Top 50 Richest People in the World 2025 Ranking.

This list comes from the latest annual.

Real-time billionaire rankings.

Their wealth mainly comes from public stock holdings.

1. Elon Musk

   • Wealth Source: Tesla, SpaceX, X (Twitter)

   • Country: United States

2. Mark Zuckerberg

   • Wealth Source: Meta Platforms (Facebook)

   • Country: United States

3. Jeff Bezos

   • Wealth Source: Amazon

   • Country: United States

4. Larry Ellison

   • Wealth Source: Oracle

   • Country: United States

5. Bernard Arnault & family

   • Wealth Source: LVMH

   • Country: France

6. Warren Buffett

   • Wealth Source: Berkshire Hathaway

   • Country: United States

7. Larry Page

   • Wealth Source: Google (Alphabet Inc.)

   • Country: United States

United States 8 | Sergey Brin | Google (Alphabet Inc.)

Here’s a simplified version of the list:

1. Amancio Ortega – Zara (Inditex), Spain

2. Steve Ballmer – Microsoft, United States

3. Rob Walton & family – Walmart, United States

4. Jim Walton & family – Walmart, United States

5. Bill Gates – Microsoft, United States

6. Michael Bloomberg – Bloomberg LP, United States

7. Alice Walton – Walmart, United States

8. Jensen Huang – Nvidia, United States

9. Michael Dell – Dell Technologies, United States

10. Mukesh Ambani – Reliance Industries, India

11. Carlos Slim Helu & family – América Móvil, Mexico

12. Françoise Bettencourt Meyers & family – L'Oréal, France

13. Julia Koch & family – Koch Industries, United States

14. Charles Koch & family – Koch Industries, United States

15. Zhang Yiming – TikTok (ByteDance), China

16. Changpeng Zhao ("CZ") – Binance, Canada

17. Jeff Yass – Investments, United States

18. Zhong Shanshan – Beverages, Pharmaceuticals, China

19. Thomas Peterffy – Discount brokerage, United States

20. Gautam Adani – Infrastructure, Commodities, India

21. Ma Huateng – Tencent, China

22. Tadashi Yanai & family – Fast Retailing, Japan

23. Stephen Schwarzman – Blackstone, United States

24. Lei Jun – Xiaomi, China

25. Jacqueline Mars – Mars, United States

26. John Mars – Mars, United States

27. Ken Griffin – Citadel, United States

28. Colin Huang – Pinduoduo, China

29. Dieter Schwarz – Schwarz Group, Germany

30. Mark Mateschitz – Red Bull, Austria

31. Klaus-Michael Kuehne – Kuehne + Nagel, Germany

32. Li Ka-shing – Diversified, Hong Kong

33. Giovanni Ferrero – Ferrero, Italy

34. Lukas Walton – Walmart, United States

35. Robin Zeng – CATL, Hong Kong

36. Gianluigi Aponte – MSC, Switzerland

37. Rafaela Aponte-Diamant – MSC, Switzerland

38. Alain Wertheimer – Chanel, France

39. Gerard Wertheimer – Chanel, France

40. Savitri Jindal & family – Jindal Group, India

41. Phil Knight & family – Nike, United States

42. Reinhold Wuerth & family – Würth Group, Germany.

Note: Net worth can change fast due to stock market shifts and economic conditions. Various sources (Forbes, Bloomberg, etc.) may present slightly different rankings and valuations.