The Forbes 400 – who have each accumulated at least $2.9bn – added $4.5tn to their wealth
The 400 richest Americans added $4.5tn to their wealth last year, a 40% rise, even as the pandemic shuttered large parts of the US, according to Forbes magazine’s latest tally of the country’s richest people.
The
Amazon founder,
Jeff Bezos, retained top spot for a fourth consecutive year with a net worth of $201bn, followed by
Elon Musk of Tesla and
Mark Zuckerberg of
Facebook, with net worths of $190.5bn and $134.5bn respectively.