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No group has benefited from the white-hot market more than the 20 richest Americans. Eight of them are now worth $100 billion or more, up from just two a year ago and none in 2017. One boasts a fortune of more than $200 billion. The combined net worth of this elite echelon is up an unprecedented $500 billion over the last year, to $1.8 trillion—a figure greater than the GDP of Canada. Admission to the top 20 now requires a fortune of $36 billion, the most ever, to qualify.
NOVEMBER 2021
BY ANGEL AU-YEUNG, KENRICK CAI, JOHN HYATT, SERGEI KLEBNIKOV, RACHEL SANDLER, MICHELA TINDERA AND LISETTE VOYTKO. ILLUSTRATION BY ISRAEL G. VARGAS FOR FORBES
The Forbes 400
