T he world’s billionaire club has never been more crowded, reaching a record 3,028 members in 2025. Still, as in 2024, about a quarter of the list saw their net worth shrink compared to the previous year. For 107 entrepreneurs, investors and heirs on last year’s list, the drop was steep enough to knock them out of the three-comma club altogether.

Miriam Adelson was worth more in 2025 compared to the previous year but still moved down in Forbes annual list of the world’s wealthiest people.

Kathy Britton of Perry Homes joins the list this year, which also includes billionaires including Tilman Fertitta, Dan Friedkin and Richard Kinder.

She’s the second woman to ever reach centibillionaire status, following Bettencourt Meyers, 71, who accomplished the feat in June 2024. Walton ranks as the 15th richest person in the world, a few spots behind her brothers Rob Walton,

The list is worth $16.1 trillion in total, up nearly $2 trillion from 2024. See which Tampa Bay residents made the cut.

There are now more than 3,000 billionaires in the world, according to Forbes' annual ranking of the wealthiest people. They collectively hold about $16.1 trillion in wealth.

The billionaires club has never been bigger—or richer. Here’s who’s up, who’s down, who’s off the list and why it matters more than ever.

Many of Houston's richest billionaires — including Tilman Fertitta — saw their wealth increase by double digits year over year.