Who are the richest Americans today? Forbes drops 2026 ranking

In America, the rich are getting richer, according to Forbes’ new list of the country’s top 400 wealthiest people.The wealth gap among the ultra-rich is widening, so much so that 590 American billionaires were “too poor” to make the annual Forbes 400 List, which calculated that everyone who made the cut is worth a combined $8 trillion.