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  1. Forbes' Real-Time Billionaires rankings tracks the daily ups and downs of the world’s richest people. The wealth-tracking platform provides ongoing updates on the net worth and ranking of each ...

    • 2023 List

      Forbes presents the 2024 World's Billionaires List. View the...

    • Facts And Figures 2021

      The number of billionaires on Forbes’ 35th annual list of...

  2. Oct 5, 2021 · The top 20 on the list are together worth a stunning $1.8 trillion. Forbes calculated net worths for the list using stock prices from September 3, 2021—which turned out to be close to record ...

    • Net Worth of The World’S Richest Person
    • Number of Billionaires Worldwide and Combined Net Worth
    • The Countries with The Most Billionaires
    • Total Number of Billionaires and Self-Made Status
    • Total New Billionaires and Combined Net Worth

    This year there are four people worth $100 billion or more—up from just one (Bezos) on last year’s list. Besides Bezos, Musk and Arnault, there’s Bill Gates, who ranks No. 4 at $124 billion, buoyed by the strength of shares he owns in Microsoft, Canadian National Railway and tractor maker Deere & Company. Rounding out the top five is Facebook found...

    TheU.S. still has more billionaires than any other country, with 724 worth (up from 614 last year). China is closing the gap with 698 (including 71 from Hong Kong and 1 from Macao). Last year the U.S. had 614 billionaires and China had 456 (including 66 from Hong Kong and 1 Macao). As a result of the gains in China, Beijing is home to more billiona...

    A record 1,975 billionaires are self-made, up from 1,457 last year. That equates to 72% of the list (vs. about 70% in 2020). It’s a marked change from the 2001 list of billionaires, when 49% of the total 565 billionaires were self-made. Forbesuses the term “self-made” as a contrast to “inherited” and “inherited & growing;” it’s not meant to indicat...

    One hundred and six of the list members are under 40, two-thirds of whom are self-made. The new youngest self-made billionaire is 26-year-old American Austin Russell, who dropped out of Stanford to found automotive sensor firm Luminar Technologies; he is worth $2.4 billion and ranked No. 1299. There’s a new youngest billionaire as well: 18-year-old...

    Of the 493 newcomers we tracked down this year, some prominent routes to new richest stood out, including cryptocurrency, SPACs (special purpose acquisition companies), traditional IPOs and Covid-related healthcare. Sixty-one people who appeared on the 2020 list dropped off, the smallest number of drop-offs in a decade. Notable drop-offs include Ka...

  3. Oct 5, 2021 · The richest of the rich are wealthier than ever, with a combined net worth of $1.8 trillion. ... Here’s a closer look at the 20 richest people on the 2021 Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans ...

  4. There were a record 2,755 billionaires in Forbes2021 list of the world’s wealthiest people—660 more than a year ago. ... His $177 billion net worth surged with Amazon shares in 2020.

  5. Oct 5, 2021 · The aggregate wealth of The Forbes 400 reached a record-breaking $4.5 trillion, and the minimum net worth needed to make the cut for this year’s list rose to a record high of $2.9 billion, up ...

  6. www.forbes.com › forbes-400Forbes 400 2023

    After losing a collective $500 billion last year, the nation’s 400 wealthiest people have gained it all back. This elite set is now worth $4.5 trillion in aggregate, tying a record set in 2021 ...

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