The richest people on earth, read as leaders.
Everyone wants to know how they measure against the people at the very top. This is the Forbes 2026 top 200, each read through the OTA Leadership Index. Search by name, industry or country; the archetype behind each fortune appears as we read it, 8 so far.
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1Elon Musk$839 billionTesla, SpaceXPENDING2Larry Page$257 billionGooglePENDING3Sergey Brin$237 billionGooglePENDING4Jeff Bezos$224 billionAmazonVISIONARY5Mark Zuckerberg$222 billionFacebookPENDING6Larry Ellison$190 billionOraclePENDING7Bernard Arnault & family$171 billionLVMHPENDING8Jensen Huang$154 billionNvidiaPENDING9Warren Buffett$149 billionBerkshire HathawayPENDING10Amancio Ortega$148 billionZaraPENDING11Rob Walton & family$146 billionWalmartPENDING12Jim Walton & family$143 billionWalmartPENDING13Michael Dell$141 billionDell TechnologiesPENDING14Alice Walton$134 billionWalmartPENDING15Steve Ballmer$126 billionMicrosoftOPERATOR16Carlos Slim Helu & family$125 billionAmérica Móvil, TelecomPENDING17Changpeng Zhao$110 billionBinancePENDING18Michael Bloomberg$109 billionBloomberg LPPENDING19Bill Gates$108 billionMicrosoftCATALYST20Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family$100 billionL'OréalPENDING21Mukesh Ambani$99.7 billionReliance IndustriesPENDING22Giancarlo Devasini$89.3 billionTetherPENDING23Thomas Peterffy$82.9 billionInteractive BrokersPENDING24Julia Koch & family$81.2 billionKoch, Inc.PENDING25Charles Koch & family$73.8 billionKoch, Inc.STEWARD26Zhang Yiming$69.3 billionByteDancePENDING27Zhong Shanshan$68.1 billionNongfu SpringPENDING28Jeff Yass$67.4 billionSusquehanna International GroupPENDING29Dieter Schwarz$67.2 billionSchwarz GroupPENDING30Germán Larrea Mota Velasco & family$67.1 billionGrupo MéxicoPENDING31Gautam Adani$63.8 billionAdani GroupPENDING32Tadashi Yanai & family$61.8 billionFast Retailing (Uniqlo)PENDING33Ma Huateng$53.8 billionTencentPENDING34Robin Zeng$53.2 billionContemporary Amperex Technology (CATL)PENDING35Iris Fontbona & family$52.6 billionMetals & MiningPENDING36Masayoshi Son$51.5 billionSoftBank GroupPENDING37Ken Griffin$49.8 billionCitadelPENDING38Jacqueline Mars$49.1 billionMarsPENDING38John Mars$49.1 billionMarsPENDING40Lukas Walton$48.9 billionWalmartPENDING41Giovanni Ferrero$48.8 billionFerreroPENDING42Li Ka-shing$47 billionDiversifiedPENDING43Mark Mateschitz$45.8 billionRed BullPENDING44Gianluigi Aponte$44.5 billionMSCPENDING44Rafaela Aponte-Diamant$44.5 billionMSCPENDING46Andrea Pignataro$42.6 billionION GroupPENDING47Klaus-Michael Kuehne$41.9 billionKuehne + NagelPENDING48Thomas Frist Jr & family$41.1 billionHospital Corp. of America (HCA)PENDING49Alain Wertheimer$39.4 billionChanelPENDING49Gerard Wertheimer$39.4 billionChanelPENDING51Savitri Jindal & family$39.1 billionJindal GroupPENDING52Stephen Schwarzman$38.3 billionBlackstoneSTRATEGIST53Paolo Ardoino$38 billionTetherPENDING53Jean-Louis van der Velde$38 billionTether, BitfinexPENDING55William Ding$37.9 billionNetEasePENDING56Miriam Adelson & family$37.5 billionLas Vegas SandsPENDING57Alexey Mordashov & family$37 billionSeverstalPENDING58Colin Huang$36.6 billionPDD HoldingsPENDING59Eduardo Saverin$35.9 billionMeta Platforms (Facebook)PENDING60Eric Schmidt$35.5 billionGooglePENDING61Idan Ofer$34.6 billionDiversified (shipping)PENDING62Eyal Ofer$33.6 billionOfer GlobalPENDING63He Xiangjian & family$33.2 billionMidea GroupPENDING63Abigail Johnson$33.2 billionFidelity InvestmentsPENDING63Zheng Shuliang & family$33.2 billionChina Hongqiao GroupPENDING66Marilyn Simons & family$32.5 billionFinance & InvestmentsPENDING67Robert Pera$31.7 