List of wealthiest Americans by net worth

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This is a list of the wealthiest 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.

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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 March 2023, there were 735 billionaires in the United States. [2]

Top 25 richest Americans

According to Forbes, as of September 2023, the 25 wealthiest people in the United States are as follows: [3]

RankNameNet worth in
billion US$
Source of wealthAge
1 Elon Musk 251 Tesla, SpaceX 52
2 Jeff Bezos 161 Amazon 59
3 Larry Ellison 158 Oracle 79
4 Warren Buffett 121 Berkshire Hathaway 93
5 Larry Page 114 Alphabet 50
6 Bill Gates 111 Microsoft 67
7 Sergey Brin 110Alphabet50
8 Mark Zuckerberg 106 Meta 39
9 Steve Ballmer 101Microsoft67
10 Michael Bloomberg 96.3 Bloomberg L.P. 81
11 Michael Dell 71.5 Dell 58
12 Jim Walton & family 68.2 Walmart 75
13 Rob Walton & family67.4Walmart78
14 Alice Walton 66.5Walmart73
15 Julia Koch & family 59.8 Koch Industries 61
16 Charles Koch & family54.5Koch Industries87
17 Jensen Huang 40.7 Nvidia 60
18 Phil Knight & family39.5 Nike 85
19 Jacqueline Mars 38.9 Mars 83
19 John Mars 38.9Mars87
21 MacKenzie Scott 37.1Amazon53
22 Ken Griffin 35.4 Citadel LLC 54
23 Stephen A. Schwarzman 34.5 Blackstone Group 76
24 Miriam Adelson & family32.8 Las Vegas Sands 77
25 Len Blavatnik 30.7 Access Industries 66

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  2. "Forbes Billionaires 2023: The Richest People In The World". Forbes . 2023. Archived from the original on 2024-03-21. Retrieved 2024-03-22. The United States still boasts the most billionaires, with 735 list members [Archive does not include the data.]
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