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Carlos Slim Helú

Mexican (born to Lebanese-immigrant parents)

Jen-Hsun Huang (黃仁勳)

Founder + President + CEO Nvidia Corporation since April 5 1993. Sustained 33-year continuing operational leadership. Material world-most-valuable-company stewardship since 2024 market-cap milestone.

Dual American + Taiwanese$200B+ as of June 2026 (Forbes Real-Time Billionaires). Ranked #7 globally per Forbes 2026 list. Material top-decile peer-billionaire scale.

Michael Saul Dell

Founder + Chairman + CEO Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) since 1984. Founder DFO Management (formerly MSD Capital) + MSD Partners family-office framework since 1998. Co-founder Michael and Susan Dell Foundation since 1999. Material sustained 42-year continuing operational-CEO posture.

American$97.7B on the 2025 Forbes 400 (US #10); Forbes real-time ~$212.8B as of May-June 2026 (#7 globally) after a powerful DELL + AVGO AI rally. Figure is highly volatile and stock-driven (Dell Technologies + Broadcom); reconfirm at point of use.

Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault

Chairman + CEO LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (Euronext: MC; NYSE: LVMUY). Chairman Christian Dior SE. Chairman Agache SAS (family holding entity). Sustained 1989-present LVMH operational control.

French (birth) + Belgian (granted 2024). Initial Belgian citizenship application 2012-2013 withdrawn amid French tax-debate furor. Resubmitted application granted 2024.$181.8B as of early 2026 (Forbes Real-Time Billionaires), ranked #7 globally. December 2025 Forbes $190.4B.

Rupert Murdoch

$22.7B

Alice Louise Walton

Founder + Chair Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art since 2011. Founder Alice L. Walton Foundation since 2017. Founder Art Bridges Foundation since 2017. Founder Whole Health Institute since 2019. Founder Alice L. Walton School of Medicine since 2025. Walton-family collective Walmart-stake via Walton Enterprises LLC.

American~$138B as of June 2026 (Forbes real-time). World's-richest-woman 3rd consecutive year; ranked #14 globally on the 2026 Forbes annual list at $134B (the static list figure), with the real-time tracker since rising to ~$138B on continued Walmart-share appreciation. Wealth is overwhelmingly her attributable Walmart stake.

Amancio Ortega Gaona

Founder + former Chairman Inditex Group (stepped down April 2011 → Pablo Isla → April 2022 Marta Ortega). Founder + ultimate beneficial owner Pontegadea family-office. Founder Fundación Amancio Ortega. Material continuing-stewardship-through-family-office posture at age 90.

Spanish~$139B to $148B across 2026 (Forbes). Peaked near $148B in Q1 2026 then eased to ~$139B by mid 2026 on Inditex share-price moves. Ranked around #10 globally (Forbes 2026 list). Europe's second-wealthiest after Bernard Arnault. Material top-decile peer-billionaire scale.

Warren Edward Buffett

Chairman + CEO Berkshire Hathaway Inc (NYSE: BRK.A / BRK.B) since 1970. Transitioning to non-executive Chairman role effective January 1 2026 per May 3 2025 AGM announcement. Greg Abel succeeds as President + CEO. Howard Graham Buffett succeeds as non-executive Chairman per succession plan.

American$148.9 billion as of January 2026 (Forbes Real-Time Billionaires). Ranked #9 globally.

Eduardo Saverin

$33.2B

Francois Pinault

French~21-27

Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani

Chairman + Managing Director Reliance Industries (NSE: RELIANCE) since 2002. Founder Reliance Jio Infocomm + JioMart. Owner Mumbai Indians IPL franchise. Material sustained 24-year continuing-Chairman posture.

Indian$90-117B range during 2026 (Forbes Real-Time Billionaires). Peak ~$117-122B January 2026 then a ~15% decline to ~$97.5B by April 2026 (Iran-war oil-price surge + global-trade-tension impact on Reliance oil-and-gas + petrochemicals). Forbes India-rich-list ~$105B mid-June 2026; ranked ~#20-24 globally. Now neck-and-neck with Gautam Adani for Asia's richest.

Steven Anthony Ballmer

Owner Los Angeles Clippers (NBA) since August 2014. Co-Founder Ballmer Group LLC philanthropy vehicle since 2015. Founder USAFacts non-profit since 2017. Former Microsoft CEO 2000-2014.

