Elon Musk Is Richest Person alive with an estimated net worth of $839 billion

Elon Musk isn’t just leading the billionaire pack—he’s leaving everyone else behind. For the second consecutive year, Musk tops Forbes’ World’s Billionaires list, now with an estimated net worth of $839 billion, the highest figure the magazine has ever recorded. Forbes attributes roughly $500 billion of that gain to rising valuations for Tesla and SpaceX, which is planning a 2026 IPO. Musk is also the first person Forbes has ever valued above $800 billion, bringing him closer to a potential trillion-dollar personal fortune.

He stands out in what Forbes calls a historic surge at the very top. The 40th edition of the list counts 3,428 billionaires worldwide, up 400 from last year and the highest total since the ranking began in 1987. Their combined wealth reached $20.1 trillion, up from $16.1 trillion a year ago, as an AI-driven market rally added “more than one billionaire per day” over the past 12 months, according to a Forbes editor. Twenty people now hold fortunes of at least $100 billion—no one had that much wealth as recently as 2017—together controlling nearly 20% of all billionaire wealth.

The rest of the top tier trails Musk by a wide margin. Google co-founder Larry Page is second at $257 billion, followed by Sergey Brin at $237 billion. Jeff Bezos is fourth with $224 billion, and Mark Zuckerberg rounds out the top five at $222 billion. The United States remains the global center of extreme wealth, with a record 989 billionaires worth a combined $8.4 trillion, ahead of mainland China (539) and India (229). President Trump’s ranking rose from No. 700 to No. 645, driven mainly by his cryptocurrency ventures. His fortune increased $1.4 billion over the past year, bringing it to $6.5 billion.

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