Calgary Flames owner Murray Edwards' wealth jumps on Forbes ranking of 2026 billionaires
Murray Edwards, the owner of the Calgary Flames, has landed himself a spot on Forbes’ billionaires list, seeing his net worth boom by nearly $2 billion in the past year.
Edwards found himself in spot number 908 on the list with a net worth of $4.8 billion, a significant jump from his 1,305th spot in 2025.
The majority of Edwards’ fortune comes from his stakes in oil and mining companies like Canadian Natural Resources, Ensign Energy, and Imperial Metals.
Aside from his work in natural resources, he co-owns the Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation (CSEC), which includes the Calgary Flames. Edwards has been a co-owner of the organization since 1994 and is currently the chairman of the CSEC.
The billionaire’s net worth has been up and down over the years, sitting at $2.9 billion in 2022, dropping to $2.7 billion in 2023, rising to $3.3 billion in 2024, before dropping back to $2.8 billion in 2025 and skyrocketing to $4.7 billion this year.
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Edwards wasn’t the only Alberta hockey team owner to make the list. Edmonton Oilers owner Daryl Katz found himself even higher on the list of billionaires.
A record 3,428 entrepreneurs, investors, and heirs made this year’s World’s Billionaires list, 400 more than in 2025. They are richer than ever, worth a record $20.1 trillion, up $4 trillion from last year. The U.S. has the most billionaires, with a record 989, including 15 of the top 20. China, including Hong Kong, is next, with 610, and India (229) ranks a distant third. We used stock prices and exchange rates from March 1, 2026.
Coming in first place overall on the Forbes ranking was Tesla founder Elon Musk, with a staggering net worth of $839 billion. Larry Page came in second place with $257 billion, while Sergey Brin followed in third with $237 billion. The world’s richest woman was Walmart heir Alice Walton at $134 billion.
The Forbes World’s Billionaires list is a snapshot of wealth using stock prices and exchange rates from March 1, 2026, and it adds that some people become richer or poorer within days of publication.
The full list of billionaires can be found online.
With files from Laine Mitchell