Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, makes the list as number 84.
As of April 3, 2023, Bernard Arnault had a net worth valued at $199 billion, making him the wealthiest person in the world, followed by Elon Musk (net worth: $187 billion). Jeff Bezos is the 3rd-richest person in the world, with about $127 billion in current real-time total net worth. Bill Gates ranked 4th with a personal wealth of $120 billion, followed by Warren Buffett with $107 billion.
The list of the world’s wealthiest people can vary daily, depending on their latest net worth and financial performance. Larry Ellison ranked 6th with a personal wealth of $107 billion, followed by Steve Ballmer with $102 billion. Larry Page is placed 8th with a net worth of $95.8 billion. Sergey Brin ($91.6 billion) occupied the 9th position on the top 10 wealthiest people in the world list, followed by Francoise Bettencourt Meyers (No. 10, $88.4 billion). These are the top billionaires: Here’s a countdown of the 100 wealthiest people on the planet by net worth:
These are the world’s top billionaires: Richest people in the world, 2023:
Rank Billionaire Net Worth Country
1 Bernard Arnault $199 billion France
2 Elon Musk $187 billion United States
3 Jeff Bezos $127 billion United States
4 Bill Gates $120 billion United States
5 Warren Buffett $107 billion United States
6 Larry Ellison $107 billion United States
7 Steve Ballmer $102 billion United States
8 Larry Page $95.8 billion United States
9 Sergey Brin $91.6 billion United States
10 Francoise Meyers $88.4 billion France
11 Carlos Slim $86.6 billion Mexico
12 Mukesh Ambani $80.5 billion India
13 Mark Zuckerberg $77.9 billion United States
14 Amancio Ortega $68.5 billion Spain
15 Zhong Shanshan $67.7 billion China
16 Charles Koch $67.3 billion United States
17 Julia Flesher Koch &family $67.3 billion United States
18 Jim Walton $66.5 billion United States
19 Rob Walton $66.0 billion United States
20 Alice Walton $64.6 billion United States
21 Gautam Adani $56.4 billion India
22 Jacqueline Badger Mars $55.6 billion United States
23 John Mars $55.6 billion United States
24 Michael Dell $49.6 billion United States
25 Alain Wertheimer $48.4 billion France
26 Gerard Wertheimer $48.4 billion France
27 Phil Knight & family $46.0 billion United States
28 Francois Pinault $45.1 billion France
29 Klaus-Michael Kuehne $44.3 billion Germany
30 Giovanni Ferrero & family $43.8 billion Italy
31 Ma Huateng $42.5 billion China
32 Zhang Yiming $42.3 billion China
33 Len Blavatnik $36.6 billion United States
34 Miriam Adelson $36.1 billion United States
35 Ken Griffin $35.3 billion United States
36 Jack ma $34.4 billion China
37 Tadashi Yanai $34.1 billion Japan
38 Zeng Yuqun $34.0 billion Hong Kong
39 Jeff Yass $33.8 billion United States
40 Abigail Johnson $30.7 billion United States
41 Changpeng Zhao $30.4 billion Canada
42 Stephen Schwarzman $30.4 billion United States
43 German Larrea $29.5 billion Mexico
44 Vladimir Potanin $29.0 billion Russian Federation
45 Low Tuck Kwong $28.9 billion Indonesia
46 Li Ka-shing $28.7 billion Hong Kong
47 Shapoor Mistry $28.0 billion India
48 William Ding $27.5 billion China
49 Leonard Lauder $26.8 billion United States
50 Colin Huang $26.7 billion China
51 Takemitsu Takizaki $26.5 billion Japan
52 Leonid Mikhelson $26.3 billion Russian Federation
53 Thomas Peterffy $25.7 billion United States
54 Iris Fontbona & family $25.5 billion Chile
55 James Simons $25.5 billion United States
56 Shiv Nadar $25.4 billion India
57 Susanne Klatten $25.4 billion Germany
58 Jensen Huang $25.2 billion United States
59 Dieter Schwarz $24.9 billion Germany
60 Carl Icahn $24.7 billion United States
61 Rodolphe Saade & family $24.3 billion France
62 Henry Cheng $24.3 billion Hong Kong
63 He Xiangjian $23.5 billion China
64 Xu Yangtian $23.5 billion China
65 Gina Rinehart $23.5 billion Australia
66 Lukas Walton $23.5 billion United States
67 Thomas Frist $23.1 billion United States
68 Andrew Forrest $23.0 billion Australia
69 Stefan Quandt $22.7 billion Germany
70 Jorge Paulo Lemann $22.6 billion Brazil
71 Mackenzie Scott $22.6 billion United States
72 Harold Hamm $22.4 billion United States
73 Azim Premji $22.4 billion India
74 Elaine Marshall $22.4 billion United States
75 Budi Hartono $21.6 billion Indonesia
76 Eric Schmidt $21.4 billion United States
77 Mark Mateschitz $21.2 billion Austria
78 Lee Shau Kee $21.1 billion Hong Kong
79 Vladimir Lisin $21.0 billion Russian Federation
80 Dan Gilbert $20.6 billion United States
81 Ernesto Bertarelli & family $20.6 billion Switzerland
82 Eyal Ofer $20.2 billion Monaco
83 Wang Chuan-Fu $20.0 billion China
84 Aliko Dangote $19.8 billion Nigeria
85 Idan Ofer $19.8 billion Israel
86 Lakshmi Mittal $19.6 billion India
87 Michael Hartono $19.4 billion Indonesia
88 Alisher Usmanov $19.2 billion Russian Federation
89 Alexey Mordashov $19.1 billion Russian Federation
90 Vagit Alekperov $18.5 billion Russian Federation
91 Reinhold Wuerth $18.4 billion Germany
92 Sammy Lee $18.1 billion Hong Kong
93 Peter Woo $17.8 billion Hong Kong
94 Qin Yinglin $17.6 billion China
95 Vicky Safra $17.6 billion Greece
96 Robert Kuok $17.5 billion Malaysia
97 Zhang Zhidong $17.3 billion China
98 Donald Bren $17.2 billion United States
99 Liu Yongxing $17.2 billion China
100 Cyrus Poonawalla $17.2 billion India
Detailed findings & method: CEOWORLD magazine put together a panel of experts to review data points from virtually every reputable wealth-tracking media outlet, including Bloomberg, The Richest, Money Inc, Cheat Sheet, GO Banking Rates, Celebrity net worth, Wealthy gorilla, Forbes, and more. The list includes self-made billionaires, heirs to family fortunes, to business tycoons who have made a lasting impact on the population. Their power and influence extend beyond those in the industry, so much so that even those with no interest in business want to know how to get to the top of the chain. Based on a consensus from these sources, the final decision for the ranking was judged editorially. All data is for the most recent period available. Some were not included in the official statistics for various reasons, primarily due to the lack of necessary data. Remember, these values and fluctuations are estimations based on multiple variables and publicly available documents. The margin of sampling error for the entire data sample is plus or minus 1.2 percentage points. In addition to sampling error, one should remember that, as in all research, there are possible sources of error—such as coverage, nonresponse, and measurement error——that could affect the results. All figures are in US dollars.
