Richest People in the World 2026

About This Dataset

Individuals ranked by estimated net worth in billions of USD in 2026 according to the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires tracker. Elon Musk's net worth recovered and expanded dramatically in 2025-26 — driven by Tesla's autonomous driving milestones, SpaceX's commercial launch dominance, and xAI's rapid valuation growth as Grok became a serious competitor to OpenAI in the enterprise AI market, pushing his fortune above $400 billion at its peak and cementing his position as the wealthiest individual in recorded history.

Analysis

The top three in Net Worth (Billion USD) in 2026 are Elon Musk (380), Jeff Bezos (240) and Mark Zuckerberg (230). The 8 entries in Net Worth (Billion USD) cover a range of 240, from 380 down to 140. Most of that gap is between first and second alone (140 of 240); the other 7 are separated by just 100. The other 6 are bunched between 140 and 230 Net Worth (Billion USD).

Source: Wikipedia

Key Findings

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Elon Musk leads in Net Worth (Billion USD) with 380 in 2026.

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Average Net Worth (Billion USD) in 2026: 210 · median: 193.

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Gap in 2026: Elon Musk is 2.7× larger than Jensen Huang.

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8 categories · 1 year

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Top Value

380

Elon Musk

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2026

Single year snapshot

Methodology & source

Data source: Wikipedia
Coverage: 8 entities · 2026 · 8 observations
Measure: Net Worth (Billion USD)
Last updated: 6 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2026.