144 California Billionaires Make Forbes’ 2018 List

Jeff Bezos is at the top of Forbes’ billionaires list for 2018, dethroning fellow Seattle-area billionaire Bill Gates, who has lost the top spot for only the sixth time since 1995. Among the elite club of billionaires on the 32nd annual list, 144 of them have California ties — the Golden State's wealthiest being Palo Alto resident Mark Zuckerberg.

The 2018 list has 2,208 members from 72 countries. With 585 Americans on the list, the United States leads the way with the most number of billionaires in the world, followed by China with 373 billionaires. The U.S. also had 18 newcomers featured on the 2018 list.

According to Forbes, Bezos is the first centi-billionaire at the top of the list, meaning he has a fortune of over a $100 billion. Forbes explains just how much wealth these billionaires have, being worth a combined $9.1 trillion. The top 20 people on the list alone are worth $1.2 trillion, 13 percent of the total fortune of all billionaires worldwide.

The top 10 billionaires on the list are:

• Jeff Bezos, 54, worth $112 billion
• Bill Gates, 62, worth $90 billion
• Warren Buffett, 87, worth $84 billion
• Bernard Arnault, 69, worth $72 billion
• Mark Zuckerberg, 33, worth $71 billion
• Amancio Ortega, 81, worth $70 billion
• Carlos Slim Helu, 78, worth $67.1 billion
• Charles Koch, 82, worth $60 billion
• David Koch, 77, worth $60 billion
• Larry Ellison, 73, worth $58.5 billion

The Forbes billionaires list provides a look at wealth using stock prices and exchange rates from Feb. 9, 2018. Forbes values assets such as private companies, art, real estate and more.

Here are the California billionaires who made the Forbes list for 2018:

