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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.

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. As of March 2023, there were 735 billionaires in the United States.

Top 25 richest Americans

According to Forbes, as of December 2024, the 25 wealthiest people in the United States are as follows:

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

See also

• The World's Billionaires
• List of countries by the number of billionaires

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
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.

External links

• Bloomberg Billionaires Index
• Forbes 400 - The Richest People in America

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