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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]
The first centibillionaire on the Forbes Real Time Billionaires Index and the second ever to have eclipsed the feat since Bill Gates in 1999, Bezos was named the "richest man in modern history" after his net worth increased to $150 billion in July 2018. [7] In August 2020, according to Forbes, he had a net worth exceeding $200 billion. On July ...
In March 2010, the Forbes list of billionaires ranked Ellison as the sixth-richest person in the world and as the third-richest American, with an estimated net worth of over $28 billion. [31] On July 27, 2010, The Wall Street Journal reported that Ellison was the highest-paid executive in the last decade, collecting a total compensation of US$1 ...
In 1957, Fortune magazine developed a list of the seventy-six wealthiest Americans, which was published in many American newspapers. [6] Jean Paul Getty, when asked his reaction to being named wealthiest American and whether he was worth a billion dollars, said, "You know, if you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars" and then added, "But remember, a billion dollars isn't ...
Bill Gates. U.S. wealth rank: 9. Overall wealth rank: 12. Net worth: $107 billion. 2023 net worth: $104 billion. Age: 68. Source of income: Microsoft, self-made. Bill Gates spent the first part of ...
The net worth of the world's billionaires increased from less than US$1 trillion in 2000 to over $7 trillion in 2015. The World's Billionaires is an annual ranking of people who are billionaires, i.e., they are considered to have a net worth of US$1 billion or more, by the American business magazine Forbes. The list was first published in March ...
By Luisa Kroll, Forbes.com The Forbes 400 richest Americans regained lost ground in 2010, while most were still smarting from the recession. The total worth of the Forbes 400 was up 8% to $1.37 ...
GOBankingRates took a look at the 2020 Forbes list of richest people to identify the 20 American women worth the most. ... governor in 2010, running as a Republican. Last year she joined the short ...