B
+$500M
+$7.60B
Brazil
Technology
127
Mikhail Prokhorov
$14.1B
+$49.5M
+$895M
Russian Federation
Diversified
128
Xu Hang
$14.1B
+$137M
-$453M
Hong Kong
Health Care
129
Wang Wei
$13.8B
+$17.1M
-$1.02B
China
Services
130
Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi
$13.8B
-$27.7M
-$2.00B
Thailand
Food & Beverage
131
Ricardo Salinas
$13.6B
+$191M
+$2.08B
Mexico
Diversified
132
Pang Kang
$13.4B
+$58.8M
-$3.72B
China
Food & Beverage
133
Jan Koum
$13.3B
+$25.0M
+$925M
United States
Technology
134
Dave Duffield
$13.3B
+$901M
+$2.41B
United States
Technology
135
Philip Anschutz
$13.2B
+$2.29M
-$10.8M
United States
Diversified
136
Johann Rupert & family
$13.2B
+$202M
+$2.26B
South Africa
Diversified
137
Kumar Birla
$13.2B
+$82.6M
+$1.80B
India
Industrial
138
Steve Cohen
$13.2B
+$4.39M
+$349M
United States
Finance
139
Karl Albrecht Jr
$13.0B
+$9.68M
-$341M
Germany
Retail
140
Beate Heister
$13.0B
+$9.68M
-$341M
Germany
Retail
141
Sunil Mittal
$12.8B
-$52.5M
+$452M
India
Media & Telecom
142
Martin Viessmann & family
$12.8B
$0
+$6.52B
Germany
Industrial
143
Donald Newhouse
$12.7B
+$202M
+$736M
United States
Media & Telecom
144
Lv Xiang-yang
$12.6B
-$397M
-$935M
China
Consumer
145
Renata Kellnerova
$12.4B
+$11.6M
+$616M
Czech Republic
Diversified
146
Wang Wenyin
$12.3B
+$294M
-$1.95B
China
Commodities
147
Paolo Rocca & family
$12.2B
+$48.4M
+$752M
Italy
Commodities
148
Li Shu Fu
$12.1B
-$646k
-$2.28B
China
Industrial
149
Raymond Kwok
$12.0B
+$26.1M
+$27.4M
Hong Kong
Real Estate
150
Thomas Struengmann
$12.0B
-$161M
-$2.05B
Germany
Health Care
151
Robert Smith
$12.0B
$0
+$50.0M
United States
Finance
152
Andreas Struengmann
$11.9B
-$186M
-$2.07B
Germany
Health Care
153
Hugh Grosvenor
$11.9B
$0
+$1.30B
United Kingdom
Real Estate
154
Andrey Melnichenko
$11.9B
+$26.5M
-$1.26B
Russian Federation
Industrial
155
Zhang Bo
$11.8B
+$43.9M
-$1.77B
China
Industrial
156
Michael Platt
$11.8B
+$25.0M
+$3.46B
United Kingdom
Finance
157
Sarath Ratanavadi
$11.5B
+$111M
-$1.16B
Thailand
Energy
158
Thomas Kwok
$11.5B
+$26.0M
+$49.1M
Hong Kong
Real Estate
159
Mikhail Fridman
$11.4B
+$62.3M
+$117M
Russian Federation
Diversified
160
Alejandro Santo Domingo & family
$11.4B
+$42.7M
+$1.08M
Colombia
Food & Beverage
161
Andy Bechtolsheim
$11.4B
+$675M
+$2.50B
Germany
Technology
162
Jim Goodnight
$11.3B
+$81.1M
+$2.13B
United States
Technology
163
Chen Bang
$11.3B
-$11.5M
-$1.59B
China
Health Care
164
Izzy Englander
$11.3B
+$9.38M
+$62.7M
United States
Finance
165
Goh Cheng Liang
$11.2B
+$9.59M
+$119M
Singapore
Industrial
166
Melinda French Gates
$11.1B
+$47.3M
+$189M
United States
Diversified
167
John Albert Sobrato
$11.1B
$0
$0
United States
Real Estate
168
Micky Arison
$10.9B
+$24.0M
+$751M
United States
Entertainment
169
Jerry Jones
$10.9B
-$69.3M
-$606M
United States
Entertainment
170
Sun Piaoyang
$10.9B
+$89.3M
+$1.86B
China
Health Care
171
Elizabeth Johnson
$10.8B
+$155M
+$1.59B
United States
Finance
172
Ned Johnson IV
$10.8B
+$154M
+$1.56B
United States
Finance
173
Carl Cook
$10.7B
-$159M
+$603M
United States
Health Care
174
Dmitry Rybolovlev
$10.6B
-$146k
+$590M
Russian Federation
Diversified
175
K P Singh
$10.6B
+$41.2M
+$2.36B
India
Real Estate
176
Judy Love
$10.6B
+$7.80M
+$6.73B
United States
Retail
177
Michael Rubin
$10.5B
$0
+$25.0M
United States
Retail
178
Gong Hongjia
$10.5B
+$100M
+$658M
China
Technology
179
Melker Schorling
$10.5B
+$219M
+$909M
Sweden
Diversified
180
Ravi Jaipuria
$10.4B
+$479M
+$2.01B
India
Consumer
181
Andrey Guryev
$10.4B
+$84.1M
+$1.30B
Russian Federation
Industrial
182
Laurene Powell Jobs
$10.3B
+$3.86M
-$1.75B
United States
Media & Telecom
183
Mike Cannon-Brookes
$10.3B
+$400M
+$2.14B
Australia
Technology
184
Scott Farquhar
$10.3B
+$398M
+$2.13B
Australia
Technology
185
Christy Walton
$10.3B
+$14.2M
+$246M
United States
Retail
186
Lei Jun
$10.3B
+$29.7M
-$231M
China
Technology
187
Wei Jianjun
$10.2B
-$399M
-$2.19B
China
Consumer
188
Leon Black
$10.1B
+$97.5M
-$59.3M
United States
Finance
189
Tilman Fertitta
$10.1B
+$30.9M
+$1.66B
United States
Entertainment
190
