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Wealth13 Sept 202612 min read

The 100 richest people in the world

A dated snapshot of the world’s 100 largest personal fortunes, with estimated net worth, sources of wealth and a source for every name.

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Wealth13 Sept 202612 min read

The 100 richest women in the world

Meet 100 women with extraordinary estimated fortunes, ranked in a dated snapshot with sources of wealth and links to the underlying profiles.

The European premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015.

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Cinema13 Sept 202612 min read

The 100 highest-grossing films worldwide

A hundred films with enormous worldwide ticket sales, ranked by reported lifetime box office, with release years and individual film records.

NVIDIA’s campus in Santa Clara, California.

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Business13 Sept 202612 min read

The 100 most valuable public companies

A snapshot of 100 public companies with the highest reported market values, with the numbers and company records behind the ranking.

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An aerial view of Apple Park in Cupertino.

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Business13 Sept 202612 min read

The 100 most valuable technology companies

Explore 100 publicly traded technology companies ranked by reported market capitalisation, from the industry’s giants to the rest of the top hundred.

270 Park Avenue in New York, associated with JPMorgan Chase.

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Business13 Sept 202612 min read

The 100 most valuable listed banks

One hundred listed banks ranked by market capitalisation, with a clear distinction between shareholder value, deposits and total assets.

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Business13 Sept 202612 min read

The 100 most valuable oil and gas companies

A hundred listed oil and gas businesses ranked by market capitalisation, with the source’s category and a dated value for every company.

A Prologis warehouse within a logistics landscape.

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Business13 Sept 202612 min read

The 100 most valuable real estate companies

Explore 100 listed real estate companies by market value, with sources and context on property ownership, development and real estate investment trusts.

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Business13 Sept 202612 min read

The 100 most valuable retail companies

One hundred listed retail businesses ranked by market capitalisation, with company records and context on stores, online selling and scale.

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Business13 Sept 202612 min read

The 100 most valuable mining companies

A hundred listed mining businesses ranked by market value, with sources and context on commodities, projects and the scale of resource ownership.

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Wealth19 Oct 202612 min read

The 100 richest Americans

The 100 largest fortunes held by US citizens, ranked by Forbes’ estimated net worth, with sources of wealth and profile links.

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Wealth19 Oct 202612 min read

The 100 richest people in mainland China

The 100 largest fortunes held by mainland Chinese citizens, ranked by Forbes’ estimated net worth. Forbes lists Hong Kong and Taiwan separately.

Mukesh Ambani at a meeting between Indian business leaders and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Mumbai.

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Wealth19 Oct 202612 min read

The 100 richest people in India

The 100 largest fortunes held by Indian citizens, ranked by Forbes’ estimated net worth, with sources of wealth and profile links.

Lidl’s headquarters on Stiftsbergstraße in Neckarsulm, photographed in 2012.

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Wealth20 Oct 202612 min read

The 100 richest people in Germany

The 100 largest fortunes held by German citizens, from retail and carmaking to pharmaceuticals and fasteners, with a dated estimate for each.

Alexey Mordashov at a Russian government meeting on mining safety in 2011.

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Wealth20 Oct 202612 min read

The 100 richest people in Russia

The 100 largest Russian fortunes, ranked by Forbes’ estimated net worth. Values carry extra uncertainty where assets are hard to trade.

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Business19 Oct 202612 min read

The 100 most valuable semiconductor companies

One hundred listed chip designers, manufacturers, memory makers and equipment suppliers, ranked by market capitalisation with a dated value for each.

The main building of Eli Lilly’s corporate campus in Indianapolis.

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Business19 Oct 202612 min read

The 100 most valuable pharmaceutical companies

One hundred listed drug makers and biotechnology companies ranked by market capitalisation, with context on patents, pipelines and market value.

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Business20 Oct 202612 min read

The 100 most valuable software companies

One hundred listed companies from CompaniesMarketCap’s software category, ranked by market capitalisation, and a note on how broadly it is drawn.

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Business20 Oct 202612 min read

The 50 most valuable carmakers

Fifty listed carmakers ranked by market capitalisation. The source’s carmaker category held 61 companies when captured, so this is a top 50.

Optum’s headquarters in Eden Prairie, Minnesota; Optum is part of UnitedHealth Group.

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Business20 Oct 202612 min read

The 100 most valuable insurance companies

One hundred listed insurers ranked by market capitalisation, with context on premiums and claims, and on the money insurers manage.

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Business21 Oct 202612 min read

The 100 largest companies by revenue

One hundred companies ranked by revenue over their last twelve reported months, and why the biggest sellers are not always the most valuable.

Google’s campus in Mountain View, California.

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Business21 Oct 202612 min read

The 100 largest companies by earnings

One hundred companies ranked by pretax earnings over their last twelve reported months, with what pretax profit includes and leaves out.

Salvator Mundi, attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, after restoration.

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Art20 Oct 202612 min read

The 100 most expensive paintings ever sold

One hundred of the highest prices paid for paintings, ranked in 2025 dollars after inflation, with each artist, sale year and nominal price.

Neymar at his presentation as a Paris Saint-Germain player in August 2017.

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Sport20 Oct 202612 min read

The 50 most expensive football transfers

The 50 largest reported transfer fees in football, shown in euros, with the selling and buying clubs and the year of each move.

Nik Storonsky on stage at Web Summit in Lisbon, November 2022.

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Wealth20 Oct 202612 min read

The 50 richest people in the UK

The 50 largest fortunes held by UK citizens, ranked by Forbes’ estimated net worth, with sources of wealth and profile links.

The WEG II plant’s east wing in Jaraguá do Sul, photographed in 2013.

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Wealth21 Oct 202612 min read

The 100 youngest billionaires

The 100 youngest people in Forbes’ billionaire data, ranked by age, with each estimated net worth and the business behind it.

The New York Stock Exchange on Broad Street, Lower Manhattan, photographed in 2018.

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Wealth21 Oct 202612 min read

The 48 countries with the most billionaires

Forty-eight countries ranked by how many Forbes billionaires hold their citizenship, with the richest in each and how the counts were made.

Hilti’s headquarters and works in Schaan, Liechtenstein.

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Business21 Oct 202612 min read

The 100 richest countries by GDP per capita

A hundred economies ranked by IMF projections of 2026 GDP per capita in US dollars, and why output per person is not income.

The two faces of the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime 6300A-010. Photograph: Christie’s Images Ltd.

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Watches10 Sept 202610 min read

100 of the most expensive watches at auction

From the Grandmaster Chime to Paul Newman’s Daytona: 100 remarkable watch auction results, ranked by historical US-dollar value, with photographs, stories and sources.

A Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé at the Mercedes-Benz Museum. Model reference photograph.

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Cars13 Sept 20269 min read

10 extraordinary car auction results

Ten remarkable car auction results, with photographs, the stories behind the individual cars, original sale prices and auction-house sources.