• No. 5 Mark Zuckerberg, 33, $71 billion, Facebook
• No. 10 Larry Ellison, 73, $58.5 billion, software
• No. 12 Larry Page, 44, $48.8 billion, Google
• No. 13 Sergey Brin, 44, $47.5 billion, Google
• No. 54 Elon Musk, 46, $19.9 billion, Tesla Motors
• No. 58 Laurene Powell Jobs, 54, $18.8 billion, Apple, Disney
• No. 80 Donald Bren, 85, $16.3 billion, real estate
• No. 102 Dustin Moskovitz, 33, $14 billion, Facebook
• No. 106 Eric Schmidt, 62, $13.4 billion, Google
• No. 162 Charles Schwab, 80, $9.4 billion, discount brokerage
• No. 170 Jan Koum, 42, $9.1 billion, WhatsApp
• No. 181 Gordon Moore, 89, $8.5 billion, Intel
• No. 190 David Geffen, 75, $8 billion, movies and record labels
• No. 198 Patrick Soon-Shiong, 65, $7.8 billion, pharmaceuticals
• No. 211 Eli Broad, 84, $7.3 billion, investments
• No. 222 John Doerr, 66, $7.1 billion, venture capital
• No. 242 Andreas von Bechtolsheim, 62, $6.8 billion, Google
• No. 251 Brian Acton, 46, $6.6 billion, WhatsApp
• No. 265 John A. Sobrato, 78, $6.4 billion, real estate
• No. 289 David Cheriton, 66, $6 billion, Google
• No. 315 David Sun, 66, $5.7 billion, computer hardware
• No. 315 John Tu, 76, $5.7 billion, computer hardware
• No. 321 Jen-Hsun Huang, 55, $5.6 billion, semiconductors
• No. 321 Steven Rales, 66, $5.6 billion, manufacturing
• No. 351 George Roberts, 74, $5.4 billion, private equity
• No. 351 Edward Roski, Jr., 79, $5.4 billion, real estate
• No. 365 David Filo, 51, $5.3 billion, Yahoo
• No. 372 George Lucas, 73, $5.2 billion, Star Wars
• No. 404 Marc Benioff, 53, $4.9 billion, business software
• No. 404 Sumner Redstone, 94, $4.9 billion, media
• No. 422 Garrett Camp, 39, $4.8 billion, Uber
• No. 422 Rupert Johnson, Jr., 77, $4.8 billion, money management
• No. 422 Travis Kalanick, 41, $4.8 billion, Uber
• No. 422 Jeffrey Skoll, 53, $4.8 billion, eBay
• No. 441 Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer, 56, $4.7 billion, Cargill
• No. 480 Tamara Gustavson, 56, $4.4 billion, self storage
• No. 499 Jeronimo Arango, 92, $4.3 billion, retail
• No. 499 Robert Pera, 39, $4.3 billion, wireless networking gear
• No. 514 Archie Aldis Emmerson, 88, $4.2 billion, timberland/lumber mills
• No. 514 Bobby Murphy, 29, $4.2 billion, Snapchat
• No. 527 Jack & Laura Dangermond, 72, $4.1 billion, mapping software
• No. 527 Evan Spiegel, 27, $4.1 billion, Snapchat
• No. 550 Dagmar Dolby, 76, $4 billion, Dolby Laboratories
• No. 550 Michael Moritz, 63, $4 billion venture capital
• No. 572 Rick Caruso, 59, $3.9 billion, real estate
• No. 572 Tom Gores, 53, $3.9 billion, private equity
• No. 572 Stewart and Lynda Resnick, $3.9 billion, agriculture, water
• No. 572 Steven Udvar-Hazy, 72, $3.9 billion, aircraft leasing
• No. 588 Nathan Blecharczyk, 34, $3.8 billion, Airbnb
• No. 588 Brian Chesky, 36, $3.8 billion, Airbnb
• No. 588 Joe Gebbia, 36, $3.8 billion, Airbnb
• No. 588 Henry Samueli, 63, $3.8 billion, semiconductors
• No. 606 Michael Milken, 71, $3.7 billion, investments
• No. 606 Yuri Milner, 56, $3.7 billion, tech investments
• No. 629 Steven Spielberg, 71, $3.6 billion, movies
• No. 652 Douglas Leone, 60, $3.5 billion, venture capital
• No. 652 Anthony Pritzker, 57, $3.5 billion, hotels/investments
• No. 652 Donald Sterling, 83, $3.5 billion, real estate
• No. 679 Riley Bechtel, 65, $3.4 billion, engineering/construction
• No. 679 Stephen Bechtel, Jr., 92, $3.4 billion, engineering/construction
• No. 703 Reid Hoffman, 50, $3.3 billion, LinkedIn
• No. 703 Henry Nicholas, III, 58, $3.3 billion, semiconductors
• No. 729 Scott Cook, 65, $3.2 billion, software
• No. 729 Haim Saban, 73, $3.2 billion, TV network/investments
• No. 729 Meg Whitman, 61, $3.2 billion, eBay
• No. 766 Do Won & Jin Sook Chang, 62, $3.1 billion, fashion retail
• No. 766 Jack Dorsey, 41, $3.1 billion, Twitter
• No. 766 Romesh T. Wadhwani, 70, $3.1 billion, software
• No. 791 Jim Breyer, 56, $3 billion, venture capital
• No. 822 Jeff Rothschild, 63, $2.9 billion, Facebook
• No. 822 Thomas Siebel, 65, $2.9 billion, business software
• No. 859 Doris Fisher, 86, $2.8 billion, Gap
