The top 10 richest people in the world (May 2026)
There’s a new member of the $300 billion club and a second sibling from America’s richest family among the planet’s ten wealthiest people.
Billionaires
Key moments in Elon Musk’s trial against Sam Altman: ‘I was a fool’ to fund OpenAI
Tesla billionaire Elon Musk reportedly declared, “Without me, OpenAI wouldn’t exist,” on the witness stand Wednesday as his testimony in his trial against Sam Altman stretches into a second day.
Billionaire’s son wants to save Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ from extinction
Drug kingpin Pablo Escobar brought hippopotamuses to his estate in Colombia as part of a private zoo. When he died, they roamed wild.
Reranking the world’s billionaires by wealth – and altruism
Forbes recalculated the wealth of the richest billionaires to add back in what they gave to charity. Here’s who moves up the ranks.
The five women named ‘Forbes Greatest Self-Made Americans’
The Forbes Greatest Self-Made Americans list ranks rags-to-riches billionaires, as well as those who are “wealthy” in influence and impact.
Billionaire Jack Dorsey thinks AI will kill middle management
Billionaire Jack Dorsey says AI could replace middle managers. After cutting 4,000 jobs at Block, he may already be putting that idea to work.
The wearable banned at the Australian Open is now worth $14.7 billion
It made a controversial splash at this year’s AO, and now supports Aussie AFL and NRL athletes. Whoop wearables are making their mark in Australia, as the Boston-based company reaches decacorn status.
The $100 billion club: The 20 people with 12-figure fortunes
The small group of people worth a dozen digits has hit a record high, just as Elon Musk approaches trillionaire territory.
Inside the race to sell OnlyFans
OnlyFans has been a money-printing machine for its secretive billionaire owner Leonid Radvinsky. Investors were puzzled by an obscure debt fund’s pitch to buy him out, until they learned of his terminal cancer diagnosis.
Billionaire Kumar Birla, Blackstone to buy Royal Challengers for $1.8 billion amid bidding frenzy for Indian cricket teams
Billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla joins other high-profile owners of Indian Premier League cricket teams including Asia’s wealthiest, Mukesh Ambani, whose Reliance Industries owns the Mumbai Indians.