Andy Beal
$9.99B
+$25.0M
+$211M
United States
Finance
191
George Roberts
$9.98B
+$84.9M
+$931M
United States
Finance
192
Wee Cho Yaw
$9.97B
+$5.56M
-$460M
Singapore
Finance
193
Tito Beveridge
$9.90B
-$10.6M
+$4.01B
United States
Consumer
194
Stan Druckenmiller
$9.88B
$0
-$200M
United States
Finance
195
Jiang Rensheng
$9.85B
+$39.5M
-$1.57B
China
Health Care
196
Wang Xing
$9.84B
-$3.19M
-$2.77B
China
Technology
197
Dang Yanbao
$9.82B
-$46.3M
+$144M
China
Energy
198
Charles Schwab
$9.76B
-$702M
-$3.71B
United States
Finance
199
Marcel Telles
$9.71B
+$34.8M
-$92.3M
Brazil
Food & Beverage
200
Tim Sweeney
$9.65B
$0
+$50.0M
United States
Technology
201
Henry Kravis
$9.61B
+$75.5M
+$880M
United States
Finance
202
Les Wexner
$9.51B
+$26.3M
+$649M
United States
Retail
203
Steven Rales
$9.48B
+$49.1M
-$754M
United States
Industrial
204
Vincent Bollore
$9.48B
+$30.7M
+$772M
France
Diversified
205
Henry Samueli
$9.40B
+$750M
+$2.35B
United States
Technology
206
Robin Li
$9.30B
+$517M
+$841M
China
Technology
207
Graeme Hart
$9.27B
+$9.08M
-$1.08B
New Zealand
Finance
208
David Sun
$9.22B
+$131M
+$2.41B
United States
Technology
209
John Tu
$9.22B
+$131M
+$2.41B
United States
Technology
210
Hansjoerg Wyss
$9.19B
+$17.9M
+$776M
Switzerland
Health Care
211
Laurence Graff
$9.18B
+$114M
+$754M
United Kingdom
Consumer
212
Dietmar Hopp
$9.16B
+$112M
+$2.24B
Germany
Technology
213
David Geffen
$9.14B
$0
$0
United States
Entertainment
214
Michael Kadoorie
$9.13B
+$25.7M
+$253M
Hong Kong
Energy
215
Taylor Thomson
$9.08B
+$75.5M
+$683M
Canada
Media & Telecom
216
Peter Thomson
$9.08B
+$75.5M
+$683M
Canada
Media & Telecom
217
David Thomson
$9.08B
+$75.5M
+$687M
Canada
Media & Telecom
218
Peter Thiel
$9.05B
+$117M
+$1.29B
United States
Finance
219
Victor Rashnikov
$9.04B
+$59.2M
+$507M
Russian Federation
Industrial
220
Charles Butt & family
$9.04B
$0
-$1.44B
United States
Retail
221
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222
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223
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Russian Federation
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224
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Technology
225
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$8.95B
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Diversified
226
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$8.94B
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France
Diversified
227
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$8.92B
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France
Diversified
228
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$8.92B
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France
Diversified
229
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$8.89B
$0
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Real Estate
230
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$8.87B
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China
Energy
231
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Industrial
232
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$8.75B
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Industrial
233
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China
Technology
234
Jeffery Hildebrand
$8.68B
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-$2.52B
United States
Energy
235
Nicky Oppenheimer
$8.68B
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+$650M
South Africa
Diversified
236
Patrick Soon-Shiong
$8.66B
+$75.4M
-$277M
United States
Health Care
237
Dan Cathy
$8.65B
-$19.6M
+$487M
United States
Food & Beverage
238
Bubba Cathy
$8.65B
-$19.6M
+$487M
United States
Food & Beverage
239
David Shaw
$8.58B
+$33.6M
+$517M
United States
Finance
240
Pei Zhenhua
$8.57B
-$141M
-$648M
China
Industrial
241
George Soros
$8.50B
$0
$0
United States
Finance
242
Liu Hanyuan
$8.49B
-$125M
-$934M
China
Industrial
243
Richard Kinder
$8.42B
+$22.4M
-$55.8M
United States
Energy
244
Marc Benioff
$8.39B
+$156M
+$2.50B
United States
Technology
245
