6 Pennsylvania Billionaires On Forbes List Of Richest Americans

Forbes this week released its list of the richest people in the country, and six Pennsylvanians are on the list.

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is at the top of the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans, which was released Wednesday. The list puts Bezos ahead of his Washington-area neighbor, Bill Gates, who had been at the top since 1994.

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 Pennsylvania, a half dozen people made it into the elite club. According to Forbes, the Pennsylvania residents on the list are:

Victoria Mars

Ranking: 98th
Net worth: $6B
Source: candy, pet food

John Middleton

Ranking: 251st
Net worth: $3.2B
Source: tobacco

Mary Alice Dorrance Malone

Ranking: 259th
Net worth: $3.1B
Source: Campbell soup

Michael Rubin

Ranking: 271st
Net worth: $3B
Source: online retail

Thomas Hagen

Ranking: 354th
Net worth: $2.3B
Source: insurance

Jeffrey Lurie

Ranking: 383rd
Net worth: $2.1B
Source: Philadelphia Eagles

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:

Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
Bill Gates (Microsoft)
Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway)
Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)
Larry Ellison (software)
Larry Page (Google)
Charles Koch (Koch Industries)
David Koch (Koch Industries)
Sergey Brin (Google)
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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