The top 10 richest people in the world (June 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.
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The 50 Richest Self-Made Women On Earth
The Forbes 2025 ranking of the richest self-made women billionaires on the planet — China and U.S. dominate, as tech fuels fortunes.
The one luxury these billionaires say they can’t live without
A Forbes survey reveals the number one must-have item of the super-rich. For some it was their prestige car. For others, their wife. But this was the favorite.
Founder of Chinese camera maker Insta360 becomes a billionaire upon IPO
At age 33, Liu Jingkang has earned a fortune of $2.7 billion by selling 360-degree action cameras.
Here’s where the ‘Mountainhead’ billionaires would rank on the Forbes list
Would Ven Parish really be the richest person in the world? Here’s how the characters stack up to their real-life counterparts.
Japan’s 50 Richest 2025: Uniqlo billionaire Tadashi Yanai’s net worth hits a record high
As a stronger yen propels collective wealth by 14% to $228 billion, Tadashi Yanai’s fortune hits a record high.
Hailey Bieber’s $1 billion Rhode deal: Here are 26 others who made a fortune in beauty
Forbes counts fewer than 30 billionaires and centimillionaires in the U.S and Europe who have made a large chunk of their fortune in the super competitive world of beauty products.
J.K. Rowling is a billionaire – again
The Harry Potter books transformed her from a single mother on welfare to an author with a ten-figure fortune—but her massive charity initiatives dropped her from the ranks of billionaires. Now, thanks to new Potterverse books, movies, a play, and several theme parks—and despite a divisive social-media presence—she is magically back in the three-comma club.
Where Google cofounder Sergey Brin is putting his new $700 million charitable gift
The world’s eighth-richest person and the biggest individual donor to research on Parkinson’s disease just gave a valuable sliver of his Alphabet shares to charitable entities that fund healthcare research and treatments.
Indonesian billionaire brothers’ Djarum Group unveils electric SUVs amid intense competition
Polytron, which has been selling electric motor bikes since 2022, hopes to hold its own against foreign car manufacturers. Its SUVs can travel across a distance of 402 kilometers on a fully-charged battery.