Special Rankings

Self-Made Billionaires .

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

Elon Musk

Tesla, Inc. · UNITED STATES · Age 54

$997.056B

Larry Page

Google · UNITED STATES · Age 52

$293.398B

Sergey Brin

Google · UNITED STATES · Age 52

$270.622B

Jeff Bezos

Amazon · UNITED STATES · Age 62

$252.564B

Michael Dell

Dell Technologies · UNITED STATES · Age 61

$220.662B

Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook · UNITED STATES · Age 41

$200.167B

Larry Ellison

Oracle · UNITED STATES · Age 81

$183.999B

Jensen Huang

Semiconductors · UNITED STATES · Age 63

$168.567B

Bernard Arnault & family

LVMH · FRANCE · Age 77

$151.514B

#10

Warren Buffett

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. · UNITED STATES · Age 95

$150.256B

#11

Amancio Ortega

Zara · SPAIN · Age 89

$144.265B

#12

Rob Walton & family

Walmart Inc · UNITED STATES · Age 81

$131.285B

#13

Jim Walton & family

Walmart Inc · UNITED STATES · Age 77

$128.592B

#14

Steve Ballmer

Microsoft Corporation · UNITED STATES · Age 69

$125.771B

#15

Carlos Slim Helu & family

Telecom · MEXICO · Age 86

$123.002B

#16

Alice Walton

Walmart Inc · UNITED STATES · Age 76

$119.744B

#17

Michael Bloomberg

Bloomberg LP · UNITED STATES · Age 84

$109.419B

#18

Changpeng Zhao

Cryptocurrency exchange · CANADA · Age 49

$107.335B

#19

Bill Gates

Microsoft Corporation · UNITED STATES · Age 70

$106.808B

#20

Thomas Peterffy

Discount brokerage · UNITED STATES · Age 81

$104.869B

#21

Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family

L'Oréal · FRANCE · Age 72

$93.878B

#22

Gautam Adani

Infrastructure · INDIA · Age 63

$90.342B

#23

Giancarlo Devasini

Cryptocurrency · ITALY · Age 61

$89.3B

#24

Mukesh Ambani

Diversified · INDIA · Age 68

$89.263B

#25

Julia Koch & family

Koch · UNITED STATES · Age 63

$81.19B

#26

Charles Koch & family

Koch · UNITED STATES · Age 90

$73.79B

#27

Masayoshi Son

Telecom · JAPAN · Age 68

$72.665B

#28

Tadashi Yanai & family

Fashion retail · JAPAN · Age 77

$70.786B

#29

Zhang Yiming

TikTok · CHINA · Age 42

$69.3B

#30

Jeff Yass

Trading · UNITED STATES · Age 67

$67.435B

#31

Dieter Schwarz

Retail · GERMANY · Age 86

$65.148B

#32

Germán Larrea Mota Velasco & family

Mining · MEXICO · Age 72

$60.878B

#33

Robin Zeng

Batteries · HONG KONG · Age 57

$59.518B

#34

Zhong Shanshan

Beverages · CHINA · Age 71

$59.403B

#35

Ken Griffin

Hedge funds · UNITED STATES · Age 57

$51.01B

#36

Iris Fontbona & family

Mining · CHILE · Age 83

$47.884B

#37

Giovanni Ferrero

Nutella · ITALY · Age 61

$47.251B

#38

Li Ka-shing

Diversified · HONG KONG · Age 97

$46.651B

#39

Ma Huateng

Online games · CHINA · Age 54

$45.763B

#40

Rafaela Aponte-Diamant

Shipping · SWITZERLAND · Age 80

$44.859B

#41

Gianluigi Aponte

Shipping · SWITZERLAND · Age 85

$44.859B

#42

Mark Mateschitz

Red Bull · AUSTRIA · Age 33

$44.377B

#43

Lukas Walton

Walmart Inc · UNITED STATES · Age 39

$44.219B

#44

John Mars

Candy · UNITED STATES · Age 90

$43.004B

#45

Jacqueline Mars

Candy · UNITED STATES · Age 86

$43.004B

#46

Klaus-Michael Kuehne

Shipping · GERMANY · Age 88

$42.366B

#47

William Ding

Online games · CHINA · Age 54

$41.456B

#48

Andrea Pignataro

Financial software · ITALY · Age 55

$41.312B

#49

Stephen Schwarzman

Blackstone Inc. · UNITED STATES · Age 79

