The Top 10 Richest People In The World | April 2026

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🗓️ 4 April 2026

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Follow Forbes Talks Who are the top 10 richest people in the world? 1. Elon Musk 2. Larry Page 3. Jeff Bezos (up from No. 4) 4. Sergey Brin (down from No. 3) 5. Mark Zuckerberg 6. Larry Ellison 7. Jensen Huang (up from No. 8) 8. Michael Dell (up from No. 13) 9. Rob Walton (up from No. 11) 10. Bernard Arnault (down from No. 7) March wasn’t the best month to be a billionaire, as both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq sank by nearly 5% amid the Iran war. Nine of the world’s ten richest people enter April poorer than they were at the beginning of March. As a group, their fortunes fell by more than $100 billion combined to a total of $2.5 trillion, as of April 1 at 12 a.m. Eastern time. Even more notable is the shake up at the top, as only four members of last month’s top 10 held onto their same ranks including the world’s richest person Elon Musk and no. 2 Sergey Brin. Despite their ranks holding steady, Musk and Page were two of five top 10 members who lost at least $20 billion in the past month. Musk’s fortune fell by $22 billion to $817 billion. He’s still more than three times as rich as his runner-up, Page, whose fortune sank by $20 billion to $237 billion. The biggest loser was Frenchman Bernard Arnault of luxury goods conglomerate LVMH, who dropped from No. 7 to No. 10, as his fortune sank by $28 billion, to $142.5 billion. Another big loser was Spanish fast fashion mogul Amancio Ortega, who tumbled from No. 10 to No. 14, as his fortune plunged by $20 billion, to $128 billion. Warren Buffett also fell out of the top 10, sliding from No. 9 to No. 11, as his net worth fell by $7 billion to $142 billion. Walmart heir Rob Walton lost $3 billion but nevertheless jumped into the top 10 for the first time in at least three years. The other new face in this month’s top 10 (and the only gainer) was PC mogul Michael Dell, who climbed from No. 13 to No. 8, as his fortune inched upward by $2 billion to $143.1 billion. Jeff Bezos also moved up, to No. 3 for the first time since October, as his fortune dipped by a relatively modest $1 billion to $223 billion. He swapped places with Google cofounder Sergey Brin, who dropped to No. 4 for the first time since January, as his net worth fell by $18 billion to $219 billion. Forbes has been tracking the world’s billionaires since 1987. In March 2026, we found 3,428 of them for our annual list. Below are the 10 richest people on earth as of April 1, 2026 at 12 a.m. Eastern time, according to Forbes. Stock prices fluctuate routinely, so these net worths typically change on a daily basis. Forbes tracks the daily changes on our Real Time list of billionaires. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeswealthteam/article/the-top-ten-richest-people-in-the-world/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.5	Today on Forbes, the top 10 richest people in the world, April 26.
1:07.9	March wasn't the best month to be a billionaire, as both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ sank by nearly 5%
1:14.9	amid the Iran war.
1:17.2	Nine of the world's 10 richest people enter April poorer than they were at the beginning
1:22.4	of March.
1:23.8	Our top 10 richest people in the world list is as of April 1st, 26, at 12 a.m. Eastern
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