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The world’s billionaires list

March 24, 2021 By Useful Ideas Project

If you’re interested in identifying the 150 people that Chamath Palihapitiya says run the world (assuming that Palihapitiya has not fallen for a conspiracy theory) – then a list of the world’s billionaires is a good place to start, as the Kochs, the only name Palihapitiya mentions, are in the top 30 richest billionaires in 2021.

Chamath Palihapitiya
Chamath Palihapitiya

Palihapitiya says: they’re all men, but they’re not politicians. They control most of the important assets and the money flows, and they are not the tech entrepreneurs.

RankNameNet
Worth
AgeSourceCountry
1Jeff Bezos$181.2 B57AmazonUnited States
2Bernard Arnault & family$158.5 B72LVMHFrance
3Elon Musk$157.4 B49Tesla, SpaceXUnited States
4Bill Gates$126.2 B65MicrosoftUnited States
5Mark Zuckerberg$102.9 B36FacebookUnited States
6Warren Buffett$95.1 B90Berkshire HathawayUnited States
7Larry Ellison$89.9 B76softwareUnited States
8Larry Page$89.0 B47GoogleUnited States
9Sergey Brin$86.4 B47GoogleUnited States
10Mukesh Ambani$80.0 B63diversifiedIndia
11Amancio Ortega$77.4 B84ZaraSpain
12Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family$75.4 B67L’OrealFrance
13Steve Ballmer$69.8 B65MicrosoftUnited States
14Carlos Slim Helu & family$64.0 B81telecomMexico
15Alice Walton$63.4 B71WalmartUnited States
16Jim Walton$61.7 B72WalmartUnited States
17Zhong Shanshan$61.5 B66beverages, pharmaceuticalsChina
18Rob Walton$61.0 B76WalmartUnited States
19Ma Huateng$60.7 B49internet mediaChina
20Michael Bloomberg$59.0 B79Bloomberg LPUnited States
21Gautam Adani & family$55.7 B58infrastructure, commoditiesIndia
22MacKenzie Scott$54.5 B50AmazonUnited States
23Phil Knight & family$49.8 B83NikeUnited States
24Jack Ma$48.0 B56e-commerceChina
25Daniel Gilbert$47.1 B59Quicken LoansUnited States
26Charles Koch$46.4 B85Koch IndustriesUnited States
26Julia Koch & family$46.4 B58Koch IndustriesUnited States
28Michael Dell$45.5 B56Dell computersUnited States
29François Pinault & family$44.2 B84luxury goodsFrance
30Colin Zheng Huang$43.8 B41e-commerceChina
31Masayoshi Son$42.3 B63internet, telecomJapan
32David Thomson & family$42.2 B63mediaCanada
33Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr.$39.2 BunknownsupermarketsGermany
34Tadashi Yanai & family$38.7 B72fashion retailJapan
35Dieter Schwarz$36.8 B81retailGermany
36Zhang Yiming$35.6 B37softwareChina
37Giovanni Ferrero$35.0 B56Nutella, chocolatesItaly
38He Xiangjian$35.0 B78home appliancesChina
39Alain Wertheimer$34.5 B72ChanelFrance
39Gerard Wertheimer$34.5 B70ChanelFrance
41Li Ka-shing$33.8 B92diversifiedHong Kong
42Wang Wei$33.0 Bunknownpackage deliveryChina
43Yang Huiyan & family$32.5 B39real estateChina
44Lee Shau Kee$31.5 B93real estateHong Kong
45William Lei Ding$31.4 B49online gamesChina
46John Mars$31.3 B85candy, pet foodUnited States
46Jacqueline Mars$31.3 B81candy, pet foodUnited States
48Len Blavatnik$30.8 B63music, chemicalsUnited States
49Qin Yinglin & family$29.9 B55pig breedingChina
50Alexey Mordashov & family$29.1 B55steel, investmentsRussia
51Klaus-Michael Kuehne$29.1 B83shippingGermany
52Susanne Klatten$28.6 B58BMW, pharmaceuticalsGermany
53Hui Ka Yan$27.2 B62real estateChina
54Dietrich Mateschitz$26.8 B76Red BullAustria
55German Larrea Mota Velasco & family$26.6 B67miningMexico
56Vladimir Lisin$26.1 B64steel, transportRussia
57Vladimir Potanin$25.9 B60metalsRussia
58Leonardo Del Vecchio & family$25.9 B85eyeglassesItaly
59Robin Zeng$25.5 B52batteriesHong Kong
60Leonid Mikhelson$25.5 B65gas, chemicalsRussia
61Takemitsu Takizaki$24.9 B75sensorsJapan
62Leonard Lauder$24.9 B88Estee LauderUnited States
63Thomas Peterffy$24.9 B76discount brokerageUnited States
64Jim Simons$24.6 B82hedge fundsUnited States
65Shiv Nadar$24.4 B75software servicesIndia
66Vagit Alekperov$24.3 B70oilRussia
67Jiang Rensheng & family$24.2 B67vaccinesChina
68Gina Rinehart$23.7 B67miningAustralia
69Lei Jun$23.3 B51smartphonesChina
70Stephen Schwarzman$23.3 B74investmentsUnited States
