In the ranking of the richest people in the world today, according to Forbes updated (April 10, 2026), the top 5 positions all belong to US billionaires.
This list includes: billionaires Elon Musk, Larry Page, Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin and Mark Zuckerberg. These are all entrepreneurs associated with leading technology corporations, with great influence on the global market.
Ranked No. 1 in the top 5 richest people in the world is Mr. Elon Musk - CEO of Tesla with assets of 798.2 billion USD, an increase of 1.7 billion USD, equivalent to 0.21% compared to before. Not only leading, Elon Musk also created a very large gap compared to the rest of the ranking, showing the overwhelming position of the billionaire behind Tesla, SpaceX and many large technology projects.
Ranked second is billionaire Larry Page - co-founder and board member of Alphabet. According to the update on April 10, 2026, he owns assets of 261.6 billion USD, an increase of 1.1 billion USD, equivalent to 0.42% compared to before. Although significantly behind Elon Musk, billionaire Larry Page is still one of the typical faces of the US technology world.
In third place is billionaire Jeff Bezos - Chairman and founder of Amazon. His assets reached 244.6 billion USD, a sharp increase of 10.9 billion USD, equivalent to 4.68%, according to Forbes updated on April 10, 2026. This is also the highest increase among the top 5 richest American billionaires in the world today. The sharp increase in billionaire Jeff Bezos's assets shows Amazon's sustainable influence as well as his long-standing position in the global super-rich group.
Ranked fourth is billionaire Sergey Brin - co-founder and member of the Board of Directors of Alphabet. His current assets are 241.4 billion USD, an increase of 1 billion USD, equivalent to 0.42%. Sergey Brin continues to be in the top group in the world, and at the same time, along with Larry Page, affirms the financial strength of the founders of Alphabet.
Closing the top 5 is Mark Zuckerberg - co-founder of Meta Platforms. He currently owns 215.6 billion USD, an increase of 5.4 billion USD, equivalent to 2.58%. With this asset level, Zuckerberg ranks 5th in the world, continuing to be one of the richest technology entrepreneurs on the planet.
In summary, all 5 richest billionaires in the world today are American and are all associated with the technology sector. From electric vehicles, e-commerce, search engines to social networks, these are still sectors that create huge asset value in the digital economy.
Notably, Elon Musk is far ahead of the rest when owning assets nearly reaching 800 billion USD, much higher than the second-placed Larry Page. This shows a clear differentiation in the global super-rich group, and also reflects the dominant role of US technology corporations on the world economic map.
