Another year, another set of records for the world’s billionaire class.
Forbes has been scanning the globe for billionaires since 1987. We found 140 of them that first year. It took two decades for their numbers to swell beyond 1,000. Then there were 2,000 in 2017. Now, eight years later, another milestone: 3,028 entrepreneurs, investors and heirs make up this year’s ranking, 247 more than a year ago. Not only are there more of them, but they’re richer than ever, worth $16.1 trillion in total—up nearly $2 trillion over 2024. The U.S. has a record 902 billionaires, followed by China (516, including Hong Kong) and India (205). We used stock prices and exchange rates from March 7, 2025. For daily updated net worths of all 3,028 billionaires, check out our real-time billionaires ranking.
Rank
Name
Net Worth
Age
Country/Territory
Source
Industry
1
Elon Musk
$342 B
53
United States
Tesla, SpaceX
Automotive
2
Mark Zuckerberg
$216 B
40
United States
Facebook
Technology
3
Jeff Bezos
$215 B
61
United States
Amazon
Technology
4
Larry Ellison
$192 B
80
United States
Oracle
Technology
5
Bernard Arnault & family
$178 B
76
France
LVMH
Fashion & Retail
6
Warren Buffett
$154 B
94
United States
Berkshire Hathaway
Finance & Investments
7
Larry Page
$144 B
52
United States
Google
Technology
8
Sergey Brin
$138 B
51
United States
Google
Technology
9
Amancio Ortega
$124 B
89
Spain
Zara
Fashion & Retail
10
Steve Ballmer
$118 B
69
United States
Microsoft
Technology
11
Rob Walton & family
$110 B
80
United States
Walmart
Fashion & Retail
12
Jim Walton & family
$109 B
76
United States
Walmart
Fashion & Retail
13
Bill Gates
$108 B
69
United States
Microsoft
Technology
14
Michael Bloomberg
$105 B
83
United States
Bloomberg LP
Finance & Investments
15
Alice Walton
$101 B
75
United States
Walmart
Fashion & Retail
16
Jensen Huang
$98.7 B
62
United States
Semiconductors
Technology
17
Michael Dell
$97.7 B
60
United States
Dell Technologies
Technology
18
Mukesh Ambani
$92.5 B
67
India
Diversified
Diversified
19
Carlos Slim Helu & family
$82.5 B
85
Mexico
Telecom
Telecom
20
Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family
$81.6 B
71
France
L’Oréal
Fashion & Retail
21
Julia Koch & family
$74.2 B
62
United States
Koch, Inc.
Diversified
22
Charles Koch & family
$67.5 B
89
United States
Koch, Inc.
Diversified
23
Zhang Yiming
$65.5 B
41
China
TikTok
Technology
24
Changpeng Zhao
$62.9 B
48
Canada
Cryptocurrency exchange
Finance & Investments
25
Jeff Yass
$59 B
66
United States
Trading, investments
Finance & Investments
26
Zhong Shanshan
$57.7 B
70
China
Beverages, pharmaceuticals
Food & Beverage
27
Thomas Peterffy
$57.3 B
80
United States
Discount brokerage
Finance & Investments
28
Gautam Adani
$56.3 B
62
India
Infrastructure, commodities
Diversified
29
Ma Huateng
$56.2 B
53
China
Online games
Technology
30
Tadashi Yanai & family
$45.1 B
76
Japan
Fashion retail
Fashion & Retail
31
Stephen Schwarzman
$44.4 B
78
United States
Investments
Finance & Investments
32
Lei Jun
$43.5 B
55
China
Smartphones
Technology
33
Jacqueline Mars
$42.6 B
85
United States
Candy, pet food
Food & Beverage
33
John Mars
$42.6 B
89
United States
Candy, pet food
Food & Beverage
35
Ken Griffin
$42.3 B
56
United States
Hedge funds
Finance & Investments
35
Colin Huang
$42.3 B
45
China
E-commerce
Technology
37
Dieter Schwarz
$41 B
85
Germany
Retail
Fashion & Retail
38
Mark Mateschitz
$40.6 B
