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It is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets by Forbes and by data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. 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.
This list of members of the United States Congress by wealth includes the fifty richest members of Congress as of 2018. It displays the net worth (the difference between assets and liabilities) for the member and their immediate family, such as a spouse or dependent children.
Net worth (USD) Dimitris Melissanidis: Oil, shipping $3.4 billion (2015) Dinos Martinos and family Shipping $3.2 billion (2015) Minos Kiriakou Shipping, media $3 billion (2015) Evangelos Marinakis media, shipping $3.1 billion John Angelicoussis and family Shipping $2.4 billion (2015) Chryss Goulandris Shipping $2.4 billion (2015)
Dr. Dre currently holds the record for the highest annual earnings for a musician, collecting $620 million in 2014, mainly through the sales of his headphone-manufacturing company, Beats Electronics. [9] Madonna is the first woman in music to earn $100 million for a year (2009) and has become the highest-paid female musician a record 11 times.
The Forbes 400 or 400 Richest Americans is a list published by Forbes magazine of the wealthiest 400 American citizens who own assets in the U.S., ranked by net worth. The 400 was started by Malcolm Forbes in 1982 and the list is published annually around September. [2] Peter W. Bernstein and Annalyn Swan describe the Forbes 400 as capturing "a ...
The Bloomberg Billionaires Index, launched in March 2012, is a daily ranking of the world's 500 richest people based on their net worth. [4] [5] [6] It features a profile of each billionaire, and includes a tool that allows users to compare the fortunes of multiple billionaires. The index is updated every day at the close of trading in New York.
By 2008, a successful male model could earn a mid-six-figure range, maxing out around $500,000 a year. Supermodel Gisele Bündchen is the highest-ranked model on Forbes earning lists as of 2023, in different measurements, including the largest string of appearances on the top, and the highest sum registered ($47 million in 2014).
Meanwhile, Bill Gates in 1999 was worth nearly $150 billion in dollars adjusted to 2018. The second-richest person in terms of wealth compared to contemporary GDP is a subject of dispute. While most sources attribute this status to Andrew Carnegie, others argue that it could be Bill Gates, Cornelius Vanderbilt I, John Jacob Astor IV, or Henry Ford