Forbes Richest

The forbes 400 richest americans list has been published annually since 1982.

Forbes richest. The forbes 400 is the definitive list of wealth in america profiling and ranking the country s richest billionaires by their estimated net worths. The combined net worth of the 2019 class of the 400 richest americans was 2 9 trillion up from 2 7 trillion in 2017. By angel au yeung forbes staff 20 hours ago. The wealth tracking platform provides ongoing updates on the net worth and ranking of each.

Not even a nearly 40 billion divorce can topple amazon founder and ceo jeff bezos from being the world s richest person. Tim pannell for forbes. In 2017 there was a record of 2 043 people on the list which is the first time over 2 000 people were listed. Forbes real time billionaires rankings tracks the daily ups and downs of the world s richest people.

On the 30th anniversary of the forbes list of the world s billionaires for the fourth year in a row bill gates was named the richest man in the world. The only daughter of walmart founder sam walton reclaims her title this year as the richest woman in the world after losing that spot to l oréal heiress. Forbes is a global media company focusing on business investing technology entrepreneurship leadership and lifestyle. As of october 2019 there were 621 billionaires a record high in the united states.

Bill gates keeps his spot as number two richest followed by luxury goods tycoon bernard arnault who nudged out warren buffett to move into the number three spot for the first time.