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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]
This is a listing of U.S. states (plus the District of Columbia) according to the number of billionaires residing in each. As of 2024, there are 756 billionaires living in 43 of the 50 US states or Washington, D.C. [1] [2] The only states with no billionaire residents are Alaska, Delaware, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Vermont, and West Virginia.
Elon Musk has since surpassed John D. Rockefeller as the richest person in the history of the United States, and of modern history, according to size of wealth compared to GDP. In December 2024 his wealth reached $474 billion dollars (1.61% of USA's GDP at that year) compared to Rockefeller's 1.5% at the height of his wealth. [5]
Forbes just released its Forbes 400, a list of famous billionaires in the United States with a minimum net worth of $3.3 billion, and several Massachusetts residents made the cut.
Here's who lives in Mass, other New England states. Gannett. Rin Velasco, Wicked Local. April 12, 2024 at 2:20 AM ... There are 2,692 billionaires that are American citizens on the Forbes list ...
The United States was home to a record 813 billionaires as of the Forbes October Real-time Billionaires List. Five of them currently live in New Jersey. Several others have roots tracing back to ...
This list of members of the United States Congress by wealth includes the fifty richest members of Congress as of 2018. It displays the net worth (the difference between assets and liabilities ) for the member and their immediate family, such as a spouse or dependent children.
Given the astronomical health care costs in the United States, it may not come as a surprise that there are billionaires such as Thomas Frist Jr. ($20.8 billion), who co-founded the Hospital Corp ...