71Rupert Murdoch & family$23.2 B90newspapers, TV networkUnited States
72Iris Fontbona & family$23.1 B78miningChile
73Pang Kang$23.0 B65soy sauceChina
74Stefan Quandt$22.8 B54BMWGermany
75Wang Xing$22.7 B42e-commerceChina
76Gennady Timchenko$22.7 B68oil, gasRussia
77Goh Cheng Liang$22.2 B93paintsSingapore
78Stefan Persson$21.6 B73H&MSweden
79Zhang Zhidong$21.5 B49internet mediaChina
80Pierre Omidyar$21.2 B53eBay, PayPalUnited States
81Abigail Johnson$20.9 B59money managementUnited States
82Li Xiting$20.9 B70medical devicesSingapore
83Zhang Yong$20.4 B50restaurantsSingapore
84Ray Dalio$20.3 B71hedge fundsUnited States
85Richard Qiangdong Liu$19.9 B47e-commerceChina
86R. Budi Hartono$19.4 B80banking, tobaccoIndonesia
87Emmanuel Besnier$19.1 B50cheeseFrance
88Zhong Huijuan$18.9 B60pharmaceuticalsChina
89Xu Hang$18.9 B54medical devicesHong Kong
90Robert Pera$18.8 B43wireless networking gearUnited States
91Theo Albrecht Jr & family$18.8 B70Aldi, Trader Joe’sGermany
92Laurene Powell Jobs & family$18.8 B57Apple, DisneyUnited States
93Dustin Moskovitz$18.6 B36FacebookUnited States
94Michael Hartono$18.6 B81banking, tobaccoIndonesia
95Eric Schmidt$18.5 B65GoogleUnited States
96Alisher Usmanov$18.4 B67steel, telecom, investmentsRussia
97Andrew Forrest$18.1 B59miningAustralia
98Donald Newhouse$18.0 B91mediaUnited States
99Lui Che Woo & family$18.0 B91casinos/hotelsHong Kong
100Andrey Melnichenko$17.9 B49coal, fertilizersRussia
101Peter Woo$17.7 B74real estateHong Kong
102Dhanin Chearavanont$17.7 B81diversifiedThailand
103Li Shufu$17.7 B57automobilesChina
104Petr Kellner$17.5 B56finance, telecommunicationsCzechia
105Jorge Paulo Lemann & family$17.4 B81beerBrazil
106Lee Man Tat$17.4 B91foodHong Kong
107Wu Yajun$17.4 B57real estateChina
108Pavel Durov$17.2 B36messaging appRussia
109Chen Bang$17.0 B55hospitalsChina
110James Ratcliffe$16.9 B68chemicalsUnited Kingdom
111Reinhold Wuerth & family$16.8 B85fastenersGermany
112Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken & family$16.7 B66HeinekenNetherlands
113Su Hua$16.5 B39video streamingChina
114Sun Piaoyang$16.3 B62pharmaceuticalsChina
115Lakshmi Mittal$16.2 B70steelIndia
116Lukas Walton$16.1 B34WalmartUnited States
117Ken Griffin$16.0 B52hedge fundsUnited States
118Steve Cohen$16.0 B64hedge fundsUnited States
119Thomas Frist Jr & family$15.8 B82hospitalsUnited States
120Eduardo Saverin$15.6 B39FacebookBrazil
121Zuo Hui$15.6 B50real estate servicesChina
122Ernest Garcia II$15.5 B63used carsUnited States
123Mikhail Fridman$15.4 B56oil, banking, telecomRussia
124Donald Bren$15.3 B88real estateUnited States
125Pallonji Mistry$15.2 B91constructionIreland
126Uday Kotak$15.1 B62bankingIndia
127Suleiman Kerimov & family$15.1 B55investmentsRussia
128Carl Icahn$15.0 B85investmentsUnited States
129Wang Jianlin$14.7 B66real estateChina
130David Tepper$14.5 B63hedge fundsUnited States
131Hinduja brothers$14.5 BunknowndiversifiedUnited Kingdom
132Seo Jung-jin$14.3 B63biotechSouth Korea
133John Menard Jr$14.2 B81home improvement storesUnited States
134Roman Abramovich$14.1 B54steel, investmentsRussia
135Kwong Siu-hing$14.1 B91real estateHong Kong
136David Duffield$14.0 B80business softwareUnited States
137Jorn Rausing$13.9 B61packagingSweden
137Finn Rausing$13.9 B66packagingSweden
137Kirsten Rausing$13.9 B68packagingSweden
140Eric Yuan & family$13.8 B51video conferencingUnited States
141Georg Schaeffler$13.8 B56auto partsGermany
142Wei Jianjun & family$13.7 B57automobilesChina
143Brian Chesky$13.7 B39AirbnbUnited States
144Fan Hongwei & family$13.6 B54petrochemicalsChina
145Joseph Lau$13.6 B69real estateHong Kong
146Wang Chuanfu$13.6 B55batteries, automobilesChina
147Kim Jung-ju$13.5 B53online gamesSouth Korea
148Anders Holch Povlsen$13.5 B48fashion retailDenmark
149Robin Li$13.5 B52internet searchChina
150Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi$13.3 B76alcohol, real estateThailand
151Robert & Philip Ng$13.2 Bunknownreal estateSingapore
152Ricardo Salinas Pliego & family$13.2 B65retail, mediaMexico
153Wang Wenyin$13.2 B53mining, copper productsChina
