Top 100 Richest People In The World 2025
The race to the top of the global rich list is anything but stable. Fortunes rise fast and fall even faster. From Japan’s real estate kings of the 1990s to Silicon Valley’s tech giants and Europe’s luxury moguls, global wealth and net worth reflects the pulse of shifting industries and economic tides.
Bill Gates ruled for nearly two decades. Warren Buffett had his moment. Then came Jeff Bezos, the first “centibillionaire,” followed by Elon Musk, who redefined what modern wealth looks like.
But for every billionaire success story, there's a collapse waiting in the wings. Explore both sides of extreme wealth, from historic highs to shocking celebrity net worth crashes. Below, you’ll find the latest list of the world’s richest individuals, updated daily as fortunes rise, fall, and reshape the global economy.
All figures accurate as of today and subject to real-time market fluctuations.
Finance Monthly Real-Time Billionaire List
(Data as of prior trading day's close unless otherwise indicated)
| Rank | Name | Total Net Worth | $ Last Change | $ YTD Change | Country / Region | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elon Musk | $642B | +$2.84B | +$22.2B | United States | Technology |
| 2 | Larry Page | $284B | +$2.83B | +$15.0B | United States | Technology |
| 3 | Jeff Bezos | $268B | -$565M | +$14.2B | United States | Technology |
| 4 | Sergey Brin | $264B | +$2.62B | +$13.9B | United States | Technology |
| 5 | Larry Ellison | $257B | +$6.43B | +$10.0B | United States | Technology |
| 6 | Mark Zuckerberg | $227B | -$3.75B | -$6.11B | United States | Technology |
| 7 | Bernard Arnault | $208B | -$313M | -$155M | France | Consumer |
| 8 | Steve Ballmer | $166B | -$645M | -$2.01B | United States | Technology |
| 9 | Jensen Huang | $153B | +$70.6M | -$1.26B | United States | Technology |
| 10 | Warren Buffett | $150B | -$259M | -$1.35B | United States | Diversified |
| 11 | Jim Walton | $143B | +$3.33B | +$6.65B | United States | Retail |
| 12 | Rob Walton | $140B | +$3.23B | +$6.45B | United States | Retail |
| 13 | Michael Dell | $140B | +$1.41B | -$35.8M | United States | Technology |
| 14 | Alice Walton | $139B | +$3.31B | +$6.54B | United States | Retail |
| 15 | Amancio Ortega | $137B | +$2.02B | +$1.14B | Spain | Retail |
| 16 | Bill Gates | $118B | -$246M | +$330M | United States | Technology |
| 17 | Carlos Slim | $112B | +$598M | +$1.04B | Mexico | Diversified |
| 18 | Mukesh Ambani | $102B | +$529M | -$6.06B | India | Energy |
| 19 | F. Bettencourt Meyers | $97.7B | +$1.76B | +$5.12B | France | Consumer |
| 20 | Thomas Peterffy | $84.6B | +$367M | +$7.49B | United States | Finance |
| 21 | Gautam Adani | $81.5B | +$308M | -$2.95B | India | Industrial |
| 22 | Julia Koch & family | $79.3B | -$171M | +$1.85B | United States | Industrial |
| 23 | Charles Koch | $71.1B | -$157M | +$1.70B | United States | Industrial |
| 24 | Zhong Shanshan | $71.1B | +$1.74B | +$1.84B | China | Diversified |
| 25 | Ma Huateng | $68.3B | +$1.20B | +$2.23B | China | Technology |
| 26 | German Larrea | $65.3B | +$1.69B | +$5.21B | Mexico | Commodities |
| 27 | Zhang Yiming | $65.2B | $0 | $0 | China | Technology |
| 28 | Jeff Yass | $63.7B | +$157M | +$408M | United States | Finance |
| 29 | Tadashi Yanai | $59.4B | -$39.8M | +$4.32B | Japan | Retail |
| 30 | G. Ferrero & family | $55.8B | +$303M | +$174M | Italy | Food & Beverage |
| 31 | Zeng Yuqun | $55.7B | -$1.05B | -$646M | Hong Kong | Industrial |
| 32 | Eric Schmidt | $55.6B | +$522M | +$2.60B | United States | Technology |
| 33 | Stephen Schwarzman | $53.9B | -$132M | +$847M | United States | Finance |
| 34 | Iris Fontbona & family | $52.8B | +$643M | +$2.79B | Chile | Commodities |
| 35 | Changpeng Zhao | $52.6B | +$517M | +$2.95B | Canada | Finance |
| 36 | Lukas Walton | $49.2B | +$1.08B | +$2.18B | United States | Retail |
| 37 | Jacqueline B. Mars | $48.5B | +$53.3M | +$490M | United States | Food & Beverage |
| 38 | John Mars | $48.5B | +$53.3M | +$490M | United States | Food & Beverage |
| 39 | Ken Griffin | $48.3B | $0 | $0 | United States | Finance |
| 40 | Abigail Johnson | $47.4B | -$91.5M | +$934M | United States | Finance |
| 41 | Jack Ma | $47.3B | +$1.59B | +$2.16B | China | Technology |
| 42 | William Ding | $46.5B | +$1.94B | +$2.42B | China | Technology |
| 43 | Zhang Bo | $45.0B | +$437M | +$2.21B | China | Industrial |
