Billionaire Global Media Influence

Here’s a broad, cross-regional list of billionaires with large media influence (platforms, TV/film studios, newspapers, or major stakes in news/entertainment).

BillionaireCountryMajor media / platform assets (examples)
Mark ZuckerbergUSMeta — Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp (~$225 B, Newsweek 2025)
Elon MuskUSX (formerly Twitter), xAI (~$480 B, Guardian 2025)
Jeff BezosUSWashington Post owner; Amazon Video / Prime (~$230 B, WageIndicator 2025)
Larry Page & Sergey BrinUSAlphabet (Google / YouTube) — global digital media distribution (~$150 B each, Forbes 2025)
Michael BloombergUSBloomberg L.P. — business news and data media (~$94 B, Alux 2025)
Larry EllisonUSOracle co-founder; Paramount / Warner media bid interest (~$393 B, Visual Capitalist + BI 2025)
Rupert Murdoch & familyUS / UK / AUSNews Corp & Fox Corp — WSJ, The Times, Fox News (~$19 B, Forbes 2025)
David Thomson & familyCanadaThomson Reuters — global news & data (~$60 B, CEOWorld 2024)
Donald NewhouseUSAdvance Publications — Condé Nast, Charter stake (~$11 B, CEOWorld 2024)
John MaloneUSLiberty Media — F1, SiriusXM, Discovery (~$9 B, CEOWorld 2024)
Reed HastingsUSNetflix co-founder (~$4.5 B, Forbes 2025)
David GeffenUSDreamWorks co-founder; music & film mogul (~$10 B, Forbes 2025)
Steven SpielbergUSAmblin / DreamWorks — film & TV production (~$8 B, Forbes 2025)
Oprah WinfreyUSOWN network, Harpo Productions (~$3 B, Forbes 2025)
Tyler PerryUSTyler Perry Studios; BET / Paramount partner (~$1.4 B, Forbes 2025)
Evan SpiegelUS / FranceSnap (Snapchat / Discover) — youth media platform (~$2.6 B, Forbes 2025)
Laurene Powell JobsUSEmerson Collective — majority owner of The Atlantic (~$19.5 B, Forbes 2025)
Marc BenioffUSCo-owner of TIME magazine (~$9 B, Forbes 2025)
Pierre OmidyarUSFirst Look Media (The Intercept), Honolulu Civil Beat (~$10.5 B, Forbes 2025)
Pavel DurovUAE / RussiaTelegram — global broadcast messaging (~$17 B, Forbes 2025)
Daniel EkSwedenSpotify — global music & podcast platform (~$9 B, Bloomberg 2025)
Robin LiChinaBaidu — search, AI news aggregation, video (~$5.5 B, Forbes 2025)
Zhang YimingChinaByteDance — TikTok, Douyin, Toutiao (~$46 B, Forbes 2025)
Pony Ma (Ma Huateng)ChinaTencent — WeChat, QQ, Tencent Video/News (~$33 B, Forbes 2025)
Jack MaChinaAlibaba — owner of South China Morning Post (~$30 B, Forbes 2025)
Mukesh AmbaniIndiaNetwork18 / Viacom18, JioCinema (streaming) (~$116 B, Forbes 2025)
Gautam AdaniIndiaNDTV ownership and Adani Group media assets (~$87 B, Forbes 2025)
Carlos SlimMexicoAmérica Móvil; former NYT stakeholder (~$104 B, Forbes 2025)
Emilio Azcárraga JeanMexicoTelevisa Univision — Spanish-language TV (~$2.3 B, Forbes 2025)
Vincent Bolloré & familyFranceVivendi / Canal+ Group (~$11 B, Forbes 2025)
Bernard ArnaultFranceLVMH — Les Echos, Le Parisien (~$197 B, Forbes 2025)
Xavier NielFranceCo-owner of Le Monde and regional press (~$8 B, Forbes 2025)
Friede SpringerGermanyAxel Springer — Bild, Welt, Politico, Insider (~$5 B, Forbes 2025)
Hubert BurdaGermanyBurda Media — Focus, Bunte, digital brands (~$3 B, Forbes 2025)
Koos BekkerSouth AfricaNaspers / Prosus — global media & tech investments (~$3 B, Forbes 2025)
Prince Alwaleed bin TalalSaudi ArabiaRotana Media Group; stakes in Disney & Twitter (~$18 B, Forbes 2025)
Shari RedstoneUSNational Amusements — Paramount Global (exited board 2025) (~$0.5 B, SCMP + Reuters 2025)
David EllisonUSSkydance Media — Paramount Skydance merger 2025 (~$0.5 B, RealityTea + Wikipedia 2025)

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