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The Richest In 2024
Edited by Rob LaFranco, Grace Chung,
And Chase Peterson-Withorn
Illustration by Kevin McGivern for Forbes
A record year for ten-figure wealth has left the billionaire class
bigger and richer than ever.
W
hat a year it’s been for the planet’s billionaires,
whose fortunes continue to swell as global stock
markets shrug off war, political unrest and lingering
inflation. There are now more billionaires than ever:
2,781 in all, 141 more than last year and 26 more than the record set in
2021. They’re richer than ever, worth $14.2 trillion in aggregate, up by
$2 trillion from 2023 and $1.1 trillion above the previous record, also
set in 2021. Two-thirds of the list’s members are worth more than a
year ago; only one fourth are poorer. Much of the gains come from the
top 20, who added a combined $700 billion in wealth since 2023, and
from the U.S., which now boasts a record 813 billionaires worth a
combined $5.7 trillion. China remains second, with 473 (including
Hong Kong) worth $1.7 trillion, despite weak consumer spending and
a real estate bust that helped wipe out some $300 billion in wealth.
India, which has 200 billionaires (also a record), ranks third. To
calculate net worths, we used stock prices and exchange rates from
March 8, 2024. See below for the full list of the world’s billionaires and
our methodology. For daily updated net worths of all 2,781
billionaires, check out our real-time billionaires rankings.
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The Richest People In The World
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The 2024 List: Facts and Figures
Inside Forbes' 38th-annual billionaires ranking.
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1. Bernard Arnault & family $233 B Fashion & Retail
Bernard Arnault oversees the LVMH empire of 75 fashion and cosmetics brands, including Louis Vuitton and
Sephora.
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2. Elon Musk $195 B Automotive
3. Jeff Bezos $194 B Technology
4. Mark Zuckerberg $177 B Technology
5. Larry Ellison $141 B Technology
6. Warren Buffett $133 B Finance & Investments
7. Bill Gates $128 B Technology
8. Steve Ballmer $121 B Technology
9. Mukesh Ambani $116 B Diversified
10. Larry Page $114 B Technology
11. Sergey Brin $110 B Technology
12. Michael Bloomberg $106 B Finance & Investments
13. Amancio Ortega $103 B Fashion & Retail
14. Carlos Slim Helu & family $102 B Telecom
15. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & $99.5 B Fashion & Retail
family
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16. Michael Dell $91 B Technology
17. Gautam Adani $84 B Diversified
18. Jim Walton & family $78.4 B Fashion & Retail
19. Rob Walton & family $77.4 B Fashion & Retail
20. Jensen Huang $77 B Technology
21. Alice Walton $72.3 B Fashion & Retail
22. David Thomson & family $67.8 B Media & Entertainment
23. Julia Koch & family $64.3 B Diversified
24. Zhong Shanshan $62.3 B Food & Beverage
25. Charles Koch & family $58.5 B Diversified
26. Giovanni Ferrero $43.8 B Food & Beverage
27. Prajogo Pangestu $43.4 B Diversified
27. Zhang Yiming $43.4 B Technology
29. Tadashi Yanai & family $42.8 B Fashion & Retail
30. Phil Knight & family $40.9 B Fashion & Retail
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31. Mark Mateschitz $39.6 B Food & Beverage
32. Klaus-Michael Kuehne $39.2 B Logistics
33. Colin Huang $38.9 B Technology
34. Stephen Schwarzman $38.8 B Finance & Investments
35. Jacqueline Mars $38.5 B Food & Beverage
35. John Mars $38.5 B Food & Beverage
37. Dieter Schwarz $38 B Fashion & Retail
38. Li Ka-shing $37.3 B Diversified
39. Shiv Nadar $36.9 B Technology
40. Alain Wertheimer $36.8 B Fashion & Retail
40. Gerard Wertheimer $36.8 B Fashion & Retail
42. Ken Griffin $36.4 B Finance & Investments
43. MacKenzie Scott $35.6 B Technology