154Mike Cannon-Brookes$13.1 B41softwareAustralia
155Cheng Yixiao$13.1 B37video streaming appChina
156Gong Hongjia & family$13.1 B56video surveillanceHong Kong
157Michael Platt$13.0 B53hedge fundsUnited Kingdom
158Scott Farquhar$13.0 B41softwareAustralia
159Cyrus Poonawalla$12.8 B79vaccinesIndia
160Tatyana Bakalchuk$12.7 B45ecommerceRussia
161Kumar Birla$12.7 B53commoditiesIndia
162Hank & Doug Meijer$12.6 BunknownsupermarketsUnited States
163Robert Kuok$12.6 B97palm oil, shipping, propertyMalaysia
164Chen Zhiping$12.6 B45e-cigarettesChina
165Ma Jianrong & family$12.4 B57textiles, apparelChina
166Nathan Blecharczyk$12.4 B37AirbnbUnited States
167Joe Gebbia$12.4 B39AirbnbUnited States
168Gordon Moore$12.3 B92IntelUnited States
169Jack Dorsey$12.2 B44Twitter, SquareUnited States
170Dang Yanbao$12.2 B48coalChina
171Liang Wengen$12.2 B64construction equipmentChina
172Zhou Qunfei & family$12.1 Bunknownsmartphone screensHong Kong
173Patrick Drahi$12.0 B57telecomFrance
174Jensen Huang$12.0 B58semiconductorsUnited States
175Marcel Herrmann Telles$11.8 B71beerBrazil
176Wang Liping & family$11.8 B55hydraulic machineryChina
177Alexander Otto$11.7 B53real estateGermany
178Joseph Tsai$11.7 B57e-commerceCanada
179Aliko Dangote$11.7 B63cement, sugarNigeria
180John Doerr$11.6 B69venture capitalUnited States
181Huang Shilin$11.6 B54batteriesChina
182Yu Renrong$11.4 B54semiconductorsChina
183Mikhail Prokhorov$11.4 B55investmentsRussia
184Harry Triguboff$11.2 B88real estateAustralia
185Melker Schorling & family$11.2 B73investmentsSweden
186Eyal Ofer$11.1 B70real estate, shippingIsrael
187Leng Youbin$11.0 B52infant formulaChina
188Viktor Rashnikov$11.0 B72steelRussia
189Luis Carlos Sarmiento$11.0 B88bankingColombia
190Hui Wing Mau$10.9 B70real estateHong Kong
191Leonid Fedun & family$10.9 B64oilRussia
192Rodolphe Saadé & family$10.9 B51shippingFrance
193Andreas Struengmann & family$10.8 B71pharmaceuticalsGermany
193Thomas Struengmann & family$10.8 B71pharmaceuticalsGermany
195Liu Yonghao & family$10.8 B69agribusinessChina
196Tom & Judy Love$10.8 Bunknownretail & gas stationsUnited States
197Anthony Pratt$10.8 B60manufacturingAustralia
198Zhang Tao$10.8 B48e-commerceChina
199Zhang Bangxin$10.8 B41educationChina
200Jorge Moll Filho & family$10.7 B76hospitalsBrazil
201Gianluigi & Rafaela Aponte$10.7 B80ShippingSwitzerland
202Forrest Li$10.6 B43gamingSingapore
203Charles Schwab$10.5 B83discount brokerageUnited States
204Lu Zhongfang$10.5 B78educationChina
205Dilip Shanghvi$10.5 B65pharmaceuticalsIndia
206John Fredriksen$10.4 B76shippingCyprus
207Bobby Murphy$10.4 B32SnapchatUnited States
208Sunil Mittal & family$10.4 B63telecomIndia
209Stefano Pessina$10.4 B79drugstoresItaly
210Chase Coleman III$10.3 B45investmentsUnited States
211Edward Johnson III$10.3 B90money managementUnited States
212Dietmar Hopp & family$10.2 B80softwareGermany
213Philip Anschutz$10.1 B81investmentsUnited States
214German Khan$10.0 B59oil, banking, telecomRussia
215Eric Wittouck$10.0 B74investmentsBelgium
216Savitri Jindal & family$10.0 B71steelIndia
217Jan Koum$10.0 B45WhatsAppUnited States
218Jay Chaudhry$10.0 B61security softwareUnited States
219Charles Ergen$10.0 B68satellite TVUnited States
220Yao Liangsong$10.0 B56furnitureChina
221Cai Kui$9.9 B58real estateChina
222Carl Cook$9.9 B58medical devicesUnited States
223Herbert Kohler Jr & family$9.8 B82plumbing fixturesUnited States
224Ian & Richard Livingstone$9.8 Bunknownreal estateUnited Kingdom
225Evan Spiegel$9.7 B30SnapchatUnited States
226James Dyson$9.7 B73vacuumsUnited Kingdom
227Cen Junda$9.7 B56pharmaceuticalsChina
228Friedhelm Loh$9.7 B74manufacturingGermany
229Quek Leng Chan$9.7 B79banking, propertyMalaysia
230Sun Hongbin$9.7 B58real estateUnited States
231Iskander Makhmudov$9.7 B57mining, metals, machineryRussia
232Kim Beom-su$9.6 B54online servicesSouth Korea
233Israel Englander$9.6 B72hedge fundsUnited States
234Tobi Lutke$9.5 B40e-commerceCanada
235Jim Pattison$9.5 B92diversifiedCanada
236John Collison$9.5 B30payments softwareIreland
