1. Elon Musk
Forbes' list of world billionaires updated on January 10, 2026, billionaire Elon Musk ranks No. 1 in the world, with an estimated fortune of $722.9 billion, an increase of $6.6 billion compared to (January 9, 2026). Compared to the beginning of 2025, his fortune has more than doubled, from $342 billion to a new record.
Elon Musk is a famous technology entrepreneur, co-founder of Tesla, SpaceX and the artificial intelligence startup xAI. He currently owns about 12% of Tesla's shares - a business Musk invested in in 2004 and has held the position of CEO since 2008. In addition, he also founded The Boring Company and Neuralink.
2. Larry Page
2nd place on the list of the richest people in the world belongs to billionaire Larry Page with assets of 269 billion USD, an increase of 2.4 billion USD compared to the update on January 9, 2026. In just one year, his assets have increased by more than 125 billion USD.
Larry Page co-founded Google with Sergey Brin in 1998. He left his position as CEO of Alphabet in 2019 but remained a member of the Board of Directors and a shareholder in control. Page was also the person who, along with Brin, invented the PageRank algorithm - the platform that runs Google search engines.
3. Jeff Bezos
Billionaire Jeff Bezos ranked third in the ranking of the richest people in the world in 2026 with assets of 257.1 billion USD, an increase of more than 42 billion USD compared to the previous year.
He founded Amazon in 1994 from a garage in Seattle. Currently Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post and the aerospace company Blue Origin.
4. Sergey Brin
Sergey Brin ranked fourth in the list of the richest billionaires in the world at the beginning of 2026 with assets of 248.2 billion USD. In just one year, his assets have increased by more than 110 billion USD.
Sergey Brin co-founded Google with Larry Page and left his position as President of Alphabet at the end of 2019, but remained a member of the Board of Directors and a controlling shareholder.
5. Larry Ellison
According to Forbes, Larry Ellison owns assets of 248.1 billion USD, ranking 5th in the list of the richest billionaires in the world. Compared to the beginning of 2025, his assets have increased by more than 50 billion USD.
Larry Ellison is Chairman, Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Oracle software group, in which he holds about 40% of shares. He was a member of the Tesla Board of Directors in the period 2018-2022.
