American businessman Elon Musk sits at the top of the list of the richest individuals in the United States, with a fortune estimated at $251 billion. His wealth has remained unchanged since 2022 despite his acquisition of the platform "X" (formerly Twitter). According to data from Forbes, businessman Jeff Bezos, the founder and former CEO of Amazon, ranks second, with his net worth rising to $161 billion from $151 billion in 2022.
In third place is Larry Ellison, co-founder and former CEO of Oracle, with a fortune of approximately $158 billion, up from $101 billion last year, benefiting greatly from the popularity of artificial intelligence, the magazine stated.
In fourth place is the famous American investor Warren Buffett, with a net worth of $121 billion compared to $97 billion the previous year. In fifth place is former Alphabet CEO Larry Page, with $114 billion, up from $93 billion. In sixth place is Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, whose wealth increased to $111 billion from $106 billion last year.
Seventh is former Alphabet president Sergey Brin, who co-founded Google with Page. Forbes estimates Brin's wealth at around $110 billion, up by $21 billion from the previous year.
Rounding out the top ten are Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg ($106 billion, an increase of $57.7 billion from last year), former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer ($101 billion, up from $83 billion), and one of the co-founders of Bloomberg LP, Michael Bloomberg ($96.3 billion, up from $76.8 billion).
