1. Elon Musk
The list of world billionaires updated by Forbes on January 26, 2026, records billionaire Elon Musk's assets worth 788 billion USD, being the richest person in the world today.
Elon Musk is the founder and leader of many large technology corporations, including electric car company Tesla, rocket manufacturer SpaceX and artificial intelligence startup xAI.
In addition, this billionaire is also the founder of The Boring Company, a business specializing in developing traffic tunnel technology, along with Neuralink, a brain transplant technology research and development company.
2. Larry Page
World billionaire Larry Page owns assets worth 268.5 billion USD. Currently, he ranks 2nd in Forbes' ranking of the richest people on the planet.
Larry Page co-founded Google in 1998 with Sergey Brin when they were both research students at Stanford University. The two are also authors of the PageRank algorithm, the platform that runs the Google search engine.
Larry Page served as CEO of Google until 2001, then returned to this position in 2011–2015. When Google restructured and founded Alphabet, he became CEO of Alphabet until 2019. Although he resigned, Larry Page remained a member of the board of directors and a controlling shareholder of the group.
3. Jeff Bezos
Billionaire Jeff Bezos is currently the 3rd richest person in the world, according to Forbes updates, with assets worth 249.8 billion USD.
Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994 from his private garage in Seattle, laying the foundation for the world's leading e-commerce corporation.
In 2021, he left the CEO position to hold the position of CEO, currently owning about 8% of Amazon shares. After divorcing Ms. MacKenzie Scott in 2019, Bezos transferred 1/4 of Amazon shares to his ex-wife.
He pledged to spend 10 billion USD on climate change response through the Bezos Earth Fund, and also owns the Washington Post and the aerospace company Blue Origin.
4. Sergey Brin
Billionaire Sergey Brin owns assets worth 247.7 billion USD, being the 4th richest person in the world today.
Sergey Brin co-founded Google with Larry Page in 1998, after the two met at Stanford University while pursuing graduate studies in computer science.
In December 2019, he resigned as Alphabet President but remained a member of the board of directors and a controlling shareholder.
Besides business, Brin has donated more than 1.5 billion USD to research on Parkinson's disease, while focusing on charitable activities on neurological diseases and climate change.
5. Mark Zuckerberg
Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg owns assets worth 225.9 billion USD, according to Forbes updated on January 26, 2026. Currently, he is the 5th richest person in the world.
In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook. In 2012, Zuckerberg listed Facebook on the stock exchange. He still holds about 13% of the company's shares.
In 2021, Facebook officially changed its name to Meta, demonstrating a strategy to shift to developing the virtual universe.