billionUbiquiti NetworksPENDING68Phil Knight & family$31.1 billionNikePENDING68Michal Strnad$31.1 billionCzechoslovak Group (CSG)PENDING70Lakshmi Mittal$31 billionArcelorMittalPENDING71Elaine Marshall & family$30.9 billionKoch, Inc.PENDING71Shiv Nadar$30.9 billionHCLPENDING73Henry Samueli$30.8 billionBroadcomPENDING74Melinda French Gates$30.3 billionMicrosoftPENDING75Stefan Quandt$30.1 billionBMWPENDING75Reinhold Wuerth & family$30.1 billionWürth GroupPENDING77Lyndal Stephens Greth & family$30 billionEndeavor Energy ResourcesPENDING78Len Blavatnik$29.9 billionDiversifiedPENDING79Susanne Klatten$29.7 billionBMWPENDING79Vladimir Potanin$29.7 billionNorilsk NickelPENDING81Vagit Alekperov$29.5 billionEnergy (oil)PENDING81François Pinault & family$29.5 billionKeringPENDING83Jack Ma$29.1 billionAlibaba Group HoldingPENDING84Prajogo Pangestu$28.6 billionDiversifiedPENDING84MacKenzie Scott$28.6 billionAmazonPENDING86Aliko Dangote$28.5 billionDangote CementPENDING87Peter Thiel$28.4 billionPayPal, Founders FundPENDING88Emmanuel Besnier$28.3 billionLactalisPENDING88Leonid Mikhelson & family$28.3 billionNovatekPENDING90Daniel Gilbert$27.9 billionRocket MortgagePENDING90Lei Jun$27.9 billionXiaomiPENDING90Andreas von Bechtolsheim & family$27.9 billionArista NetworksPENDING93Pham Nhat Vuong$27.7 billionDiversifiedPENDING94Vicky Safra & family$27.1 billionFinance & Investments (banking)PENDING95Jay Y. Lee$27 billionSamsung ElectronicsPENDING95Cyrus Poonawalla$27 billionSerum Institute of IndiaPENDING97Rick Cohen & family$26.3 billionC&S Wholesale GrocersPENDING98Israel Englander$25.8 billionMillennium ManagementPENDING99Suleiman Kerimov & family$25.7 billionFinance & InvestmentsPENDING100Dilip Shanghvi$25.6 billionSun Pharmaceutical IndustriesPENDING101Vladimir Lisin$25.5 billionNLMK GroupPENDING101Gina Rinehart$25.5 billionMetals & Mining (iron ore)PENDING103Yu Yong$25.4 billionCMOC GroupPENDING104Stuart Hoegner$24.7 billionTether, BitfinexPENDING105Huang Shilin$24.4 billionContemporary Amperex Technology (CATL)PENDING106Christy Walton$24.3 billionWalmartPENDING107Stefan Persson$24.2 billionHennes & Mauritz (H&M)PENDING107Gennady Timchenko$24.2 billionNovatek, Sibur HoldingPENDING109David Tepper$23.7 billionAppaloosa ManagementPENDING110Harry Triguboff$23.4 billionReal EstatePENDING111Steve Cohen$23 billionPoint72 Asset ManagementPENDING112Rupert Murdoch & family$22.7 billionFox News, News CorpPENDING113Diane Hendricks$22.3 billionABC SupplyPENDING114Stanley Kroenke$22.2 billionReal estate, SportsPENDING115Todd Graves$22 billionRaising Cane'sPENDING116Ernest Garcia II$21.5 billionCarvanaPENDING116Wang Chuanfu$21.5 billionBYDPENDING118John Fredriksen$21.2 billionLogistics (shipping)PENDING119Kumar Birla$21.1 billionAditya Birla GroupPENDING120Michael Platt$20.9 billionBlueCrest Capital ManagementPENDING121Vinod Adani$20.8 billionDiversifiedPENDING121Qin Yinglin$20.8 billionMuyuan FoodsPENDING123Chen Tianshi$20.7 billionCambricon TechnologiesPENDING123Dang Yanbao$20.7 billionNingxia Baofeng Energy GroupPENDING123Kwong Siu-hing$20.7 billionSun Hung Kai PropertiesPENDING126Henry Nicholas III$20.6 billionBroadcomPENDING127Andrey Melnichenko & family$20.4 billionEurochem, SUEKPENDING128Andrew Forrest & family$20.3 billionFortescue Metals GroupPENDING128Jerry Jones & family$20.3 billionSports (Dallas Cowboys)PENDING128Takemitsu Takizaki$20.3 billionKeyencePENDING131Andre Esteves$20.2 billionBTG PactualPENDING131Renata Kellnerova & family$20.2 billionFinance & InvestmentsPENDING131Low Tuck Kwong$20.2 billionBayan ResourcesPENDING134Nancy Walton Laurie$20 billionWalmartPENDING135Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud$19.9 