Musk has widened the gap significantly! Here are the world's top 10 richest people on the first day of the new year.

02.01.2026 12:30

According to Forbes data from January 1, 2026, Elon Musk increased his wealth to $726 billion, raising the gap at the top to a record level. While the decline in technology stocks pushed many names down, Michael Dell fell out of the top 10, and Steve Ballmer re-entered the list. The total wealth of the world's 10 richest people reached $2.6 trillion.

According to Forbes' data from January 1, 2026, the gap between the top and its followers in the global wealth ranking has reached a record level. As the new year begins, the wave of selling in technology stocks has reduced the wealth of 6 out of the 10 richest people in the world, while Elon Musk has become the biggest exception to this trend.

MUSK'S WEALTH ROSE TO 726 BILLION DOLLARS

The head of Tesla and SpaceX, Musk, increased his wealth by 244 billion dollars in the last month of 2025, raising it to 726 billion dollars. Musk has pushed the top further away by reaching nearly three times the wealth of the second-ranked Google co-founder Larry Page. This leap for Musk was influenced by SpaceX's valuation rising from 400 billion dollars to 800 billion dollars and the Delaware Supreme Court reinstating previously canceled Tesla stock options.

Musk has widened the gap! Here are the 10 richest people in the world on the first day of the new year — Elon Musk.

MICHAEL DELL IS NO LONGER IN THE TOP 10

With the market decline, Larry Page fell to 257 billion dollars, Sergey Brin to 237 billion dollars, while Oracle founder Larry Ellison dropped to 245 billion dollars. At the lower ranks of the list, Michael Dell fell out of the top 10, while Steve Ballmer re-entered the top 10 with 147 billion dollars. According to Forbes, as of January 1, 2026, the total wealth of the 10 richest people in the world reached 2.6 trillion dollars.

Here are the 10 richest people in the world as of January 1, 2026:

Elon Musk: 726 billion dollars (Tesla, SpaceX)

Larry Page: 257 billion dollars (Google)

Larry Ellison: 245 billion dollars (Oracle)

Jeff Bezos: 242 billion dollars (Amazon)

Sergey Brin: 237 billion dollars (Google)

Mark Zuckerberg: 226 billion dollars (Meta)

Bernard Arnault: 195 billion dollars (LVMH)

Jensen Huang: 162 billion dollars (Nvidia)

Warren Buffett: 149 billion dollars (Berkshire Hathaway)

Steve Ballmer: 147 billion dollars (Microsoft)

Musk has widened the gap significantly! Here are the world's top 10 richest people on the first day of the new year.

MUSK'S WEALTH ROSE TO 726 BILLION DOLLARS

MICHAEL DELL IS NO LONGER IN THE TOP 10

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