236Patrick Collison$9.5 B32payment softwareIreland
238David Geffen$9.5 B78movies, record labelsUnited States
239Li Ge$9.5 B54pharmaceutical ingredientsUnited States
240Yeung Kin-man$9.4 B56electronicsHong Kong
241Jim Kennedy$9.4 B73media, automotiveUnited States
241Blair Parry-Okeden$9.4 B70media, automotiveUnited States
243Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez & family$9.3 B89miningMexico
244Xavier Niel$9.3 B53internet, telecomFrance
245Viktor Vekselberg$9.2 B63metals, energyRussia
246John Tu$9.1 B79computer hardwareUnited States
247David Sun$9.1 B69computer hardwareUnited States
248Massimiliana Landini Aleotti & family$9.1 B78pharmaceuticalsItaly
249Qi Shi & family$9.1 B51financial informationChina
250Lam Wai-ying$9.1 Bunknownsmartphone screensHong Kong
251Wolfgang Marguerre & family$9.1 B79pharmaceuticalsGermany
252Carlos Alberto Sicupira & family$9.0 B73beerBrazil
253Graeme Hart$9.0 B65investmentsNew Zealand
254Niels Peter Louis-Hansen$9.0 B73medical devicesDenmark
255Steven Rales$9.0 B69manufacturingUnited States
256Michael Otto$8.9 B77retail, real estateGermany
257Lin Bin$8.9 B53smartphonesUnited States
258Jerry Jones$8.8 B78Dallas CowboysUnited States
259August von Finck$8.8 B91investmentsGermany
260Zong Qinghou$8.8 B75beveragesChina
261Ding Shizhong & family$8.7 B50sports apparelChina
262Benu Gopal Bangur$8.7 B89cementIndia
263Sarath Ratanavadi$8.7 B55energyThailand
264David Cheriton$8.7 B69GoogleCanada
265Anthony von Mandl$8.7 Bunknownalcoholic beveragesCanada
266Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen$8.7 B73LegoDenmark
266Thomas Kirk Kristiansen$8.7 B42LegoDenmark
266Agnete Kirk Thinggaard$8.7 B37LegoDenmark
266Sofie Kirk Kristiansen$8.7 B45LegoDenmark
270Kuldip Singh & Gurbachan Singh Dhingra$8.7 BunknownpaintsIndia
271Andrei Skoch & family$8.6 B55steelRussia
272Tse Ping$8.6 B69pharmaceuticalsChina
273Shigenobu Nagamori$8.6 B76motorsJapan
274Ann Walton Kroenke$8.6 B72WalmartUnited States
275George Soros$8.6 B90hedge fundsUnited States
276Ding Shijia$8.6 B57sports apparelChina
277Ernesto Bertarelli$8.6 B55biotech, investmentsSwitzerland
278Azim Premji$8.6 B75software servicesIndia
279Nassef Sawiris$8.5 B60construction, investmentsEgypt
280Xu Shihui$8.5 B63snacks, beveragesChina
281Zheng Shuliang & family$8.5 B75aluminum productsChina
282Leon Black$8.4 B69private equityUnited States
283Marc Benioff$8.3 B56business softwareUnited States
284Liu Hanyuan$8.3 B57agribusinessChina
285Bubba Cathy$8.3 B66Chick-fil-AUnited States
285Dan Cathy$8.3 B68Chick-fil-AUnited States
287Andreas von Bechtolsheim & family$8.3 B65GoogleGermany
288Chan Tan Ching-fen$8.3 Bunknownreal estateHong Kong
289Hasso Plattner & family$8.3 B77softwareGermany
290Stanley Kroenke$8.2 B73sports, real estateUnited States
291Jay Y. Lee$8.2 B52SamsungSouth Korea
292Bernard Marcus$8.2 B91Home DepotUnited States
293Alain Merieux & family$8.1 B83pharmaceuticalsFrance
294Li Zhenguo & family$8.0 B53photovoltaicsChina
295Shahid Khan$8.0 B70auto partsUnited States
296Kei Hoi Pang$8.0 B55real estateChina
297Nicky Oppenheimer & family$8.0 B75diamondsSouth Africa
298Diane Hendricks$8.0 B74roofingUnited States
299Anthony Bamford & family$7.9 B75construction equipmentUnited Kingdom
300Chen Jianhua$7.9 B50chemicalsChina
301Andrew Beal$7.9 B68banks, real estateUnited States
302John Malone$7.9 B80cable televisionUnited States
303Dmitry Bukhman$7.9 B35online gamesRussia
303Igor Bukhman$7.9 B38online gamesRussia
305Patrick Soon-Shiong$7.8 B68pharmaceuticalsUnited States
306Marijke Mars$7.8 B56candy, pet foodUnited States
306Pamela Mars$7.8 B60candy, pet foodUnited States
306Valerie Mars$7.8 B62candy, pet foodUnited States
306Victoria Mars$7.8 B64candy, pet foodUnited States
310Takahisa Takahara$7.8 B59personal care goodsJapan
311Silvio Berlusconi & family$7.8 B84mediaItaly
312Lu Xiangyang$7.7 B58automobiles, batteriesChina
313Alexei Kuzmichev$7.7 B58oil, banking, telecomRussia
314Larry Xiangdong Chen$7.7 B49educationChina
315Wang Laisheng$7.7 B56electronics componentsChina
316Giorgio Armani$7.7 B86luxury goodsItaly
