92 Calif. Billionaires On Forbes List Of Richest Americans

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is at the top of yet another list of billionaires, this time the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans. The list released Wednesday puts Bezos ahead of his Washington-area neighbor, Bill Gates, who had been at the top since 1994.

Bezos was also at the top of Forbes’ billionaires list, which was released in March. He dethroned Gates on that list as well.

The 400 richest Americans have a massive amount of wealth. According to Forbes, the minimum net worth needed to join the list in 2018 was $2.1 billion, the highest amount ever for admission. In all, Forbes says the net worth of the 400 was a record high of $2.9 trillion and half of that belongs to just the 45 richest people in the country.

In California, 92 residents made it to the elite club. According to Forbes, the California residents on the list are:

• Mark Zuckerberg, net worth $61 billion (Facebook)
• Larry Ellison, net worth $58.4 billion (software)
• Larry Page, net worth $53.8 billion (Google)
• Sergey Brin, net worth $52.4 billion (Google)
• Laurene Powell Jobs & family, net worth $20.5 billion (Apple, Disney)
• Elon Musk, net worth $19.6 billion (Tesla Motors)
• Donald Bren, net worth $16.4 billion (real estate)
• Eric Schmidt, net worth $14.4 billion (Google)
• Dustin Moskovitz, net worth $10.9 billion (Facebook)
• Jan Koum, net worth $9.6 billion (WhatsApp)
• Gordon Moore, net worth $9.4 billion (Intel)
• Charles Schwab, net worth $9.3 billion (discount brokerage)
• David Geffen, net worth $8.7 billion (movies, record labels)
• John Doerr, net worth $7.9 billion (venture capital)
• Patrick Soon-Shiong, net worth $7.3 billion (pharmaceuticals)
• Eli Broad, net worth $6.7 billion (investments)
• Jensen Huang, net worth $6.6 billion (semiconductors)
• John A. Sobrato & family, net worth $6.6 billion (real estate)
• Marc Benioff, net worth $6.4 billion (business software)
• Jack Dorsey, net worth $6.3 billion (Twitter, Square)
• Steven Rales, net worth $6.2 billion (manufacturing)
• Travis Kalanick, net worth $5.9 billion (Uber)
• George Roberts, net worth $5.7 billion (private equity)
• Steward and Lynda Resnick, net worth $5.6 billion (agriculture, water)
• Edward Roski Jr., net worth $5.6 billion (real estate)
• George Lucas, net worth $5.4 billion (Star Wars)
• David Sun, net worth $5.4 billion (computer software)
• John Tu, net worth $5.4 billion (computer software)
• Robert Pera, net worth $5.3 billion (wireless networking gear)
• Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer, net worth $4.9 billion (Cargill)
• Sumner Redstone, net worth $4.8 billion (media)
• David Filo, net worth $4.6 billion (Yahoo)
• Tamara Gustavson, net worth $4.6 billion (self storage)
• Jeff Skoll, net worth $4.6 billion (eBay)
• Dagmar Dolby and family, net worth $4.5 billion (Dolby Laboratories)
• Rubert Johnson Jr., net worth $4.2 billion (money management)
• Jack Dangermond, net worth $4.1 billion (mapping software)
• Rick Caruso, net worth $4 billion (real estate)
• Archie Aldis Emmerson and family, net worth $4 billion (timerland, lumber mills)
• Steven Udvar-Hazy, net worth $4 billion (aircraft leasing)
• Tom Gores, net worth $3.9 billion (private equity)
• Henry Samueli, net worth $3.9 billion (semiconductors)
• Douglas Leone, net worth $3.8 billion (venture capital)
• Nathan Blecharczyk, net worth $3.7 billion (Airbnb)
• Brian Chesky, net worth $3.7 billion (Airbnb)
• Joe Gebbia, net worth $3.7 billion (Airbnb)
• Michael Milken, net worth $3.7 billion (investments)
• Steven Spielberg, net worth $3.7 billion (Movies)