32
Austria
Red Bull
Food & Beverage
39
Klaus-Michael Kuehne
$39.6 B
87
Germany
Shipping
Logistics
40
Li Ka-shing
$38.9 B
96
Hong Kong
Diversified
Diversified
41
Giovanni Ferrero
$38.2 B
60
Italy
Nutella, chocolates
Food & Beverage
42
Lukas Walton
$37.9 B
38
United States
Walmart
Fashion & Retail
42
Robin Zeng
$37.9 B
56
Hong Kong
Batteries
Automotive
44
Gianluigi Aponte
$37.7 B
84
Switzerland
Shipping
Logistics
44
Rafaela Aponte-Diamant
$37.7 B
80
Switzerland
Shipping
Logistics
46
Alain Wertheimer
$36 B
76
France
Chanel
Fashion & Retail
46
Gerard Wertheimer
$36 B
74
France
Chanel
Fashion & Retail
48
Savitri Jindal & family
$35.5 B
75
India
Steel
Metals & Mining
49
Phil Knight & family
$35.4 B
87
United States
Nike
Fashion & Retail
50
Reinhold Wuerth & family
$35.1 B
89
Germany
Fasteners
Manufacturing
Rank
Name
Net Worth
Age
Country/Territory
Source
Industry
51
Shiv Nadar
$34.5 B
79
India
Software services
Technology
51
Eduardo Saverin
$34.5 B
43
Brazil
Facebook
Technology
53
Andrea Pignataro
$34.2 B
54
Italy
Financial software
Finance & Investments
54
William Ding
$33.3 B
53
China
Online games
Technology
55
Abigail Johnson
$32.7 B
63
United States
Fidelity
Finance & Investments
56
Miriam Adelson & family
$32.1 B
79
United States
Casinos
Gambling & Casinos
57
Marilyn Simons & family
$31 B
74
United States
Hedge funds
Finance & Investments
58
Melinda French Gates
$30.4 B
60
United States
Microsoft, investments
Technology
59
Len Blavatnik
$29.9 B
67
United States
Music, chemicals
Diversified
60
Masayoshi Son
$29.4 B
67
Japan
Telecom, Investments
Finance & Investments
61
Gina Rinehart
$29.3 B
71
Australia
Mining
Metals & Mining
62
Vagit Alekperov
$28.7 B
74
Russia
Oil
Energy
63
Jack Ma
$28.6 B
60
China
E-commerce
Technology
63
Alexey Mordashov & family
$28.6 B
59
Russia
Steel, investments
Metals & Mining
63
Germán Larrea Mota Velasco & family
$28.6 B
71
Mexico
Mining
Metals & Mining
66
Leonid Mikhelson & family
$28.4 B
69
Russia
Gas, chemicals
Energy
67
Elaine Marshall & family
$28.3 B
82
United States
Koch Inc.
Diversified
68
Eyal Ofer
$28.2 B
74
Israel
Real estate, shipping
Diversified
68
MacKenzie Scott
$28.2 B
54
United States
Amazon
Technology
70
Iris Fontbona & family
$28.1 B
82
Chile
Mining
Metals & Mining
71
Daniel Gilbert
$27.8 B
63
United States
Rocket Mortgage
Finance & Investments
72
Low Tuck Kwong
$27.3 B
76
Indonesia
Coal
Energy
73
Thomas Frist, Jr. & family
$27 B
86
United States
Hospitals
Healthcare
73
He Xiangjian & family
$27 B
82
China
Home appliances
Manufacturing
75
Vladimir Lisin
$26.5 B
68
Russia
Steel, transport
Metals & Mining
76
Wang Chuanfu
$26.4 B
58
China
Batteries, automobiles
Automotive
77
Lyndal Stephens Greth & family
$25.8 B
50
United States
Oil & gas
Energy
78
Susanne Klatten
$25.2 B
62
Germany
BMW, pharmaceuticals
Automotive
79
Dilip Shanghvi
$24.9 B
69
India
Pharmaceuticals
Healthcare
80
Emmanuel Besnier
$24.5 B
54
France
Cheese
Food & Beverage
81
Vladimir Potanin
$24.2 B
64
Russia
Metals
Metals & Mining
82
Eric Schmidt
$24 B
69
United States
Google
Technology
83
Aliko Dangote
$23.9 B
67
Nigeria
Cement, sugar
Manufacturing
84
Stefan Quandt
$23.8 B
58
Germany
BMW
Automotive
85
Gennady Timchenko
$23.2 B
72
Russia
Oil, gas
Energy
86
Cyrus Poonawalla
$23.1 B
83
India
Vaccines
Healthcare
87
Rupert Murdoch & family
$23 B
94
United States
Newspapers, TV network
Media & Entertainment
88
John Menard, Jr.
