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Elon Musk has reclaimed trillionaire status after SpaceX and Tesla shares surged on Monday, adding $62 billion to his fortune in a single trading session.
Elon Musk has lost close to $100 billion in paper wealth in days as SpaceX shares tumbled more than 26 percent from their post-IPO peak.
Diamond heir Nicky Oppenheimer has moved to Africa's fourth-richest, worth about $10.6 billion, as the 2026 Forbes list reshuffles the continent's wealthiest.
Aliko Dangote has pushed back on Forbes' estimate of his net worth, saying his oil refinery alone is worth more than $40 billion.
Forbes has confirmed both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as billionaires on the same day, completing the most extraordinary wealth story in football history.
Bloomberg ranks Abdul Samad Rabiu as Africa's second richest man at $19.1 billion, ahead of Johann Rupert, while Forbes puts him fourth at $15.3 billion. The gap comes down to how each counts his Nigerian stock market wealth.
Celebrity Net Worth says LeBron James is worth $800 million, not the $1.2 billion Forbes claims, arguing the collapse of SpringHill and flawed wealth math have created a false billionaire narrative.
Forbes has valued Aliko Dangote at $30.3 billion for the first time, as his producing refinery closes a persistent gap between the world's two top wealth trackers.
Abdul Samad Rabiu's net worth has surged from $11.2 billion to over $14 billion in weeks, driven by an 83% rally in BUA Cement shares and record BUA Foods profits.
BET founder Robert L. Johnson is a billionaire again, Forbes says, underscoring how the cable TV pioneer rebuilt a nine figure fortune into ten.