Terry Pegula
$8.36B
+$3.02M
+$360M
United States
Energy
246
Tom Gores
$8.35B
$0
+$175M
United States
Finance
247
Juan Beckmann Vidal & family
$8.33B
+$31.3M
+$781M
Mexico
Food & Beverage
248
Nusli Wadia
$8.31B
+$62.9M
+$463M
India
Diversified
249
Anthony Pratt
$8.31B
$0
-$108M
Australia
Industrial
250
Brian Chesky
$8.29B
+$185M
+$1.65B
United States
Services
251
Carl Icahn
$8.23B
+$4.35M
-$15.2B
United States
Diversified
252
Mat Ishbia
$8.22B
+$293M
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United States
Finance
253
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$8.21B
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Germany
Industrial
254
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$8.19B
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Czech Republic
Diversified
255
Masayoshi Son
$8.19B
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-$4.29B
Japan
Technology
256
Blair Parry-Okeden
$8.18B
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United States
Media & Telecom
257
Jim Kennedy
$8.18B
+$26.5M
+$376M
United States
Media & Telecom
258
Carlos Sicupira
$8.17B
+$46.5M
-$59.5M
Brazil
Food & Beverage
259
Jude Reyes
$8.16B
$0
+$599M
United States
Consumer
260
Chris Reyes
$8.16B
$0
+$599M
United States
Consumer
261
Ronda Stryker
$8.13B
+$30.1M
+$820M
United States
Health Care
262
John Malone
$8.08B
+$80.5M
+$114M
United States
Media & Telecom
263
Stefano Pessina
$8.05B
+$30.8M
-$770M
Monaco
Retail
264
Michael Herz & family
$8.04B
+$64.8M
+$948M
Germany
Consumer
265
Wolfgang Herz & family
$8.04B
+$64.8M
+$948M
Germany
Consumer
266
Sandra Ortega Mera
$8.02B
+$59.2M
+$1.29B
Spain
Retail
267
Tammy Gustavson
$8.00B
+$74.5M
+$337M
United States
Services
268
Rupert Murdoch
$7.98B
+$59.1M
+$374M
United States
Media & Telecom
269
Jay Chaudhry
$7.96B
+$221M
+$1.10B
United States
Technology
270
Qi Shi
$7.96B
+$36.9M
-$676M
China
Finance
271
Reinhold Schmieding
$7.95B
+$118M
+$2.28B
United States
Health Care
272
Li Shuirong
$7.95B
+$10.1M
-$2.07B
China
Energy
273
German Khan
$7.94B
+$39.2M
+$366M
Russian Federation
Diversified
274
Leonid Fedun
$7.91B
+$124M
+$2.04B
Russian Federation
Energy
275
Randa Williams
$7.87B
+$31.1M
+$639M
United States
Energy
276
Dannine Avara
$7.83B
+$6.09M
+$598M
United States
Energy
277
Scott Duncan
$7.83B
+$6.09M
+$598M
United States
Energy
278
Milane Frantz
$7.83B
+$6.09M
+$598M
United States
Energy
279
Robert Pera
$7.75B
+$73.9M
-$4.59B
United States
Technology
280
Liu Yonghao
$7.73B
-$6.95M
-$360M
China
Diversified
281
Roman Abramovich
$7.73B
+$35.2M
-$87.9M
Russian Federation
Diversified
282
Josh Harris
$7.73B
+$45.8M
+$366M
United States
Finance
283
Prince Hans-Adam II
$7.72B
+$74.6M
+$282M
Liechtenstein
Finance
284
Ralph Lauren
$7.72B
-$6.28M
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United States
Consumer
285
Gabe Newell
$7.70B
+$105M
+$805M
United States
Technology
286
Carl Bennet
$7.69B
+$161M
+$1.35B
Sweden
Finance
287
Magdalena Martullo
$7.63B
+$81.3M
+$910M
Switzerland
Industrial
288
Nathan Blecharczyk
$7.56B
+$156M
+$1.45B
United States
Services
289
Steven Spielberg
$7.55B
+$25.0M
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United States
Entertainment
290
Ma Jianrong
$7.52B
+$677k
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China
Consumer
291
Patrick Ryan
$7.51B
-$128M
-$12.2M
United States
Services
292
Abdulsamad Rabiu
$7.50B
-$134M
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Nigeria
Industrial
293
Zhong Huijuan
$7.48B
+$26.0M
-$929M
China
Health Care
294
Jorge Moll & family
$7.48B
+$96.3M
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Brazil
Health Care
295
Jay Y. Lee
$7.44B
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Korea, Republic of
Diversified
296
Lin Shu-Hong
$7.43B
-$20.0M
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Taiwan
Industrial
297
Stef Wertheimer
$7.38B
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Israel
Diversified
298
Rahel Blocher
$7.37B
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Switzerland
Industrial
299
