The Top 160 Americans Now Control $2 Trillion of Wealth – People's Policy Project

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According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the

wealthiest 160 Americans increased their net worth by $312 billion last year. At the start of the year, these SUBSCRIBE individuals had a combined net worth of $1.7 trillion.

By the end of the year, it was over $2 trillion. FOLLOW

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Combined Net Worth of Wealthiest 160 Am

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Among the top 160, the head wealth accumulator last year was Amazon’s Jeff Bezos who increased his fortune by $33.7 billion. At the bottom of the list was George Soros whose wealth declined by $2.2 billion. Soros’s decline is likely the result of the fact that he continues to transfer huge quantities of wealth to The Open Society Foundations. The below graph lists every member of the top 160 according to how much wealth they accumulated last year (hover your cursor over each bar to get an exact amount).

Change In Net Worth of Wealthiest 160 Am

Jeff Bezos

Mark Zuckerberg

Larry Page

Rob Walton

Warren Buffett

Alice Walton

Sergey Brin https://peoplespolicyproject.org/2018/01/02/the-top-160-americans-now-control-2-trillion-of-wealth/ 2/13 1/4/2018 The Top 160 Americans Now Control $2 Trillion Of Wealth – People's Policy Project

Jim Walton

Larry Ellison

Bill Gates

Steve Ballmer

Sheldon Adelson

Elon R Musk

Sun Hongbin

Thomas Peterffy

Dustin Moskovitz

Leonard Lauder

Lukas Walton

Phil Knight

Paul Allen

John Menard Jr

Dan Gilbert

Ken Griffin

Micky Arison

Ingrid Wu

Rupert Murdoch

Dan Friedkin

Eric Schmidt

Charles Koch

David Koch

Dave Duffield

Bernie Marcus

Jacqueline Mars

John Mars

Jan Koum

David Filo

Abby Johnson

Michael Dell

Steve Schwarzman https://peoplespolicyproject.org/2018/01/02/the-top-160-americans-now-control-2-trillion-of-wealth/ 3/13 1/4/2018 The Top 160 Americans Now Control $2 Trillion Of Wealth – People's Policy Project

Len Blavatnik

Gordon Moore

Pierre Omidyar

Judy Faulkner

Charles Schwab

Nancy Walton Laurie

Ron Perelman

Christy Walton

Diane Hendricks

Ann Walton Kroenke

Leon Black

Marc Benioff

Rich Devos

Brian Acton

Stephen Ross

Thomas Frist

Robert Rowling

Jim Davis

John Malone

Reinhold Schmieding

George Roberts

Steve Cohen

Dagmar Dolby

Randa Duncan Williams

Dannine Avara

Scott Duncan

Milane Duncan Frantz

Gabe Newell

Henry Kravis

Fred Smith

David Geffen

Elaine Marshall https://peoplespolicyproject.org/2018/01/02/the-top-160-americans-now-control-2-trillion-of-wealth/ 4/13 1/4/2018 The Top 160 Americans Now Control $2 Trillion Of Wealth – People's Policy Project

John Paulson

John Paul DeJoria

Ralph Lauren

John Albert Sobrato

Stan Kroenke

Ronda Stryker

Carl Cook

Jim Goodnight

Robert Pera

Steven Spielberg

Jeff Sutton

Ned Johnson III

Izzy Englander

Donald Bren

Edward Roski

Bob Rich

Shahid Khan

Ken Fisher

Marijke Mars

Victoria Mars

Pam Mars-Wright

Valerie Mars

Rupert Johnson

Richard LeFrak

Blair Parry-Okeden

Jim Kennedy

Charles Johnson

Ray Dalio

Jeremy Jacobs

George Lucas

Harold Hamm

Charles Dolan https://peoplespolicyproject.org/2018/01/02/the-top-160-americans-now-control-2-trillion-of-wealth/ll b 5/13 1/4/2018 The Top 160 Americans Now Control $2 Trillion Of Wealth – People's Policy Project Laurene Powell Jobs

