49 FL Billionaires Among America's Richest People: See New List

Jeff Bezos, who is worth an estimated $241 billion, is the richest person in Florida, according to the Forbes 400 ranking of the wealthiest Americans released Tuesday.

Bezos built the Amazon empire and grew his wealth, ranking fourth nationally.

Overall, Florida has 49 billionaires on the elite Forbes list. They’re worth a combined $705.74 billion.

America’s super-rich have never been wealthier. The 400 richest people in the country are worth a record $6.6 trillion — $1.2 trillion richer than they were last year, due mainly to surging stock markets and “AI mania," Forbes said.

It took a net worth of $1.7 billion to make the Forbes 400 a decade ago, and those with fortunes of $3.8 billion were “comfortably within the top half of the ranking,” Forbes said, noting that now, “that lofty sum is the minimum required.”

Other Floridians in the ranking include:

• Thomas Peterffy, discounty brokerage industry, worth $77.3 billion, ranked 18th nationally, has a philanthropy score of 1
• Ken Griffin, hedge funds industry, worth $50.4 billion, ranked 21st nationally, has a philanthropy score of 2
• David Tepper, hedge funds industry, worth $23.7 billion, ranked 41st nationally, has a philanthropy score of 2
• Stephen Ross, worth $17 billion, ranked 59th nationally, real-estate industry, have a philanthropy score of 2
• Robert Duggan, worth $15.4 billion, pharmaceuticals industry, ranked 68th nationally, no philanthropy score available
• Shahid Khan, worth $14.3 billion, auto parts industry, ranked 74th nationally, has a philanthropy score of 1
• J. Christopher Reyes, worth $13.1 billion, food distribution industry, ranked 87th nationally, has a philanthropy score of 1
• Jude Reyes, worth $13.1 billion, food distribution industry, ranked 87th nationally, has a philanthropy score of 1

Elon Musk remained at the top of the list. He also became the first person on the list to surpass $400 billion. That was $152 billion richer than Larry Ellison, the second-richest American, and a difference that’s more than Warren Buffett’s entire net worth, Forbes said.

The 10 richest people in America are:

1. Elon Musk, 54, $428 billion, Tesla, SpaceX (Texas)
2. Larry Ellison, 81, $276 billion, Oracle (California)
3. Mark Zuckerberg, 41, $253 billion, Facebook (California)
4. Jeff Bezos, 61, $241 billion, Amazon (Florida)
5. Larry Page, 52, $179 billion, Google (California)
6. Sergey Brin, 52, $166 billion, Google (California)
7. Steve Ballmer, 69, $153 billion, Microsoft (Washington)
8. Jensen Huang, 62, $151 billion, semiconductors (California)
9. Warren Buffett, 95, $150 billion, Berkshire Hathaway (Nebraska)
10. Michel Dell, 60, $129 billion, Dell Technologies (Texas)

This year’s ranking includes 14 newcomers, including four who are worth $10 billion or more.

President Donald Trump ranks 201st on the list with a net worth of $7.3 billion. Within the real estate industry, Trump ranks eighth in the sector, led by Donald Bren of California, with a net worth of $19.2 billion, and Stephen Ross of Florida, who is worth about $17 billion.