FORMER senator Manny Villar leads the list of 14 Filipinos who cracked the Forbes' Real-Time Billionaires list.

His profile on the magazine lists him having a net worth of $17 billion and is ranked 115th in the world, as of Wednesday.

"Villar has been involved in politics and held positions including congressman, speaker of the House of Representatives, senator and Senate president," Forbes said.

The former politician is the chairman of property developer Vista Land & Lifescapes, which is also run by his son, Manuel Paolo.

"Villar's biggest asset is his stake in Golden MV Holdings (formerly Golden Bria), a property developer which is building Villar City, a 3,500-hectare master-planned community south of Manila," Forbes said.

"He also has five other listed entities including mall operator Vistamalls, property landlord VistaREIT, home improvement chain AllHome, supermarket chain AllDay Marts and Premiere Island Power REIT," it added.

Other Filipinos on the list included International Container Terminal Services Inc. Chairman Enrique Razon Jr. (232nd, $10.7 billion) and Lucio Tan (1,197th, $3 billion).

The Sy siblings also made the list, with Henry Sy Jr. (1,523rd, $2.3 billion) leading them, followed by Hans Sy (1,657th, $2.1 billion), Herbert Sy (1,731st, $2 billion), Harley Sy (1,832nd, $1.9 billion), Teresita Sy-Coson (1,864th, $1.8 billion) and Elizabeth Sy (2,007th, $1.6 billion).

Alliance Global chairman Andrew Tan (2,157th, $1.5 billion), Puregold owners Lucio and Susan Co (2,327th and 2,416th: $1.3 billion each), and Jollibee founder Tony Tan Caktiong (2,510th, $1.2 billion) round up the Filipinos on the list.

Tesla and SpaceX co-founder Elon Musk topped the list with a net worth of $342 billion, followed by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg ($216 billion) and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos ($215 billion).

"Forbes' Real-Time Billionaires rankings track the daily ups and downs of the world's richest people. The wealth-tracking platform provides ongoing updates on the net worth and ranking of each individual confirmed by Forbes to be a billionaire. The value of individuals' public holdings are updated every five minutes when respective stock markets are open (there will be a 15-minute delay for stock prices). Individuals whose fortunes are significantly tied to private companies will have their net worths updated once a day," Forbes said.

"In cases where an individual owns a stake in a private company that accounts for 20 percent or more of his or her net worth, the value of the company will be adjusted according to an industry- or region-specific market index provided by our partners at FactSet Research Systems when available. A rotating cast of the five biggest winners and losers throughout the day is featured at the top of the page, followed by the complete list of billionaires ranked in order of net worth," the publication added.