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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.
By 2021, calculated using stock prices from September 3, 2021, the minimum net worth to make the Forbes 400 was $2.9 billion; the top billionaire on the list, Jeff Bezos, was worth over $200 billion; and the collective fortunes of the 400 reached $4.5 trillion. [10]
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American investor Warren Buffett was in the top five for the 20th consecutive year, placing fourth. [31] America's Christy Walton was the highest ranking woman, placing ninth overall. [1] Aliko Dangote of Nigeria became the first African to enter the top 25, with an estimated net worth of $25 billion. [3]
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Determining the lower ranks is an even more contentious debate. Vanderbilt left a fortune worth $100 million upon his death in 1877, equivalent to $2.4 billion today. [5] As the United States became the world's leading economic power by the late 19th century, the wealthiest people in America were often also the wealthiest people in the world.
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.
According to a 2016 Oxfam report, the wealth of the poorest 95% dropped by 38% between 2010 and 2015, due to an increase in the global population by 400 million. [17] In the same period, the wealth of the richest 62 people between the World's Billionaires increased by $500bn (£350bn) to $1.76tn. More recently, in 2017 an Oxfam report noted ...