Money & Markets1987–2025
The World's Richest Person
Nearly four decades of the Forbes billionaires list, tracking the net worth of the planet's richest people. From Japanese real-estate king Yoshiaki Tsutsumi in the bubble years, through Bill Gates's long software reign and Carlos Slim's brief telecom rule, to the tech titans Bezos and Musk breaking every record.
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Source: Forbes Annual Forbes World's Billionaires estimates; net worth fluctuates with markets. Updated 2026-07-03