As of April 2025, Elon Musk was estimated as the wealthiest person in the United States with a net worth of around 342 billion dollars. Richest people in the United States - additional information Every year since 1982, the American business magazine Forbes has been compiling lists of the 400 richest people in the United States, known as the “Forbes 400.” In addition to that, since 1987, the publication has also been compiling a ranking of the 500 richest people in the world (excluding royalty and dictators), as well as more specialized tops, such as “World's Most Powerful Women,” “America's Richest Families,” “Most Valuable Brands” or “30 Under 30,” which focuses on young entrepreneurs from various fields which have gained millions in the past year by the use of social media, technical innovations and generally new and fresh approaches to business.

As of March 2024, California was the U.S. state with most billionaires, with *** billionaires calling the state home. New York was second, with *** resident billionaires.

As of March 2025, Elon Musk had a net worth valued at 328.5 billion U.S. dollars, making him the richest man in the world. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos followed in second, with Marc Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, in third. The list is dominated by Americans, and Alice Walton and Francoise Bettencourt Meyers are the only women among the 20 richest people worldwide.

In the first quarter of 2025, almost ********** of the total wealth in the United States was owned by the top 10 percent of earners. In comparison, the lowest ** percent of earners only owned *** percent of the total wealth. Income inequality in the U.S. Despite the idea that the United States is a country where hard work and pulling yourself up by your bootstraps will inevitably lead to success, this is often not the case. In 2024, *** percent of U.S. households had an annual income under 15,000 U.S. dollars. With such a small percentage of people in the United States owning such a vast majority of the country’s wealth, the gap between the rich and poor in America remains stark. The top one percent The United States was the country with the most billionaires in the world in 2025. Elon Musk, with a net worth of *** billion U.S. dollars, was among the richest people in the United States in 2025. Over the past 50 years, the CEO-to-worker compensation ratio has exploded, causing the gap between rich and poor to grow, with some economists theorizing that this gap is the largest it has been since right before the Great Depression.

According to the Hurun Global Rich List 2025, the United States housed the highest number of billionaires worldwide in 2025. In detail, there were *** billionaires living in the United States as of January that year. By comparison, *** billionaires resided in China. India, the United Kingdom, and Germany were also the homes of a significant number of billionaires that year. United States has regained its first place As the founder and exporter of consumer capitalism, it is no surprise that the United States is home to a large number of billionaires. Although China had briefly overtaken the U.S. recently, the United States has reclaimed its position as the country with the most billionaires in the world. Moreover, North America leads the way in terms of the highest number of ultra high net worth individuals – those with a net worth of more than ***** million U.S. dollars. The prominence of Europe and North America is a reflection of the higher degree of economic development in those states. However, this may also change as China and other emerging economies continue developing. Female billionaires Moreover, the small proportion of female billionaires does little to counter critics claiming the global economy is dominated by an elite comprised mainly of men. On the list of the richest people in the world, only *** were women. Moreover, recent political discourse has put a great amount of attention on the wealth held by the super-rich, with the wealth distribution of the global population being heavily unequal.

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With a net worth of 342 billion U.S. dollars, Elon Musk, the cofounder of seven companies, such as electric car maker Tesla and the rocket producer SpaceX, was the wealthiest man in the world in March 2025. The wealthiest people in the world Marc Zuckerberg, the cofounder of Meta Platforms, came second with a wealth of 235.6 billion U.S. dollars. Amazon-founder Jeff Bezos followed in third. All the 10 richest people in the world were men. Wealth distribution worldwide As of 2022, one percent of people held nearly half of the world's combined wealth. Moreover, 2.8 billion of the world's population hold a combined wealth of less than 10,000 U.S. dollars, compared to 59 million people having a combined wealth of 1 billion dollars or more, underlining the vast inequalities around the world. Where do the most affluent people live? Most millionaires live in the United States, while Hong Konk was the city hosting the largest number of high net worth individuals worldwide. The country with the highest number of billionaires is China.

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The graph shows the ranking of the *** richest people in finance in 2024, by net worth, in billion of U.S. dollars. Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, led the ranking with a net worth of *** billion U.S. dollars. It followed Michael Bloomberg, co-founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, with a net worth of *** billion U.S. dollars. The only female on the list was Abigail Johnson, CEO of Fidelity Investments, with a worth net of ** billion U.S. dollars. The only non-American on the list is Masayoshi Son, founder of SoftBank, with a net worth of **** billion U.S. dollars.

In 2024, the Mexican business magnate Carlos Slim Helu and his family had a fortune worth of 102 billion U.S. dollars and was thus the richest person in the country. The Helu family owns América Móvil, Latin America's biggest mobile telecom company.The second richest person in Mexico that year was German Larrea Velasco, who owns the majority of Mexico’s largest copper mining company, with a fortune of nearly 28 billion U.S. dollars.

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In 2023, there were around 748 billionaires in the United States. This was a slight increase from the previous year's total of 704, and a significant increase from the 66 billionaires in 1990.

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The richest person involved in the global real estate industry as of November 28, 2024, was the American businessman Dan Gilbert, who is also the owner of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers and a philanthropist, had an estimated net worth of 30.5 billion U.S. dollars. Lee Shau Kee, who is the majority owner of Henderson Land Development, came in second with an estimated net worth of approximately 24.4 billion U.S. dollars.

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In 2024, Lőrincz Mészáros was the wealthiest Hungarian, with an estimated net worth of over 1.2 trillion forints. Sándor Csányi was the second-richest person in the country, with an estimated net worth of 685 billion forints. Companies and industries behind the richest Sándor Csányi is the CEO of OTP Bank, the leading Hungarian company based on its market capitalization, which reached nearly 15 billion U.S. dollars in 2022. MPF Holding is a multinational manufacturing company with a profile in the production of heating devices and building materials. Zsolt Felcsuti is a key person at MPF Holding, being the major shareholder in the company. In 2022, MPF Holding was the most successful family business in Hungary with an estimated value of nearly 402 billion forints, around 1.1 billion U.S. dollars. The richest people in a worldwide perspective However, none of this comes close to the net worth of the world’s leading billionaires. In 2023, the richest man was Elon Musk with a net worth of 242.7 billion U.S. dollars. Bernard Arnault, the owner of multiple luxury brands comes second, with a net worth of 226 billion U.S. dollars. The founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos ranks third with a net worth of 149.8 billion U.S. dollars. In comparison, the richest Hungarian, Csányi accounts for “only” around six percent of Musk’s net worth.