As of January 1, 2026, the planet’s wealthiest man is Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. He’s worth $726 billion. He moved into the number one spot in late May 2024, overtaking Bernard Arnault of France.

Elon Musk, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Jeff Bezos have gained a combined $100 billion in 2026 thanks to stock gains and ...

Elon Musk now dominates the rich list while Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have tumbled down the rankings largely due to their ...

Elon Musk Shatters the Wealth Ceiling Elon Musk Shatters the Wealth Ceiling (Image Credits: Wikimedia) Elon Musk has achieved ...

The combined net worth of the world’s top 10 billionaires has soared past $2.4 trillion in 2026, led by the richest man, Elon ...

Elon Musk has been the world's richest person since May 2024. He became the first person ever worth $700 billion after the Delaware Supreme Court restored his Tesla stock options, which were cancelled ...

In just 10 years, the combined wealth of the world’s richest people has exploded from $559 billion to nearly $2.6 trillion. A ...

Six of the ten richest people on the planet saw their rankings rise or fall on the Forbes billionaires list in a wild October for the world’s wealthiest. Elon Musk briefly became the first person ever ...

The rise of artificial intelligence is causing shifts in the rankings, with Larry Page, Jeff Bezos and Larry Ellison in the ...

The 20 have a combined net worth of about $3.8 trillion * Elon Musk, with a net worth of $714.2 billion, is the richest ...

The richest people on the planet are far more likely to be in power politically than everyone else, Oxfam’s annual inequality report found.