Special Rankings

Self-Made Billionaires .

Billionaires who built their fortunes from scratch in 2026 — not through inheritance. Ranked by net worth.

Elon Musk

Tesla · UNITED STATES · Age 54

$798.226B

Larry Page

Google · UNITED STATES · Age 52

$315.477B

Sergey Brin

Google · UNITED STATES · Age 52

$290.92B

Jeff Bezos

Amazon · UNITED STATES · Age 62

$267.27B

Larry Ellison

Oracle · UNITED STATES · Age 81

$227.132B

Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook · UNITED STATES · Age 41

$206.85B

Jensen Huang

Semiconductors · UNITED STATES · Age 63

$190.495B

Michael Dell

Dell Technologies · UNITED STATES · Age 61

$183.189B

Rob Walton & family

Walmart · UNITED STATES · Age 81

$151.783B

#10

Jim Walton & family

Walmart · UNITED STATES · Age 77

$149.043B

#11

Bernard Arnault & family

LVMH · FRANCE · Age 77

$144.347B

#12

Warren Buffett

Berkshire Hathaway · UNITED STATES · Age 95

$142.211B

#13

Alice Walton

Walmart · UNITED STATES · Age 76

$139.721B

#14

Steve Ballmer

Microsoft · UNITED STATES · Age 69

$132.58B

#15

Amancio Ortega

Zara · SPAIN · Age 89

$130.801B

#16

Carlos Slim Helu & family

Telecom · MEXICO · Age 86

$125.583B

#17

Changpeng Zhao

Cryptocurrency exchange · CANADA · Age 49

$111.331B

#18

Michael Bloomberg

Bloomberg LP · UNITED STATES · Age 84

$109.419B

#19

Bill Gates

Microsoft · UNITED STATES · Age 70

$103.474B

#20

Thomas Peterffy

Discount brokerage · UNITED STATES · Age 81

$96.242B

#21

Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family

L'Oréal · FRANCE · Age 72

$90.047B

#22

Giancarlo Devasini

Cryptocurrency · ITALY · Age 61

$89.3B

#23

Mukesh Ambani

Diversified · INDIA · Age 68

$89.253B

#24

Julia Koch & family

Koch · UNITED STATES · Age 63

$81.19B

#25

Gautam Adani

Infrastructure · INDIA · Age 63

$80.668B

#26

Charles Koch & family

Koch · UNITED STATES · Age 90

$73.79B

#27

Zhang Yiming

TikTok · CHINA · Age 42

$69.3B

#28

Jeff Yass

Trading · UNITED STATES · Age 67

$67.435B

#29

Robin Zeng

Batteries · HONG KONG · Age 57

$65.134B

#30

Tadashi Yanai & family

Fashion retail · JAPAN · Age 77

$64.993B

#31

Masayoshi Son

Telecom · JAPAN · Age 68

$64.299B

#32

Zhong Shanshan

Beverages · CHINA · Age 71

$62.593B

#33

Germán Larrea Mota Velasco & family

Mining · MEXICO · Age 72

$61.666B

#34

Dieter Schwarz

Retail · GERMANY · Age 86

$59.139B

#35

Ken Griffin

Hedge funds · UNITED STATES · Age 57

$50.836B

#36

Lukas Walton

Walmart · UNITED STATES · Age 39

$50.836B

#37

Li Ka-shing

Diversified · HONG KONG · Age 97

$50.307B

#38

Ma Huateng

Online games · CHINA · Age 54

$48.74B

#39

Giovanni Ferrero

Nutella · ITALY · Age 61

$48.071B

#40

Iris Fontbona & family

Mining · CHILE · Age 83

$46.089B

#41

John Mars

Candy · UNITED STATES · Age 90

$45.52B

#42

Jacqueline Mars

Candy · UNITED STATES · Age 86

$45.52B

#43

Mark Mateschitz

Red Bull · AUSTRIA · Age 33

$45.147B

#44

Rafaela Aponte-Diamant

Shipping · SWITZERLAND · Age 80

$44.044B

#45

Gianluigi Aponte

Shipping · SWITZERLAND · Age 85

$44.044B

#46

Eric Schmidt

Google · UNITED STATES · Age 70

$42.182B

#47

Andrea Pignataro

Financial software · ITALY · Age 55

$42.029B

#48

Abigail Johnson

Fidelity · UNITED STATES · Age 64

$40.329B

#49

Klaus-Michael Kuehne

Shipping · GERMANY · Age 88

