Asia's Top 10 Richest People September 2026: Featuring ByteDance and Uniqlo Founders

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The list of Asia's wealthiest individuals continues to shift in tandem with stock price movements of the companies underpinning these billionaires' fortunes.

Based on Forbes Real-Time Billionaires data updated in September 2026, several Asian entrepreneurs rank among the richest people worldwide.

Forbes tracks billionaire net worth in real time. The value of publicly traded shares updates every five minutes while the related stock markets are open, with a 15-minute delay for stock prices.

Mirror Entrepreneur Mukesh Ambani and his wife, Nita.

Meanwhile, net worth largely derived from private companies updates once daily.

Using an exchange rate of Rp 17,812 per US dollar, here is the list of Asia's top 10 richest people according to the Forbes data.

Mukesh Ambani stands at the top of Asia’s wealthiest. As of the Forbes update accessed on September 14, 2026, Ambani’s net worth was $86.3 billion.

Converted at Rp 17,812 per dollar, this equals approximately Rp 1,537.18 trillion.

Ambani is the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries. Forbes notes that Reliance operates businesses across petrochemicals, oil and gas, telecommunications, retail, media, and financial services.

Reliance’s telecom arm, Jio, has amassed over 500 million customers. Forbes also mentions Ambani's plan to list Jio shares publicly in 2026.

Additionally, in 2026, Ambani announced an investment plan of $110 billion to build artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in India over seven years.

In his Forbes profile, Ambani shared his perspective on digital development.

"Everything that can be digitized will shift to digital format. India must not be left behind," he said.

ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming ranks next with an estimated net worth of $84 billion based on the Forbes update on September 16, 2026.

At an exchange rate of Rp 17,812 per dollar, Zhang’s wealth equals about Rp 1,496.21 trillion.

Zhang is a principal founder of ByteDance, the Chinese tech company known for TikTok, which Forbes reports has over 1 billion global users.

Zhang stepped down as ByteDance CEO in 2021 and later resigned as chairman.

Forbes also highlighted ByteDance’s progress in the AI sector. Its AI app Doubao recorded 345 million monthly active users and was the most popular AI application in China in Q1 2026, according to QuestMobile data cited by Forbes.

Gautam Adani has an estimated net worth of around $81.8 billion, per Forbes data dated September 15, 2026.

Converted at Rp 17,812 per dollar, this amounts to approximately Rp 1,457.02 trillion.

Adani is chairman of the Adani Group based in Ahmedabad, India.