Musk Tops Forbes Richest List Again as Wealth Gap Widens

For the fourth consecutive year, Elon Musk holds the title of the wealthiest individual in the United States, according to Forbes. The South African–born entrepreneur and political figure once again tops the magazine’s annual ranking.

The new Forbes 400 list, published on Sept. 9, underscores a clear reality: America’s wealthiest continue to grow richer. Collectively, the 400 richest people in the country are now valued at an unprecedented $6.6 trillion—over $1 trillion more than their combined net worth last year.

Musk, best known as the CEO of Tesla and formerly head of the Department of Government Efficiency, set a new milestone by surpassing the $400 billion mark in personal wealth, becoming the first to achieve this benchmark. Earlier this year, he also claimed the top spot on Forbes’ global billionaires ranking.

Trailing Musk by more than $150 billion is Larry Ellison, co-founder of the software giant Oracle, who takes second place on the list.

Here is the top 50 wealthiest people in the US:

Rank	Name	Net Worth	Age	Source	State
1	Elon Musk	$428 billion	54	Tesla, SpaceX	Texas
2	Larry Ellison	$276 billion	81	Oracle	California
3	Mark Zuckerberg	$253 billion	41	Facebook	California
4	Jeff Bezos	$241 billion	61	Amazon	Florida
5	Larry Page	$179 billion	52	Google	California
6	Sergey Brin	$166 billion	52	Google	California
7	Steve Ballmer	$153 billion	69	Microsoft	Washington
8	Jensen Huang	$151 billion	62	Semiconductors	California
9	Warren Buffett	$150 billion	95	Berkshire Hathaway	Nebraska
10	Michael Dell	$129 billion	60	Dell Technologies	Texas
11	Rob Walton & family	$118 billion	80	Walmart	Arkansas
12	Jim Walton & family	$115 billion	77	Walmart	Arkansas
13	Michael Bloomberg	$109 billion	83	Bloomberg LP	New York
14	Bill Gates	$107 billion	69	Microsoft	Washington
15	Alice Walton	$106 billion	75	Walmart	Texas
16	Julia Koch & family	$81.2 billion	63	Koch, Inc.	New York
17	Charles Koch & family	$73.8 billion	89	Koch, Inc.	Kansas
18	Thomas Peterffy	$73.3 billion	80	Discount brokerage	Florida
19	Jeff Yass	$65.7 billion	67	Trading, investments	Pennsylvania
20	Stephen Schwarzman	$51.9 billion	78	Investments	New York
21	Ken Griffin	$50.4 billion	56	Hedge funds	Florida
22	Jacqueline Mars	$42.2 billion	85	Candy, pet food	Virginia
22	John Mars	$42.2 billion	89	Candy, pet food	Wyoming
24	Lukas Walton	$39.8 billion	38	Walmart	Illinois
25	Miriam Adelson & family	$37.9 billion	79	Casinos	Nevada
26	Phil Knight & family	$35.7 billion	87	Nike	Oregon
27	Abigail Johnson	$35 billion	63	Fidelity	Massachusetts
28	MacKenzie Scott	$33.9 billion	55	Amazon	Washington
29	Marilyn Simons & family	$32.5 billion	74	Hedge funds	New York
30	Thomas Frist, Jr. & family	$32.4 billion	87	Hospitals	Tennessee
31	Len Blavatnik	$31 billion	68	Music, chemicals
32	Elaine Marshall & family	$30.9 billion	83	Koch Inc.	Texas
33	Melinda French Gates	$29 billion	61	Microsoft, investments	Washington
34	Henry Samueli	$27.7 billion	70	Semiconductors	California
35	Lyndal Stephens Greth & family	$27.4 billion	50	Oil & gas	Texas
36	Eric Schmidt	$26.8 billion	70	Google	California
37	Daniel Gilbert	$26.7 billion	63	Rocket Mortgage	Michigan
38	Rupert Murdoch & family	$24.1 billion	94	Newspapers, TV network	New York
39	Robert Pera	$24 billion	47	Wireless networking	California
40	Peter Thiel	$23.9 billion	57	Facebook, investments	California
41	David Tepper	$23.7 billion	67	Hedge funds	Florida
42	Ernest Garcia, II.	$23.1 billion	68	Used cars	Arizona
43	Steve Cohen	$23 billion	69	Hedge funds	Connecticut
44	Diane Hendricks	$22.3 billion	78	Building supplies	Wisconsin
45	Rick Cohen & family	$22.1 billion	73	Warehouse automation	New Hampshire
46	Todd Graves	$22 billion	53	Fast food	Louisiana
47	Stanley Kroenke	$21.3 billion	78	Sports, real estate	Texas
48	John Menard, Jr.	$20 billion	85	Home improvement stores	Wisconsin
49	Christy Walton	$19.7 billion	76	Walmart	Wyoming
50	Jerry Jones & family	$19.6 billion	82	Dallas Cowboys	Texas

To see the full list, go to https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/.