Andre Esteves
$7.35B
+$107M
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Brazil
Finance
300
Nancy Laurie
$7.35B
+$35.4M
+$242M
United States
Retail
301
Wang Liping
$7.35B
-$301M
-$1.13B
China
Industrial
302
Niels Louis-Hansen
$7.34B
+$69.2M
+$641M
Denmark
Health Care
303
Silvio Berlusconi
$7.34B
+$52.0M
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Italy
Media & Telecom
304
Sri Prakash Lohia
$7.33B
+$63.6M
+$1.87B
Indonesia
Industrial
305
Ivan Glasenberg
$7.33B
+$108M
-$1.67B
Australia
Commodities
306
Natie Kirsh
$7.31B
+$72.6M
-$144M
South Africa
Food & Beverage
307
Bob Rich
$7.29B
+$32.1M
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United States
Food & Beverage
308
Takahisa Takahara
$7.28B
+$63.4M
-$215M
Japan
Consumer
309
Geoffrey Kwok
$7.26B
+$25.8M
-$74.2M
Hong Kong
Real Estate
310
Robert Kraft
$7.21B
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United States
Entertainment
311
James Pattison
$7.17B
+$15.3M
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Canada
Media & Telecom
312
Viktor Vekselberg
$7.16B
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Russian Federation
Industrial
313
Wu Shaoxun
$7.16B
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China
Food & Beverage
314
Yu Yong
$7.16B
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China
Finance
315
Linda Campbell
$7.14B
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Canada
Media & Telecom
316
Gaye Farncombe
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Canada
Media & Telecom
317
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Media & Telecom
318
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$7.13B
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China
Technology
319
Joe Gebbia
$7.10B
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Services
320
Barry Lam
$7.09B
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Taiwan
Technology
321
Tony Ressler
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Finance
322
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$7.06B
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United Kingdom
Retail
323
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$7.03B
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India
Commodities
324
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$7.03B
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Real Estate
325
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Real Estate
326
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$7.00B
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Australia
Real Estate
327
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$6.97B
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Industrial
328
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$6.95B
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Sweden
Health Care
329
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$6.88B
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United States
Energy
330
George Kaiser
$6.88B
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United States
Energy
331
Shari Arison
$6.84B
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Israel
Diversified
332
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$6.82B
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China
Health Care
333
Vikram Lal
$6.81B
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India
Industrial
334
Leonard Stern
$6.79B
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United States
Real Estate
335
Ding Shizhong
$6.78B
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China
Consumer
336
Diane Hendricks
$6.76B
$0
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United States
Services
337
Simon Reuben
$6.75B
+$25.0M
+$325M
United Kingdom
Diversified
338
David Reuben
$6.75B
+$25.0M
+$325M
United Kingdom
Diversified
339
Terry Gou
$6.75B
+$24.9M
+$233M
Taiwan
Industrial
340
David Velez
$6.74B
-$119M
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Colombia
Finance
341
Chen Jianhua
$6.74B
+$29.7M