317George Roberts$7.7 B77private equityUnited States
318Hiroshi Mikitani$7.7 B56online retailJapan
319David Reuben$7.7 B82investments, real estateUnited Kingdom
319Simon Reuben$7.7 B79real estate, investmentsUnited Kingdom
321Wang Laichun$7.7 B53electronics componentsChina
322Frederik Paulsen$7.7 B70health careSweden
323Nancy Walton Laurie$7.7 B69WalmartUnited States
324Harold Hamm & family$7.7 B75oil & gasUnited States
325Bom Kim$7.7 B42online retailingUnited States
326Thierry Dassault$7.7 B63diversifiedFrance
326Laurent Dassault$7.7 B67diversifiedFrance
326Marie-Hélène Habert$7.7 B55diversifiedFrance
329David Green & family$7.6 B79retailUnited States
330Rinat Akhmetov$7.6 B54steel, coalUkraine
331John Grayken$7.6 B64private equityIreland
332Cheng Xue$7.6 B51soy sauceChina
333Antonia Ax:son Johnson & family$7.6 B77diversifiedSweden
334Zhao Yan$7.5 B54biotechChina
335Kushal Pal Singh$7.5 B89real estateIndia
336Gustaf Douglas$7.4 B83investmentsSweden
337Juan Francisco Beckmann Vidal & family$7.4 B81tequilaMexico
338Wang Yusuo & family$7.4 B57natural gas distributionChina
339Christy Walton$7.4 B72WalmartUnited States
340Johann Rupert & family$7.4 B70luxury goodsSouth Africa
341Pham Nhat Vuong$7.4 B52diversifiedVietnam
342Magdalena Martullo-Blocher$7.4 B52chemicalsSwitzerland
342Rahel Blocher$7.4 B45chemicalsSwitzerland
344Henry Kravis$7.4 B77private equityUnited States
345Sandra Ortega Mera$7.4 B52ZaraSpain
346Liu Jincheng & family$7.3 B56lithium batteriesChina
347Terry Gou$7.3 B70electronicsTaiwan
348Carl Bennet$7.3 B69investmentsSweden
349Michael Kadoorie$7.3 B79hotels, energyHong Kong
350Alexander Abramov$7.3 B62steel, miningRussia
351Zhang Jindong$7.3 B57appliance retailerChina
352Ludwig Merckle$7.3 B56pharmaceuticalsGermany
353David Shaw$7.3 B69hedge fundsUnited States
354Alexandre Behring$7.2 B54investmentsBrazil
355George Lucas$7.2 B76Star WarsUnited States
356Wang Zhenhua$7.2 B59real estateChina
357Rocco Commisso$7.2 B71telecomUnited States
358Ernest Garcia III$7.1 B38used carsUnited States
359Stewart and Lynda Resnick$7.1 Bunknownagriculture, waterUnited States
360Johann Graf$7.1 B74gamblingAustria
361Fredrik Lundberg$7.1 B69real estate, investmentsSweden
362Vincent Bolloré & family$7.0 B68investmentsFrance
363Richard Kinder$7.0 B76pipelinesUnited States
364Paul Tudor Jones II$7.0 B66hedge fundsUnited States
365Stephen Ross$7.0 B80real estateUnited States
366Manuel Villar$7.0 B71real estatePhilippines
367Igor Altushkin$7.0 B50metalsRussia
368Robert Kraft$6.9 B79New England PatriotsUnited States
369Jim Davis & family$6.9 B77New BalanceUnited States
370Ruan Liping$6.9 B57power stripsHong Kong
371Ruan Xueping$6.9 B49power stripHong Kong
372Eli Broad$6.9 B87investmentsUnited States
373Wee Cho Yaw$6.9 B92bankingSingapore
374Ralph Lauren$6.9 B81apparelUnited States
375Qian Dongqi & family$6.9 B63household appliancesChina
376Pei Zhenhua$6.8 B62batteriesChina
377Antti Herlin$6.8 B64elevators, escalatorsFinland
378Aloys Wobben$6.8 B69wind turbinesGermany
379Horst Julius Pudwill$6.8 B76manufacturingGermany
380Huang Chulong$6.7 B62real estateCanada
381Chu Mang Yee & family$6.7 B61real estateChina
382Kwon Hyuk-bin$6.7 B47online gamesSouth Korea
383Reinhold Schmieding$6.7 B66medical devicesUnited States
384Arthur Blank$6.7 B78Home DepotUnited States
385Wang Wenjing$6.7 B56business softwareChina
386Dmitry Rybolovlev$6.7 B54fertilizerRussia
387Bajaj brothers$6.7 BunknowndiversifiedIndia
388Marie Besnier Beauvalot$6.7 B40cheeseFrance
388Jean-Michel Besnier$6.7 B53cheeseFrance
390Micky Arison$6.6 B71Carnival CruisesUnited States
391Francis Choi$6.6 B73real estateHong Kong
392Sri Prakash Lohia$6.6 B68petrochemicalsIndonesia
393Bruce Kovner$6.6 B76hedge fundsUnited States
394Prajogo Pangestu$6.5 B76petrochemicalsIndonesia
395James Goodnight$6.5 B78softwareUnited States
396Liu Yongxing$6.5 B72diversifiedChina
397Guo Guangchang$6.5 B54conglomerateChina
398Brian Armstrong$6.5 B38cryptocurrencyUnited States
399Ashwin Dani & family$6.5 B78paintsIndia
400John Overdeck$6.5 B51hedge fundsUnited States