| 44 | Alain Wertheimer | $44.8B | +$99.0M | +$1.26B | France | Consumer |
| 45 | Gerard Wertheimer | $44.8B | +$99.0M | +$1.26B | France | Consumer |
| 46 | Miriam Adelson | $44.7B | +$464M | -$1.81B | United States | Entertainment |
| 47 | Klaus-Michael Kuehne | $42.9B | +$689M | +$1.36B | Germany | Industrial |
| 48 | MacKenzie Scott | $41.9B | +$54.7M | +$1.59B | United States | Technology |
| 49 | Colin Huang | $41.8B | -$641M | +$1.88B | China | Technology |
| 50 | Thomas Frist | $41.2B | +$206M | +$618M | United States | Health Care |
| 51 | Dan Gilbert | $40.6B | -$77.9M | +$4.47B | United States | Real Estate |
| 52 | Prajogo Pangestu | $40.5B | -$2.31B | -$5.62B | Indonesia | Energy |
| 53 | Rodolphe Saade & family | $40.4B | +$1.18B | +$1.95B | France | Services |
| 54 | Dieter Schwarz | $39.4B | +$118M | -$1.79B | Germany | Retail |
| 55 | Li Ka-shing | $39.4B | +$501M | +$1.59B | Hong Kong | Real Estate |
| 56 | He Xiangjian | $38.7B | -$250M | +$392M | China | Consumer |
| 57 | Len Blavatnik | $38.7B | +$15.9M | +$704M | United States | Diversified |
| 58 | Shiv Nadar | $38.4B | +$163M | +$814M | India | Technology |
| 59 | Gianluigi Aponte | $38.3B | -$188M | +$610M | Switzerland | Services |
| 60 | Gina Rinehart | $38.0B | -$37.9M | +$633M | Australia | Commodities |
| 61 | E. Bertarelli & family | $36.2B | +$376M | +$224M | Switzerland | Diversified |
| 62 | David Sun | $35.5B | +$821M | +$4.38B | United States | Technology |
| 63 | John Tu | $35.5B | +$821M | +$4.38B | United States | Technology |
| 64 | Shapoor Mistry | $35.3B | +$201M | +$153M | India | Industrial |
| 65 | Robert Pera | $35.0B | +$1.15B | +$1.52B | United States | Technology |
| 66 | Eduardo Saverin | $34.9B | -$593M | -$969M | Brazil | Technology |
| 67 | Masayoshi Son | $34.3B | -$39.1M | -$1.54B | Japan | Technology |
| 68 | Mark Mateschitz | $34.2B | -$3.87M | +$1.05B | Austria | Food & Beverage |
| 69 | Lei Jun | $33.3B | +$776M | -$359M | China | Technology |
| 70 | Henry Samueli | $32.8B | +$647M | +$575M | United States | Technology |
| 71 | Susanne Klatten | $32.5B | -$29.6M | -$111M | Germany | Industrial |
| 72 | Lakshmi Mittal | $32.2B | +$479M | +$684M | India | Commodities |
| 73 | Zhang Xuexin | $32.2B | -$50.2M | +$2.37B | China | Industrial |
| 74 | Rick Cohen | $31.6B | +$895M | +$5.10B | United States | Consumer |
| 75 | Eyal Ofer | $31.5B | -$75.9M | +$785M | Monaco | Diversified |
| 76 | Savitri Jindal | $31.4B | +$215M | -$939M | India | Commodities |
| 77 | Phil Knight & family | $31.2B | -$6.29M | +$760M | United States | Consumer |
| 78 | Liu Yongxing | $30.9B | -$65.6M | +$2.49B | China | Industrial |
| 79 | Idan Ofer | $30.9B | +$35.2M | +$163M | Israel | Energy |
| 80 | Aliko Dangote | $30.4B | +$6.98M | +$440M | Nigeria | Industrial |
| 81 | Pham Nhat Vuong | $28.9B | -$2.10B | -$884M | Viet Nam | Real Estate |
| 82 | Sunil Mittal | $28.8B | +$283M | -$919M | India | Media & Telecom |
| 83 | Andrew Forrest | $28.8B | -$71.4M | +$598M | Australia | Commodities |
| 84 | Hasso Plattner | $28.8B | +$196M | +$348M | Germany | Technology |
| 85 | Vladimir Potanin | $28.4B | +$373M | +$2.00B | Russia | Commodities |
| 86 | Andy Bechtolsheim | $28.3B | +$122M | -$1.34B | Germany | Technology |
| 87 | Henry Cheng | $27.9B | +$591M | +$973M | Hong Kong | Retail |
| 88 | Ernie Garcia | $27.9B | +$168M | +$1.99B | United States | Consumer |
| 89 | Stefan Quandt | $27.9B | -$166M | -$467M | Germany | Industrial |
| 90 | Jorge Paulo Lemann | $27.7B | +$285M | +$523M | Brazil | Food & Beverage |
| 91 | Azim Premji | $27.4B | +$154M | -$57.4M | India | Technology |
| 92 | Vicky Safra | $27.3B | +$98.1M | +$884M | Greece | Finance |
| 93 | Alexey Mordashov | $26.9B | +$115M | +$615M | Russia | Industrial |
| 94 | Stan Kroenke | $26.8B | $0 | $0 | United States | Real Estate |
| 95 | Jaime Gilinski | $26.6B | +$29.6M | +$998M | Colombia | Finance |
| 96 | Elaine Marshall | $26.5B | -$69.1M | +$625M | United States | Industrial |
| 97 | Peter Thiel | $26.5B | +$223M | +$260M | United States | Finance |
| 98 | Izzy Englander | $26.2B | +$25.0M | +$50.0M | United States | Finance |
| 99 | Chen Tianshi | $26.1B | +$345M | +$2.71B | China | Technology |
| 100 | Huang Shilin | $25.9B | -$466M | -$294M | China | Industrial |
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