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This article is about the contemporary list of wealthiest Americans. For a historical list, see List of richest Americans in history.

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.

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 December 2024, the 25 wealthiest people in the United States are as follows: [3][4]

Rank '23 rank Name Net worth in
billion US$		 Source of wealth Age
1 Steady 1 Elon Musk 244 Tesla, SpaceX 53
2 Steady 2 Jeff Bezos 197 Amazon 60
3 Increase 8 Mark Zuckerberg 181 Meta 40
4 Decrease 3 Larry Ellison 175 Oracle 80
5 Decrease 4 Warren Buffett 150 Berkshire Hathaway 94
6 Decrease 5 Larry Page 136 Alphabet 51
7 Steady 7 Sergey Brin 130 Alphabet 51
8 Increase 9 Steve Ballmer 123 Microsoft 68
9 Decrease 6 Bill Gates 107 Microsoft 68
10 Steady 10 Michael Bloomberg 105 Bloomberg L.P. 82
11 Increase 17 Jensen Huang 104 Nvidia 61
12 Decrease 11 Michael Dell 101 Dell 59
13 Decrease 12 Jim Walton & family 95.9 Walmart 76
14 Decrease 13 Rob Walton & family 94.3 Walmart 79
15 Decrease 14 Alice Walton 89.2 Walmart 74
16 Decrease 15 Julia Koch & family 74.2 Koch Industries 62
17 Decrease 16 Charles Koch & family 67.5 Koch Industries 88
18 Increase NR Jeff Yass 49.6 Susquehanna International Group, TikTok 66
19 Steady 19 John Mars 47.6 Mars 88
19 Steady 19 Jacqueline Mars 47.6 Mars 84
21 Increase 23 Stephen A. Schwarzman 43.6 Blackstone Group 77
22 Steady 22 Ken Griffin 43 Citadel LLC 55
23 Increase NR Thomas Peterffy 40 Interactive Brokers 80
24 Decrease 18 Phil Knight & family 36.8 Nike 86
25 Increase NR Lukas Walton 33.9 Walmart 38

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Forbes 400". Forbes. 2020. Archived from the original on 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  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.]
  3. ^ "The Forbes 400 List 2024 - The Richest People in America Ranked". Forbes. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Forbes 400 2023". Forbes. September 8, 2023. Archived from the original on 2024-03-21. Retrieved 2024-03-22. [Archive does not include the data.]
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