400David Siegel$6.5 B59hedge fundsUnited States
402Anthony Wood$6.4 B55RokuUnited States
403Denise Coates$6.4 B53online gamblingUnited Kingdom
404Georg Stumpf$6.4 B48real estate, constructionAustria
405Ronda Stryker$6.4 B66medical equipmentUnited States
406Pauline MacMillan Keinath$6.4 B87CargillUnited States
407Dennis Washington$6.4 B86construction, miningUnited States
408Tsai Eng-meng$6.3 B64food, beveragesTaiwan
409Axel Oberwelland$6.3 B54candyGermany
410Andreas Halvorsen$6.3 B59hedge fundsNorway
411Andrei Kozitsyn$6.2 B60metalsRussia
412Murat Ulker$6.2 B62foodTurkey
413James Chambers$6.2 B63media, automotiveUnited States
413Margaretta Taylor$6.2 B78media, automotiveUnited States
413Katharine Rayner$6.2 B76media, automotiveUnited States
416Mitchell Rales$6.2 B64manufacturing, investmentsUnited States
417Henry Samueli$6.2 B66semiconductorsUnited States
418Idan Ofer$6.2 B65drilling, shippingIsrael
419Les Wexner & family$6.2 B83retailUnited States
420Guenther Fielmann & family$6.2 B81optometryGermany
421Stef Wertheimer & family$6.2 B94metalworking toolsIsrael
422Odd Reitan & family$6.1 B69retail, real estateNorway
423Law Kar Po$6.1 B72real estateHong Kong
424Mike Adenuga$6.1 B67telecom, oilNigeria
425Gang Ye$6.1 B40gamingSingapore
426Frits Goldschmeding$6.1 B87temp agencyNetherlands
427Jeff Skoll$6.1 B56eBayUnited States
428Shi Yonghong & family$6.0 B52restaurantsChina
429He Xiaopeng$6.0 B43electric vehiclesChina
430Judy Faulkner$6.0 B77health ITUnited States
431Li Wa$6.0 B55real estateHong Kong
432Rahul Bajaj$6.0 B82diversifiedIndia
433John A. Sobrato & family$6.0 B81real estateUnited States
433Daniel Dines$6.0 B49softwareRomania
435Juergen Blickle$6.0 B74auto partsGermany
436Nicolas Puech$6.0 B78HermesFrance
437Li Jianquan & family$6.0 B64consumer productsHong Kong
438Ronald Wanek$6.0 B79furnitureUnited States
439Hansjoerg Wyss$6.0 B86medical devicesSwitzerland
440Andrei Guriev & family$6.0 B61fertilizersRussia
441Robert F. Smith$6.0 B58private equityUnited States
442Li Haiyan$5.9 BunknownrestaurantsChina
443Fred Smith$5.9 B76FedExUnited States
444Christopher Hohn$5.9 B54hedge fundsUnited Kingdom
445Jason Jiang$5.9 B48advertisingChina
446Jane Lauder$5.9 B48Estée LauderUnited States
447Isaac Perlmutter$5.9 B78Marvel comicsUnited States
448Dulce Pugliese de Godoy Bueno$5.9 B73hospitals, health careBrazil
449Randa Duncan Williams$5.9 B59pipelinesUnited States
450Dannine Avara$5.9 B57pipelinesUnited States
450Scott Duncan$5.9 B38pipelinesUnited States
450Milane Frantz$5.9 B51pipelinesUnited States
453Neil Bluhm$5.8 B83real estateUnited States
454Maria Asuncion Aramburuzabala & family$5.8 B57beer, investmentsMexico
455Chan Laiwa & family$5.8 B80real estateChina
456Meg Whitman$5.8 B64eBayUnited States
457Marcos Galperin$5.8 Bunknowne-commerceArgentina
458Augusto & Giorgio Perfetti$5.8 BunknowncandyItaly
459Lai Meisong$5.8 B50package deliveryChina
460Emanuele (Lino) Saputo & family$5.8 B84cheeseCanada
461Shi Yuzhu$5.8 B58online games, investmentsChina
462Tom Gores$5.7 B56private equityUnited States
463Charles Dolan & family$5.7 B94cable televisionUnited States
464Tamara Gustavson$5.7 B59self storageUnited States
465Gopikishan Damani$5.7 B63retail, investmentsIndia
466Michel Leclercq & family$5.7 B81sporting goodsFrance
467Ananda Krishnan$5.7 B82telecoms, media, oil-servicesMalaysia
468Martin Lorentzon$5.7 B51SpotifySweden
469George Kaiser$5.7 B78oil & gas, bankingUnited States
470Douglas Leone$5.7 B63venture capitalUnited States
471Mong-Koo Chung$5.7 B83HyundaiSouth Korea
472Andrew Currie$5.6 B65chemicalsUnited Kingdom
472John Reece$5.6 B64chemicalsUnited Kingdom
474Jack Dangermond$5.6 B75mapping softwareUnited States
475Giuseppe De’Longhi & family$5.6 B81coffee makersItaly
476Alceu Elias Feldmann$5.6 B71fertilizerBrazil
477William Li$5.6 B46automobilesChina
478Huang Li$5.6 B57imaging systemsChina
479Rene Benko$5.6 B44real estate, retailAustria
480Stanley Druckenmiller$5.6 B67hedge fundsUnited States
481Kwee brothers$5.6 BunknownReal EstateSingapore
482Jude Reyes$5.5 B65food distributionUnited States
