The Forbes 400: Ranking of the wealthiest Americans
The rich once again have grown richer. Even with lofty price of admission, there are 15 newcomers on the list
Jeff Bezos’s net worth shot up by $78.5 billion in the past year. He’s No 1 on the Forbes 400 list
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It’s another record-breaking year for the richest Americans. For the first time since 1994, there is a new No 1, Jeff Bezos, the fi rst person ever to appear in the ranks who is worth more than $100 billion. The minimum net worth needed to make the list rose to $2.1 billion, the highest to date and $100 million more than last year. List members’ average net worth is $7.2 billion, up by 7.5 percent from a year ago, while their combined net worth rose to a record high of $2.9 trillion. Of that total wealth, half is held by the 45 richest people in the country.
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(This story appears in the 23 November, 2018 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)
