62 Billionaires From NY Among Richest Americans: New Forbes List

NEW YORK — Billionaire Michael Bloomberg is the wealthiest person in New York, according to The Forbes 400, an annual ranking of America’s super rich released Tuesday.

Overall, the 400 richest billionaires in America are worth $4.5 trillion, tying a record set in 2021. Overall, they are about $500 billion richer than they were a year ago, in large part because of rebounding stock markets and an AI-driven tech boom, Forbes said.

Billionaires had to have a net worth at least $2.9 billion to be included on the prestigious list, up from $2.7 billion a year ago. Forbes said its net worth calculations use stock prices from Sept. 8.

New York's former mayor Michael Bloomberg, 81, of Bloomberg LP and the richest person in New York, is worth an estimated $96.3 billion. He is ranked the 10th most wealthy man nationwide.

In April, he was ranked the 7th richest person in the world, according to Forbes.

Other New York billionaires who made the cut include:

- Julia Koch, 61, and family, of Koch Industries, are worth an estimated $59.8 billion and ranked 15th nationwide.

- Stephen Schwarzman, 76, is noted for investments and is worth an estimated $34.5 billion, according to Forbes. He is ranked 23rd in the nation.

- Jim Simons, 85, whose funds are attributed to hedge funds, is worth an estimated $30.7 billion, according to Forbes; he is ranked 25th nationally.

- Rupert Murdoch, 92, and family, known for their newspaper, television and network presence, are worth an estimated $17.4 billion, according to Forbes; they are ranked 40th in the United States.

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Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, owner of the social media platform X, tops the list for a second year with an estimated net worth of $251 billion — $90 billion richer than Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and No. 2 on the list, and $93 billion ahead of Oracle software development company founder Larry Ellison.

Forbes also tracked the charitable giving of every member of The Forbes 400, and scored each person on a scale of 1 (those who have given less than 1 percent of their wealth away so far) to 5 (those who have given at least 20 percent). The richest people in America are, so far, not all that generous. Two-thirds of them have given less than 5 percent of their wealth away so far; only 11 have donated 20 percent or more.

In New York, George Soros, 93, whose wealth is attributed to hedge funds and is worth an estimated $6.7 billion, earned a score of 5 in charitable giving, the only billionaire in the state to earn that distinction. Bloomberg, Simons, Jon Stryker, and John Paulson ranked a 4 in charitable giving.

Read more about Forbes’ methodology.