billionKingdom HoldingPENDING135Dhanin Chearavanont$19.9 billionCharoen Pokphand GroupPENDING137John Doerr$19.8 billionKleiner PerkinsPENDING137Jorge Paulo Lemann & family$19.8 billion3G CapitalPENDING139R. Budi Hartono$19.6 billionBank Central AsiaPENDING140Alejandro Baillères Gual & family$19.5 billionDiversified (mining)PENDING141Philip Anschutz$19.4 billionFinance & InvestmentsPENDING141John Menard Jr$19.4 billionMenardsPENDING143Chen Jianhua$19.3 billionHengli GroupPENDING144Donald Bren$19.2 billionReal EstatePENDING144Georg Schaeffler$19.2 billionSchaeffler GroupPENDING146Brett Adcock$19.1 billionFigurePENDING146Karl Albrecht Jr. & family$19.1 billionAldiPENDING146Beate Heister$19.1 billionAldiPENDING149Michael Hartono$18.9 billionBank Central AsiaPENDING150Nik Storonsky$18.8 billionRevolutVISIONARY151Eric Li$18.7 billionGeely Automobile HoldingsPENDING151Zhong Huijuan$18.7 billionHansoh Pharmaceutical GroupPENDING153Torstein Hagen$18.4 billionViking CruisesPENDING153James Ratcliffe$18.4 billionIneos GroupPENDING153Wang Ning & family$18.4 billionPop Mart International GroupPENDING156Ludwig Merckle$18.3 billionHeidelberg MaterialsPENDING157Sarath Ratanavadi$18.1 billionGulf DevelopmentPENDING158Theo Albrecht Jr & family$18 billionAldiPENDING158Edwin Chen$18 billionSurge AIPENDING160Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken & family$17.9 billionHeinekenPENDING160Eric Smidt$17.9 billionHarbor Freight ToolsPENDING162John Collison$17.5 billionStripeSTRATEGIST162Patrick Collison$17.5 billionStripePENDING164David Sun$17.4 billionKingston TechnologyPENDING164John Tu$17.4 billionKingston TechnologyPENDING166Brad Jacobs$17.1 billionXPO LogisticsPENDING166Jan Koum$17.1 billionWhatsAppPENDING166Zhou Qunfei & family$17.1 billionLens TechnologyPENDING169Lu Xiangyang$17 billionBYDPENDING169Stephen Ross$17 billionRelated CompaniesPENDING171Arthur Dantchik$16.9 billionSusquehanna International GroupPENDING171Li Shuirong & family$16.9 billionZhejiang Rongsheng Holding GroupPENDING171Anders Holch Povlsen$16.9 billionBestsellerPENDING174Wang Wei$16.6 billionS.F. Holding (SF Express)PENDING175Mikhail Fridman$16.5 billionAlfa BankPENDING175Enrique Razon Jr.$16.5 billionInternational Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI)PENDING177George Kaiser$16.2 billionKaiser-Francis Oil CompanyPENDING178Charles Ergen$16.1 billionEchoStarPENDING178Peter Mallouk$16.1 billionCreative PlanningPENDING178Johann Rupert & family$16.1 billionCompagnie Financiere RichemontPENDING178Zhang Zhidong$16.1 billionTencentPENDING182Harold Hamm & family$16 billionContinental ResourcesPENDING183Zou Zhinong & family$15.9 billionSuzhou TFC Optical CommunicationPENDING184Adam Foroughi$15.8 billionAppLovinPENDING185Radhakishan Damani$15.7 billionAvenue Supermarts (DMart)PENDING186Friedhelm Loh$15.5 billionFriedhelm Loh GroupPENDING186Peter Woo$15.5 billionWheelock & Co., Wharf HoldingsPENDING188Ray Dalio$15.4 billionBridgewater AssociatesNAVIGATOR188Wang Liping & family$15.4 billionJiangsu Hengli HydraulicPENDING190Terry Gou$15.3 billionHon Hai Precision (Foxconn)PENDING190Donald Newhouse$15.3 billionAdvance PublicationsPENDING190Hussain Sajwani$15.3 billionDamac PropertiesPENDING193James Dyson$15 billionDysonPENDING193Shahid Khan$15 billionFlex-N-GatePENDING195Antonia Ax:son Johnson & family$14.8 billionAxel JohnsonPENDING196Jaime Gilinski Bacal$14.7 billionFinance & Investments (banking)PENDING197Ann Walton Kroenke$14.6 billionWalmartPENDING197Xavier Niel & family$14.6 billionIliad (Free)PENDING199Alisher Usmanov$14.5 billionMetals & MiningPENDING199David Velez & family$14.5 billionNubankPENDING