List of wealthiest Americans by net worth

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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 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 January 2022, the 25 wealthiest people in the United States are as follows:[1]

Rank Name Net worth in
billion US$		 Source of wealth Age
1 Elon Musk Increase263 Tesla, SpaceX 50
2 Jeff Bezos Increase195.9 Amazon, Blue Origin 57
3 Bill Gates Increase135.8 Microsoft 66
4 Larry Ellison Increase119.5 Oracle 77
5 Mark Zuckerberg Increase117.5 Meta 37
6 Larry Page Increase117.3 Alphabet Inc. 48
7 Warren Buffett Increase115.6 Berkshire Hathaway 91
8 Sergey Brin Increase113.1 Alphabet Inc. 48
9 Steve Ballmer Increase99.9 Microsoft 65
10 Michael Bloomberg Increase69 Bloomberg L.P. 79
11 Jim Walton Increase67.2 Walmart 73
12 Alice Walton Increase66.3 Walmart 72
13 Rob Walton Increase66.0 Walmart 77
14 Michael Dell Increase59.0 Dell 56
15 Phil Knight Increase57.9 Nike 83
16 MacKenzie Scott Increase54.7 Amazon 50
17 Charles Koch Increase54.2 Koch Industries 86
18 Julia Koch Increase54.2 Koch Industries 59
19 Len Blavatnik Increase36.8 Access Industries 64
20 Stephen A. Schwarzman Increase34.5 Blackstone Group 74
21 John Franklyn Mars Increase33.9 Mars 86
22 Jacqueline Mars Increase33.9 Mars 82
23 Leonard Lauder Increase29.8 Estée Lauder Companies 88
24 Miriam Adelson Increase28.1 Las Vegas Sands 76
25 Dan Gilbert Increase26.6 Rocket Mortgage 59

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:[3]



  • Harold Hamm 75, founder of Continental Resources
  • Ray Dalio 71, founder of Bridgewater Associates
  • Eric Schmidt 65, executive chairman of Alphabet Inc. until 2017
  • Charlie Ergen 68, co-founder of Dish Network
  • John Menard Jr. 81, founder of Menards
  • Steve Schwarzman 74, CEO of The Blackstone Group
  • George Kaiser 78, chairman of BOK Financial Corporation
  • Steve Cohen 64, founder of Point72 Asset Management
  • Micky Arison 71, chairman of Carnival Corporation
  • Donald Newhouse 92, president of Advance Publications
  • Abby Johnson 59, CEO of Fidelity Investments
  • Phil Anschutz 81, energy and real estate
  • Jan Koum 45, co-founder of WhatsApp
  • Jim Goodnight 78, CEO of SAS Institute
  • Charles Schwab 83, founder of Charles Schwab Corporation
  • David Tepper 63, founder of Appaloosa Management

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:[3]


See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "The Forbes 400". Forbes. 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  2. ^ "Forbes Billionaires 2020". Forbes. 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-11. The U.S. remains the country with the most billionaires, with 614
  3. ^ a b "Bloomberg Billionaires Index". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

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