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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 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.[1] As of March 2023, there were 735 billionaires in the United States.[2]

Top 25 richest Americans

According to Forbes, as of December 2025, the 25 wealthiest people in the United States are as follows:[3][4]

Rank '24 rank Name Net worth in
billion US$		 Source of wealth Age
1 Steady 1 Elon Musk 428 Tesla, SpaceX 54
2 Increase 4 Larry Ellison 276 Oracle 81
3 Steady 3 Mark Zuckerberg 253 Meta 41
4 Decrease 2 Jeff Bezos 241 Amazon 61
5 Increase 6 Larry Page 179 Alphabet 52
6 Increase 7 Sergey Brin 166 Alphabet 52
7 Increase 8 Steve Ballmer 153 Microsoft 69
8 Increase 11 Jensen Huang 151 Nvidia 62
9 Decrease 5 Warren Buffett 150 Berkshire Hathaway 95
10 Increase 12 Michael Dell 129 Dell 60
11 Increase 14 Rob Walton & family 118 Walmart 80
12 Increase 13 Jim Walton & family 115 Walmart 77
13 Decrease 10 Michael Bloomberg 109 Bloomberg L.P. 83
14 Decrease 9 Bill Gates 107 Microsoft 68
15 Steady 15 Alice Walton 106 Walmart 75
16 Steady 16 Julia Koch & family 81.2 Koch Industries 63
17 Steady 17 Charles Koch & family 73.8 Koch Industries 89
18 Increase 23 Thomas Peterffy 73.3 Interactive Brokers 80
19 Decrease 18 Jeff Yass 65.7 Susquehanna International Group, TikTok 67
20 Increase 21 Stephen A. Schwarzman 51.9 Blackstone Group 78
21 Increase 22 Ken Griffin 50.4 Citadel LLC 56
22 Decrease 19 Jacqueline Mars 42.2 Mars 85
22 Decrease 19 John Mars 42.2 Mars 89
24 Increase 25 Lukas Walton 39.8 Walmart 38
25 Increase NR Miriam Adelson & family 37.9 Las Vegas Sands 79

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Forbes 400". Forbes. 2020. Archived from the original on October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  2. ^ "Forbes Billionaires 2023: The Richest People In The World". Forbes. 2023. Archived from the original on March 21, 2024. Retrieved March 22, 2024. The United States still boasts the most billionaires, with 735 list members [Archive does not include the data.]
  3. ^ "The Forbes 400 List 2025 - The Richest People in America Ranked". Forbes. Retrieved January 9, 2026.
  4. ^ "Forbes 400 2024". Forbes. December 31, 2024. Archived from the original on December 31, 2024. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
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