The facts and figures of the 2021 Forbes400 list:
As a group, these U.S. billionaires are richer than ever before. And the cutoff to make the list jumped more than it ever has.year for many, but the good times keep on rolling for America’s richest. For the 40th annual Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans, the members’ collective fortune rose a massive 40% over the last year to $4.5 trillion, up from $3.2 trillion. Nearly all are richer than they were a year ago. The top 20 on the list are together worth a stunning $1.8 trillion.
clocks in at number four, the first time he hasn’t been in one of the top two spots in three decades. Gates andannounced in May that they divorcing after 27 years; soon after he transferred her about $5.7 billion worth of stock in companies like Deere & Co and Canadian Railway. Melinda French Gates appears on The Forbes 400 for the first time this year at No. 158 worth an estimated $6.3 billion.
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