Richest people in the United States
992 billionaires worth a combined $9.470T, ranked by Forbes real-time estimates on October 11, 2026. Elon Musk leads at $1.004T.
Ranking
| Name | Rank | Net worth | Since 2026 list | Age | Source | Country |
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| Elon Musk | 1 | $1.004T | +$165B | 55 | Tesla, SpaceX | United States |
| Jeff Bezos | 2 | $381B | +$157B | 62 | Amazon | United States |
| Larry Page | 3 | $288B | +$30.9B | 53 | Google | United States |
| Michael Dell | 4 | $282B | +$141B | 61 | Dell Technologies | United States |
| Sergey Brin | 5 | $265B | +$28.0B | 53 | Google | United States |
| Mark Zuckerberg | 6 | $246B | +$24.5B | 42 | Facebook | United States |
| Jensen Huang | 7 | $198B | +$44.5B | 63 | Nvidia | United States |
| Larry Ellison | 8 | $184B | -$6.5B | 82 | Oracle | United States |
| Steve Ballmer | 9 | $165B | +$39.0B | 70 | Microsoft | United States |
| Warren Buffett | 10 | $147B | -$2.4B | 96 | Berkshire Hathaway | United States |
| Rob Walton & family | 12 | $135B | -$10.6B | 81 | Walmart | United States |
| Jim Walton & family | 13 | $132B | -$10.8B | 78 | Walmart | United States |
| Alice Walton | 14 | $122B | -$12.1B | 77 | Walmart | United States |
| Bill Gates | 17 | $115B | +$6.7B | 70 | Microsoft | United States |
| Thomas Peterffy | 19 | $102B | +$19.1B | 82 | Discount brokerage | United States |
| Michael Bloomberg | 20 | $94.9B | -$14.1B | 84 | Bloomberg LP | United States |
| Julia Koch & family | 23 | $84.6B | +$3.4B | 64 | Koch, Inc. | United States |
| Jeff Yass | 26 | $77.8B | +$10.4B | 68 | Trading, investments | United States |
| Charles Koch & family | 27 | $76.9B | +$3.1B | 90 | Koch, Inc. | United States |
| Ken Griffin | 33 | $57.5B | +$7.7B | 57 | Hedge funds | United States |
| Jacqueline Mars | 36 | $50.3B | +$1.2B | 87 | Candy, pet food | United States |
| John Mars | 36 | $50.3B | +$1.2B | 90 | Candy, pet food | United States |
| Lukas Walton | 45 | $45.5B | -$3.4B | 40 | Walmart | United States |
| Abigail Johnson | 49 | $41.6B | +$8.4B | 64 | Fidelity | United States |
| Stephen Schwarzman | 50 | $41.1B | +$2.8B | 79 | Investments | United States |
| Peter Thiel | 53 | $39.9B | +$11.5B | 59 | Facebook, investments | United States |
| Eric Schmidt | 57 | $38.9B | +$3.4B | 71 | Google | United States |
| Thomas Frist Jr & family | 61 | $36.9B | -$4.2B | 88 | Hospitals | United States |
| Marilyn Simons & family | 62 | $36.6B | +$4.1B | 75 | Hedge funds | United States |
| Len Blavatnik | 67 | $35.1B | +$5.2B | 69 | Music, chemicals | United States |
| Melinda French Gates | 68 | $34.1B | +$3.8B | 62 | Microsoft | United States |
| Henry Samueli | 69 | $34.1B | +$3.3B | 72 | Semiconductors | United States |
| John Tu | 70 | $33.7B | +$16.3B | 85 | Computer hardware | United States |
| David Sun | 71 | $33.7B | +$16.3B | 74 | Computer hardware | United States |
| Elaine Marshall & family | 72 | $32.2B | +$1.3B | 84 | Koch, Inc. | United States |
| Miriam Adelson & family | 76 | $30.3B | -$7.2B | 81 | Casinos | United States |
| Robert Pera | 78 | $29.6B | -$2.1B | 48 | Wireless networking | United States |
| Lyndal Stephens Greth & family | 79 | $29.5B | -$520M | 51 | Oil & gas | United States |
| David Tepper | 82 | $28.5B | +$4.8B | 69 | Hedge funds | United States |
| MacKenzie Scott | 84 | $28.2B | -$420M | 56 | Amazon | United States |
