Top 10 Richest People in the U.S.
Bill Gates
U.S. wealth rank: 10
Overall wealth rank: 16
Net worth: $57.4 billion
Bill Gates spent the first part of his life amassing one of the world's greatest fortunes and now seems intent on giving it away
Elon Musk
U.S. wealth rank: 1
Overall wealth rank: 1
Net worth: $255.1 billion
Elon Musk, the cofounder and CEO of electric vehicle maker Tesla and CEO of SpaceX
Jeff Bezos
U.S. wealth rank: 2
Overall wealth rank: 4
Net worth: $138.6 billion
Jeff Bezos amassed a fortune from Amazon, the e-commerce powerhouse he started out of his garage in 1994
Jim Walton
U.S. wealth rank: 10
Overall wealth rank: 16
Net worth: $57.4 billion
The youngest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton, Jim Walton turned his seat on the company's board over to his own son
Larry Ellison
U.S. wealth rank: 5
Overall wealth rank: 7
Net worth: $89.7 billion
Larry Ellison still owns more than one-third of Oracle, the software giant he co-founded
Larry Page
U.S. wealth rank: 6
Overall wealth rank: 9
Net worth: $85.1 billion
Like Sergey Brin, Larry Page was pursuing an advanced computer science degree at Stanford when he co-founded Google in 1998
Michael Bloomberg
U.S. wealth rank: 9
Overall wealth rank: 12
Net worth: $76.8 billion
Michael Bloomberg built his enormous fortune from the ground up
Sergey Brin
U.S. wealth rank: 7
Overall wealth rank: 10
Net worth: $81.7 billion
Sergey Brin is no longer the president of Google's parent company Alphabet
Steve Ballmer
U.S. wealth rank: 8
Overall wealth rank: 11
Net worth: $77.9 billion
Stanford dropout Steve Ballmer joined Microsoft in 1980 as employee No
Warren Buffett
U.S. wealth rank: 4
Overall wealth rank: 6
Net worth: $92.4 billion
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway owns dozens of companies and brands, many of which