The World’s Billionaires: A Look at the Wealthiest Individuals Around the Globe

The World’s Billionaires

The World’s Billionaires is an annual ranking of people who are billionaires, i.e., they are considered to have a net worth of US$1 billion or more, by the American business magazine Forbes. The list was first published in March 1987.

List of countries by number of billionaires

This is a list of countries by their number of billionaire residents, based on annual assessments of the net worth in United States Dollars of wealthy individuals worldwide.

Bloomberg Billionaires Index

Beginning in May 2013, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was the world’s top billionaire. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Spanish fashion retailer Amancio Ortega both saw a large increase in their respective net worths during 2016 and 2017 and challenged Gates for the number one spot.

Lists of people by net worth

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