The wealthiest billionaires in the world

According to Forbes, there are currently a record 3,428 billionaires on this year's list — 400 more than last year. They are also richer than ever, with a collective net worth of $20.1 trillion — $4 trillion more than last year.

The United States has the highest number of billionaires with 989, including 15 out of the top 20. China, including Hong Kong, has the next highest number with 610, and India has the third highest with 229.

As of March 1, the top five wealthiest billionaires in the world were:

1. Elon Musk, who cofounded seven companies, including Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI ($839 billion)

2. Larry Page, cofounder and board member of Alphabet, the parent company of Google ($257 billion)

3. Sergey Brin, cofounder and board member of Alphabet, the parent company of Google ($237 billion)

4. Jeff Bezos, chair and founder of Amazon ($224 billion)

5. Mark Zuckerburg, cofounder of Meta Platforms ($222 billion)

The 49 US billionaires in the healthcare industry

Forbes divided its list of billionaires into several categories, including industry and country. The billionaires from the United States in the healthcare industry were:

 48. Thomas Frist, Jr. & family, founder of Hospital Corp. of America ($41.1 billion)

268. Carl Cook, current CEO of medical device manufacturer Cook Group ($11.7 billion)

271. Robert Duggan, co-CEO of Summit Therapeutics ($11.6 billion)

279. Charlie Mills, chair of medical supplies company Medline ($11.4 billion)

308. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a physician and inventor of the blockbuster cancer drug Abraxane ($10.5 billion)

415. John Brown, former chair of medical device and software company Stryker Corp. ($8.5 billion)

415. Ronda Stryker, current director of Stryker Corp. ($8.5 billion)

498. Li Ge, chair and CEO of Wuxi Apptec, which provides research and clinical trial services to biotech and pharmaceutical industries worldwide ($7.6 billion)

694. Reinhold Schmieding, founder of Arthrex, an orthopedic surgical tools company ($6 billion)

730. Andy Mills, director and former president of Medline ($5.7 billion)

730. Jon Stryker, grandson of Homer Stryker, founder of Stryker Corp. ($5.7 billion)

908. Wendy Abrams, shareholder in Medline, which was founded by her father Jon Mills and uncle Jim Mills ($4.7 billion)

972. Nancy Mills Barnett, shareholder in Medline, which was founded by her father Jon Mills and uncle Jim Mills ($4.4 billion)

984. Steward Rahr, who expanded Kinray and sold it to Cardinal Health in 2010 ($4.3 billion)

1044. Pat Stryker, granddaughter of Homer Stryker, founder of Stryker Corp. ($4.1 billion)

1108. Margaret Baker, shareholder in Medline, which was founded by her father Jon Mills and uncle Jim Mills ($3.9 billion)

1223. August Troendle, CEO of Medpace, a clinical research company ($3.5 billion)

1251. Keith Dunleavy & family, founder of Inovalon, a cloud-based software and healthcare analytics firm ($3.4 billion)

1440. Wayne Rothbaum, founder of investment firm Quogue Capital and successful biotech investor ($2.9 billion)

1504. Leonard Schleifer, cofounder and CEO of drugmaker Regeneron ($2.8 billion)

1611. David Dean Halbert, who built the diagnostics firm Caris Life Sciences ($2.6 billion)

1755. Jason Murray, cofounder, chair, and CEO of PACS Group, which operates skilled nursing facilities ($2.4 billion)

1755. Mark Hancock, cofounder and EVP of PACS Group ($2.4 billion)

1755. Vivek Ramaswamy, biotech entrepreneur, author, and Republican politician who ran for president in 2024 ($2.4 billion)

1755. David Paul, founder and executive chair of Globus Medical, a spine implant manufacturer ($2.4 billion)

1834. Phillip Frost, a long-time healthcare investor, inventor and founder who now runs diagnostics maker Opko Health ($2.3 billion)

1982. Alan Miller & family, founder of Universal Health Services ($2.1 billion)

2052. Randal J. Kirk, former attorney and executive chair of investment firm Third Security ($2 billion)

2052. Amy Wyss, daughter of Hansjoerg Wyss, who founded the medical equipment firm Synthes ($2 billion)

2052. John Abele & family, cofounder of Boston Scientific ($2 billion)

2177. James Leininger, founder of Kinetic Concepts, a medical devices company ($1.9 billion)

2177. Noubar Afeyan, founder and CEO of life sciences innovation firm Flagship Pioneering ($1.9 billion)

2177. John Oyler, CEO, cofounder, and chair of global oncology company BeOne Medicines ($1.9 billion)

2274. Forrest Preston, founder of Life Care Centers of America ($1.8 billion)

2274. Gary Michelson, a retired orthopedic and spinal surgeon who holds roughly 340 U.S. patents for orthopedic and spinal surgery instruments ($1.8 billion)

2274. George Yancopoulos, chief scientific officer at Regeneron ($1.8 billion)

2386. Martine Rothblatt, cofounder of Sirius Satellite Radio and founder of United Therapeutics ($1.7 billion)

2386. Hao Hong, chair of Asymchem Laboratories, which provides pharmaceutical outsourcing services ($1.7 billion)

2481. Lee Sang-hoon, founder, chair, CEO and chief research officer of ABL Bio ($1.6 billion)

2481. Rick Workman, founder and chair of Heartland Dental, the largest dental support organization in the United States ($1.6 billion)

2600. Herriot Tabuteau, founder of Axsome Therapeutics ($1.5 billion)

2712. Jeff Tangney, cofounder of Doximity, also known as "LinkedIn for doctors" ($1.4 billion)

2712. Ed Park, cofounder of Devoted Health, a healthcare company focused on older Americans ($1.4 billion)

2712. Todd Park, cofounder of Devoted Health ($1.4 billion)

3017. Joe Kiani, founder of medical technology firm Masimo Corp. ($1.2 billion)

3185. Yu De-Chao, chair and CEO of Innovent Biologics ($1.1 billion)

3185. Timothy Springer, an immunologist and professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology at Harvard Medical School ($1.1 billion)

3185. Michelle Xia, cofounder, chair, and CEO of biotech firm Akeso ($1.1 billion)

3332. Wu Jinzi, founder, chair, and CEO of Ascletis Pharma ($1 billion)

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