As of May 2024, a combined value of 856 billion U.S. dollars was held by the top five wealthiest billionaires in the United States. According to the source, the five wealthiest billionaires were Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, and Larry Page.
Combined value of the five richest billionaires in the United States as of May 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars)
As of May 2024, a combined value of 856 billion U.S. dollars was held by the top five wealthiest billionaires in the United States. According to the source, the five wealthiest billionaires were Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison
Lawrence Joseph Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is an American businessman and entrepreneur who cofounded software company Oracle Corporation. He was Oracle's chief executive officer from 1977 to 2014 and is now its chief technology officer and executive chairman.
The 38th annual Forbes list of the world's billionaires found a record 2,781 billionaires with a total net wealth of $14.2 trillion. This is an increase of 141 members and $2 trillion from 2023, which held the previous record for the highest net worth gain on the list, surpassing the $900 billion record set in 2022.
1. Françoise Bettencourt Meyers and family. Frenchwoman Bettencourt Meyers is the wealthiest woman on the planet. Bettencourt Meyers earned her wealth by inheriting a fortune from her mother, Lillian Bettencourt (died 2017), whose father was Eugene Schuler, the founder of cosmetics giant L'Oréal.
Bernard Arnault, chairman of LVMH, is the richest person and the richest man in the world with a net worth of $207 billion. After Arnault is Elon Musk, co-founder and CEO of Tesla and founder and CEO of SpaceX.
The financial news outlet said she is the first artist to achieve billionaire status solely on the basis of her music, and estimated she has a $1.1 billion fortune.
Walmart heir Alice Walton has taken back the title, which she held from 2015 through 2021, surpassing second-place Julia Koch on this year's Forbes 400 ranking of the wealthiest people in the U.S. Walmart stock climbed by 19% since the 2022 list, helped by customers looking for bargains amid a spike in inflation.
Much of the gains come from the top 20, who added a combined $700 billion in wealth since 2023, and from the U.S., which now boasts a record 813 billionaires worth a combined $5.7 trillion.
Clemente was at one time the world's youngest billionaire (at the age of 18), but he has since aged out of that title, which is now held by Livia Voigt.
In the U.S., it may take you $5.81 million to be in the top 1%, but it takes a minimum net worth of $30 million to be considered among the ultra-high net worth crowd. As of the end of 2023, this ultra-high net worth population is on the rise, reaching 626,000 globally, up from just over 600,000 a year earlier.
This is a list of U.S. states and federal district by the number of billionaires as of 2023; there are 756 billionaires living in the United States. They live in 42 of the 50 states.
Alaska, Delaware, and West Virginia are the only states that still don't have a single billionaire resident. Alaska, Delaware, and West Virginia aren't home to any billionaires, Forbes reported. California, in comparison, has nearly 200 billionaires.
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