482J. Christopher Reyes$5.5 B67food distributionUnited States
484Hasmukh Chudgar & family$5.5 B87pharmaceuticalsIndia
485Barry Lam$5.5 B71electronicsTaiwan
486Christoph Zeller$5.5 B63dental implantsLiechtenstein
487Alexandra Schoerghuber$5.5 B62real estateGermany
488Henry Nicholas III$5.5 B61semiconductorsUnited States
489Michael Moritz$5.5 B66venture capitalUnited States
490Karel Komarek$5.5 B52oil and gas, IT, lotteriesCzechia
491Ken Fisher$5.5 B70money managementUnited States
492Edward Roski Jr$5.5 B82real estateUnited States
493Clive Calder$5.5 B74record labelUnited Kingdom
494Ronald Lauder$5.5 B77Estee LauderUnited States
495Sumet Jiaravanon$5.5 B86diversifiedThailand
496Carrie Perrodo & family$5.4 B70oilFrance
497You Xiaoping$5.4 B63chemicals, spandexChina
498Teh Hong Piow$5.4 B91bankingMalaysia
499Dagmar Dolby & family$5.4 B79Dolby LaboratoriesUnited States
500Harry Stine$5.4 B79agricultureUnited States
501Ivan Glasenberg$5.4 B64miningSwitzerland
502Huang Yi$5.4 B59car dealershipsHong Kong
503Jaran Chiaravanont$5.4 B90diversifiedThailand
504Rainer Blickle$5.4 B73auto partsGermany
505Terrence Pegula$5.4 B69natural gasUnited States
506Teddy Sagi$5.3 B49gambling softwareIsrael
507Montri Jiaravanont$5.3 B89diversifiedThailand
508Lin Jianhua & family$5.3 B58solar panel componentsChina
509Akio Nitori$5.3 B77home furnishingsJapan
510Sam Zell$5.3 B79real estate, private equityUnited States
511Yao Zhenhua & family$5.3 B51conglomerateChina
512Michael Herz$5.3 B77coffeeGermany
512Wolfgang Herz$5.3 B70coffeeGermany
514Kapil & Rahul Bhatia$5.3 BunknownairlinesIndia
515Shen Guojun$5.3 B58retailChina
516Pyotr Aven$5.2 B66oil, banking, telecomRussia
517Chen Fashu$5.2 B60investmentsChina
518Frank Lowy$5.2 B90shopping mallsAustralia
519Vikram Lal & family$5.2 B79motorcyclesIndia
520Mahendra Choksi & family$5.2 B79paintsIndia
521Zeng Fangqin$5.2 B55smartphone componentsChina
522Li Ping$5.2 B53batteriesHong Kong
523Yasumitsu Shigeta$5.2 B56mobile phone retailerJapan
524Kjell Inge Rokke$5.2 B62shipping, seafoodNorway
525Reed Hastings$5.2 B60NetflixUnited States
526Charles B. Johnson$5.1 B88money managementUnited States
527Oleg Tinkov$5.1 B53bankingRussia
528Lee Yeow Chor & Yeow Seng$5.1 Bunknownpalm oil, propertyMalaysia
529Gary Rollins$5.1 B76pest controlUnited States
530Charles Simonyi$5.1 B72MicrosoftUnited States
531Theo Mueller$5.1 B81dairyGermany
532Wang Xicheng & family$5.1 B72tiresChina
533Ken Langone$5.1 B85investmentsUnited States
534Wu Guanjiang & family$5.1 B52pharmaceuticalsChina
535Walter Scott Jr & family$5.0 B89utilities, telecomUnited States
536Joe Mansueto$5.0 B64investment researchUnited States
537John Brown$5.0 B86medical equipmentUnited States
538An Kang$5.0 B72pharmaceuticalsChina
539Robert Bass$5.0 B73oil, investmentsUnited States
540Chip Wilson$5.0 B64LululemonCanada
541Robert Ziff$5.0 B54investmentsUnited States
541Daniel Ziff$5.0 B49investmentsUnited States
541Dirk Ziff$5.0 B56investmentsUnited States
544Jason Chang$5.0 B76electronicsSingapore
545Bernard Broermann$5.0 B77hospitalsGermany
546Jiang Bin$5.0 B54acoustic componentsChina
547Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor$5.0 B61financePeru
548Wong Luen Hei$5.0 B59building materialsChina
549Joe Lewis$5.0 B84investmentsUnited Kingdom
550Pierre Chen$4.9 B64electronicsTaiwan
551Joshua Harris$4.9 B56private equityUnited States
552Howard Schultz$4.9 B67StarbucksUnited States
553Shu Ping$4.9 BunknownrestaurantsSingapore
554Pankaj Patel$4.9 B68pharmaceuticalsIndia
555Richard Schulze$4.9 B80Best BuyUnited States
556Enrique Razon Jr$4.9 B61portsPhilippines
557Jian Jun$4.9 B57biomedical productsChina
558Karen Pritzker$4.9 B63hotels, investmentsUnited States
559Thomas Schmidheiny$4.9 B75cementSwitzerland
560Stephen Bisciotti$4.9 B60staffing, Baltimore RavensUnited States
561Mark Scheinberg$4.9 B47online gamblingCanada
562Marc Ladreit de Lacharriere$4.9 B80financeFrance
563Hong Jie$4.9 B53paintChina
564Abdulsamad Rabiu$4.9 B60cement, sugarNigeria
565Chen Dongsheng$4.9 B63insuranceChina
566Richard Branson$4.8 B70VirginUnited Kingdom