American$126-130B as of May 2026 (Forbes Real-Time Billionaires). Ranked #14 globally per Forbes 2026 list. Material peer-billionaire scale.

Aliko Dangote

$36.7B

Elon Reeve Musk

CEO and Chief Engineer of SpaceX (also Founder); CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Inc; CEO and Founder of xAI (merged with SpaceX February 2026); Executive Chairman and CTO of X Corp; Founder of The Boring Company; Co-founder of Neuralink; Chairman of Musk Foundation.

South African (birth 1971); Canadian (1989 via mother); American (naturalised 2002). Triple citizenship.~$1.3 trillion as of June 2026 (Forbes), #1 globally. Became the world's first trillionaire on 12 June 2026 when SpaceX listed on the Nasdaq (ticker SPCX), debuting near $135 then surging past a $2T valuation on first-day trading; his fortune climbed from $852B (Feb 2026) through the IPO to ~$1.3T. Now exceeds the combined wealth of Page, Brin and Bezos.

Henry Kravis

United States$12-14B

Philip Hampson Knight

Chairman Emeritus Nike Inc since June 2016 (Chairman 2004-2016 + CEO 1964-2004). Chairman LAIKA Studios, privately-held film-animation studio. Material sustained continuing-stewardship-through-family-entities posture at age 88.

AmericanApproximately $30-35B in 2026. Forbes estimated $35.4B as of October 2025 (down from a ~$50B 2021 peak); by mid-June 2026 Bloomberg had the Knight family near $30-31B (Nike shares down ~14% YTD) while some trackers stayed higher (~$34-35B). Ranked roughly #50-60 globally. Material Nike-share-driven wealth.

Samuel Robson Walton

Walmart Chairman Emeritus (Chairman 1992-2015). Principal owner Denver Broncos NFL franchise since June 2022. Walton Enterprises LLC + Walton Family Holdings Trust senior leadership. Material continuing-stewardship-through-family-entities posture at age 81.

American$145.1B as of February 2026 (Forbes Real-Time Billionaires). Ranked #11 globally per Forbes 2026 list. Material 5% Walmart-share appreciation-driven $7.2B+ wealth-increase year-over-year.

Françoise Bettencourt Meyers

Chairwoman Téthys Invest family holding (~33% L'Oréal family stake). Co-Chair Bettencourt Schueller Foundation. Author of biblical commentary. Stepped down as L'Oréal Vice-Chairwoman at the 29 April 2025 AGM (announced 6 February 2025) → succeeded by son Jean-Victor Meyers; board seat ceded to Téthys Invest head Alexandre Benais.

French~$88-95B as of June 2026 (Forbes Real-Time Billionaires; ~$90.7B mid-June). Variations $88.2B (July 2025) through ~$100B (peak 2023). Ranked top 15-20 globally per Forbes 2026. World's SECOND-richest woman (behind Alice Walton ~$135B who has led since late 2024).

Johann Rupert

Chairman, Compagnie Financière Richemont SA (Group CEO Nicolas Bos runs day-to-day operations since 1 June 2024); also Chairman of Remgro and Reinet Investments

South African$16.3B (Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, May 2026)

Lakshmi Mittal

Executive Chairman, ArcelorMittal

Indian~$28B (Forbes/Bloomberg 2026 range US$25.9-30B; recovered from ~$16.4B Forbes 2024 on steel rebound and May 2026 Rajasthan Royals IPL deal)

Lee Jae Yong

Executive Chairman, Samsung Electronics

South Korean$11.5B (Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, May 2026)

Marc Benioff

Chair & CEO, Salesforce

American$11.0B (Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, May 2026)

Zeng Yuqun (Robin Zeng / 曾毓群)

Chinese national; sustained-foundational Fujian-Province-Ningde origin; characteristic distinctive Chinese-EV-battery-pioneer-and-engineer-physicist identity; signature distinctive 'world's-largest-EV-battery-manufacturer-CATL-founder' positioning

Sergey Mikhailovich Brin

Alphabet Inc Board Member + Co-founder + Controlling Shareholder. Active AI strategic engagement (Gemini development) since December 2023 return. PCAST member (appointed 2026 by Trump).

American (naturalised 1979 post-immigration from Soviet Union age 6)Highly volatile across 2026 on the Alphabet AI surge: a ~$134B mid-May 2026 reading rose sharply by late May 2026 (Bloomberg put him at ~$299B and #3 globally on 29 May 2026). Ranked roughly #3-#10 globally depending on Alphabet share-price movements.

