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.

Here are the top 5 richest people in the world, according to the Forbes Billionaires List 2024. 1 , Bernaud Arnault & Family $212.1B. Arnault is the CEO of luxury goods company LVMH, which owns brands ...

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From Google to luxury goods, these billionaires are the richest of the rich.

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

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 ...

Jeff Bezos became the world’s third-richest person again on Tuesday while reclaiming the spot from Google cofounder Sergey ...

Musk went on to claim that he's "confident by 2030 AI will exceed the intelligence of all humans combined" ...

Jeff Bezos reclaimed the title of the world's third-richest person as Amazon's stock surged. The e-commerce giant announced ...

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