Top 10 richest people in the world — March 2026
Mar 1st 2026
Elon Musk’s net worth surged past $800 billion, widening his lead to more than $500 billion over the runner-up in Forbes’ March 1 ranking of the world’s richest people, a list dominated by U.S. tech founders and billionaires.
- Elon Musk was the richest person at $839 billion as of March 1, 2026.
- Musk added about $64 billion in February and more than $100 billion since the start of the year after SpaceX acquired xAI and the combined company was valued at roughly $1.25 trillion by Forbes.
- Larry Page was second at $257 billion and Sergey Brin was third at $237 billion.
- Jeff Bezos fell to $224 billion and Mark Zuckerberg was at $222 billion after February declines in big tech shares.
- Bill Gates dropped out of the top 10 in October 2024 after Forbes obtained new information that reduced his estimated fortune.
- Eight of the top 10 are U.S. citizens, with Bernard Arnault of France and Amancio Ortega of Spain the only non-U.S. members.
- All of the top 10 are men, each worth at least $148 billion, and together they are worth about $2.6 trillion.
- Warren Buffett moved up to No. 9 while Amancio Ortega slipped to No. 10 in this month’s ranking.