567Issad Rebrab & family$4.8 B77foodAlgeria
568Yuri Milner$4.8 B59tech investmentsIsrael
569Radovan Vitek$4.8 B49real estateCzechia
570Bidzina Ivanishvili$4.8 B65investmentsGeorgia
571Lin Li$4.8 B57investmentsChina
572Edward Johnson IV$4.8 B56money managementUnited States
573Ted Lerner & family$4.8 B95real estateUnited States
574Frank Wang$4.8 B40dronesChina
575M.A. Yusuff Ali$4.8 B65retailIndia
576Neil Shen$4.8 B53venture capitalChina
577Chen Rui$4.8 B43online entertainmentChina
578Tang Shing-bor$4.8 B87real estateHong Kong
579Dong Wei$4.8 B50pharmaceuticalsChina
580Mu Rongjun$4.8 B41e-commerceChina
581Elizabeth Johnson$4.8 B57money managementUnited States
582Nathan Kirsh$4.7 B89retail, real estateEswatini (Swaziland)
583Michael Pieper$4.7 B75kitchen appliancesSwitzerland
584Dona Bertarelli$4.7 B53biotechSwitzerland
585Tim Sweeney$4.7 B50video gamesUnited States
586Rudolf Maag$4.7 B75medical devicesSwitzerland
587Abhay Vakil & family$4.7 B70paintsIndia
588Andre Esteves$4.7 B52bankingBrazil
589Jonathan Gray$4.7 B51investmentsUnited States
590Patrizio Bertelli$4.7 B75luxury goodsItaly
591Miuccia Prada$4.7 B71luxury goodsItaly
592Lin Shu-hong$4.7 B92petrochemicalsTaiwan
593Eric Smidt$4.7 B61hardware storesUnited States
594Wong Man Li$4.7 B56furnitureHong Kong
595Vladimir Kim$4.6 B60miningKazakhstan
596Bert Beveridge$4.6 B59vodkaUnited States
597Pierre Bellon & family$4.6 B91food servicesFrance
598Robert Rich Jr$4.6 B80frozen foodsUnited States
599Mark Walter$4.6 B60financeUnited States
600Peter Gassner$4.6 B56softwareUnited States
601Denis O’Brien$4.6 B62telecomIreland
602Tilman Fertitta$4.6 B63Houston Rockets, entertainmentUnited States
603Maria Fernanda Amorim & family$4.6 B86energy, investmentsPortugal
604Zhou Bajin$4.6 B85auto partsChina
605Patrick Lee$4.6 B79paperHong Kong
606Min Kao & family$4.6 B72navigation equipmentUnited States
607Peter Thiel$4.6 B53FacebookUnited States
608Ye Chenghai & family$4.6 B77pharmaceuticalsHong Kong
609Viatcheslav Kantor$4.5 B67fertilizer, real estateRussia
610Sergei Popov$4.5 B49bankingRussia
611Li Chunan$4.5 B52renewable energyChina
612Ron Baron$4.5 B77money managementUnited States
613Yu Yong$4.5 B60miningChina
614Antony Ressler$4.5 B59financeUnited States
615Martin & Olivier Bouygues$4.5 Bunknownconstruction, mediaFrance
616Alan Trefler$4.5 B65softwareUnited States
617Shari Arison$4.5 B63Carnival CruisesIsrael
618Zhu Baoguo & family$4.5 B58pharmaceuticalsChina
619Sami Mnaymneh$4.5 B59private equityUnited States
619Tony Tamer$4.5 B63private equityUnited States
621Ray Lee Hunt$4.5 B77oil, real estateUnited States
622Friedrich Knapp$4.5 B69fashion retailGermany
623Igor Olenicoff$4.5 B78real estateUnited States
624Julian Robertson Jr$4.5 B88hedge fundsUnited States
625Richard Li$4.5 B54telecomHong Kong
626Kerry Stokes$4.5 B80construction equipment, mediaAustralia
627Thomas Straumann$4.4 B57dental implantsSwitzerland
628Luiza Helena Trajano$4.4 B69retail chainBrazil
629Yakir Gabay$4.4 B54real estateCyprus
630Lee Yin Yee$4.4 B69glassChina
631Gustavo Denegri$4.4 B84biotechItaly
632Mark Cuban$4.4 B62online media, Dallas MavericksUnited States
633Chairul Tanjung$4.4 B58diversifiedIndonesia
634Ruan Hongliang & family$4.4 B60glassChina
635Orlando Bravo$4.4 B50private equityUnited States
636Li Weiguo$4.4 B56construction materialsChina
637Tom Golisano$4.4 B79payroll servicesUnited States
638Piero Ferrari$4.4 B75automobilesItaly
639Thomas Pritzker$4.3 B70hotels, investmentsUnited States
640Cao Renxian$4.3 B52photovoltaic equipmentChina
641Thomas Siebel$4.3 B68business softwareUnited States
642Gustav Magnar Witzoe$4.3 B27fish farmingNorway
643Daniel Ek$4.3 B38SpotifySweden
644Edwin Leong$4.3 B69real estateHong Kong
645Wang Ning & family$4.3 B34toysChina
646Paul Singer$4.3 B76hedge fundsUnited States
647Rupert Johnson Jr$4.3 B80money managementUnited States
648Stéphane Bancel$4.3 B48biotechFrance
649Steven Udvar-Hazy$4.3 B75aircraft leasingUnited States
650James Irving$4.3 B93diversifiedCanada

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