Billionaires

Prosecutors initially recommended a 40- to 50-year prison sentence for Bankman-Fried.

CEO Sam Altman famously has no equity in OpenAI, but startup bets like Reddit, Stripe and Helion have made him a billionaire anyway, a Forbes investigation found.

From a 19-year-old college student to Asia’s richest person, it pays wells to be born rich.

Judge Juan Merchan swatted down a last-minute effort to delay the trial based on “presidential immunity.”

From Taylor Swift to Michael Jordan, these performers, athletes and entertainment tycoons are truly rich and famous.

From Jensen Huang to Lisa Su, these new members of the Forbes list are already getting rich off artificial intelligence.

The world’s wealthiest technology moguls have ridden the AI-fueled frenzy to never-before-seen heights.

The world’s billionaires are riding high, with Forbes finding a record 2,781 of them around the globe this year, worth a record $14.2 trillion altogether. With many markets up, the surge in wealth has made 265 people billionaires over the past year, up from 150 newcomers in 2023.

Bankruptcy, scandal and stock crashes helped knock Bolt’s Ryan Breslow, Evergrande’s Hui Ka Yan and scores of others out of the three-comma club over the past year.

Here are the wealthiest people on Forbes’ annual rich list.