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The Forbes 400 Richest Americans list has been published annually since 1982. The combined net worth of the 2020 class of the 400 richest Americans was $3.2 trillion, up from $2.7 trillion in 2017. [1] As of March 2023, there were 735 billionaires in the United States. [2]
As of 2020, over half of the members of Congress were millionaires and the median net worth of members was approximately $1 million. [4] The original documents for each member's disclosure are publicly available on database websites. [5] Since 2009, the salaries per annum of members of the United States Congress have been as follows: [6]
In 1957, Fortune magazine developed a list of the seventy-six wealthiest Americans, which was published in many American newspapers. [6] Jean Paul Getty, when asked his reaction to being named wealthiest American and whether he was worth a billion dollars, said, "You know, if you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars" and then added, "But remember, a billion dollars isn't ...
Before: $14 million. After: $20 million. The Johnson family’s net worth was $14 million thanks to land, radio, and TV holdings, the New York Times reported in 1964. When President Lyndon Johnson ...
The total net worth of the United States remained between 4.5 and 6 times GDP from 1960 until the 2000s, when it rose as high as 6.64 times GDP in 2006, principally due to an increase in the net worth of US households in the midst of the United States housing bubble. The net worth of the United States sharply declined to 5.2 times GDP by the ...
The list of presidents of the United States by net worth at peak varies greatly. Debt and depreciation often means that presidents' net worth is less than $0 at the time of death. [ 1] Most presidents before 1845 were extremely wealthy, especially Andrew Jackson and George Washington. Presidents since 1929, when Herbert Hoover took office, have ...
American households reported an average retirement account balance of $333,940 and an average net worth of $1.06 million. Read on to see an age-based breakdown of those figures. A person dropping ...
Net worth Source (Notes) Walter J. Kohler Jr. Republican: Governor of Wisconsin (1951–1957) Candidate for U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (1957) $8.8 billion [24] Owner of Vollrath: Rick Caruso: Democratic: Candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles (2022) $5.3 billion [25] Owner-founder of Caruso: Ronald Lauder: Republican