Elon Musk still world's richest man on Forbes Billionaires List

(NewsNation) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk has once again claimed a spot as the richest man in the world on Forbes’ World’s Billionaire List for 2026.

Forbes recently released its annual list, which showed a record total of 3,428 entrepreneurs making the cut this year, up 400 from 2025’s list. The billionaire class is also richer, worth a combined $20.1 trillion dollars, which is $4 trillion more from last year.

Musk has increased his net worth since the last list from $428 billion to now $839 billion. He is more than three times richer than Google’s Larry Page and Sergey Brin, along with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who are in the number 2, 3 and 4 spots, respectively.

According to Forbes, the ranking of billionaires is based on stock prices and exchange rates, as of March 1. Here’s a look at who made the top 20:

Elon Musk – Tesla: $839 B

Larry Page – Google: $257 B

Sergey Brin- Google: $237 B

Jeff Bezos – Amazon: $224 B

Mark Zuckerberg – Facebook: $222 B

Larry Ellison – Oracle: $190 B

Bernard Arnault & family – LVMH: $171 B

Jensen Huang – Semiconductors: $154 B

Warren Buffett – Berkshire Hathaway: $149 B

Amancio Ortega – Zara: $148 B

Rob Walton & family – Walmart: $146 B

Jim Walton & family – Walmart: $143 B

Michael Dell – Dell Technologies: $141 B

Alice Walton – Walmart: $134 B

Steve Ballmer – Microsoft: $126 B

Carlos Slim Helu & family – Telecom: $125 B

Changpeng Zhao – Cryptocurrency exchange: $110 B

Michael Bloomberg – Bloomberg LP: $109 B

Bill Gates – Microsoft: $108 B

Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family – L’Oréal: $100 B