Richest Individuals

RANKING OVER TIME

Net worth

Richest Individuals

2006

Leader Warren Buffett

— Elon Musk — —

— Larry Page — —

— Sergey Brin — —

— Jeff Bezos — —

— Michael Dell — —

— Mark Zuckerberg — —

#3 Larry Ellison 18.4B 18.4B

— Jensen Huang — —

— Steve Ballmer — —

#2 Bernard Arnault & family 21.5B 21.5B

#1 Warren Buffett 42B 42B

— Amancio Ortega — —

— Rob Walton & family — —

— Jim Walton & family — —

— Carlos Slim Helu & family — —

— Roger Wang — —

2006 - August 5, 2026 Net worth

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Latest ranking

August 5, 2026

Net worth

#1 Elon Musk 783.3B

#2 Larry Page 307.8B

#3 Sergey Brin 283.9B

#4 Jeff Bezos 283.2B

#5 Michael Dell 252.8B

#6 Mark Zuckerberg 201.9B

#7 Larry Ellison 185.7B

#8 Jensen Huang 183.1B

#9 Steve Ballmer 151.6B

#10 Bernard Arnault & family 149.2B

#11 Amancio Ortega 147.2B

#12 Warren Buffett 146.5B

#13 Rob Walton & family 133.1B

#14 Jim Walton & family 132.4B

#15 Carlos Slim Helu & family 124.8B

Timeline

Key moments

1996
Warren Buffett leads real-time wealth
August 5, 2026
Elon Musk leads real-time wealth

Notes

Methodology

This adapter reads the server-rendered Forbes Real-Time Billionaires page, extracts the embedded billionaire ranking payload, converts finalWorth from USD millions to USD, and stores StoryOps snapshots so the district can replay observed changes over time.

Observed Forbes real-time billionaire rankings at 2026-08-05T06:06:35.481Z. Values are Forbes finalWorth figures converted from USD millions.

Reference

Sources

Forbes Real-Time Billionaires — Forbes