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.

The world’s ten richest individuals saw their collective wealth shrink by $140 billion in February, bringing their total net worth down to $1.89 trillion from $2.03 trillion at the beginning of March, ...

Six of the ten richest people on the planet saw their rankings rise or fall on the Forbes billionaires list in a wild October for the world’s wealthiest. Elon Musk briefly became the first person ever ...

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 ...

Six of the 10 richest people in the world have lost net wealth in 2026. Here's a look at the changes and the stocks impacting ...

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

Elon Musk was recently dethroned as the richest person in the world this year by Larry Ellison — but only for a few hours. Here's what to know about the net worth of the richest people in the world, ...

They gained $45 billion on Monday alone, and are now worth about $2.5 trillion as a group. Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg, and the rest have won big from the AI boom, boosting tech stocks. The ...

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