| Stanley Kroenke | 85 | $27.6B | +$5.4B | 79 | Sports, real estate | United States |
| Israel Englander | 86 | $27.6B | +$1.8B | 78 | Hedge funds | United States |
| Steve Cohen | 90 | $26.7B | +$3.7B | 70 | Hedge funds | United States |
| Greg Brockman | 98 | $25.5B | n/a | 37 | OpenAI | United States |
| Rupert Murdoch & family | 100 | $24.8B | +$2.1B | 95 | Newspapers, TV network | United States |
| Phil Knight & family | 102 | $24.7B | -$6.4B | 88 | Nike | United States |
| Diane Hendricks | 109 | $23.6B | +$1.3B | 79 | Building supplies | United States |
| John Doerr | 110 | $23.5B | +$3.7B | 75 | Venture capital | United States |
| Brett Adcock | 111 | $23.4B | +$4.3B | 40 | Robots | United States |
| Jerry Jones & family | 114 | $23.2B | +$2.9B | 83 | Dallas Cowboys | United States |
| Christy Walton | 119 | $22.5B | -$1.8B | 77 | Walmart | United States |
| Alexander Karp | 121 | $22.1B | +$9.0B | 59 | Software firm | United States |
| Ernest Garcia II | 122 | $22.0B | +$504M | 69 | Used cars | United States |
| Henry Nicholas III | 123 | $22.0B | +$1.4B | 67 | Semiconductors | United States |
| Rick Cohen & family | 124 | $21.8B | -$4.5B | 74 | Warehouse automation | United States |
| Stephen Ross | 126 | $21.5B | +$4.5B | 86 | Real estate | United States |
| Todd Graves | 134 | $20.0B | -$2.0B | 54 | Fast food | United States |
| Daniel Gilbert | 135 | $19.9B | -$8.0B | 64 | Rocket Mortgage | United States |
| Donald Bren | 137 | $19.8B | +$598M | 94 | Real estate | United States |
| Arthur Dantchik | 139 | $19.5B | +$2.6B | 68 | Trading, investments | United States |
| Philip Anschutz | 141 | $19.3B | -$100M | 86 | Energy, sports, entertainment | United States |
| Harold Hamm & family | 144 | $19.0B | +$3.0B | 80 | Oil & gas | United States |
| Ray Dalio | 146 | $18.9B | +$3.5B | 77 | Hedge funds | United States |
| Jan Koum | 147 | $18.8B | +$1.7B | 50 | WhatsApp | United States |
| Edwin Chen | 151 | $18.0B | $0M | 38 | Artificial intelligence | United States |
| Nancy Walton Laurie | 152 | $17.8B | -$2.2B | 75 | Walmart | United States |
| Eric Smidt | 153 | $17.8B | -$145M | 66 | Hardware stores | United States |
| Antonio Gracias | 159 | $17.1B | +$12.8B | 55 | Investments | United States |
| Josh Kushner | 164 | $16.7B | +$11.5B | 41 | Venture capital | United States |
| Peter Mallouk | 166 | $16.5B | +$433M | 56 | Wealth planning | United States |
| Edward Johnson IV | 170 | $16.3B | +$2.7B | 61 | Fidelity | United States |
| Shahid Khan | 172 | $16.3B | +$1.3B | 76 | Sports teams, auto parts | United States |
| Laurene Powell Jobs | 178 | $15.6B | +$1.9B | 62 | Apple, Disney | United States |
| Daniela Amodei | 181 | $15.5B | +$8.5B | 39 | Artificial intelligence | United States |
| Dario Amodei | 181 | $15.5B | +$8.5B | 43 | Artificial intelligence | United States |
| Jack Clark | 181 | $15.5B | +$8.5B | 37 | Artificial intelligence | United States |
| Jared Kaplan | 181 | $15.5B | +$8.5B | 42 | Artificial intelligence | United States |
| Sam McCandlish | 181 | $15.5B | +$8.5B | 36 | Artificial intelligence | United States |
| Tom Brown | 181 | $15.5B | +$8.5B | 39 | Artificial intelligence | United States |
| George Kaiser | 188 | $15.5B | -$745M | 84 | Oil & gas, banking | United States |
| Ralph Lauren & family | 190 | $15.3B | +$1.2B | 86 | Apparel | United States |
| Robert Kraft | 194 | $15.2B | +$1.4B | 85 | Manufacturing, New England Patriots | United States |