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China
Industrial
342
Wu Yajun
$6.73B
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China
Real Estate
343
Alexander Abramov
$6.73B
+$31.9M
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Russian Federation
Industrial
344
Leo Koguan
$6.69B
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United States
Technology
345
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$6.67B
+$22.6M
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India
Industrial
346
Andre Hoffmann
$6.64B
+$53.7M
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Switzerland
Health Care
347
Georg Schaeffler
$6.56B
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Germany
Industrial
348
Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer
$6.56B
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Commodities
349
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+$25.0M
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United States
Commodities
350
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$6.54B
-$49.6M
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Germany
Retail
351
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$6.51B
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China
Consumer
352
Mark Cuban
$6.50B
+$25.0M
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United States
Technology
353
Anthony von Mandl
$6.47B
$0
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Canada
Consumer
354
Todd Boehly
$6.45B
+$2.20M
+$545M
United States
Diversified
355
J K Irving
$6.45B
+$8.04M
+$200M
Canada
Commodities
356
Mitchell Rales
$6.44B
+$41.7M
-$971M
United States
Industrial
357
Lin Jianhua
$6.43B
-$213M
-$2.43B
China
Technology
358
Yeung Kin-Man
$6.41B
+$88.2M
+$930M
Hong Kong
Technology
359
George Lucas
$6.38B
+$5.56M
+$227M
United States
Entertainment
360
Alain Bouchard
$6.38B
+$89.3M
+$719M
Canada
Retail
361
Vyacheslav Kantor
$6.38B
+$24.1M
+$12.8M
Russian Federation
Industrial
362
Ann Kroenke
$6.37B
+$10.4M
+$235M
United States
Retail
363
Woody Johnson
$6.34B
-$93.8k
+$40.2M
United States
Diversified
364
Wang Jianlin
$6.31B
+$38.8M
+$200M
China
Real Estate
365
Chris Hohn
$6.30B
+$12.8M
-$1.86B
United Kingdom
Finance
366
Alain Merieux
$6.29B
-$41.1M
-$42.7M
France
Health Care
367
Henry Laufer
$6.28B
$0
+$300M
United States
Finance
368
Guillaume Pousaz
$6.27B
$0
$0
Switzerland
Technology
369
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen
$6.24B
+$25.3M
+$379M
Denmark
Consumer
370
Pat Stryker
$6.24B
+$2.92M
+$583M
United States
Health Care
371
Anthony Bamford & family
$6.24B
+$39.9M
-$714M
United Kingdom
Industrial
372
Shahid Khan
$6.24B
+$77.6M
-$973M
United States
Consumer
373
Michael Smith
$6.23B
$0
$0
United States
Energy
374
Thomas Schmidheiny
$6.23B
+$15.5M
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Switzerland
Industrial
375
Miuccia Prada
$6.22B
+$751k
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Italy
Consumer
376
Ruan Liping
$6.20B
-$39.3M
+$277M
China
Industrial
377
Samuel Yin
$6.20B
-$507k
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Taiwan
Diversified
378
Xu Shihui
$6.20B
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-$857M
China
Food & Beverage
379
Patrizio Bertelli
$6.20B
+$751k
+$901M
Italy
Consumer
380
Yang Huiyan
$6.19B
+$657k
-$3.69B
China
Real Estate
381
Dennis Washington
$6.19B
+$29.0M
+$631M
United States
Industrial
382
Joe Lewis
$6.18B
-$3.34M
-$936k
United Kingdom
Diversified
383
Ruan Xueping
$6.18B
-$39.3M
+$277M
China
Industrial
384
John Doerr
$6.18B
+$46.4M
+$1.43B
United States
Finance
385
Murali Divi
$6.17B
+$143M
+$196M
India
Health Care
386
Gary Rollins
$6.16B
-$18.3M
+$346M
United States
Industrial
387
Lu Weiding
$6.16B
-$30.0M
-$818M
China
Diversified
388
Zhang Congyuan
$6.15B
-$38.0M
-$2.42B
Taiwan
Industrial
389
Piero Ferrari
$6.14B
+$78.6M
+$1.53B
Italy
Consumer
390
Joe Ricketts
$6.12B
$0
+$200M
United States
Finance
391
Kenneth Dart
$6.12B
+$42.4M
-$1.43B
Cayman Islands
Finance
392
Vera Michalski-Hoffmann
$6.11B
+$28.7M
-$402M
