The wealth-tracking platform provides ongoing updates on the net worth and ranking of each individual confirmed by Forbes to be a billionaire.

Another year, another set of records for the world's billionaire class. Forbes has been scanning the globe for billionaires since 1987. We found 140 of them that first year.

The Cost Of Living Like A Billionaire Hit A New High In 2025 Despite a boon from Trump's "big, beautiful bill,” billionaires faced higher prices last year for everything from racehorses to ...

Apr 1, 2025 · "Professor Billionaire" David Cheriton, who is professor emeritus at Stanford University, made his fortune thanks to an early investment in Google. 164.

Apr 1, 2025 · The United States, with a record 902 billionaire citizens, continues to boast more billionaires than anywhere else on the planet.

Each year Forbes ranks the world based on a variety of categories ranging from the wealthiest people on the planet to the best colleges America has to offer.

Apr 2, 2025 · Sheila Johnson, the cofounder of BET, is a new Black billionaire this year, as is Herriot Tabuteau, the founder of a biotech firm focused on brain disorders.

1 day ago · From Trump frenemyship, the DOGE debacle, unmet self-driving car promises, chainsaws and “Mechahitler” to a $1 trillion pay deal, 2025 was the billionaire’s most chaotic …

Dec 2, 2025 · A former ballerina and MIT computer science grad, 29-year-old Luana Lopes Lara is now the world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire.

3 days ago · Billionaire John Catsimatidis, chairman of the Red Apple Group, explains how he made his fortune--and why he is different from Mike Bloomberg.