• No. 859 John Fisher, 56, $2.8 billion, Gap
• No. 859 Kieu Hoang, 73, $2.8 billion, medical products
• No. 859 Osman Kibar, 46, $2.8 billion, biotech
• No. 887 Don Hankey, 74, $2.7 billion, auto loans
• No. 887 Reed Hastings, 57, $2.7 billion, Netflix
• No. 887 Oprah Winfrey, 64, $2.7 billion, TV shows
• No. 924 Sean Parker, 38, $2.6 billion, Facebook
• No. 924 Jay Paul, 70, $2.6 billion, real estate
• No. 924 Jerry Yang, 49, $2.6 billion, Yahoo
• No. 965 Richard Peery, 79, $2.5 billion, real estate
• No. 965 Mark Stevens, 58, $2.5 billion, venture capital
• No. 965 Peter Thiel, 50, $2.5 billion, Facebook/Palantir
• No. 1020 George Argyros, 81, $2.4 billion real estate/investments
• No. 1020 John Arrillaga, 80, $2.4 billion, real estate
• No. 1020 Daniel Pritzker, 58, $2.4 billion, hotels/investments
• No. 1020 John Pritzker, 65, $2.4 billion, hotels/investments
• No. 1020 Eric Smidt, 58, $2.4 billion, hardware stores
• No. 1020 Alexander Spanos, 94, $2.4 billion, real estate/Los Angeles Chargers
• No. 1070 Vinod Khosla, 63, $2.3 billion, venture capital
• No. 1103 James Coulter, 58, $2.2 billion, private equity
• No. 1157 Gordon Getty, 84, $2.1 billion, Getty Oil
• No. 1157 Alec Gores, 64, $2.1 billion, private equity
• No. 1157 David Murdock, 94,$2.1 billion, Dole/real estate
• No. 1157 Kavitark Ram Shriram, 61, $2.1 billion, venture capital/Google
• No. 1215 Bruce Karsh, 62, $2 billion, private equity
• No. 1215 Sarah MacMillan, 64, $2 billion, Cargill
• No. 1215 Antony Ressler, 56, $2 billion, finance
• No. 1215 Rodney Sacks,68, $2 billion, energy drinks
• No. 1215 Hilton Schlosberg, 65, $2 billion, energy drinks
• No. 1284 Bill Gross, 73, $1.9 billion, investments
• No. 1284 Jeffrey Gundlach, 59, $1.9 billion, investments
• No. 1284 Evan Williams, 45, $1.9 billion, Twitter
• No. 1339 Nicolas Berggruen, 56, $1.8 billion, investments
• No. 1394 Robert Fisher, 64, $1.7 billion, Gap
• No. 1394 William Fisher, 60, $1.7 billion, Gap
• No. 1394 Gary Michelson, 69, $1.7 billion, medical patents
• No. 1394 Charles Munger, 94, $1.7 billion, Berkshire Hathaway
• No. 1477 Aneel Bhusri, 52, $1.6 billion, business software
• No. 1477 Sheryl Sandberg, 48, $1.6 billion, Facebook
• No. 1477 Ben Silbermann, 35, $1.6 billion, Pinterest
• No. 1477 Thomas Steyer, 60, $1.6 billion, hedge funds
• No. 1561 Mark Pincus, 52, $1.5 billion, online games
• No. 1561 Kevin Systrom, 34, $1.5 billion, Instagram
• No. 1650 Bassam Alghanim, 66, $1.4 billion, diversified
• No. 1650 Chen Tianqiao, 44, $1.4 billion, online games
• No. 1650 George Joseph, 96, $1.4 billion, insurance
• No. 1756 Irwin Jacobs, 84, $1.3 billion, semiconductors
• No. 1756 Alexander Karp, 50, $1.3 billion, software firm
• No. 1756 Craig Newmark, 65, $1.3 billion, Craigslist
• No. 1756 Jayshree Ullal, 56, $1.3 billion, technology
• No. 1867 Marc Andreessen, 46, $1.2 billion, venture capital investing
• No. 1867 Charles Brandes, 75, $1.2 billion, money management
• No. 1867 Donald Friese, 77, $1.2 billion, manufacturing
• No. 1867 Ryan Graves, 34, $1.2 billion, Uber
• No. 1867 B. Wayne Hughes, Jr., 57, $1.2 billion, storage facilities
• No. 1867 Lynsi Snyder, 35, $1.2 billion, In-N-Out Burger
• No. 1867 Thomas Tull, 47, $1.2 billion, movies
• No. 1999 Drew Houston, 35, $1.1 billion, Dropbox
• No. 1999 Richard Kayne, 72, $1.1 billion, investments
• No. 1999 Isaac Larian, 63, $1.1 billion, toys
• No. 1999 John Martin, 66, $1.1 billion, pharmaceuticals
• No. 1999 Chris Sacca, 42, $1.1 billion, venture capital investing
• No. 1999 Steven Tisch, 69, $1.1 billion, insurance
• No. 2124 Yvon Chouinard, 79, $1 billion, Patagonia
• No. 2124 John Collison, 27, $1 billion, Stripe
• No. 2124 Patrick Collison, 29, $1 billion, Stripe
• No. 2124 David Hall, 66, $1 billion, automotive technology
• No. 2124 George Marcus, 76, $1 billion, real estate
• No. 2124 Lowell Milken, 69, $1 billion, investments
• No. 2124 Alice Schwartz, 91, $1 billion, biotech
• No. 2124 Evan Sharp, 35, $1 billion, Pinterest
• No. 2124 Sandy Weill, 84, $1 billion, Citigroup

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