$22.9 B
85
United States
Home improvement stores
Fashion & Retail
89
Idan Ofer
$22.5 B
69
Israel
Shipping
Diversified
90
Giancarlo Devasini
$22.4 B
60
Italy
Cryptocurrency
Finance & Investments
90
R. Budi Hartono
$22.4 B
84
Indonesia
Banking, tobacco
Finance & Investments
92
Diane Hendricks
$21.9 B
78
United States
Building supplies
Construction & Engineering
93
François Pinault & family
$21.7 B
88
France
Luxury goods
Fashion & Retail
94
Michael Hartono
$21.5 B
85
Indonesia
Banking, tobacco
Manufacturing
95
Steve Cohen
$21.3 B
68
United States
Hedge funds
Finance & Investments
95
David Tepper
$21.3 B
67
United States
Hedge funds
Finance & Investments
97
Kumar Birla
$20.9 B
57
India
Diversified
Diversified
98
Vicky Safra & family
$20.7 B
72
Brazil
Banking
Finance & Investments
99
Lu Xiangyang
$20 B
62
China
Automobiles, batteries
Automotive
99
Prajogo Pangestu
$20 B
80
Indonesia
Petrochemicals, energy
Diversified
101
Henry Samueli
$19.7 B
70
United States
Semiconductors
Technology
102
Takemitsu Takizaki
$19.5 B
79
Japan
Sensors
Manufacturing
103
Lakshmi Mittal
$19.2 B
74
India
Steel
Metals & Mining
104
Harry Triguboff
$19.1 B
92
Australia
Real estate
Real Estate
105
Donald Bren
$18.9 B
92
United States
Real estate
Real Estate
106
Michael Platt
$18.8 B
57
United Kingdom
Hedge funds
Finance & Investments
107
Eric Li
$18.7 B
61
China
Automobiles
Automotive
108
Stefan Persson
$18.6 B
77
Sweden
H&M
Fashion & Retail
109
Harold Hamm & family
$18.5 B
79
United States
Oil & gas
Energy
109
Christy Walton
$18.5 B
76
United States
Walmart
Fashion & Retail
111
Stephen Ross
$18.4 B
84
United States
Real estate
Real Estate
112
Renata Kellnerova & family
$18.2 B
57
Czech Republic
Finance, telecommunications
Finance & Investments
113
Stanley Kroenke
$18 B
77
United States
Sports, real estate
Sports
114
Andreas von Bechtolsheim & family
$17.9 B
69
Germany
Google
Technology
115
Huang Shilin
$17.4 B
58
China
Batteries
Automotive
115
Andrey Melnichenko & family
$17.4 B
53
Russia
Fertilizers, coal
Metals & Mining
117
Manuel Villar
$17.2 B
75
Philippines
Real estate
Real Estate
118
Pavel Durov
$17.1 B
40
United Arab Emirates
Messaging app
Technology
119
John Fredriksen
$17 B
80
Cyprus
Shipping
Logistics
119
Jorge Paulo Lemann & family
$17 B
85
Brazil
Beer
Food & Beverage
119
Dustin Moskovitz
$17 B
40
United States
Facebook
Technology
122
Philip Anschutz
$16.9 B
85
United States
Energy, sports, entertainment
Finance & Investments
122
Lin Bin
$16.9 B
57
United States
Smartphones
Technology
122
Zhang Zhidong
$16.9 B
53
China
Online games
Technology
125
Sherry Brydson
$16.7 B
78
Canada
Thomson Reuters
Media & Entertainment
125
Alisher Usmanov
$16.7 B
71
Russia
Steel, telecom, investments
Metals & Mining
127
Jerry Jones & family
$16.6 B
82
United States
Dallas Cowboys
Sports
128
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
$16.5 B
70
Saudi Arabia
investments
Finance & Investments
128
Jan Koum
$16.5 B
49
United States
WhatsApp
Technology
130
Suleiman Kerimov & family
$16.4 B
59
Russia
Gold
Finance & Investments
131
Peter Thiel
$16.3 B
57
United States
Facebook, investments
Finance & Investments
132
Henry Nicholas, III.
