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There's rich and then there's making the Forbes-richest-people list rich. Forbes recently released its list of the 400 richest people in America in 2024 and 10 of those billionaires hail from ...
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 ]
Per Forbes (April 2024) [1]; Rank Rank per capita Country/Territory Billionaires Rate - World 2,781: 0.343 1 11 United States 813: 2.420 2 53 China 406: 0.288 3 58 India 200: 0.144
Using data from the 2024 Forbes 400 list, GOBankingRates identified the 10 richest people in America and ranked them in ascending order from least rich to richest.
The 2024 stock market boom fueled a surge in net worth gains for America's richest. Elon Musk's wealth increased by $213 billion, driven by Tesla's stock rise after the election.
Elon Musk has since surpassed John D. Rockefeller as the richest person in the history of the United States, and of modern history, according to size of wealth compared to GDP. On December 2024 his wealth reached $474 billion dollars (1.61% of USA's GDP at that year) compared to Rockefeller's 1.5% at the height of his wealth. [5]
2024 was a good year to be a billionaire. The S&P 500 gained 25% this year, while the Nasdaq grew 33%. ... Carlos Slim has a diversified fortune, with stakes in many public companies in Latin America.
The Forbes 400 is a report of who has the most wealth in the United States. They annually create a list of the richest people in America to exhibit the shape of the economy. The magazine displays the story of someone's rise to fame, their company, age, industrial residence, and education.