Switzerland
Health Care
393
Maja Hoffmann
$6.11B
+$28.7M
-$330M
Switzerland
Health Care
394
David Cheriton
$6.11B
+$194M
+$886M
Canada
Technology
395
Tsai Eng-Meng
$6.10B
+$666k
+$202M
Taiwan
Food & Beverage
396
Theo Mueller
$6.08B
+$92.0M
+$1.71B
Germany
Food & Beverage
397
Joseph Lau
$6.07B
+$109k
-$24.0M
Hong Kong
Real Estate
398
Mahendra Choksi & family
$6.04B
+$21.0M
+$90.9M
India
Industrial
399
Enrique Razon
$6.03B
-$68.9M
+$677M
Philippines
Services
400
Li Zhenguo
$6.03B
-$169M
-$2.47B
China
Energy
401
Chase Coleman
$6.02B
+$13.3M
-$128M
United States
Finance
402
Marc Rowan
$6.00B
+$66.5M
+$291M
United States
Finance
403
Pedro Moreira Salles
$6.00B
+$20.4M
+$518M
Brazil
Finance
404
Clive Calder
$6.00B
$0
+$400M
United Kingdom
Entertainment
405
Vladimir Kim
$5.96B
+$41.8M
+$170M
Kazakhstan
Commodities
406
Marcos Galperin
$5.95B
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Argentina
Technology
407
Ronald McAulay
$5.95B
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Hong Kong
Energy
408
Bidzina Ivanishvili
$5.95B
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Georgia
Diversified
409
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$5.94B
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Germany
Industrial
410
Lai Meisong
$5.91B
-$44.1M
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China
Services
411
Jeff Skoll
$5.90B
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United States
Technology
412
Giorgio Armani
$5.90B
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Italy
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413
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$5.89B
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Brazil
Finance
414
Chip Wilson
$5.89B
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Canada
Retail
415
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$5.87B
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Australia
Technology
416
Liz Mohn
$5.86B
-$17.2M
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Germany
Media & Telecom
417
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$5.85B
-$41.0M
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Retail
418
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Korea, Republic of
Media & Telecom
419
Hong Ra-hee
$5.85B
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Korea, Republic of
Diversified
420
John Grayken
$5.84B
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Finance
421
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$5.83B
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China
Technology
422
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$5.82B
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United States
Technology
423
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$5.80B
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Hong Kong
Real Estate
424
Alex Gerko
$5.80B
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-$40.3M
United Kingdom
Finance
425
Sofie Kirk Kristiansen
$5.79B
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Denmark
Consumer
426
Agnete Kirk Thinggaard
$5.79B
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Denmark
Consumer
427
Thomas Kirk Kristiansen
$5.79B
+$50.3M
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Denmark
Consumer
428
Patrick Drahi
$5.76B
+$20.2M
+$282M
France
Media & Telecom
429
Maria Angelicoussis
$5.76B
$0
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Greece
Industrial
430
Xavier Niel
$5.76B
+$121M
-$2.04B
France
Technology
431
John Overdeck
$5.75B
+$7.61M
-$27.6M
United States
Finance
432
David Siegel
$5.75B
+$7.61M
-$27.6M
United States
Finance
433
Joseph Tsai
$5.73B
+$78.4M
-$255M
Canada
Technology
434
Charles Cadogan
$5.73B
+$25.0M
+$487M
United Kingdom
Real Estate
435
Luis Sarmiento
$5.71B
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Colombia
Finance
436
Naguib Sawiris
$5.69B
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Egypt
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437
