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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 ]
The net worth of the United States sharply declined to 5.2 times GDP by the end of 2008 due to declines in the values of US corporate equities and real estate in the wake of the subprime mortgage crisis and the 2007–2008 financial crisis. Between 2008 and 2009, the net worth of US households had recovered from a low of 3.55 times GDP to 3.75 ...
Determining the lower ranks is an even more contentious debate. Vanderbilt left a fortune worth $100 million upon his death in 1877, equivalent to $2.4 billion today. [5] As the United States became the world's leading economic power by the late 19th century, the wealthiest people in America were often also the wealthiest people in the world.
The combined net worth of the list was $3.6 trillion, up 50 percent from 2009's $2.4 trillion, while the average net worth was $3.5 billion. [9] The 2010 list featured 164 re-entries and 97 true newcomers. [9] Asia accounted for more than 100 of the new entrants.
In the first Forbes 400 list, [7] there were only 13 billionaires, and a net worth of US$75 million secured a spot on the list. The 1982 list represented 2.8% of the Gross Domestic Product of the United States.
In January 2021, Musk, with a net worth of $185 billion, surpassed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to become the richest person in the world. [11] Bezos reclaimed the top spot the following month. [12] On September 27, 2021, after Tesla stock surged, Forbes announced that Musk had a net worth of over $200 billion, [13] and was the richest person in ...
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The figures in the table below are all derived from 24/7 Wall St.'s 2016 valuation of each president's peak net worth. For purposes of 24/7 Wall St.'s valuation, a president's peak net worth may occur after that president has left office. [8] To allow for a direct comparison, all of the figures have been adjusted for inflation to 2022 U.S. dollars.