44. Thomas Peterffy $34 B Finance & Investments
45. Reinhold Wuerth & family $33.6 B Manufacturing
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46. William Ding $33.5 B Technology
46. Savitri Jindal & family $33.5 B Metals & Mining
48. Gianluigi Aponte $33.1 B Logistics
48. Rafaela Aponte-Diamant $33.1 B Logistics
50. Changpeng Zhao $33 B Finance & Investments
51. Masayoshi Son $32.7 B Finance & Investments
52. Len Blavatnik $32.1 B Diversified
53. Miriam Adelson & family $32 B Gambling & Casinos
54. François Pinault & family $31.6 B Fashion & Retail
55. Jim Simons $31.4 B Finance & Investments
56. Gina Rinehart $30.8 B Metals & Mining
57. Ma Huateng $30.2 B Technology
58. Abigail Johnson $29 B Finance & Investments
59. Vagit Alekperov $28.6 B Energy
60. Eduardo Saverin $28 B Technology
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60. Lukas Walton $28 B Fashion & Retail
62. Germán Larrea Mota Velasco & $27.9 B Metals & Mining
family
63. Lee Shau Kee $27.7 B Real Estate
64. Jeff Yass $27.6 B Finance & Investments
65. Andrea Pignataro $27.5 B Finance & Investments
66. Low Tuck Kwong $27.4 B Energy
66. Leonid Mikhelson & family $27.4 B Energy
68. Stefan Quandt $27.3 B Automotive
69. Dilip Shanghvi $26.7 B Healthcare
70. Vladimir Lisin $26.6 B Metals & Mining
71. R. Budi Hartono $26.5 B Finance & Investments
71. Susanne Klatten $26.5 B Automotive
73. Thomas Frist, Jr. & family $26.2 B Healthcare
73. Daniel Gilbert $26.2 B Finance & Investments
75. Iris Fontbona & family $25.7 B Metals & Mining
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76. Emmanuel Besnier $25.5 B Food & Beverage
76. Michael Hartono $25.5 B Manufacturing
76. Alexey Mordashov & family $25.5 B Metals & Mining
79. John Menard, Jr. $25.2 B Fashion & Retail
80. He Xiangjian & family $25.1 B Manufacturing
81. Jack Ma $24.5 B Technology
81. Elaine Marshall & family $24.5 B Diversified
83. Autry Stephens $24.3 B Energy
84. Eyal Ofer $24 B Diversified
85. Vladimir Potanin $23.7 B Metals & Mining
86. Gennady Timchenko $23.4 B Energy
87. Takemitsu Takizaki $23.1 B Manufacturing
88. Vinod Adani $23 B Diversified
89. Robin Zeng $22.9 B Automotive
90. Cyrus Poonawalla $21.3 B Healthcare
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91. Andrey Melnichenko & family $21.1 B Metals & Mining
92. Diane Hendricks $20.9 B Construction & Engineering
92. Kushal Pal Singh $20.9 B Real Estate
94. Vicky Safra & family $20.6 B Finance & Investments
94. Eric Schmidt $20.6 B Technology
94. David Tepper $20.6 B Finance & Investments
97. Steve Cohen $19.8 B Finance & Investments
98. Kumar Birla $19.7 B Diversified
99. Rick Cohen & family $19.6 B Technology
100. Rupert Murdoch & family $19.5 B Media & Entertainment
101. Andrew Forrest & family $19 B Metals & Mining
102. Harold Hamm & family $18.5 B Energy
103. Dustin Moskovitz $18.3 B Technology
104. Donald Bren $18 B Real Estate
104. Renata Kellnerova & family $18 B Finance & Investments
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104. Michael Platt $18 B Finance & Investments
107. Radhakishan Damani $17.6 B Fashion & Retail
108. John Fredriksen $16.9 B Logistics
109. Eric Li $16.8 B Automotive
110. Stefan Persson $16.6 B Fashion & Retail
111. James Ratcliffe $16.5 B Manufacturing
111. Harry Triguboff $16.5 B Real Estate
113. Jorge Paulo Lemann & family $16.4 B Food & Beverage
113. Lakshmi Mittal $16.4 B Metals & Mining
115. Ravi Jaipuria $16.2 B Food & Beverage
115. Stanley Kroenke $16.2 B Sports
117. Jan Koum $16.1 B Technology
118. Karl Albrecht Jr. & family $15.9 B Fashion & Retail
118. Beate Heister $15.9 B Fashion & Retail
120. Idan Ofer $15.8 B Diversified
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121. Nicolas Puech $15.6 B Fashion & Retail
122. Pavel Durov $15.5 B Technology
122. Qin Yinglin $15.5 B Food & Beverage
124. Ray Dalio $15.4 B Finance & Investments
125. Philip Anschutz $15.3 B Finance & Investments