| George Kurtz | 199 | $15.0B | +$7.7B | 56 | Security software | United States |
| Ken Fisher | 200 | $15.0B | +$1.8B | 75 | Money management | United States |
| John Menard Jr | 201 | $14.7B | -$4.7B | 86 | Home improvement stores | United States |
| Elizabeth Johnson | 210 | $14.4B | +$2.8B | 63 | Fidelity | United States |
| Jeffery Hildebrand | 212 | $14.3B | +$4.3B | 67 | Oil & gas | United States |
| J. Christopher Reyes | 213 | $14.3B | +$1.2B | 72 | Food distribution | United States |
| Jude Reyes | 213 | $14.3B | +$1.2B | 71 | Food distribution | United States |
| Ann Walton Kroenke | 217 | $14.2B | -$409M | 77 | Walmart | United States |
| Leon Black | 218 | $14.2B | +$2.0B | 75 | Private equity | United States |
| Charles Schwab | 227 | $13.7B | +$693M | 89 | Discount brokerage | United States |
| Pierre Omidyar | 228 | $13.7B | +$1.9B | 59 | EBay, PayPal | United States |
| George Roberts | 230 | $13.6B | +$1.1B | 83 | Private equity | United States |
| William Ackman | 236 | $13.5B | +$4.4B | 60 | Hedge funds | United States |
| Robert Duggan | 237 | $13.5B | +$1.9B | 82 | Pharmaceuticals | United States |
| Jay Chaudhry | 239 | $13.3B | +$4.9B | 67 | Security software | United States |
| Richard Kinder | 242 | $13.1B | +$144M | 81 | Pipelines | United States |
| Charles Ergen | 243 | $13.1B | -$3.0B | 73 | Satellite TV | United States |
| Ken Xie & family | 246 | $13.0B | +$7.4B | 63 | Cybersecurity | United States |
Wealth by industry
- Technology: 227 billionaires, $4.368T combined, richest Elon Musk
- Finance & Investments: 253 billionaires, $1.931T combined, richest Warren Buffett
- Fashion & Retail: 57 billionaires, $749B combined, richest Rob Walton & family
- Food & Beverage: 84 billionaires, $487B combined, richest Jacqueline Mars
- Diversified: 24 billionaires, $281B combined, richest Julia Koch & family
- Energy: 37 billionaires, $270B combined, richest Lyndal Stephens Greth & family
- Sports: 51 billionaires, $242B combined, richest Stanley Kroenke
- Real Estate: 58 billionaires, $237B combined, richest Stephen Ross
- Healthcare: 52 billionaires, $221B combined, richest Thomas Frist Jr & family
- Media & Entertainment: 42 billionaires, $183B combined, richest Rupert Murdoch & family
- Manufacturing: 40 billionaires, $141B combined, richest Steven Rales
- Automotive: 16 billionaires, $103B combined, richest Ernest Garcia II
- Service: 18 billionaires, $89.2B combined, richest Micky Arison & family
- Construction & Engineering: 6 billionaires, $47.2B combined, richest Diane Hendricks
- Gambling & Casinos: 6 billionaires, $46.9B combined, richest Miriam Adelson & family
Questions people ask
Who is the richest person in the United States?
Elon Musk is the richest person in the United States, worth $1.004T on October 11, 2026, according to Forbes real-time estimates. Jeff Bezos is next at $381B.
How many billionaires are there in the United States?
Forbes tracks 992 billionaires in the United States as of October 11, 2026, worth a combined $9.470T. The median net worth among them is $3.1B.
Are billionaires in the United States getting richer this year?
The 956 of them who were also on the 2026 Forbes billionaires list are up 12.1% (+$1.010T) together since that list, comparing each person's real-time worth with their figure on it.
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