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$5.68B
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United States
Retail
438
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$5.67B
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439
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Spain
Industrial
440
Alexey Kuzmichev
$5.66B
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Russian Federation
Diversified
441
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United States
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442
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443
Li Ping
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China
Industrial
444
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$5.63B
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Finance
445
Trevor Rees-Jones
$5.61B
+$25.0M
+$326M
United States
Energy
446
Joao Moreira Salles
$5.59B
+$51.8M
+$516M
Brazil
Finance
447
Zhang Hejun
$5.59B
-$213M
-$1.64B
China
Industrial
448
Walther Moreira Salles Jr
$5.57B
+$26.8M
+$491M
Brazil
Finance
449
Jian Jun
$5.54B
-$92.6M
-$1.29B
China
Consumer
450
Thomas Pritzker
$5.51B
+$14.4M
+$693M
United States
Finance
451
Petr Aven
$5.49B
+$6.77M
+$196M
Russian Federation
Diversified
452
Ray Hunt
$5.49B
-$13.2M
+$75.9M
United States
Energy
453
Ken Xie
$5.49B
+$47.3M
+$1.58B
United States
Technology
454
Jiang Weiping
$5.48B
-$184M
-$635M
China
Industrial
455
M A Yusuff Ali
$5.46B
+$11.3M
+$528M
United Arab Emirates
Food & Beverage
456
Lin Muqin
$5.43B
+$6.66M
-$283M
China
Consumer
457
Margaretta Taylor
$5.42B
+$17.5M
+$257M
United States
Media & Telecom
458
James Cox Chambers
$5.42B
+$17.5M
+$257M
United States
Media & Telecom
459
Katharine Rayner
$5.42B
+$17.5M
+$257M
United States
Media & Telecom
460
Wang Yusuo
$5.42B
-$45.9M
+$401M
China
Energy
461
Kelcy Warren
$5.41B
+$2.67M
+$443M
United States
Energy
462
Anthoni Salim
$5.38B
-$33.6M
-$143M
Indonesia
Diversified
463
Angela Leong
$5.38B
+$25.1M
+$7.20M
Hong Kong
Entertainment
464
David Filo
$5.38B
+$25.0M
+$400M
United States
Technology
465
Abdullah Al Ghurair
$5.36B
+$58.6M
+$567M
United Arab Emirates
Diversified
466
Arthur Irving
$5.35B
-$23.5M
-$431M
Canada
Energy
467
Rudolf Maag
$5.35B
+$106M
+$1.09B
Switzerland
Health Care
468
Marian Ilitch
$5.32B
-$37.5M
+$640M
United States
Food & Beverage
469
Gu Xiaoqing
$5.30B
$0
$0
China
Retail
470
Miao Miao
$5.30B
$0
$0
China
Retail
471
Margot Perot & family
$5.30B
+$25.0M
+$375M
United States
Diversified
472
Ren Xiaoqing
$5.30B
$0
$0
China
Retail
473
Richard Tsai
$5.30B
+$21.3M
+$408M
Taiwan
Finance
474
Rinat Akhmetov
$5.28B
+$15.1M
-$46.5M
Ukraine
Industrial
475
Tobi Lutke
$5.28B
+$127M
+$1.96B
Canada
Technology
476
David Steward
$5.27B
+$81.1M
+$258M
United States
Technology
477
Charles Johnson
$5.26B
+$32.8M
+$37.6M
United States
Finance
478
Li Ge
$5.25B
-$64.7M
-$856M
United States
Health Care
479
Red Emmerson
$5.24B
$0
+$1.30B
United States
Industrial
480
Autry Stephens
$5.22B
$0
$0
United States
Energy
481
Philip Ng
$5.22B
+$8.81M
-$163M
Singapore
Real Estate
482
Mark Shoen
$5.21B
+$29.2M
+$121M
United States
Services
483
Dagmar Dolby
$5.21B
-$2.91M
+$595M
United States
Entertainment
484
Axel Oberwelland
$5.20B
+$3.88M
-$459M
Germany
Food & Beverage
485
Jim Davis
$5.20B
$0
-$78.5M
United States
Consumer
486
Mark Scheinberg
$5.20B
$0
+$325M
Isle of Man
Entertainment
487
Rahul Bhatia
$5.17B
+$39.6M
+$613M
India
Consumer
488
Prajogo Pangestu
$5.16B
-$54.3M
+$640M
Indonesia
Energy
489
Yasumitsu Shigeta
$5.15B
-$9.90M
+$92.7M
Japan
Media & Telecom
490
Jon Gray
$5.15B
+$114M
+$648M
United States
Finance
491
Fredrik Lundberg
$5.15B
+$54.2M
+$65.8M
Sweden
Real Estate
492
Gordon Getty
$5.13B
+$25.0M
+$375M
United States
Diversified
493
Patrick Collison
$5.12B
$0
-$3.18B
Ireland
Technology
494
John Collison
$5.12B
$0
-$3.18B
Ireland
Technology
495
Gao Jifan
$5.12B
-$233M
-$2.35B
China
Energy
496
Robert Ng
$5.10B
+$8.12M
-$178M
Singapore
Real Estate
497
Tan Kim Choo
$5.10B
+$4.26M
-$446M
Singapore
Real Estate
498
Brian Acton
$5.10B
+$25.0M
+$375M