126. Leonard Lauder $15.1 B Fashion & Retail
126. Li Xiting $15.1 B Healthcare
126. Peter Woo $15.1 B Real Estate
129. Andreas von Bechtolsheim & $14.8 B Technology
family
130. George Kaiser $14.6 B Energy
131. Wang Chuanfu $14.2 B Automotive
132. Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken $14.1 B Food & Beverage
& family
132. David Duffield $14.1 B Technology
132. Henry Samueli $14.1 B Technology
135. Theo Albrecht, Jr. & family $14 B Fashion & Retail
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135. Leon Black $14 B Finance & Investments
137. Jerry Jones & family $13.8 B Sports
137. Wang Wei $13.8 B Service
139. David Green & family $13.7 B Fashion & Retail
140. James Dyson $13.6 B Manufacturing
140. David Sun $13.6 B Technology
140. John Tu $13.6 B Technology
140. Christy Walton $13.6 B Fashion & Retail
144. Dang Yanbao $13.4 B Metals & Mining
144. Aliko Dangote $13.4 B Manufacturing
144. Ricardo Salinas Pliego & family $13.4 B Fashion & Retail
144. Alisher Usmanov $13.4 B Metals & Mining
148. Mike Cannon-Brookes $13.3 B Technology
148. Uday Kotak $13.3 B Finance & Investments
150. Mikhail Fridman $13.1 B Energy
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China's Richest
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150. Joseph Lau $13.1 B Real Estate
152. Scott Farquhar $13 B Technology
153. Laurene Powell Jobs & family $12.8 B Technology
154. Goh Cheng Liang $12.7 B Manufacturing
154. George Roberts $12.7 B Finance & Investments
156. David Cheriton $12.6 B Technology
156. Jeffery Hildebrand $12.6 B Energy
156. Georg Stumpf $12.6 B Diversified
159. Dhanin Chearavanont $12.5 B Diversified
159. Anders Holch Povlsen $12.5 B Fashion & Retail
161. Israel Englander $12.4 B Finance & Investments
162. Shahid Khan $12.2 B Automotive
162. Johann Rupert & family $12.2 B Fashion & Retail
164. Hasso Plattner & family $12.1 B Technology
165. Kwong Siu-hing $12 B Real Estate
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165. Azim Premji $12 B Technology
167. Henry Nicholas, III. $11.9 B Technology
168. Edward Johnson, IV. $11.8 B Finance & Investments
169. John Doerr $11.7 B Finance & Investments
169. Henry Kravis $11.7 B Finance & Investments
169. Eric Smidt $11.7 B Fashion & Retail
172. Lu Xiangyang $11.6 B Automotive
173. Andrew Beal $11.5 B Finance & Investments
173. Jay Y. Lee $11.5 B Technology
173. Michael Rubin $11.5 B Fashion & Retail
176. Robert Kuok $11.4 B Diversified
177. Giorgio Armani $11.3 B Fashion & Retail
177. Jay Chaudhry $11.3 B Technology
177. Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi $11.3 B Food & Beverage
180. Brian Armstrong $11.2 B Finance & Investments
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180. Ernesto Bertarelli $11.2 B Healthcare
180. Bubba Cathy $11.2 B Food & Beverage
180. Dan Cathy $11.2 B Food & Beverage
180. Trudy Cathy White $11.2 B Food & Beverage
180. Lui Che Woo $11.2 B Gambling & Casinos
180. Wei Jianjun & family $11.2 B Automotive
180. Sky Xu $11.2 B Fashion & Retail
188. Melinda French Gates $11.1 B Technology
188. Robert Kraft $11.1 B Sports
190. Brian Chesky $11 B Technology
190. Barry Lam $11 B Technology
190. Donald Newhouse $11 B Media & Entertainment
190. Mikhail Prokhorov $11 B Finance & Investments
190. Manuel Villar $11 B Real Estate
195. Jiang Rensheng & family $10.9 B Healthcare
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195. Lei Jun $10.9 B Technology
195. Georg Schaeffler $10.9 B Automotive
195. Marcel Herrmann Telles & family $10.9 B Food & Beverage
199. David Velez & family $10.8 B Finance & Investments
200. Suleiman Kerimov & family $10.7 B Finance & Investments
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METHODOLOGY
The Forbes World’s Billionaires list is a snapshot of wealth using stock prices and exchange
rates from March 8, 2024. Some people become richer or poorer within days of publication.
