The Top 10 Richest People in the World Right Now (2026)

The world's richest people are wealthier than ever in 2026 — and history was just made. In June 2026, Elon Musk became the first person ever to be worth more than $1 trillion, after his rocket company SpaceX went public. According to Forbes' Real-Time Billionaires list, the top 10 are worth roughly $2.95 trillion combined as of July 1, 2026. Here's who they are, what they're worth, and how they made their money.

Note: Net worth figures are based on Forbes real-time estimates as of July 1, 2026, and change daily with the stock market.

1. Elon Musk — about $1.05 trillion

Source of wealth: Tesla, SpaceX, xAI. Musk is the richest person on Earth, a title he's held since May 2024, and in June 2026 he became the world's first trillionaire. His fortune jumped by an estimated $218 billion in a single month after SpaceX went public. He now runs the electric-car maker Tesla, the rocket company SpaceX, and the artificial-intelligence firm xAI. He is more than three times richer than the world's second-wealthiest person.

2. Larry Page — about $291 billion

Source of wealth: Google / Alphabet. Page cofounded Google with Sergey Brin in 1998 while they were students at Stanford. Though he stepped back from day-to-day operations, his large ownership stake in Alphabet — Google's parent company — keeps him near the very top of the list.

3. Sergey Brin — about $269 billion

Source of wealth: Google / Alphabet. Brin, Google's other cofounder, has returned to hands-on work in recent years, helping oversee the company's artificial-intelligence efforts. Like Page, most of his wealth comes from his Alphabet shares.

4. Jeff Bezos — about $244 billion

Source of wealth: Amazon. Bezos founded Amazon in his Seattle garage in 1994 as an online bookstore. It grew into one of the world's largest companies, dominating online shopping and cloud computing. He was the world's richest person from 2018 to 2021 and remains one of the most influential business figures alive.

5. Michael Dell — about $235 billion

Source of wealth: Dell Technologies. Dell started his computer company in his college dorm room in 1984 at age 19. Today Dell Technologies is a global leader in computers and business technology, and its founder remains its largest shareholder.

6. Mark Zuckerberg — about $194 billion

Source of wealth: Meta (Facebook). Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard dorm room in 2004 at age 19. His company, now called Meta, owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, and is investing heavily in artificial intelligence and virtual reality.

7. Larry Ellison — about $180 billion

Source of wealth: Oracle. Ellison cofounded the software giant Oracle in 1977 and owns roughly 40% of it. Earlier in 2026 he briefly became only the third person ever worth more than $300 billion, before a market dip trimmed his fortune. He remains one of the most powerful figures in enterprise technology.

8. Jensen Huang — about $154 billion

Source of wealth: Nvidia. Huang cofounded the chip company Nvidia in 1993 and has led it ever since. Nvidia's graphics chips power the artificial-intelligence boom, and surging demand has made Huang one of the fastest-rising billionaires in the world.

9. Bernard Arnault — about $148 billion

Source of wealth: LVMH (luxury goods). Arnault, the only non-American in the top 10, oversees the LVMH empire of about 75 luxury brands, including Louis Vuitton, Dior, and Sephora. He was the world's richest person for stretches of 2023 and 2024.

10. Amancio Ortega — about $148 billion

Source of wealth: Zara / Inditex. Ortega, from Spain, left school at 14 and founded the fast-fashion giant Zara in 1975. His company Inditex pioneered getting new clothing designs from idea to store shelf in just weeks. He also owns a vast global real-estate portfolio and is famously private.

Quick facts about the 2026 list

Nine of the ten richest people are Americans — the only exception is France's Bernard Arnault. Technology dominates the list, powering seven of the top ten fortunes. The richest woman in the world, Alice Walton (heir to the Walmart fortune), ranks 16th overall with about $121 billion. And 2026 marked the first time in 33 years that Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates fell out of the top 10.

How is net worth calculated?

A person's net worth is their total assets (company shares, real estate, cash, and investments) minus their debts. Because so much of these fortunes is tied up in company stock, the numbers rise and fall every day with the markets — which is why the exact figures and rankings can shift from week to week.

GlobalNewsX presents this as factual reporting based on publicly available data. Figures are estimates from Forbes' Real-Time Billionaires list as of July 1, 2026.