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The richest people in the world

The ten richest people on Forbes' real-time list on 7 October 2026: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Larry Page, Michael Dell, Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, Larry Ellison, Steve Ballmer and Warren Buffett.

The full list

Internet platforms and online retail 4

Fortunes built on Amazon, Google and Meta, companies that sell or advertise online.

• Jeff Bezos
• Larry Page
• Sergey Brin
• Mark Zuckerberg

Software, hardware and space 5

Fortunes built on computers, chips, business software and rockets or electric cars.

• Elon Musk
• Michael Dell
• Jensen Huang
• Larry Ellison
• Steve Ballmer

Finance 1

One fortune built by investing, through an insurance and investment holding company.

• Warren Buffett

Not on the list

• Amancio Ortega: 11th on Forbes at $140.2bn (Inditex/Zara), about $3.7bn behind tenth place.
• Rob Walton and family: 12th on Forbes at $132.5bn (Walmart), about $11.4bn behind tenth place.
• Bernard Arnault and family: 15th on Forbes at $118.7bn (LVMH), about $25.2bn behind tenth place.

Questions

Who are the ten richest people in the world?

The ten richest people on Forbes' real-time list on 7 October 2026: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Larry Page, Michael Dell, Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, Larry Ellison, Steve Ballmer and Warren Buffett.

Which people are on the list?

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Larry Page, Michael Dell, Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, Larry Ellison, Steve Ballmer and Warren Buffett.

What is an easy way to remember them?

Nine tech fortunes and one investor: Warren Buffett. Elon Musk is first, with more than $1 trillion.

Who is the richest person in the world?

Elon Musk, worth about $1.03 trillion on Forbes' real-time list on 7 October 2026.

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Each name checked against at least two sources, one of them Forbes, on 9 October 2026. Next review by 9 November 2026.
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