We list individuals rather than multigenerational families who share fortunes, though we
include wealth belonging to a billionaire’s spouse and children in certain cases, namely if
that person is the founder of the fortune. For Russian billionaires, fortunes were calculated
using ownership structures from February 2022, prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and
before many made transfers of assets to managers, friends and others in an effort to protect
their holdings from sanctions. We value a variety of assets, including private companies,
real estate, art and more. We don’t pretend to know each billionaire’s private balance sheet
(though some provide it). When documentation isn’t supplied or available, we discount
fortunes. For daily updates of net worths, go to forbes.com/real-time-billionaires.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Special thanks to Altus Group, Alliance Fund, Benham and Reeves, ApeVue, Caplight
Technologies, Center for Advanced Defense Studies, Cushman & Wakefield,Euromonitor
International, FactSet Research Systems, GetAgent.co.uk, IBISWorld, LCH Investments,
Moody’s, Notice.co, Orbis by Bureau Van Dijk, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting
Project (OCCRP), PitchBook Data, Preqin, Real Capital Analytics, S&P Capital IQ,
VesselsValue, Weitzman and the other experts who helped us with our reporting and
valuations, including Olayinka Adesanya, Stanbic IBTC; Chad Anderson, Space Capital;
Mike Allen, Zeus Capital; Erik Aspen Fossa, Carnegie; Michael Bellisario, Baird; Rajiv
Bhatia, Morningstar; Julie Bhusal Sharma, Morningstar; Sebastian Bray, Berenberg; Alia
Bostaji Colliers; Bryan, Garnier & Co.; John Campbell, Stephens; Hugh Chatham, CFS Jets;
Anthony Chukumba, Loop Capital; Alejandro Delgado, SiiLA; Rommel Dionisio, Aegis
Capital Corp.; Sean Dodge, RBC Capital Markets; Nathan Edwards, Cushman & Wakefield;
Alex Cogut, Jason Corbett, Rowallan Exclusive Property Buying Agents; Michael Costantini,
3CRE; Josh Ein, Matthews REIS; Truman Fleming, Benjamin A. Friedman, Abiola
Gbemisola, Phil Gibbs, KeyBanc Capital Markets; Seth Goldstein, Morningstar; John
Gordon, Pacific Management Consulting; Carlos Graces, SiiLA; Keith Housum, Northcoast
Research; Robert Iati, Burton-Taylor; Daniel Imbro, Stephens; Gregory Kirsch, Kirsch
Agency; David Koenig, 526 Media Group; Sebastian Kuenne, RBC; Tom Lagos, Institutional
Property Advisors; Owen Lau, Oppenheimer & Co.; Gail Lissner; Irene Luke, Savills
Monaco; Eirik Andreas Lyngestad, DNB Bank; Alan MacKenzie, JLL Canada; Benjamin
Maltby, Keystone Law; Markus Mayer, Baader Bank; Jack McCabe; John D. McCown,
Center for Maritime Strategy; Seth McGowan, Roth MKM Partners; Yossi Mimran, Yokra
Estate Agency; Nadim Mohamed, SBG Securities; Antonio Morales, Signum Research;
Oscar Morant, Global Art Classic; Mbongeni Mtimkulu, Peresec; Garrett Nelson, CFRA
Research; Benjamin Nolan, Stifel; Cozen O’Connor; Leonardo Olmos, UBS; Joel Paige;
Pierre Rousseau, Barclays; Silha Rasugu, EFG Hermes; Charles Robertson, FIM Partners;
Carrie Russell, HVS; C. Patrick Scholes, Truist Securities; Chad Schumer, Schumer
Bloodstock Agency; Simeon Siegel, BMO Capital Markets; Jeff Silber, BMO Capital
Markets; Shimon Shkury, Ariel Property Advisors; Gaston Solari, Luca Solca, Bernstein;
Brian Sudano, CEO S&D Insights; Lisa Summers, SGT Wineries & Vineyards; Tim Swannie,
Home Hunts; Douglas B. Taylor; Kathryn Thompson, Thompson Research Group; Florent
Thy-Tine, Midcap Partners; Navann Ty, BNP Paribas Exane; Mustapha Umaru, FCMB
Group; Joren van Aken, Degroof Petercam; Floris van Dijkum, Compass Point Research;
Sanjay Vidyarthi, Liberum; Stephen Volkmann, Jefferies; Jacques Wantz, DLA Piper; Evan
Weiss, LW Hospitality Advisors; David Whiston, Morningstar; Dr. Viktor Winkler; Jeff
Woolson, CBRE; and Kurt Yinger, D.A. Davidson & Co.
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Editors: Grace Chung, Rob LaFranco, Chase Peterson-Withorn
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Devin Martin, Jemima McEvoy, Andrea Murphy, Segun Olakoyenikan, Hyunsoo Rim,
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