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]
According to Forbes, as of September 2023, the 25 wealthiest people in the United States are as follows: [3]
| Rank | Name | Source of wealth | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 251 | 52 | |||
| 2 | 161 | 59 | |||
| 3 | 158 | 79 | |||
| 4 | 121 | 93 | |||
| 5 | 114 | 50 | |||
| 6 | 111 | 67 | |||
| 7 | 110 | Alphabet | 50 | ||
| 8 | 106 | 39 | |||
| 9 | 101 | Microsoft | 67 | ||
| 10 | 96.3 | 81 | |||
| 11 | 71.5 | 58 | |||
| 12 | 68.2 | 75 | |||
| 13 | & family | 67.4 | Walmart | 78 | |
| 14 | 66.5 | Walmart | 73 | ||
| 15 | 59.8 | 61 | |||
| 16 | & family | 54.5 | Koch Industries | 87 | |
| 17 | 40.7 | 60 | |||
| 18 | & family | 39.5 | 85 | ||
| 19 | 38.9 | 83 | |||
| 19 | 38.9 | Mars | 87 | ||
| 21 | 37.1 | Amazon | 53 | ||
| 22 | 35.4 | 54 | |||
| 23 | 34.5 | 76 | |||
| 24 | & family | 32.8 | 77 | ||
| 25 | 30.7 | 66 |