Azim Premji

$11.8B

German Larrea

$68.4B

James Carr Walton

Chairman Arvest Bank Group since 2000s (former CEO 1982-2000s). Chairman Community Publishers Inc. Walton Enterprises LLC senior leadership. Material sustained continuing-stewardship-through-family-entities posture at age 77.

American$142.4B as of February 2026 (Forbes Real-Time Billionaires). Ranked #12 globally per Forbes 2026 list. Material 30%+ Walmart-share-appreciation drove $30B+ YoY wealth-increase.

Masayoshi Son

Japanese (naturalized 1990), born Korean-Japanese (Zainichi)~69 on the 2026 Forbes list and highly volatile: surged on the AI bet from ~$22-30B (2024-early-2025) to ~$69B then spiked to ~$100.7B on 2 June 2026 when SoftBank's market value passed Toyota's (briefly Asia's richest) before settling back behind Ambani and Adani

Stephen Allen Schwarzman

Co-Founder + Chairman + CEO Blackstone Inc since 1985. Material sustained 41-year continuing operating-CEO posture. Co-founded with Peter G. Peterson (d. 2018). Founder Stephen A. Schwarzman Foundation. Founder Schwarzman Scholars 2013 Tsinghua University.

American$50-52B as of 2026 (Forbes Real-Time Billionaires). Ranked ~#30 globally per Forbes 2026 list. Material continuing Blackstone-driven wealth appreciation cycle.

William Henry Gates III

Chair of Gates Foundation (sole chair since 2024 post-Melinda French Gates resignation as co-chair); Trustee of Gates Foundation Trust; Founder and Chairman of Cascade Investment LLC; Co-founder and Chairman of TerraPower; Founder of Breakthrough Energy and Breakthrough Energy Ventures; Technology Advisor to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (since 2014); Founder of Gates Ventures.

American$107.7 billion as of February 2026 (Forbes), ranked 18th globally. Down from #1-#2 historical positioning held 1995-2017.

Charlene Heineken

$16.8B

Mohamed Ali Alabbar (محمد علي العبار)

Emirati (United Arab Emirates) national; sustained-foundational Dubai-UAE origin; characteristic distinctive Emirati-property-developer-and-Dubai-builder identity; signature distinctive defining-Emirati-builder-of-Dubai-modern-skyline positioning

MacKenzie Scott Tuttle

Founder + Principal of Yield Giving operating-company philanthropy vehicle (launched 2022). Novelist (American Book Award 2006). Signature unrestricted-grant philanthropy positioning sustained since 2019.

American~$28-30B per Forbes ($28.2B on the March 2025 list; #68 world; #9 wealthiest US woman). Forbes values her well below Bloomberg given the single-stock Amazon position and sustained giving.

Huang Zheng (Colin Huang / 黄峥)

Chinese national; sustained-foundational Hangzhou-Zhejiang-China origin; characteristic distinctive Chinese-tech-platform-pioneer-and-Pinduoduo-Temu-founder identity; sustained 'new generation of billionaires in China' positioning per Bloomberg/Charlie Wells (younger and global-experienced cohort)

Gautam Shantilal Adani

Founder + Chairman Adani Group + Adani Enterprises (NSE: ADANIENT) since 1988. Material sustained 38-year continuing Chairman-CEO posture. Multi-vertical conglomerate: ports + power + renewable-energy + airports + cement + media + defense + transmission.

Indian~$89B as of June 2026 (Forbes Real-Time Billionaires; ~$89.2B early June). Ranked ~#24 globally. Narrowly overtook Mukesh Ambani as India's and Asia's richest in early June 2026 (~$89B vs Ambani ~$88B; the two trade places on Adani-Group stock swings). Recovered strongly after the May 2026 US DOJ case dismissal; still below the 2022 peak ~$150B.

Jeffrey Preston Bezos

Founder and Executive Chairman of Amazon (stepped down as CEO July 5, 2021, succeeded by Andy Jassy); Founder and Owner of Blue Origin; Owner of The Washington Post; Founder of Bezos Earth Fund; Co-founder of Altos Labs (with Yuri Milner, launched publicly 2022)

American$224 billion (Forbes 2026 annual list); range $221-241 billion through April 2026 depending on Amazon stock movements

Lawrence Edward Page

Co-founder and Board member of Alphabet Inc. Controlling shareholder (Class B super-voting shares). Stepped down from all executive positions December 4, 2019 (succeeded by Sundar Pichai as Alphabet CEO). Founder of Dynatomics (2023, AI-product-manufacturing startup, Palo Alto).

