Forbes 9th September released his list of 400 richest Americans from 2025 and named Elon Musk entrepreneur as the richest person in the US for the fourth year in a row.
Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, broke the mark of $ 400 billion, making it the first person in the history of this milestone.
The Forbes billionaire list emphasizes that a combined net fortune of 400 the richest Americans is a record $ 6.6 trillion, more than $ 1 trillion higher than last year.
The best candidates and resources of wealth
Musk leads the list followed by Larry Ellison, co -founder of Oracle, with $ 276 billion and Mark Zuckerberg of Meta (Facebook) with $ 253 billion. Other technical giants in the top ten include Jeff Bezos ($ 241B), Larry Page (179 B) and Sergey Brin (166b $).
The Forbes list contains remarkable data across industries: from finance and investment like Warren Buffett ($ 150B) and Stephen Schwarzman ($ 51.9b) to retail dynasties such as Walton family, with multiple members in Top 50.
Key main points
14 newcomers joined the Elite 400, including four with a wealth exceeding $ 10 billion.
The richest Americans have mostly technologies, finance and retail.
Forbes used estimates 1 September to calculate net assets, accounting of assets, public shares and private commercial awards.
Top 10 richest Americans
Elon Musk – $ 428B – Tesla, SpaceX – Texas
Larry Ellison – 276b $ – Oracle – California
Mark Zuckerberg – $ 253B – Facebook – California
Jeff Bezos – $ 241B – Amazon – Florida
Larry Page – $ 179b – Google – California
Sergey Brin – 166b $ – Google – California
Steve Ballmer – $ 153B – Microsoft – Washington
Jensen Huang – 151b $ – semiconductors – California
Warren Buffett – $ 150B – Berkshire Hathaway – Nebraska
Michael Dell – $ 129B – Dell Technologies – Texas
The technology sector dominates the list and underlines its continuing role in the US wealth driver in the meantime in retail, finances and investments remain strong contributors. Clean assets for the TOP 400 records reflect growing valuation and accumulation of assets and intensify discussions about economic inequality.
Forbes’ full list of the 50 top 50 top 50 contains numbers from different industries, including casinos, sports, healthcare and semiconductors, illustrating the breadth of the American ecosystem of wealth.
Disintegration
The dominant sources of wealth include:
Technology: Tesla, Oracle, Facebook, Google, Microsoft
Finance: Secure funds, trading, investment
Healthcare & Semiconductors: Dell, Nvidia, Hospital
Media & Real Estate: Bloomberg, Murdoch, Kroenke
Geographical division
California and Texas continue to host the largest number of billionaires, with remarkable characters like Musk, Dell, Ellison and Walton’s family. Florida, New York and Washington also appear.
Newcomer
This year, 14 newcomers joined the elite ranks, four of them worth over $ 10 billion. Among them are entrepreneurs AI and techniques such as Edwin Chen of Surge AI and Vlad Tenev of Robinhood.
Women on the list
Women make up just over 15% of 400 Forbes, while Alice Walton remains the richest woman in America at $ 106 billion. Diane Hendricks with $ 22.3 billion retains its title as the richest woman.
(Tagstotranslate) Forbes 2025 Report of the richest US individual
