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Forbes Top 10 Richest People in USA 2022
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Who are the richest people in the United States of America (USA) in 2022?
It is an undebatable fact that the United States attained world power and the world’s largest national economy in terms of GDP since at least the 1920s.
Additionally, the United States has produced the highest number of billionaires in the world. The US has 724 billionaires, followed by China (including Hong Kong and Macau) with 698 billionaires. Together, USA and China account for more than 50% of the world’s billionaires.
Without further ado, here is a list of Forbes’ richest billionaires in the USA (2022), their net worth, source of wealth and residence.
Top 10 Richest People in USA 2022 (Forbes)
| Name | Net Worth | Source of wealth | Residence | |
| 1 | Elon Musk | $274.3 billion | Tesla, SpaceX | Austin, Texas |
| 2 | Jeff Bezos | $180.2 billion | Amazon | Seattle, Washington |
| 3 | Bill Gates | $134 billion | Microsoft, investments | Medina, Washington |
| 4 | Warren Buffett | $127.3 billion | Berkshire, Hathaway | Omaha, Nebraska |
| 5 | Larry Page | $113.4 billion | Palo Alto, California | |
| 6 | Sergey Brin | $109 billion | Los Altos, California | |
| 7 | Larry Ellison | $113 billion | Software | Lanai, Hawaii |
| 8 | Steve Ballmer | $95.9 billion | Microsoft | Hunts Point, Washington |
| 9 | Michael Bloomberg | $82 billion | Bloomberg LP | New York City |
| 10 | Mark Zuckerberg | $79.4 billion | Palo Alto, California |
1. Elon Musk
Elon Musk born on the 28th of June, 1971, Elon Reeve Musk is a business tycoon, as well as an entrepreneur. Tesla Inc., Space X are his sources of wealth. He is the Founder, CEO, and chief engineer of SpaceX, and also the CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc.
Elon Musk is the first richest person in the U.S.A and also the first richest person in the world with a net worth of $219 billion
Elon Musk is a graduate of the University of Pretoria, Queen’s University, and, the University of Pennsylvania where he obtained a degree in BS and BA; in 1997.
Elon Musk has performed a U-turn on joining Twitter’s board despite becoming the social media company’s largest shareholder with a 9.2% stake.
Elon Musk is a genius. All credit goes to his out-of-the-box vision for the future, his ability to make his ideas a reality is what causes us to consider him a genius.
Elon Musk has also received several accolades for his contribution to the world of technology and business.
2. Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos was born on January 12, 1964, in Albuquerque and bred in Houston, USA.
Bezos is a graduate of Princeton University and a U.S born entrepreneur and business mogul, Jeffrey Preston Bezos who is popularly known as Jeff Bezos, is the CEO and Founder of the famous multinational technology company Amazon.
3. Bill Gates
William Henry Gates III is an American business magnate, software developer, investor, author, and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of Microsoft, along with his late childhood friend Paul Allen.
Bill Gates was born in Washington, on October 28, 1955.
Bill Gates is a school dropout who didn’t finish his university education at Havard University after he found his mark in software development.
He’s one of the richest people in the USA starting when he co-founded the Microsoft Corporation. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, founder of Branded Entertainment network and also the CEO of Cascade Investment.
In March, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation joined a coalition to develop drug candidates to combat future global contagions.
4. Warren Buffett
5. Larry Page
He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree (BS) at the University of Michigan and also a Master of Science (Ms) at Stanford University.
Born on March 26, 1973, in Michigan, Larry Page is the co-creator of PageRank, a search ranking algorithm for Google. He received the Marconi Prize in 2004 with co-writer Brin.
The creation of Google, fetched them good fortune, as it became the most widely used search engine in the world, earning them billions of dollars.
6. Sergey Brin
He is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park, where he got his Bachelor of Science degree before moving on to obtain his Master of Science degree at Stanford University. Brin was born on August 21, 1973.
Sergey Brin, along with Larry Page, were recipients of Award Recipients and National Finalists for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award.
7. Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison was born on August 17, 1944, in New York, Larry Ellison was recently ranked number ten on the list of the world’s wealthiest people. He is the proud owner of Lanai, in the Hawaiian Islands with over 3000 inhabitants. The island ranks number 41 on the list of the largest islands in the USA.
Larry Ellison was awarded the Golden Plate Award by the American Academy of Achievement in 1997. In 2013, Ellison was inducted into the Bay Area Business Hall of Fame.
Larry Ellison is the founder of Oracle, the software giant that created the first commercially viable relational database.
Under his leadership, Oracle grew into the largest supplier of database software and the second-largest supplier of business applications in the world.
8. Steve Ballmer
Steve Ballmer is a native of Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was born on 24th March 1965. After Roberto Goizueta, Steve Ballmer became the second person to become a billionaire in U.S dollars on the basis of stock options received as an employee of a corporation in which he served neither as the chairman nor a co-founder.
9. Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg began his career at the securities brokerage Salomon Brothers, a large Wall Street investment bank. In 1981, Phibro Corporation bought Salomon Brothers, fired Bloomberg and paid him $10 million for his equity in the firm. Then, He decided to start his own company, Bloomberg L.P.
Since its founding, Bloomberg L.P. has made several acquisitions including the radio station WNEW, BusinessWeek magazine, research company New Energy Finance, the Bureau of National Affairs and the financial software company Bloomberg PolarLake.
Michael Bloomberg company generated more than $10 billion in revenue in 2018.
Additionally, Michael Rubens Bloomberg was the mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013 and a candidate for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president of the United States.
10. Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire at the age of 23 in 2007. The American media magnate, internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist made attained this feat as a co-founder of Facebook. However, he has grown to acquire WhatsApp, Instagram and its parent company Meta Platforms, of which he is the chairman, chief executive officer, and controlling shareholder.
Meanwhile, Zuckerberg who has been one of the 10 richest people in the world since 2015 saw his net worth drop by nearly US$30 billion. This, according to CNBC, was due to the heavy plunge down of Meta shares in February 2022.