Billionaires

The wealthiest Americans have gotten nearly $1 trillion richer this year. Are they getting more generous? By Phoebe Liu, Forbes…

For the first time ever, Forbes dug into how many superyachts are owned by America’s 400 richest people and how…

Almost a quarter of all the wealth on The Forbes 400 is held by residents of one state. Two others…

Walmart heiress Alice Walton has given away an estimated $1.5 billion to charitable causes during her lifetime. America’s richest woman…

The Microsoft cofounder, who long ranked as America’s richest person, has dropped in part because of philanthropic giving, but also…

More than a dozen Black billionaires live in the U.S., but only these four made the 2024 Forbes 400 list.…

By betting on older buildings in smaller cities, new Forbes 400 member Mitchell Morgan has become the third-largest owner of…

Karp joins Forbes’ list of the richest Americans for the first time, thanks to his data mining firm’s massive year.…

These 10 relatively youthful moguls have a whole lot of money—and plenty of time to spend it. By Samantha Kroontje,…

This story appears in the October/November 2024 issue of Forbes Magazine. SubscribeEren Ozmen’s Sierra Nevada Corp. fought for years to…

Inside Forbes’ ranking of the richest billionaires in the United States. By Chase Peterson-Withorn, Forbes Staff Forbes calculated fortunes using…

Around midnight on August 8, 2017, a group of protestors dressed up in mock Russian military uniforms, marched down Varick…