• Brian Acton, net worth $3.6 billion (WhatsApp)
• Reed Hastings, net worth $3.6 billion (Netflix)
• Donald Sterling, net worth $3.6 billion (real estate)
• Scott Cook, net worth $3.5 billion (software)
• Michael Moritz, net worth $3.4 billion (venture capital)
• Henry Nicholas, III, net worth $3.4 billion (semiconductors)
• Jay Paul, net worth $3.3 billion (real estate)
• Anthony Pritzker, net worth $3.3 billion (hotels, investments)
• Meg Whitman, net worth $3.3 billion (eBay)
• Riley Bechtel and family, net worth $3.1 billion (engineering, construction)
• Stephen Bechtel Jr., net worth $3.1 billion (engineering, construction)
• Don Hankey, net worth $3.1 billion (auto loans)
• Eric Smidt, net worth $3 billion (hardware stores)
• Lynsi Snyder, net worth $3 billion (In-N-Out Burger)
• Romesh T. Wadhwani, net worth $3 billion (software)
• Jim Breyer, net worth $2.9 billion (venture capital)
• Haim Saban, net worth $2.9 billion (TV network, investments)
• Thomas Siebel, net worth $2.9 billion (business software)
• John Fisher, net worth $2.8 billion (Gap)
• Richard Peery, net worth $2.8 billion (real estate)
• Oprah Winfrey, net worth $2.8 billion (TV shows)
• Doris Fisher, net worth $2.7 billion (Gap)
• Drew Houston, net worth $2.7 billion (cloud storage service)
• Sean Parker, net worth $2.7 billion (Facebook)
• Mark Stevens, net worth $2.7 billion (venture capital)
• George Argyros and family, net worth $2.6 billion (real estate, investments)
• Jeff Rothschild, net worth $2.6 billion (Facebook)
• John Arrillaga, net worth $2.5 billion (real estate)
• John Pritzker, net worth $2.5 billion (hotels, investments)
• Peter Thiel, net worth $2.5 billion (Facebook, Palantir)
• Jerry Yang, net worth $2.5 billion (Yahoo)
• Daniel Pritzker, net worth $2.4 billion (hotels, investments)
• Alexander Spanos and family, net worth $2.4 billion (real estate, Los Angeles Chargers)
• Osman Kibar, net worth $2.3 billion (biotech)
• Bobby Murphy, net worth $2.3 billion (Snapchat)
• Evan Spiegel, net worth $2.3 billion (Snapchat)
• Jim Coulter, net worth $2.2 billion (private equity)
• Alec Gores, net worth $2.2 billion (private equity)
• Vinod Khosla, net worth $2.2 billion (venture capital)
• Kavitark Ram Shriram, net worth $2.2 billion (venture capital, Google)
• Gordon Getty, net worth $2.1 billion (Getty Oil)
• Chris Larsen, net worth $2.1 billion (cryptocurrency)
• Sarah MacMillan, net worth $2.1 billion (Cargill)
• Antony Ressler, net worth $2.1 billion (finance)

Some other notable points from Forbes’ reporting:

• 57 women were on the list
• Those with self-made fortunes vastly outnumber those with inherited wealth
• President Donald Trump dropped 11 spots on the list compared to 2017, coming in at No. 259; see the New York Times account of how Trump accumulated his wealth, which differs significantly from the president’s account.

Forbes’ takes a hard and thorough look at the wealth of those on the list to figure out just how much they’re worth. Reporters at Forbes conduct interviews, look over documents, assets and factor in debt in their calculations. (You can see a more detailed methodology here.)

The top 10 billionaires on the list are:

1. Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
2. Bill Gates (Microsoft)
3. Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway)
4. Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)
5. Larry Ellison (software)
6. Larry Page (Google)
7. Charles Koch (Koch Industries)
8. David Koch (Koch Industries)
9. Sergey Brin (Google)
10. Michael Bloomberg (Bloomberg LP)

>>> You can see the full list here.
>>> Click here to see Forbes’ full report on the list.

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