Les Wexner

David Sun

John Tu

Lynn Schusterman

Walter Scott

John Sall

Ira Rennert

Margaretta Taylor

James Chambers

Katharine Rayner

Terry Pegula

Ross Perot

Phil Anschutz

Steve Bechtel

Donald Newhouse

David Tepper

Dennis Washington

Jim Simons

David Shaw

Jim Leprino

Woody Johnson

Andy Beal

B Wayne Hughes

Whitney MacMillan

Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer

Pauline MacMillan Keinath

Bob Kraft

Trevor Rees-Jones

Stan Druckenmiller

Bill Koch

Mark Shoen

P t i k S Shi https://peoplespolicyproject.org/2018/01/02/the-top-160-americans-now-control-2-trillion-of-wealth/ 6/13 1/4/2018 The Top 160 Americans Now Control $2 Trillion Of Wealth – People's Policy Project Patrick Soon-Shiong

Leonard Stern

Eli Broad

Tamara Hughes Gustavson

Rocco Commisso

Kelcy Warren

Sam Zell

Alfonso Fanjul

Jose Fanjul

Charles Butt

Richard Kinder

Mary Malone

Tom Love

Judy Love

George Kaiser

Ray Hunt

Marian Ilitch

Jude Reyes

Chris Reyes

Jeff Hildebrand

Carl Icahn

Bruce Halle

Charlie Ergen

Travis Kalanick

George Soros

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After all these changes, the overall wealth scoreboard looked like this as of December 31.

Net Worth of Wealthiest 160 Americans (

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Bill Gates

Warren Buffett

Mark Zuckerberg

Larry Ellison $53.1bn

Larry Page $52.4bn

Sergey Brin $51.1bn

Charles Koch $48.2bn

David Koch $48.2bn

Rob Walton $46.6bn

Jim Walton $46.1bn

Alice Walton $45.4bn

Sheldon Adelson $35.9bn

Steve Ballmer $34.9bn

Jacqueline Mars $33.6bn

John Mars $33.6bn

Phil Knight $27.4bn

Paul Allen $24bn

Michael Dell $20.9bn

Len Blavatnik $20.6bn

Elon R Musk $20bn

Carl Icahn $19.2bn

Laurene Powell Jobs $19.1bn

Thomas Peterffy $19.1bn

Ron Perelman $18.6bn

Donald Bren $17.2bn

Dustin Moskovitz $17.1bn

Lukas Walton $16.7bn

Elaine Marshall $16.5bn

Charlie Ergen $15.8bn

Jim Simons $15.7bn

Harold Hamm $15.5bn

Leonard Lauder $14.9bn https://peoplespolicyproject.org/2018/01/02/the-top-160-americans-now-control-2-trillion-of-wealth/ 8/13 1/4/2018 The Top 160 Americans Now Control $2 Trillion Of Wealth – People's Policy Project

John Menard Jr $14.7bn

Ray Dalio $14.6bn

Rupert Murdoch $14.3bn

Eric Schmidt $13.3bn

George Kaiser $12.7bn

Steve Cohen $12.1bn

Steve Schwarzman $12.1bn

Micky Arison $11.9bn

Donald Newhouse $11.6bn

Jan Koum $11.1bn

Phil Anschutz $10.9bn

Stephen Ross $10.2bn

David Tepper $10.1bn

Jim Goodnight $10bn

Charles Schwab $9.5bn

Abby Johnson $9.5bn

Blair Parry-Okeden $9.2bn

Jim Kennedy $9.2bn

Gordon Moore $9.2bn

John Malone $9.2bn

Andy Beal $9.1bn

Thomas Frist $9bn

Bernie Marcus $8.9bn

Carl Cook $8.8bn

Sun Hongbin $8.8bn

Patrick Soon-Shiong $8.8bn

Pierre Omidyar $8.7bn

Dan Gilbert $8.5bn

Ken Griffin $8.5bn

Marijke Mars $8.4bn

Victoria Mars $8.4bn

Pam Mars-Wright $8.4bn https://peoplespolicyproject.org/2018/01/02/the-top-160-americans-now-control-2-trillion-of-wealth/ 9/13 1/4/2018 The Top 160 Americans Now Control $2 Trillion Of Wealth – People's Policy Project

