the first billionaire ever It is believed to be Standard Oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller in 1916, or possibly Henry Ford in 1925. Fast forward some 100 years to 2021: as the COVID-19 pandemic 19 continued to rage, a record 660 people became billionaires globally, increasing the number from the previous year by 30%. While the United States is home to the most billionaires of any other country, Americans are somewhat divided in their feelings about the billionaire class. According to Pew Research Center datapeople in the United States have become somewhat more critical of billionaires between 2020 and 2021. Although support for individual billionaires like Elon Musk or Bill Gates is relatively strong, many Americans feel the ultra-rich– as a group rather than as individuals – negatively. Meanwhile, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is set to become the world’s first billionaire by 2026.
The richest billionaires in the United States are mainly concentrated in some industries: finance and investments, and technology. Other rich sectors include food and beverage, fashion and retail, and media and entertainment. In order to determine who the richest Americans are, as well as how they reached their billionaire status, Stacker has compiled a list of the richest billionaires residing in California, using data from Forbes. Billionaires are ranked by net worth as of March 31. Forbes lists 184 billionaires in California.
#20. Patrick Collisson
– Fortune: 9.5 billion dollars (#218 richest in the world)
– Residence: San Francisco, California
– Source of wealth: payment software
#19. Jan Koum
– Wealth: $10.0 billion (#207 richest in the world)
– Residence: Atherton, California
– Source of wealth: WhatsApp
#18. Gordon Moore
– Fortune: 10.5 billion dollars (198th richest person in the world)
– Residence: Woodside, California
– Source of wealth: Intel
#17. David Gefen
– Fortune: 10.8 billion dollars (194th richest person in the world)
– Residence: Beverly Hills, California
– Source of wealth: films, record companies
#16. Andreas von Bechtolsheim and his family
– Fortune: 10.9 billion dollars (193rd richest person in the world)
– Residence: Palo Alto, California
– Source of wealth: Google
#15. Nathan Blecharczyk
– Net worth: $11.0 billion (189th richest person in the world)
– Residence: San Francisco, California
– Source of wealth: Airbnb
#14. David Cheriton
– Fortune: 11.8 billion dollars (176th richest person in the world)
– Residence: Palo Alto, California
– Source of wealth: Google
#13. Joe Gebbia
– Fortune: 11.9 billion dollars (175th richest person in the world)
– Residence: San Francisco, California
– Source of wealth: Airbnb
#12. Charles Schwab
– Fortune: 13.2 billion dollars (149th richest person in the world)
– Residence: Woodside, California
– Source of wealth: discount brokerage
#11. Brian Chesky
– Fortune: 13.8 billion dollars (141st richest person in the world)
– Residence: San Francisco, California
– Source of wealth: Airbnb
#ten. Dustin Moskovitz
– Fortune: 13.9 billion dollars (138th richest person in the world)
– Residence: San Francisco, California
– Source of wealth: Facebook
#9. John Doer
– Fortune: 13.9 billion dollars (136th richest person in the world)
– Residence: Woodside, California
– Source of wealth: venture capital
#8. Donald Bren
– Fortune: 16.2 billion dollars (118th richest person in the world)
– Residence: Newport Beach, California
– Source of wealth: real estate
#7. Robert Pera
– Fortune: 17.0 billion dollars (111 billion richest in the world)
– Residence: San José, California
– Source of wealth: wireless network equipment
#6. Laurene Powell Jobs and Family
– Fortune: 18.1 billion dollars (101 billion richest in the world)
– Residence: Palo Alto, California
– Source of wealth: Apple, Disney
#5. Eric Schmidt
– Fortune: 23.6 billion dollars (69th richest person in the world)
– Residence: Atherton, California
– Source of wealth: Google
#4. jensen huang
– Fortune: 25.7 billion dollars (n°60 richest in the world)
– Residence: Los Altos, California
– Source of wealth: semiconductors
#3. Mark Zuckerberg
– Fortune: 81.3 billion dollars (15th richest person in the world)
– Residence: Palo Alto, California
– Source of wealth: Facebook
#2. Sergey Brin
– Net worth: $115.4 billion (#8 richest in the world)
– Residence: Los Altos, California
– Source of wealth: Google
#1. Larry Page
– Net worth: $120.2 billion (#6 richest in the world)
– Residence: Palo Alto, California
– Source of wealth: Google
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