These billionaires are transforming inheritance, initiative and influence, rewriting the story of wealth for a new century.

Mar 10, 2026, 8:28am HST Updated: Mar 11, 2026, 12:51am HST Frank Micelotta Newcomer Beyoncé Knowles-Carter joins fellow performers Rihanna and Taylor Swift on the list. Forbes’ annual list of the ...

It’s not every day that a trip to a coffee shop makes you the richest person in the world. But, for a brief moment at least, that’s what happened to Sophie Downing. The 29-year-old had set out to buy ...

You might be familiar with the names Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett, some of the richest men in the world, but can you name the richest woman? The answer is Rafaela Aponte-Diamant. Her ...

For decades, the fortune of Australia's wealthiest citizen has been tied to iron ore buried deep beneath the country's red earth. Yet in recent years, Gina Rinehart has gradually expanded her ...

The Forbes World’s Billionaires ranking remains disproportionately male, but the percentage of women among the world’s wealthiest people continues to tick up slowly.

This fact is unsurprising, considering the history of discriminatory workplace practices and various barriers to women's wealth, including barring women from having credit cards until the 1970s. Even ...