List of Americans by net worth

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 American billionaires based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets as determined by Forbes.

Notably, the Forbes 400 Richest Americans list is published annually since 1982. The combined net worth of the 2019 class of the 400 richest Americans was $2.9 trillion, up from $2.7 trillion in 2017. As of October 2019, the U.S. had 621 billionaires that is a record high.

United States billionaires list

Top 15 richest Americans

As of October 2019, the top 15 billionaires from the United States according to Forbes are the following.

Rank	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Sources of wealth
1	Jeff Bezos	$114 billion	55	Amazon
2	Bill Gates	$106 billion	64	Microsoft, Cascade Investment
3	Warren Buffett	$80.8 billion	89	Berkshire Hathaway
4	Mark Zuckerberg	$69.6 billion	35	Facebook
5	Larry Ellison	$65 billion	75	Oracle
6	Larry Page	$55.5 billion	46	Google
7	Sergey Brin	$53.5 billion	45	Google
8	Michael Bloomberg	$53.4 billion	77	Bloomberg L.P.
9	Steve Ballmer	$51.7 billion	63	Microsoft, LA Clippers
10	Jim Walton	$51.6 billion	70	Walmart, inherited
11	Alice Walton	$51.4 billion	69	Walmart, inherited
12	S. Robson Walton	$51.3 billion	74	Walmart, inherited
13	Charles Koch	$41 billion	83	Koch Industries
13	Julia Koch	$41 billion	57	Koch Industries, inherited
15	MacKenzie Bezos	$36.1 billion	49	Amazon

According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the rest of the list is as follows (as of March 2018):

Americans with a net worth of 10 billion - 40 billion (USD)

Jacqueline Mars John Mars Phil Knight Thomas Peterffy Michael Dell Len Blavatnik Elon Musk Carl Icahn Laurene Powell Jobs Ron Perelman Dustin Moskovitz Donald Bren Leonard Lauder Thomas Frist Elaine Marshall Jim Simons Lukas Walton Rupert Murdoch Harold Hamm

Ray Dalio Eric Schmidt Charlie Ergen John Menard Jr. Steve Schwarzman George Kaiser Steve Cohen Micky Arison Donald Newhouse Abby Johnson Phil Anschutz Jan Koum Jim Goodnight Charles Schwab David Tepper

Americans with a net worth of 4 billion - 10 billion (USD)

Jack Dangermond Robert F. Smith Dave Duffield Andy Beal Carl Cook John Malone Pierre Omidyar Blair Parry-Okeden Jim Kennedy Patrick Soon-Shiong Bernie Marcus Stan Kroenke Ken Griffin Sun Hongbin Dan Gilbert David Geffen George Soros Jeff Hildebrand Marijke Mars Victoria Mars Pamela Mars-Wright Valerie Mars Richard LeFrak Robert Rowling Diane Hendricks Les Wexner Ned Johnson David Sun John Tu Eli Broad Ingrid Wu Christy Walton John Albert Sobrato Marian Ilitch John Paulson George Lucas Charles Butt Richard Kinder Gabe Newell Ralph Lauren Reinhold Schmieding Rich Devos Ray Hunt Jim Davis Leon Black Steven Spielberg Margaretta Taylor James Chambers Katharine Rayner George Roberts Henry Kravis Marc Benioff Jensen Huang Robert E. Rich Jr. Randa Duncan Williams		Dannine Avara Scott Duncan Milane Duncan Frantz David Filo Stan Druckenmiller Rupert Johnson Jr. Ira Rennert Lynn Schusterman Mark Cuban Trevor Rees-Jones Terry Pegula John Sall Charles Johnson Ronda Stryker Charles Dolan Jeff Sutton Nancy Walton Laurie Leonard Stern Shahid Khan David Shaw Dan Friedkin Jerry Jones Dennis Washington Whitney MacMillan Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer Pauline MacMillan Keinath Steve Bechtel Rocco Commisso Jude Reyes Chris Reyes Igor Olenicoff Sam Zell Reed Hastings Edward Roski Kelcy Warren Tom Love Judy Love Judy Faulkner Izzy Englander Tamara Hughes Gustavson Mary Malone Fred Smith Pat Stryker Dagmar Dolby Clay Mathile Thomas Pritzker Woody Johnson Dick Schulze Robert Pera Bob Kraft Ken Fisher B. Wayne Hughes Travis Kalanick Gordon Moore Dan Cathy Bubba Cathy Johnny Morris

See also

• The World's Billionaires
• List of countries by the number of billionaires
• Wealth inequality in the United States

External links

• Bloomberg Billionaires Index
• Forbes 400 - The Richest People in America - 2018 list