United States
Technology
499
Mohammed Al Amoudi
$5.10B
+$46.3M
-$363M
Saudi Arabia
Energy
500
Zhang Lei
$5.08B
+$18.1M
-$215M
China
Finance

Methodology

The Vizaca Billionaires Index is an up to date ranking of the world’s wealthiest people. In order for their net worths and fortunes, we provide authentic, reliable and transparent calculations available which can be found in each individual profile on our site – giving you all necessary information about how your favorite billionaire made it Big! 

Wealth is a dynamic measure of personal assets and changes in markets, the economy. The Index updates every business day after close to trading during the New York session; it tracks Vizaca reporting by net worth figures that are updated monthly or quarterly (depending on data availability). Stakes held publicly traded companies valued using share prices from the latest closing bell – converted into USD at current exchange rates.

The best way to value a closely held company is by looking at how their enterprise compares with similar public firms. In general, this can be done through either the EV/Ebitda ratio or P/E accounting for debt obligations of each comparable transaction and converting that into an estimate based on net borrowing power (or lack thereof). 

There are a lot of factors that go into the value adjustment process for closely held companies. The criteria used to choose peer companies is based on your industry and size, as well as market movements in other similar industries or relevant indexes like GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth rates across countries around the world – all put together by an algorithm. 

Ownership of closely held assets is not included in the calculations if it cannot be verified. If a billionaire has pledged shares he or she holds in public companies as collateral, those values are removed from net worth calculation unless reliable information can also be obtained about how those borrowed funds will ultimately function; this may occur for instance when they’re used to finance business operations.

Hedge funds are valued using the average market capitalization-to assets under management ratio of comparable publicly traded funds. Fee income is not considered because it cannot be uniformly verified, personal funds invested along with outside capital aren’t included in this calculation. 

Net worth calculations are made by deducting taxes from the proceeds of shares sold and dividend income paid. The resulting number is then taxed at rates applicable in that country for billionaires, which can be up to 47%. If there’s evidence supporting lower tax percentages due circumstances like low unemployment or high GDP per capita (which would make it easier not only financially but also emotionally), these explanations will appear throughout your report instead. For calculations of cash and other investable assets, a hybrid return based on holdings in cash, government bonds, equities and commodities is applied.

Billionaire’s families often hold a portion of their assets. Such transfers don’t change who ultimately controls the fortune. According to Vizaca’s operating principle, all billionaire riches are fundamentally familial fortunes, and these fortunes are credited to the company’s founders or other prominent family members who are proven to have direct influence over the assets.

Value is credited to each person when separate stakes can be established and mature family members participate actively in a firm.

Note:

  • The index is a dynamic indicator of global wealth that updates itself in response to market and economic events. Each net worth calculation is updated at 5:30 p.m. every business day. New York. The most recent closing price of the stock is used to determine the worth of stakes in publicly listed corporations. At the current exchange rate, valuations are converted to U.S. dollars. 
  • All these valuations are an estimate based on our personal calculations. 
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