Valerie Mars $8.4bn

Jeff Hildebrand $8.2bn

George Soros $8bn

David Geffen $8bn

Les Wexner $7.9bn

Robert Rowling $7.9bn

Stan Kroenke $7.9bn

Richard LeFrak $7.7bn

Dave Duffield $7.6bn

Eli Broad $7.4bn

Christy Walton $7.4bn

Richard Kinder $6.9bn

Charles Butt $6.9bn

Diane Hendricks $6.8bn

John Albert Sobrato $6.8bn

John Paulson $6.6bn

George Lucas $6.6bn

Ralph Lauren $6.4bn

Marian Ilitch $6.2bn

Margaretta Taylor $6.1bn

James Chambers $6.1bn

Katharine Rayner $6.1bn

Ingrid Wu $6.1bn

Brian Acton $6.1bn

Leon Black $6bn

Rich Devos $6bn

Jim Davis $6bn

Ray Hunt $6bn

Dan Friedkin $5.9bn

Ira Rennert $5.9bn

Steven Spielberg $5.9bn

Ned Johnson III $5.9bn https://peoplespolicyproject.org/2018/01/02/the-top-160-americans-now-control-2-trillion-of-wealth/ 10/13 1/4/2018 The Top 160 Americans Now Control $2 Trillion Of Wealth – People's Policy Project

Bob Rich $5.9bn

George Roberts $5.7bn

Mark Shoen $5.7bn

Rupert Johnson $5.7bn

Randa Duncan Williams $5.6bn

Dannine Avara $5.6bn

Scott Duncan $5.6bn

Milane Duncan Frantz $5.6bn

Henry Kravis $5.6bn

David Sun $5.6bn

John Tu $5.6bn

Stan Druckenmiller $5.6bn

Reinhold Schmieding $5.5bn

Shahid Khan $5.5bn

Charles Johnson $5.4bn

Gabe Newell $5.4bn

Nancy Walton Laurie $5.4bn

John Paul DeJoria $5.4bn

Lynn Schusterman $5.4bn

David Filo $5.3bn

Trevor Rees-Jones $5.2bn

Terry Pegula $5.2bn

Jeff Sutton $5.1bn

Jude Reyes $5.1bn

Chris Reyes $5.1bn

John Sall $5bn

Leonard Stern $5bn

Judy Faulkner $5bn

David Shaw $4.9bn

Charles Dolan $4.9bn

Marc Benioff $4.9bn

Ronda Stryker $4.8bn https://peoplespolicyproject.org/2018/01/02/the-top-160-americans-now-control-2-trillion-of-wealth/ 11/13 1/4/2018 The Top 160 Americans Now Control $2 Trillion Of Wealth – People's Policy Project

Travis Kalanick $4.7bn

Kelcy Warren $4.7bn

Bruce Halle $4.7bn

Edward Roski $4.7bn

Dennis Washington $4.7bn

Rocco Commisso $4.6bn

Tom Love $4.6bn

Judy Love $4.6bn

Tamara Hughes Gustavson $4.6bn

Mary Malone $4.5bn

Sam Zell $4.4bn

Whitney MacMillan $4.4bn

Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer $4.4bn

Pauline MacMillan Keinath $4.4bn

Izzy Englander $4.4bn

Ann Walton Kroenke $4.4bn

Ken Fisher $4.4bn

Fred Smith $4.4bn

Walter Scott $4.3bn

B Wayne Hughes $4.3bn

Alfonso Fanjul $4.3bn

Jose Fanjul $4.3bn

Robert Pera $4.2bn

Ross Perot $4.2bn

Woody Johnson $4.2bn

Bob Kraft $4.2bn

Dagmar Dolby $4.2bn

Jim Leprino $4.2bn

Jeremy Jacobs $4.1bn

Steve Bechtel $4.1bn

Bill Koch $4.1bn

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For comparison, the median family had a net worth of $97,300 in 2016 according to the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances.

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