GiveRate / Biggest movers
Biggest movers, Sept. 2025 to Sept. 2026
The Forbes 400 went from $6.59 trillion to $8.04 trillion in a year, up 22%. When wealth grows faster than giving, the GiveRate falls, even if giving holds steady.
Largest dollar gains
| Name | Sept. 2025 | Sept. 2026 | Change | Rank | GiveRate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elon Musk | $428B | $908B | +$480B | #1 → #1 | Under 1% |
| Jeff Bezos | $241B | $378B | +$137B | #4 → #2 | 1–5% |
| Michael Dell | $129B | $263B | +$134B | #10 → #4 | 1–5% |
| Larry Page | $179B | $278B | +$99.0B | #5 → #3 | Under 1% |
| Sergey Brin | $166B | $256B | +$90.0B | #6 → #5 | 1–5% |
| Jensen Huang | $151B | $199B | +$48.0B | #8 → #8 | Under 1% |
| Thomas Peterffy | $73.3B | $107B | +$33.7B | #18 → #15 | Under 1% |
| David Sun | $13.8B | $32.2B | +$18.4B | #78 → #34 | Under 1% |
| John Tu | $13.8B | $32.2B | +$18.4B | #78 → #34 | Under 1% |
| Rob Walton & family | $118B | $132B | +$14.0B | #11 → #11 | Under 1% |
| Jim Walton & family | $115B | $128B | +$13.0B | #12 → #12 | 1–5% |
| Jeff Yass | $65.7B | $77.8B | +$12.1B | #19 → #18 | Under 1% |
| Alice Walton | $106B | $118B | +$12.0B | #15 → #13 | 1–5% |
| Peter Thiel | $23.9B | $35.4B | +$11.5B | #40 → #28 | Under 1% |
| Josh Kushner | $5.2B | $16.7B | +$11.5B | #295 → #69 | Under 1% |
Largest dollar drops
| Name | Sept. 2025 | Sept. 2026 | Change | Rank | GiveRate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Ellison | $276B | $204B | −$72.0B | #2 → #7 | Under 1% |
| Mark Zuckerberg | $253B | $212B | −$41.0B | #3 → #6 | 1–5% |
| Michael Bloomberg | $109B | $94.9B | −$14.1B | #13 → #16 | ≥21.1% |
| Phil Knight & family | $35.7B | $25.8B | −$9.9B | #26 → #44 | 14.9% |
| Lin Bin | $16.5B | $9.4B | −$7.1B | #61 → #167 | 1–5% |
| Warren Buffett | $150B | $144B | −$6.0B | #9 → #10 | ≥33.3% |
| MacKenzie Scott | $33.9B | $27.9B | −$6.0B | #28 → #40 | 48.6% |
| Jay Chaudhry | $15.7B | $9.7B | −$6.0B | #65 → #160 | Under 1% |
| Adam Foroughi | $17.4B | $11.7B | −$5.7B | #57 → #124 | Under 1% |
| Stephen Schwarzman | $51.9B | $46.4B | −$5.5B | #20 → #23 | 1–5% |
Fastest growth (started at $5B or more)
| Name | Sept. 2025 | Sept. 2026 | Change | Rank | GiveRate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Kushner | $5.2B | $16.7B | +$11.5B | #295 → #69 | Under 1% |
| David Sun | $13.8B | $32.2B | +$18.4B | #78 → #34 | Under 1% |
| John Tu | $13.8B | $32.2B | +$18.4B | #78 → #34 | Under 1% |
| Elon Musk | $428B | $908B | +$480B | #1 → #1 | Under 1% |
| Michael Dell | $129B | $263B | +$134B | #10 → #4 | 1–5% |
| Ken Xie & family | $5.6B | $10.6B | +$5.0B | #270 → #147 | Under 1% |
| Patrick Soon-Shiong | $5.6B | $10.3B | +$4.7B | #270 → #151 | 1–5% |
| Ron Baron | $6.5B | $10.8B | +$4.3B | #224 → #144 | Under 1% |
| Jeff Bezos | $241B | $378B | +$137B | #4 → #2 | 1–5% |
| Charles Ergen | $8.2B | $12.8B | +$4.6B | #168 → #101 | Under 1% |
How the top 20 philanthropists' rates moved
Same lifetime giving (Forbes, through Dec. 31, 2025); net worth updated from Jan. 2026 to Sept. 2026.
| Name | Feb. 2026 GiveRate | Sept. 2026 GiveRate |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Gates & Melinda French Gates | 28% | 26% |
| MacKenzie Scott | 46% | 49% |
| Michael Bloomberg | 19% | 21% |
| George Soros | 76% | 74% |
| Marilyn Simons & family | 24% | 22% |
| Jeff Bezos & Lauren Sánchez Bezos | 2% | 1% |
| Phil & Penny Knight | 12% | 15% |
| Dustin Moskovitz & Cari Tuna | 29% | 33% |
| Michael & Susan Dell | 2% | 1% |
| Pierre & Pam Omidyar | 20% | 19% |
| Ken Griffin | 5% | 4% |
| George Kaiser | 14% | 13% |
New to the list (40)
Greg Brockman ($25.5B), Brett Adcock ($23.4B), Antonio Gracias ($17.1B), Peter Mallouk ($16.5B), Daniela Amodei ($15.5B), Dario Amodei ($15.5B), Tom Brown ($15.5B), Jack Clark ($15.5B), Jared Kaplan ($15.5B), Sam McCandlish ($15.5B), Charlie Mills ($11.0B), Clifford Asness ($8.0B), Cal McNair ($7.7B), Ali Ghodsi ($7.6B), Howard Lutnick & family ($7.3B), Mike Hollingshead & family ($7.2B), Robert Clark ($7.0B), Ion Stoica ($7.0B), Matei Zaharia ($7.0B), Palmer Luckey ($5.9B), Steven Hao ($5.8B), Ben Lamm ($5.7B), Stephen Mandel, Jr. ($5.7B), Pablo Legorreta ($5.6B), Robert Low ($5.6B), Andy Mills ($5.5B), Luke Nosek ($5.5B), Larry Gies ($5.4B), Ratmir Timashev ($5.4B), Marc Stad ($5.3B), Catherine Commisso & family ($5.2B), David MacNeil ($5.0B), Abel Avellan ($4.8B), Weili Dai ($4.8B), Wendy Abrams ($4.7B), Jennifer Gilbert ($4.7B), Keith Dunleavy & family ($4.6B), Daniel Sundheim ($4.5B), E. Joe Shoen ($4.4B), August Troendle ($4.4B)
Dropped off (40)
Donald Newhouse, Riley Bechtel & family, Leonid Radvinsky, Janice McNair & family, David Baszucki, Steve Lavin & family, William Berkley & family, Martha Ingram & family, Rocco Commisso, Tim Sweeney, Seth Boro, Scott Crabill, David Dean Halbert, Bom Kim, Holden Spaht, Andrew Karam, William Conway, Jr., Carl Icahn, Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, Travis Boersma, Maggie Hardy, Rajiv Jain, Phillip T. (Terry) Ragon, Alan Trefler, Brian Venturo, Nick Caporella, Stewart Horejsi & family, Pat Stryker, Meg Whitman, Charles Zegar, Neal Aronson, J.B. Pritzker, William Stone, Steve Wynn, Jim Breyer, Ira Rennert, Scott Shleifer, Jeff Tangney, Eduardo Vivas
Source: Forbes 400, Sept. 2025 and Sept. 2026. Updated when Forbes publishes new figures. Methods.