American (with confirmed New Zealand resident visa as of August 2021)~$310 billion (Bloomberg Billionaires Index, 17 June 2026), second-wealthiest individual in the world; ranged ~$269B early 2026 to a ~$334B May 2026 high on Alphabet AI-driven appreciation

Michael Rubens Bloomberg

Founder + majority owner (~88%) of Bloomberg LP; was CEO 1981-2002 and again 2014-2023 before Vlad Kliatchko became CEO in 2023 (Bloomberg remains founder/owner and active chairman-level figure). Founder Bloomberg Philanthropies. Material continuing engagement at age 84.

American~$109.4B (Forbes June 2026; stable since the March 2026 list). Ranked #18 globally just ahead of Bill Gates. Material top-decile peer-billionaire scale.

Eyal Ofer

$33.6B

Lawrence Joseph Ellison

Executive Chairman + Chief Technology Officer, Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL). Board of Advisors, President's Council on Science and Technology (appointed 2026). Founder of Ellison Institute of Technology + Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine (USC) + Ellison Foundation.

American~$201-203 billion (Forbes Real-Time Billionaires June 2026). Ranked ~#6 globally; Oracle's ~22% 2026 YTD slide made Ellison the year's largest wealth loser per Bloomberg.

Ernesto Bertarelli

$12B

Idan Ofer

$35.5B

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg

Chairman + CEO + controlling shareholder of Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META, formerly Facebook Inc). Founder + Co-Chair of Chan Zuckerberg Initiative LLC (with wife Priscilla Chan since 2015). Co-founder of FWD.us (2013).

American~$208 billion (Forbes June 2026) down from a ~$251B October 2025 peak after a ~$31B 2026 decline as Meta raised AI capex guidance to ~$145B. Ranked top 10 globally (~#5 behind Musk / Page / Bezos); fluctuates materially with META share price (concentrated single-stock exposure).

Julia Margaret Flesher Koch

President + Director David H. Koch Charitable Foundation since 2019. Koch Industries Board member since 2019. 15% co-owner BSE Global (Brooklyn Nets + NY Liberty + Barclays Center) since June 2024. 10% co-owner NY Giants since October 2025. Multi-board trustee at Memorial Sloan Kettering + Met Museum + Lincoln Center + others.

American$81.2B as of 2026 (Forbes Real-Time Billionaires). Ranked #20 globally per Forbes 2026 list. World's #3 richest woman after Alice Walton and Francoise Bettencourt Meyers. Material $7B+ YoY increase via Koch Industries private-valuation appreciation.

Charles de Ganahl Koch

Co-CEO + Chairman Koch Industries since 1967, material sustained 58-year continuing operating-leadership posture. Dave Robertson Co-CEO partnership. Founder + Co-Chair Stand Together network + Charles Koch Foundation since 1980s.

American$71-73B as of May 2026 (Forbes Real-Time Billionaires). Ranked #22 globally per Forbes 2025-2026 list. Material Koch Industries private-valuation-driven.

Anthony Joseph Pratt

Australian citizen; US permanent resident (green card) and announced permanent relocation to the United States (announced November 2024, elaborated April 2025) where the majority of his business interests are domiciled. Continues as Visy Australia Chairman with regular Australia return-visits.

Kenneth Cordele Griffin

Founder Chief Executive Officer Co-Chief Investment Officer and 85% owner Citadel LLC since 1990. Founder and 80% owner Citadel Securities since early 2000s. Founder Griffin Catalyst (September 2023, philanthropic-and-civic platform). Top 30-35 globally Bloomberg/Forbes early 2026 ($49.6-51.2B net worth). Most distinctive sustained dual-platform hedge-fund-and-market-maker founder-CEO architecture in current Klypse demo set.

American. Born Daytona Beach Florida. Family settled Boca Raton Florida.$51.2B Bloomberg January 2026 (rank 34th globally). $49.6-50.3B Forbes June 2026. ~$50-51B current range. Distinctive sustained 2024-2026 wealth-acceleration driven by Citadel hedge fund performance plus Citadel Securities $9.7B 2024 record revenue.