Up to 100 richest men in United States: Forbes list

On October 3, 2026, Forbes tracked 100 male billionaires with United States as their country of citizenship. The list below is ordered by estimated net worth in U.S. dollars.

Forbes tracks billionaires, not every wealthy person. Fewer than 100 entries does not mean there are no other wealthy men in United States; it means the public list has fewer qualifying names.

Forbes Real-Time Billionaires

Men tracked by Forbes

1. Elon Musk — US$ 981.0B (Tesla, SpaceX)

2. Jeff Bezos — US$ 371.2B (Amazon)

3. Larry Page — US$ 281.8B (Google)

4. Michael Dell — US$ 273.9B (Dell Technologies)

5. Sergey Brin — US$ 259.3B (Google)

6. Mark Zuckerberg — US$ 249.6B (Facebook)

7. Jensen Huang — US$ 202.5B (Nvidia)

8. Larry Ellison — US$ 184.2B (Oracle)

9. Steve Ballmer — US$ 160.6B (Microsoft)

10. Warren Buffett — US$ 143.0B (Berkshire Hathaway)

11. Rob Walton & family — US$ 129.0B (Walmart)

12. Jim Walton & family — US$ 125.8B (Walmart)

13. Bill Gates — US$ 114.2B (Microsoft)

14. Thomas Peterffy — US$ 102.4B (Discount brokerage)

15. Michael Bloomberg — US$ 94.9B (Bloomberg LP)

16. Jeff Yass — US$ 77.8B (Trading, investments)

17. Charles Koch & family — US$ 76.9B (Koch, Inc.)

18. Ken Griffin — US$ 57.2B (Hedge funds)

19. John Mars — US$ 50.3B (Candy, pet food)

20. Lukas Walton — US$ 43.5B (Walmart )

21. Stephen Schwarzman — US$ 40.5B (Investments)

22. Eric Schmidt — US$ 38.2B (Google)

23. Peter Thiel — US$ 37.7B (Facebook, investments)

24. Thomas Frist Jr & family — US$ 35.2B (Hospitals)

25. John Tu — US$ 34.4B (Computer hardware)

26. David Sun — US$ 34.4B (Computer hardware)

27. Len Blavatnik — US$ 34.1B (Music, chemicals)

28. Henry Samueli — US$ 33.6B (Semiconductors)

29. Robert Pera — US$ 29.6B (Wireless networking)

30. David Tepper — US$ 28.5B (Hedge funds)

31. Stanley Kroenke — US$ 27.6B (Sports, real estate)

32. Israel Englander — US$ 27.6B (Hedge funds)

33. Steve Cohen — US$ 26.7B (Hedge funds)

34. Greg Brockman — US$ 25.5B (OpenAI)

35. Rupert Murdoch & family — US$ 24.5B (Newspapers, TV network)

36. Phil Knight & family — US$ 24.4B (Nike)

37. Brett Adcock — US$ 23.4B (Robots)

38. John Doerr — US$ 23.0B (Venture capital)

39. Jerry Jones & family — US$ 23.0B (Dallas Cowboys)

40. Rick Cohen & family — US$ 22.0B (Warehouse automation)

41. Ernest Garcia II — US$ 22.0B (Used cars)

42. Henry Nicholas III — US$ 21.7B (Semiconductors)

43. Stephen Ross — US$ 21.5B (Real estate)

44. Daniel Gilbert — US$ 20.2B (Rocket Mortgage)

45. Alexander Karp — US$ 20.2B (Software firm)

46. Todd Graves — US$ 20.0B (Fast food)

47. Donald Bren — US$ 19.8B (Real estate)

48. Arthur Dantchik — US$ 19.5B (Trading, investments)

49. Philip Anschutz — US$ 19.3B (Energy, sports, entertainment)

50. Harold Hamm & family — US$ 19.0B (Oil & gas)

51. Ray Dalio — US$ 18.9B (Hedge funds)

52. Jan Koum — US$ 18.9B (WhatsApp)

53. Edwin Chen — US$ 18.0B (Artificial intelligence)

54. Eric Smidt — US$ 17.8B (Hardware stores)

55. Antonio Gracias — US$ 17.1B (Investments)

56. Josh Kushner — US$ 16.7B (Venture capital )

57. Peter Mallouk — US$ 16.5B (Wealth planning)

58. Shahid Khan — US$ 16.3B (Sports teams, auto parts)

59. Edward Johnson IV — US$ 16.3B (Fidelity)

60. Dario Amodei — US$ 15.5B (Artificial intelligence)

61. Jack Clark — US$ 15.5B (Artificial intelligence)

62. Jared Kaplan — US$ 15.5B (Artificial intelligence)

63. Sam McCandlish — US$ 15.5B (Artificial intelligence)

64. Tom Brown — US$ 15.5B (Artificial intelligence)

65. George Kaiser — US$ 15.4B (Oil & gas, banking)

66. Robert Kraft — US$ 15.2B (Manufacturing, New England Patriots)

67. Ralph Lauren & family — US$ 15.1B (Apparel)

68. Ken Fisher — US$ 15.0B (Money management)

69. George Kurtz — US$ 14.8B (Security software)

70. John Menard Jr — US$ 14.4B (Home improvement stores)

71. J. Christopher Reyes — US$ 14.3B (Food distribution)

72. Jude Reyes — US$ 14.3B (Food distribution)

73. Leon Black — US$ 13.9B (Private equity)

74. Jeffery Hildebrand — US$ 13.8B (Oil & gas)

75. Charles Schwab — US$ 13.7B (Discount brokerage)

76. George Roberts — US$ 13.5B (Private equity)

77. Pierre Omidyar — US$ 13.5B (EBay, PayPal)

78. William Ackman — US$ 13.1B (Hedge funds)

79. Charles Ergen — US$ 13.0B (Satellite TV)

80. Michael Sabel — US$ 13.0B (oil & gas)

81. Robert Pender — US$ 13.0B (oil & gas)

82. Brad Jacobs — US$ 12.8B (Logistics)

83. Richard Kinder — US$ 12.8B (Pipelines)

84. Arthur Blank — US$ 12.7B (Home Depot)

85. Robert Duggan — US$ 12.7B (Pharmaceuticals)

86. Dan Friedkin — US$ 12.7B (Toyota dealerships)

87. Douglas Leone — US$ 12.5B (Venture capital)

88. David Steward — US$ 12.3B (IT provider)

89. Henry Kravis — US$ 12.2B (Private equity)

90. Jimmy Haslam — US$ 12.2B (Gas stations, retail)

91. Ken Xie & family — US$ 12.1B (Cybersecurity)

92. Bubba Cathy — US$ 12.0B (Chick-fil-A)

93. Dan Cathy — US$ 12.0B (Chick-fil-A)

94. Andrew Beal — US$ 12.0B (Banks, real estate)

95. Mark Stevens — US$ 11.9B (Venture capital)

96. Terrence Pegula — US$ 11.8B (Natural gas)

97. Micky Arison & family — US$ 11.8B (Carnival Cruises)

98. Josh Harris — US$ 11.7B (Private equity)

99. Michael Dorrell — US$ 11.7B (Investing)

100. Patrick Soon-Shiong — US$ 11.7B (Pharmaceuticals)