According to Official Guinness Records,
The richest person is Jeff Bezos (USA), with an estimated net worth of $112 billion (£81 billion;€90.9 billion), published by Forbes Billionaires 2018 list on 6 March 2018. The second richest person on the Forbes Billionaires 2018 list was Microsoft founder Bill Gates (USA), with an estimated worth of $90 billion (£65.1 billion;€73 billion);Gates has topped the rich list for 18 of the last 24 years.In third place was the chairman of investment company Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett (USA), on $84 billion (£60.7 billion, €68.1 billion).Jeff Bezos, the eCommerce entrepreneur and Amazon CEO is the first person to surpass $100 billion in personal wealth.
For a complete list of 2018 records, please visit 2018 Guinness Records in United States.