$39.455B

#50

Alain Wertheimer

Chanel · FRANCE · Age 77

$39.421B

#51

Gerard Wertheimer

Chanel · FRANCE · Age 74

$39.421B

#52

Henry Samueli

Semiconductors · UNITED STATES · Age 71

$38.629B

#53

Stephen Schwarzman

Blackstone Inc. · UNITED STATES · Age 79

$38.543B

#54

Paolo Ardoino

Cryptocurrency · ITALY · Age 41

$38B

#55

Jean-Louis van der Velde

Cryptocurrency · NETHERLANDS · Age 62

$38B

#56

William Ding

Online games · CHINA · Age 54

$37.757B

#57

Savitri Jindal & family

Steel · INDIA · Age 76

$37.606B

#58

Alexey Mordashov & family

Steel · RUSSIA · Age 60

$36.885B

#59

Idan Ofer

Shipping · ISRAEL · Age 70

$35.599B

#60

Pham Nhat Vuong

Diversified · VIETNAM · Age 57

$35.104B

#61

Len Blavatnik

Music · UNITED STATES · Age 68

$35.093B

#62

He Xiangjian & family

Home appliances · CHINA · Age 83

$34.91B

#63

Miriam Adelson & family

Casinos · UNITED STATES · Age 80

$34.873B

#64

Chen Tianshi

Semiconductors · CHINA · Age 40

$34.752B

#65

Colin Huang

E-commerce · CHINA · Age 46

$34.306B

#66

Eyal Ofer

Real estate · ISRAEL · Age 75

$34.088B

#67

Lyndal Stephens Greth & family

Oil & gas · UNITED STATES · Age 51

$33.5B

#68

Eduardo Saverin

Facebook · BRAZIL · Age 44

$33.457B

#69

Aliko Dangote

Cement · NIGERIA · Age 68

$32.759B

#70

MacKenzie Scott

Amazon · UNITED STATES · Age 55

$32.573B

#71

Marilyn Simons & family

Hedge funds · UNITED STATES · Age 75

$32.549B

#72

Thomas Frist Jr & family

Hospitals · UNITED STATES · Age 87

$32.455B

#73

Robert Pera

Wireless networking · UNITED STATES · Age 48

$31.674B

#74

Jay Y. Lee

Samsung · SOUTH KOREA · Age 57

$31.471B

#75

Melinda French Gates

Microsoft · UNITED STATES · Age 61

$29.962B

#76

Huang Shilin

Batteries · CHINA · Age 59

$29.817B

#77

Vladimir Potanin

Metals · RUSSIA · Age 65

$29.74B

#78

Andreas von Bechtolsheim & family

Google · GERMANY · Age 70

$29.695B

#79

Vagit Alekperov

Oil · RUSSIA · Age 75

$29.475B

#80

Zheng Shuliang & family

Aluminum products · CHINA · Age 80

$29.452B

#81

Lakshmi Mittal

Steel · INDIA · Age 75

$28.974B

#82

Jack Ma

E-commerce · CHINA · Age 61

$28.35B

#83

Leonid Mikhelson & family

Gas · RUSSIA · Age 70

$28.301B

#84

Peter Thiel

Facebook · UNITED STATES · Age 58

$28.235B

#85

Vinod Adani

Infrastructure · CYPRUS · Age 77

$27.122B

#86

Reinhold Wuerth & family

Fasteners · GERMANY · Age 90

$27.095B

#87

Susanne Klatten

BMW · GERMANY · Age 63

$27.008B

#88

Stefan Quandt

BMW · GERMANY · Age 59

$26.783B

#89

François Pinault & family

Luxury goods · FRANCE · Age 89

$26.668B

#90

Cyrus Poonawalla

Vaccines · INDIA · Age 84

$26.257B

#91

Dilip Shanghvi

Pharmaceuticals · INDIA · Age 70

$26.25B

#92

Wang Weixiu & family

Machinery · CHINA · Age 75

$25.874B

#93

Shiv Nadar

Software services · INDIA · Age 80

$25.824B

#94

Israel Englander

Hedge funds · UNITED STATES · Age 77

$25.767B

#95

Vicky Safra & family

Banking · GREECE · Age 73

$25.747B

#96

Suleiman Kerimov & family

Gold · RUSSIA · Age 60

$25.662B

#97

Gina Rinehart

Mining · AUSTRALIA · Age 72

$25.587B

#98

Vladimir Lisin

Steel · RUSSIA · Age 69

$25.532B

#99

Christy Walton

Walmart · UNITED STATES · Age 77

$25.238B

#100

Emmanuel Besnier

Cheese · FRANCE · Age 55

$25.214B

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