List of richest Americans in history
By half decade
This list names the richest American by half decade starting in 1770.

List of richest Americans in history

Section Title: By half decade
Table Section Text: This list names the richest American by half decade starting in 1770.

Year	Name	Picture

1770	Peter Manigault	-

1775	Robert Morris	-

1780	William Bingham	-

1785	Benjamin Franklin	-

1790	John Hancock	-

1795	Elias Hasket Derby	-

1800	Thomas Willing	-

1805	Stephen Girard	-

1810

1815

1820

1825

1830

1835	Stephen Van Rensselaer	-

1840	John Jacob Astor	-

1845

1850	Cornelius Vanderbilt	-

1855

1860

1865

1870

1875

1880	William Henry Vanderbilt	-

1885

1890	John D. Rockefeller	-

1895

1900	Andrew Carnegie	-

1905

1910	John D. Rockefeller	-

1915

1920	Henry Ford	-

1925

1930	Andrew Mellon	-

1935

1940	Henry Ford	-

1945

1950	H. L. Hunt	-

1955	J. Paul Getty	-

1960	Howard Hughes	-

1965

1970

1975

1980	Daniel Ludwig	-

1985	Sam Walton	-

1990	John Kluge

1995	Bill Gates	-

2000

2005

2010

2015

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