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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Jersey City, NJ) Forbes released its 2026 World’s Billionaires list on Tuesday, which ranked the richest people in the world, and the list features billionaires with ties to the Pittsburgh area. This list features a record total of 3,428 people that are either entrepreneurs, investors and heirs that are worth a record of $20.1 trillion. The richest people in the Pittsburgh area, according to Forbes, are Edward Stack and family, Thomas Tull, and Maggie Hardy. Forbes confirms that Stack is the executive chairman and the largest individual shareholder of Dick’s Sporting Goods. The business based in Coraopolis has helped him acquire an estimated net worth of $5.4 billion. He is No. 780 on Forbes’ list. Tull founded the production company Legendary Entertainment and he owns minority stakes in the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Yankees, according to Forbes. He has an estimated net worth of $5.4 billion, which lands him at No. 806 on the billionaires list. Hardy is the owner and CEO of 84 Lumber, which the magazine says is one of the largest privately-owned building materials suppliers in America. She is also the owner Nemacolin. Hardy has an estimated net worth of $4.3 billion and is No. 984 on the list. Pittsburgh natives David Tepper and Mark Cuban were on Forbes’ latest ranking of the world’s wealthiest people. However, both of them do not live in Pennsylvania. Tepper owns the National Football League’s Carolina Panthers and he founded Appaloosa Management. He grew up in Pittsburgh’s Stanton Heights neighborhood. Cuban owns a minority stake in the National Basketball Association’s Dallas Mavericks and he founded the video portal Broadcast.com. He grew up in Mt. Lebanon. According to Forbes, Tepper has an estimated net worth of $23.7 billion, landing him at No. 109 on the ranking, while Cuban’s estimated net worth of $6 billion slotted him in at No. 694. Forbes says the richest person in Pennsylvania is Jeff Yass, who came in at No. 28 with an estimated net worth of $67.4 billion. He is the cofounder of Susquehanna International Group, which the magazine describes as “one of Wall Street’s largest and most successful trading firms.” Forbes confirms that the 2026 ranking of the richest people in the world was based on stock prices and exchange rates from March 1st. The full list can be found by clicking here.