Forbes 2022 Billionaires Ranking: Musk Tops No. 10, Zuckerberg Slips Out Of Top XNUMX

Elon Musk is the only "Scrooge of America" to have increased his assets, while the founder of Facebook marks the biggest loss in the list of 2022 (-77 billion)

Forbes has released its annual ranking of America's 400 Richest Billionaires 2022, but for the first time since the Great Recession, the US Scrooges aren't getting richer. After a roaring 2021, the 400 richest people in the United States – along with many Americans – have been hit by rising inflation and falling markets. This year's Forbes 400 group is $500 billion poorer than it was a year ago. Their total net worth is $4.000 trillion, down 11% from last year. The minimum net worth required to make the list also decreased by $200 million to $2,7 billion.

At the top is the patron of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk, which surpasses the former CEO of Amazon by 100 billion Jeff Bezos. But compared to Musk's primacy, the real news is the exit from the Top 10 of the founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg which ranks eleventh. But let's see ranking of the Scrooges of America 2022 according to Forbes magazine.

The "tech ducks" suffer: in 2022 they lost 315 billion

No one has been hit harder than tech billionaires, who lost a combined $315 billion, as their stock prices plummeted and the flow of venture capital slowed. This year, 41 people have lost their jobs, including Jerry Yang of Yahoo, RJ Scaringe of Rivian and, thanks to the cryptocurrency winter, i Winklevoss twins.

Still, it was a great year to be an oil and gas mogul, sports mogul, or Elon Musk. Fortunes were calculated using stock prices as of September 2, 2022.

Musk increasingly rich with assets worth 251 billion

Musk – in first place in the world ranking of the super-rich – is the only one Forbes Top 10 billionaire to have increased his assets between 2021 and 2022. Despite all the turmoil in his professional and personal life, such as the lawsuit with TwitterMusk is estimated to be $60,5 billion richer this year, thanks to an 11% jump in Tesla stock and new funding rounds for SpaceX. Behind him, the founder of Amazon saw a drop of 50 billion (from 201 to 151) in the year in which he left the presidency of the e-commerce giant (Amazon stock nevertheless marked a decline of 27 %). However, the donation of Amazon shares for over 400 million dollars made in recent months by Bezos in favor of some non-profit organizations (whose name remains unknown) plays in his favor.

Billionaires ranking 2022: Zuckerberg "poorer" by 76 billion

While Bill Gates moved up one spot, to number 3, despite donating $20 billion to his foundation earlier this year, thanks largely to Zuck's down year. Since September 2021, he has lost more than half of his fortune – a staggering $76,8 billion – with Meta's shares plummeting (-57%). the biggest loss of anyone on the 2022 list.

The top 20 people on the list – the top 5% – are worth a whopping $1,6 trillion and account for 40% of the entire Forbes 400 wealth.

Forbes 2022 ranking of America's billionaires: the new entries

In the midst of all these upheavals, there are many new entries. The richest of the 20 newcomers is the oil billionaire Autry Stephens, a West Texas grower with an estimated $10 billion worth. He is one of 19 on the list who made their money in the energy sector, 15 of whom are richer than 2021, a selling point during the market downturn given the soaring in oil prices over the past year. Among the other newcomers, the Elon Musk “fanboy” stands out Leo Koguan, the grocery wholesaler and AI billionaire Rick Cohen e Todd Boehley, at the head of a group that bought the football club in May Chelsea for $3,1 billion and who is one of 50 sports owners on this year's list.

22 other people who made a previous Forbes 400 list and then dropped out are back in the elite club, including the motor racing legend Roger Penske, the co-founder of Uber Travis Kalanick e Donald Trump.

Forbes billionaires list 2022 dominated by men

Members of the Forbes 400 list remain largely self-made: 275, or 69%, created their fortune rather than inheriting it. The list also remains dominated by men, with barely 58 women, 2 more than a year ago. The richest woman: Julia Kochwidow of David Koch of Koch Industries (d. 2019). Richest Self-Made Woman: Diane hendricks, co-founder of building materials distributor ABC Supply.