Forbes Billionaires list

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It's been a year like no other, and we aren’t talking about the pandemic. There were rapid-fire public offerings, surging cryptocurrencies and skyrocketing stock prices. The number of billionaires on Forbes’ 35th annual list of the world’s wealthiest exploded to an unprecedented 2,755--660 more than a year ago. Of those, a record high 493 were new to the list--roughly one every 17 hours, including 210 from China and Hong Kong. Another 250 who’d fallen off in the past came roaring back. A staggering 86% are richer than a year ago.

Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest for the fourth year running, worth $177 billion, while Elon Musk rocketed into the number two spot with $151 billion, as Tesla and Amazon shares surged.

Altogether these billionaires are worth $13.1 trillion, up from $8 trillion in 2020. The U.S. still has the most, with 724, followed by China (including Hong Kong and Macao) with 698. We used stock prices and exchange rates from March 5 to calculate net worths. See below for the full list of the world’s billionaires and our methodology.
For daily updated net worths of all 2,755 billionaires, check out our real-time billionaires rankings.

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1. Jeff Bezos - 177B
2. Elon Musk - 151B
3. Bernard Arnault & family - 150B
4. Bill Gates - 124B
5. Mark Zuckerberg - 97B
6. Warren Buffet - 96B
7. Larry Ellison - 93B
8. Larry Page - 91.5B
9. Sergey Brin - 89B
10. Mukesh Ambani - 84.5B

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Kim Kardashian, however, is now on the Forbes list, with a net worth of $1 billion, up from $780 million in October. #ForbesBillionaires

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No country put more names on the Forbes list this year than China, which gained 205 new billionaires. Notable Chinese newcomers include its richest newcomer, 45-year-old Chen Zhiping (worth $15.9 billion), who is chairman and CEO of vaping device-maker Smoore International, and Kate Wang ($5 billion), CEO of Chinese vaping company RLX Technology. At 39, she is one of the world’s youngest self-made female billionaires.

The United States has the second highest number of newcomers, with 98. That includes famous faces like Kim Kardashian West ($1 billion), whose beauty and shapewear empire pushes her over the ten-digit mark; Hollywood mogul Tyler Perry ($1 billion); and Apple CEO Tim Cook ($1.3 billion). The richest newcomer is also an American: Miriam Adelson, who is worth $38.2 billion after inheriting the gambling empire built by her late husband, Sheldon Adelson, who died in January. 

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