Browse today’s rankings of the wealthiest people and families globally. Discover the net worth, age, and other information about the richest people in the world.
Forbes presents the 2025 World's Billionaires List. View the richest people in the world and learn their net worth, age, country of residence, source of wealth and more.
Below are the 10 richest people on earth as of December 1, 2025 at 12 a.m. Eastern time, according to Forbes. As a group, they’re worth $2.4 trillion combined, the same as last month.
As a nod to the triumphs and challenges for this cohort, for the first time ever, Forbes has compiled a standalone global ranking of the world’s 50 richest self-made women.
From glittering alpine lakes to the neon-lit skylines of East Asia, here are the world’s richest countries, according to research by UBS. By Lewis Nunn, Contributor.
Joyce Carol Oates—The Online Feud, Explained Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is entangled in a fierce online feud with author Joyce Carol Oates on X, the site formerly known as Twitter.
Dangote is the richest Black billionaire, but he isn’t the only one. Overall, there are a record 3,028 billionaires on this year’s ranking, worth a record $16.1 trillion combined.
The Forbes 400 is our annual ranking of the richest Americans. Our estimates are a snapshot of each member’s wealth as of September 1, 2025. See here for a detailed methodology.
