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Billionaires

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang nears $200 billion club—overtakes Michael Dell as 7th richest

Shares of the world’s largest company approached another record.

  • By Ty Roush
  • Forbes Staff

Trump will bring 5 billionaires worth a combined US$870 billion on his China trip

Trump is set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday.

  • By Sara Dorn
  • Forbes Staff

Mothers of success: These single mums raised billionaires

From Elon Musk to Jay-Z, these members of the Forbes list have an extra reason to be thankful for this Mother’s Day.

  • By Gigi Zamora
There's a new top 3 on the rich list. Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have climbed the rankings and now trail only Elon Musk... by some distance. Images: Getty

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.

  • By Forbes Staff

Asides

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.

  • By Conor Murray
  • Forbes Staff

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.

  • By Mary Whitfill Roeloffs

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.

  • By Matt Durot
  • Forbes Staff

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.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

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.

  • By Brandon Kochkodin

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.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist
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