These are the top 100 richest people in the world today. Below you will find a dynamically updated, real time listing of the 100 richest people in the world today. Bill Gates dominated this list for much of the last two decades, but in recent years he has been overtaken by Jeff Bezos. Other perennial top billionaires include Warren Buffett, Bernard Arnault and Amancio Ortega. Will you make the list of the richest people in the world some day?