$40.572B

#50

Abigail Johnson

Fidelity · UNITED STATES · Age 64

$39.944B

#51

Eric Schmidt

Google · UNITED STATES · Age 70

$39.674B

#52

Alain Wertheimer

Chanel · FRANCE · Age 77

$39.411B

#53

Gerard Wertheimer

Chanel · FRANCE · Age 74

$39.411B

#54

Paolo Ardoino

Cryptocurrency · ITALY · Age 41

$38B

#55

Jean-Louis van der Velde

Cryptocurrency · NETHERLANDS · Age 62

$38B

#56

Savitri Jindal & family

Steel · INDIA · Age 76

$37.726B

#57

Alexey Mordashov & family

Steel · RUSSIA · Age 60

$36.934B

#58

Chen Tianshi

Semiconductors · CHINA · Age 40

$35.703B

#59

Jay Y. Lee

Samsung · SOUTH KOREA · Age 57

$34.474B

#60

Henry Samueli

Semiconductors · UNITED STATES · Age 71

$34.298B

#61

Pham Nhat Vuong

Diversified · VIETNAM · Age 57

$34.028B

#62

Miriam Adelson & family

Casinos · UNITED STATES · Age 80

$33.74B

#63

Eyal Ofer

Real estate · ISRAEL · Age 75

$33.64B

#64

He Xiangjian & family

Home appliances · CHINA · Age 83

$33.323B

#65

Andreas von Bechtolsheim & family

Google · GERMANY · Age 70

$32.975B

#66

Thomas Frist Jr & family

Hospitals · UNITED STATES · Age 87

$32.858B

#67

Marilyn Simons & family

Hedge funds · UNITED STATES · Age 75

$32.549B

#68

Eduardo Saverin

Facebook · BRAZIL · Age 44

$32.403B

#69

Idan Ofer

Shipping · ISRAEL · Age 70

$32.009B

#70

Robert Pera

Wireless networking · UNITED STATES · Age 48

$31.674B

#71

Lakshmi Mittal

Steel · INDIA · Age 75

$31.426B

#72

Len Blavatnik

Music · UNITED STATES · Age 68

$31.285B

#73

MacKenzie Scott

Amazon · UNITED STATES · Age 55

$31.221B

#74

Melinda French Gates

Microsoft Corporation · UNITED STATES · Age 61

$30.395B

#75

Vinod Adani

Infrastructure · CYPRUS · Age 77

$30.346B

#76

Lyndal Stephens Greth & family

Oil & gas · UNITED STATES · Age 51

$29.782B

#77

Vladimir Potanin

Metals · RUSSIA · Age 65

$29.74B

#78

Aliko Dangote

Cement · NIGERIA · Age 68

$29.554B

#79

Vagit Alekperov

Oil · RUSSIA · Age 75

$29.475B

#80

John Tu

Computer hardware · UNITED STATES · Age 84

$29.284B

#81

David Sun

Computer hardware · UNITED STATES · Age 74

$29.26B

#82

Colin Huang

E-commerce · CHINA · Age 46

$29.037B

#83

Liu Debing

Zhipu (Z.ai) · CHINA · Age 50

$28.408B

#84

Cyrus Poonawalla

Vaccines · INDIA · Age 84

$28.335B

#85

Leonid Mikhelson & family

Gas · RUSSIA · Age 70

$28.301B

#86

Wang Weixiu & family

Machinery · CHINA · Age 75

$28.068B

#87

Reinhold Wuerth & family

Fasteners · GERMANY · Age 90

$27.944B

#88

Peter Thiel

Facebook · UNITED STATES · Age 58

$27.653B

#89

Pierre Chen

Electronics · TAIWAN · Age 69

$27.532B

#90

Huang Shilin

Batteries · CHINA · Age 59

$27.263B

#91

Dilip Shanghvi

Pharmaceuticals · INDIA · Age 70

$26.956B

#92

Emmanuel Besnier

Cheese · FRANCE · Age 55

$26.874B

#93

François Pinault & family

Luxury goods · FRANCE · Age 89

$26.707B

#94

Israel Englander

Hedge funds · UNITED STATES · Age 77

$25.767B

#95

Suleiman Kerimov & family

Gold · RUSSIA · Age 60

$25.662B

#96

Phil Knight & family

Nike · UNITED STATES · Age 88

$25.605B

#97

Vladimir Lisin

Steel · RUSSIA · Age 69

$25.532B

#98

Shiv Nadar

Software services · INDIA · Age 80

$25.357B

#99

Vicky Safra & family

Banking · GREECE · Age 73

$25.266B

#100

Daniel Gilbert

Rocket Mortgage · UNITED STATES · Age 64

$25.123B

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