The world's richest royal family is so wealthy it has a fortune bigger than the likes ofBill GatesandElon Musk.Muskis the world's richest man with a net worth of $778.3billion (around £574.5billion) as of April 27, 2026, according to Forbes.
TheSouth Africa-born tech entrepreneur built his enormous riches through his large stakes in a number of highly-valued disruptors in the tech and automotive world, including electric car firmTeslaand aerospace manufacturerSpaceX.Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, held the title of world's richest man for many years as he capitalised on mass adoption of personal computers and the integration of the internet into almost every part of modern life.
READ MORE:Country's richest woman worth £20bn forced to share her fortune
READ MORE:UK business owner becomes ‘world’s richest person ever’ - but there’s 1 catch
Gates has focused his attention to philanthropy in recent years, and his wealth has been eclipsed by the next generation of tech titans.
But he still has an eye-watering net worth of $103.8billion (£76.6billion) and remains synonymous with extraordinary personal wealth.
But one royal family is believed to have a combined wealth bigger than the two men combined, the ruling Royal Family ofSaudi Arabia, the House of Saud.
Estimates of their combined net worth, which includes valuations of their de facto control over the country's vast oil reserves, put it at around $1.4trillion.
That works out to around £1.03trillion, almost £380billion more than Musk and Gates' combined net worths (circa £651.1 billion).
However, it's worth noting that there are among 15,000 members of the Saudi family, with most of the wealth is held by roughly 2,000 individuals – so their wealth on an individual basis is likely lower than the world's flushest tech bros.
Source: Daily Express :: World Feed
