The top 10 richest people in the world (November 2025)
After a volatile April for U.S. stocks, a guide to which of the world’s top ten richest came out ahead–and whose fortunes fell.
Billionaires
The world’s youngest self-made billionaires are a trio of 22-year-old AI founders
With a new $10 billion valuation for their AI recruiting startup Mercor, the founders are the youngest tech billionaires ever.
Inside the ‘human web’ connecting the minds behind Google Maps, Zoom and Canva
Lars Rasmussen and Bill Tai are the brains behind some of the most ubiquitous tech in the world. Now, they are funding entrepreneurs to follow in their footsteps. On stage at SXSW Sydney, they revealed that achieving spectacular outcomes like Google Maps, Zoom, and Canva takes immense grit, and the propagating power of a ‘human web.’
Forget search, Perplexity VP says answers, trust, and subscriptions are paramount
Ryan Foutty articulated Perplexity’s vision for the digital economy at SXSW Sydney. The economic structure of the internet is fundamentally realigning to prioritise quality, brand, and user efficiency over click revenue, he says
This billionaire built a $50 million golf course so his wife had a place to ‘swing like an idiot’
Forget the fancy Ferraris and precious Picassos. Instead, new Forbes 400 member David D. Halbert chose the ultimate flex: convincing Tom Fazio to build him a “no-budget” 18-hole golf course in Texas.
Elon Musk just became the first person ever worth $500 billion
Musk is now half-way to becoming the first ever trillionaire.
Tesla’s full-self driving software is a mess. Should it be legal?
Elon Musk hypes the AI-enabled system, and getting more people to buy it is key to his new pay package. But in a recent test, it ignored some street signs and squashed a mannequin child.
Elon Musk’s xAI could be valued at $200 billion after $10 billion funding round, report says
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI will hold a funding round valuing the company at $200 billion, according to CNBC, keeping up with or nearing massive valuations from competitors like Anthropic and OpenAI.
These 14 billionaires joined the Forbes 400 List in 2025
From selling coffee to labeling data for AI models, see how the latest additions to Forbes’ annual list got so rich.
Larry Ellison $110 billion richer—Challenges Musk for richest title
Economists were “blown away” by Oracle’s projections for AI growth: “We’re all kind of in shock, in a very, very good way.”