America’s still the land of opportunity — if you’re a billionaire. In 2025, that hasn’t changed in the slightest. Dollars have poured in from every corner of the economy: Silicon Valley, retail moguls, Wall Street royalty. You know a lot of these faces. Others stay under the radar. But all of them have an empire.
Here are 18 of the richest people in the United States today, as per Forbes’ annual list of the obscenely rich.
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Elon Musk – Texas
Yep, he’s got $424.7 billion. Elon Musk still runs Tesla and SpaceX and launches rockets into orbit. He packed up and moved to Texas a few years back, chasing lower costs and easier business rules. Love him or hate him, the guy’s always in the mix.
Mark Zuckerberg – California
Facebook (Meta) founder Mark Zuckerberg is worth about $258.7 billion. He’s based in California. He’s been pouring money into virtual and augmented reality technologies for his vision of a “metaverse.” Since Meta owns both Instagram and WhatsApp, it reaches a huge share of online users.
Larry Ellison – Hawaii
$289.3 billion and living on a Hawaiian island, not bad, right? Ellison co-founded Oracle, the software behemoth that provides business software to organizations worldwide. Present day: He owns most of Lanai, an island in Hawaii, and seems perfectly content to island hop away from the Silicon Valley hustle.
Jeff Bezos – Washington
Bezos founded Amazon and oversaw its domination of just about everything. He’s worth about $228.9 billion. Bezos spends more time on his space company, Blue Origin, and divides his living between Florida and Texas. That said, Washington is where the Amazon story began.
Warren Buffett – Nebraska
Here’s a twist: one of the richest guys in the world still lives in a regular house in Omaha. Warren Buffett is at $141.8 billion, most of it made through investing with Berkshire Hathaway.
Bill Gates – Washington
Bill Gates: Is the name familiar? Probably. Microsoft founder Bill Gates helped put computers in nearly every household. These days he no longer runs the multi-billion-dollar software empire he created. Instead he is working with his foundation to combat global problems. Gates’ net worth is roughly $115.5 billion and he still lives in Washington.
Steve Ballmer – Washington
After Gates left, Steve Ballmer stepped up to run Microsoft. Under his lead, Microsoft jumped into the Xbox world and leaned harder into business tools. These days, he’s the proud owner of the LA Clippers and has a fortune close to $146.6 billion.
Larry Page – California
It all started in a dorm room — Larry Page co-founded Google and changed the internet forever. Now he’s sitting on around $155.8 billion. He also launched Alphabet to manage everything Google kept adding to its plate.
Sergey Brin – California
Brin co-founded Google and focused on the technical side — especially making search more efficient. He supported some out-there projects like Google Glass and led Alphabet for a while. He’s still in California and worth just under $148.7 billion.
Michael Dell – Texas
Michael Dell’s got around $128.2 billion to his name, thanks to building Dell Technologies from the ground up. He helped make computers a household thing and now runs a huge tech empire out of Texas.
Jim Walton – Arkansas
Jim Walton is the Walmart heir who managed to keep a relatively low profile as a $116.4 billion-dollar billionaire. He did not hustle for attention like some other billionaires; he went into banking and focused on managing his family fortune (based in Arkansas).
Rob Walton – Colorado
Rob Walton is the oldest of the Walton family. He is worth a net $117.4 billion. Walton was the former chairman of Walmart, where he played a pivotal role in scaling the store to its current size.
Ken Griffin – Florida
Ken Griffin is a billionaire hedge fund manager who made his billions leading the investment firm Citadel. He’s currently valued at about $46.8 billion.
Stephen Schwarzman – New York
Stephen Schwarzman is one of the co-founders of Blackstone, a private equity firm with investments in real estate, technology and finance. He’s built a fortune worth roughly $50.4 billion, (and a big name in the business world.)
Eric Schmidt – California
Eric Schmidt helped grow Google into the global company it is today. He spent years as the CEO and was a major part of its rise. Today he is a $25.5 billion man. Lately he has been investing in artificial intelligence and defense technologies.
Reed Hastings – California
Netflix founder Reed Hastings transformed the way people around the world watch movies and TV. The streaming service he built has become a global entertainment juggernaut. He’s worth an estimated $6.4 billion.
Jamie Dimon – New York
Jamie Dimon has been the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, one of the world’s largest banks, for years. His net worth is around $2.7 billion, and he’s still a major presence in the financial world (based in New York).
Alice Walton – Texas
Sister to Jim and Rob, Alice Walton is one of the world’s leading art patrons and business magnates. Her estimated net worth of $107.8 billion is built on the Walmart retail empire. And she spends much of her time and money on the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas.
Source: Forbes
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