$16.2 B
65
United States
Semiconductors
Technology
132
Wang Wei
$16.2 B
54
China
Package delivery
Service
134
James Ratcliffe
$16 B
72
United Kingdom
Chemicals
Manufacturing
135
Robert Pera
$15.7 B
47
United States
Wireless networking
Technology
136
Laurene Powell Jobs
$15.6 B
61
United States
Apple, Disney
Technology
136
Eric Smidt
$15.6 B
65
United States
Hardware stores
Fashion & Retail
138
Radhakishan Damani
$15.4 B
70
India
Retail, investments
Fashion & Retail
138
George Kaiser
$15.4 B
82
United States
Oil & gas, banking
Energy
138
Zheng Shuliang & family
$15.4 B
79
China
Aluminum products
Metals & Mining
141
Dhanin Chearavanont
$15.2 B
85
Thailand
Diversified
Diversified
141
Hasso Plattner & family
$15.2 B
81
Germany
Software
Technology
143
Theo Albrecht, Jr. & family
$15 B
74
Germany
Aldi, Trader Joe’s
Fashion & Retail
143
Karl Albrecht Jr. & family
$15 B
77
Germany
Supermarkets
Fashion & Retail
143
Beate Heister
$15 B
74
Germany
Supermarkets
Fashion & Retail
146
Vinod Adani
$14.9 B
76
Cyprus
Infrastructure, commodities
Diversified
146
Leon Black
$14.9 B
73
United States
Private equity
Finance & Investments
146
Mike Cannon-Brookes
$14.9 B
45
Australia
Software
Technology
146
Mikhail Fridman
$14.9 B
60
Russia
Oil, banking, telecom
Energy
146
Ernest Garcia, II.
$14.9 B
67
United States
Used cars
Automotive
Rank Name Net Worth Age Country/Territory Source Industry 151 Nancy Walton Laurie $14.7 B 73 United States Walmart Fashion & Retail 151 George Roberts $14.7 B 81 United States Private equity Finance & Investments 153 Arthur Dantchik $14.6 B 67 United States Trading, investments Finance & Investments 153 James Dyson $14.6 B 77 United Kingdom Vacuums Manufacturing 153 Scott Farquhar $14.6 B 45 Australia Software Technology 153 Qin Yinglin $14.6 B 59 China Pig breeding Food & Beverage 153 Wang Xing $14.6 B 46 China Food delivery Technology 158 Dang Yanbao $14.5 B 52 China Coal Metals & Mining 158 Kushal Pal Singh $14.5 B 93 India Real estate Real Estate 160 Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken & family $14.4 B 70 Netherlands Heineken Food & Beverage 160 Andrew Forrest & family $14.4 B 63 Australia Mining Metals & Mining 160 Donald Newhouse $14.4 B 95 United States Media Media & Entertainment 163 David Cheriton $14.3 B 74 Canada Google Technology 164 Israel Englander $14.2 B 76 United States Hedge funds Finance & Investments 165 Ray Dalio $14 B 75 United States Hedge funds Finance & Investments
An Entrepreneur, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Communications Executive and Philanthropist. Editor-in-Chief of www.233times.com. A Senior Journalist with Ghanaian Chronicle Newspaper. An alumnus of Adisadel College where he read General Arts. His first degree is in Bachelor of Arts - Political Science (major) and History (minor) from the University of Ghana. He holds MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Energy with Public Relations (PR) from the Robert Gordon University in the United Kingdom. He is a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow who studied at Clark Atlanta University in USA on the Business and Entrepreneurship track.