Who are the richest people in America? Forbes publishes a list with surprises

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aEvery year, the prestigious Forbes magazine publishes its annual ranking of the 400 richest Americans. This highlights that there are fewer millionaires in the US due to inflation derived from the war in Ukraine.

One of the most notable parts is the absence of Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, broke into the top 10 for the first time since 2014. The reason for this is the fall in the shares of Meta Platforms, causing it to lose $74 billion. The sector that stands out in the top 20 is technology, with eight millionaires being among the richest.

Also there has been a change in the top position: Jeff Bezos Doesn’t top 400 list for first time since 2017 Elon Musk Sitting on top of the heap.

Here is a list of the 10 richest people in the United States, taking into account net worth as of September 2nd of this year 2022.

Who are the 10 richest people in the United States? (in dollars)

  1. Elon Musk. Net Worth: 251 billion (up from 190.5 billion). Sources: Tesla, SpaceX
  2. Jeff Bezos. Net Worth: 151 billion (down from 201 billion). Source: Amazon
  3. Bill Gates. Net worth: 106 billion (down from 134 billion). Source: Microsoft
  4. Larry Ellison. Net Worth: 101 billion (down from 117.3 billion). Source: Oracle
  5. Warren Buffett. Net Worth: 97 billion (down from 102 billion). Source: Berkshire Hathaway
  6. Larry Page. Net Worth: 93 billion (down from 123 billion). Source: Google
  7. Sergey Brin. Net Worth: 89 billion (down from 118.5 billion). Source: Google
  8. Steve Ballmer. Net Worth: 83 billion (down from 96.5 billion). Source: Microsoft
  9. Michael Bloomberg. Net Worth: 76.8 billion (up from 70 billion). Source: Bloomberg
  10. Jim Walton. Net worth: 57.9 billion (from 68.8 billion). Source: Walmart



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