List of Americans by net worth - wikipedia List of Americans by net worth This article is about the contemporary list of wealthiest Americans. For a historical list, see List of richest Americans in history. This is a list of American billionaires based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets. Notably, the Forbes 400 Richest Americans list is published annually since 1982. The combined net worth of the 2017 class of the 400 richest Americans was $2.7 trillion, up from $2.4 trillion in the previous year. As of November 2017, the U.S. had 576 billionaires. Contents 1 United States billionaires list 2 See also 3 References 4 External links United States billionaires list As of March 2018, according to Forbes, the top 15 billionaires are the following. Rank Name Net worth ( USD ) Age Sources of wealth Participation in The Giving Pledge 7000100000000000000 ♠ 1 Bezos, Jeff Jeff Bezos $112 billion 54 Amazon.com No 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 Gates, Bill Bill Gates $90 billion 62 Microsoft, Cascade Investment Yes ( founder ) 7000300000000000000 ♠ 3 Buffett, Warren Warren Buffett $62 billion 87 Berkshire Hathaway Yes ( founder ) 7000400000000000000 ♠ 4 Zuckerberg, Mark Mark Zuckerberg $71 billion 33 Facebook Yes 7000500000000000000 ♠ 5 Koch, David H. David H. Koch $60 billion 82 Koch Industries, inherited No 7000500000000000000 ♠ 5 Koch, Charles Charles Koch $60 billion 77 Koch Industries, inherited No 7000700000000000000 ♠ 7 Ellison, Larry Larry Ellison $58.8 billion 73 Oracle Corporation Yes 7000800000000000000 ♠ 8 Bloomberg, Michael Michael Bloomberg $50 billion 76 Bloomberg LP Yes 7000900000000000000 ♠ 9 Page, Larry Larry Page $48.8 billion 44 Alphabet No 7001100000000000000 ♠ 10 Brin, Sergey Sergey Brin $47.5 billion 44 Alphabet No 7001110000000000000 ♠ 11 Walton, Jim Jim Walton $46.4 billion 69 Walmart, inherited No 7001120000000000000 ♠ 12 Walton, S. Robson S. Robson Walton $46.2 billion 73 Walmart, inherited No 7001130000000000000 ♠ 13 Walton, Alice Alice Walton $46 billion 68 Walmart, inherited No 7001140000000000000 ♠ 14 Adelson, Sheldon Sheldon Adelson $38.5 billion 84 Las Vegas Sands Corporation No 7001150000000000000 ♠ 15 Ballmer, Steve Steve Ballmer $38.4 billion 61 Microsoft No According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as of March 2018, the rest of the list is as follows : Americans with a net worth of 10 billion - 40 billion ( USD ) Jacqueline Mars John Mars Phil Knight Paul Allen Thomas Peterffy Michael Dell Len Blavatnik Elon Musk Carl Icahn Laurene Powell Jobs Ron Perelman Dustin Moskovitz Donald Bren Leonard Lauder Elaine Marshall Jim Simons Lukas Walton Rupert Murdoch Harold Hamm Ray Dalio Eric Schmidt Charlie Ergen John Menard Jr. Steve Schwarzman George Kaiser Steve Cohen Micky Arison Donald Newhouse Abby Johnson Phil Anschutz Jan Koum Jim Goodnight Charles Schwab Stephen Ross Carl Cook David Tepper Thomas Frist Gordon Moore Americans with a net worth of 4 billion - 10 billion ( USD ) Dave Duffield Andy Beal John Malone Pierre Omidyar Blair Parry - Okeden Jim Kennedy Patrick Soon - Shiong Bernie Marcus Stan Kroenke Ken Griffin Sun Hongbin Dan Gilbert David Geffen George Soros Jeff Hildebrand Marijke Mars Victoria Mars Pamela Mars - Wright Valerie Mars Richard LeFrak Robert Rowling Diane Hendricks Les Wexner Ned Johnson David Sun John Tu Eli Broad Ingrid Wu Christy Walton John Albert Sobrato Marian Ilitch John Paulson George Lucas Charles Butt Richard Kinder Gabe Newell Ralph Lauren Reinhold Schmieding Rich Devos Ray Hunt Jim Davis Brian Acton Leon Black Steven Spielberg Margaretta Taylor James Chambers Katharine Rayner George Roberts Henry Kravis Marc Benioff Jensen Huang Bob Rich Randa Duncan Williams Dannine Avara Scott Duncan Milane Duncan Frantz David Filo Stan Druckenmiller Rupert Johnson Jr. Mark Shoen Ira Rennert Lynn Schusterman Trevor Rees - Jones Terry Pegula John Sall Charles Johnson Ronda Stryker Charles Dolan Jeff Sutton Nancy Walton Laurie Leonard Stern Shahid Khan David Shaw Dan Friedkin Dennis Washington Whitney MacMillan Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer Pauline MacMillan Keinath Steve Bechtel Rocco Commisso Jude Reyes Chris Reyes Igor Olenicoff Sam Zell Reed Hastings Edward Roski Kelcy Warren Tom Love Judy Love Judy Faulkner Izzy Englander Tamara Hughes Gustavson Mary Malone Fred Smith Pat Stryker Ross Perot Dagmar Dolby Clay Mathile Thomas Pritzker Woody Johnson Dick Schulze Robert Pera Bob Kraft Ken Fisher B Wayne Hughes Travis Kalanick See also The World 's Billionaires List of countries by the number of billionaires Wealth inequality in the United States References Jump up ^ `` Forbes 400 2017 : Meet The Richest People In America ''. Forbes. October 17, 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017. Jump up ^ `` The Forbes 400. '' Forbes Nov. 14, 2017 p. 86. Print. Jump up ^ `` The World 's Billionaires List - United States ''. Forbes Welcome. Retrieved 2018 - 03 - 10. Jump up ^ `` Bloomberg Billionaires Index ''. Retrieved 11 March 2018. 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