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.

From Google to luxury goods, these billionaires are the richest of the rich.

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 now dominates the rich list while Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have tumbled down the rankings largely due to their charitable giving.

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 ...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk ended 2025 as the world's richest person with a wealth of $619 billion. Musk recently became the first person to ever hit the $600 billion milestone and he could ...

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 ...

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

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 ...