NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 10, 2026--Forbes releases its 40th-annual World’s Billionaires list, the definitive ranking of the planet’s richest people. This year’s list features 3,428 billionaires, the most since the list’s inception in 1987. The world’s wealthiest people are worth a record $20.1 trillion combined, up from $16.1 trillion in 2025. Elon Musk tops the Billionaires list for the second year in a row and is the richest person ever recorded, worth an estimated $839 billion. Musk is the first person ever recorded to reach the $800 billion mark, as he moves toward becoming the world’s first trillionaire.

Source: Forbes March 10, 2026 13:44 UTC