List of wealthiest Americans by net worth
This is a list of wealthy Americans ranked by net worth. It is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets by Forbes and by data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
The Forbes 400 Richest Americans list has been published annually since 1982. The combined net worth of the 2020 class of the 400 richest Americans was $3.2 trillion, up from $2.7 trillion in 2017.[1] As of October 2020, there were 614[2] billionaires in the United States.[1]
Top 25 richest Americans
According to Forbes, as of April 2023, the 25 wealthiest people in the United States are as follows: [3][4][5]
| Rank | Name | Net worth in billion US$ |
Source of wealth | Date of birth (age) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elon Musk | 180 | Tesla, SpaceX | June 28, 1971 |
| 2 | Jeff Bezos | 114 | Amazon | January 12, 1964 |
| 3 | Bill Gates | 135.8 | Microsoft | October 28, 1955 |
| 4 | Larry Ellison | 119.5 | Oracle | August 17, 1944 |
| 5 | Mark Zuckerberg | 117.5 | Meta | May 14, 1984 |
| 6 | Larry Page | 117.3 | Alphabet Inc. | March 26, 1973 |
| 7 | Warren Buffett | 115.6 | Berkshire Hathaway | August 30, 1930 |
| 8 | Sergey Brin | 113.1 | Alphabet Inc. | August 21, 1973 |
| 9 | Steve Ballmer | 99.9 | Microsoft | March 24, 1956 |
| 10 | Michael Bloomberg | 69 | Bloomberg L.P. | February 14, 1942 |
| 11 | Jim Walton | 67.2 | Walmart | June 7, 1948 |
| 12 | Alice Walton | 66.3 | Walmart | October 7, 1949 |
| 13 | Rob Walton | 66.0 | Walmart | October 28, 1944 |
| 14 | Michael Dell | 59.0 | Dell | February 23, 1965 |
| 15 | Phil Knight | 57.9 | Nike | February 24, 1938 |
| 16 | MacKenzie Scott | 54.7 | Amazon | April 7, 1970 |
| 17 | Charles Koch | 54.2 | Koch Industries | November 1, 1935 |
| 18 | Julia Koch | 54.2 | Koch Industries | April 12, 1962 |
| 19 | Len Blavatnik | 36.8 | Access Industries | June 14, 1957 |
| 20 | Stephen A. Schwarzman | 34.5 | Blackstone Group | February 14, 1947 |
| 21 | John Franklyn Mars | 33.9 | Mars | October 15, 1935 |
| 22 | Jacqueline Mars | 33.9 | Mars | October 10, 1939 |
| 23 | Leonard Lauder | 29.8 | Estée Lauder Companies | March 19, 1933 |
| 24 | Miriam Adelson | 28.1 | Las Vegas Sands | October 10, 1945 |
| 25 | Dan Gilbert | 26.6 | Rocket Mortgage | January 17, 1962 |
Other wealthy Americans
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, each of the following Americans had a net worth of more than $10 billion and less than $40 billion as of March 2018:[6]
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, each of the following Americans had a net worth of more than $4 billion and less than $10 billion as of March 2018:[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b "The Forbes 400". Forbes. 2020. Archived from the original on 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- ^ "Forbes Billionaires 2020". Forbes. 2020. Archived from the original on 2019-01-04. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
The U.S. remains the country with the most billionaires, with 614
- ^ "Forbes Billionaires 2023: The Richest People In The World". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
- ^ "The 400 Richest People In America". Forbes. 2022. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ "The world's real-time billionaires". Forbes. 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- ^ a b "Bloomberg Billionaires Index". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2018.