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Business organisation magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller is widely considered the richest American in history.

When adjusting for inflation, virtually sources agree on John D. Rockefeller existence the richest American in history, although some define richest as an individual'south wealth as a share of contemporary Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This method of comparing individuals' wealth across fourth dimension is disputed. For example, economic blogger Scott Sumner noted in 2018 that Rockefeller was worth $i.iv billion when he died in 1937, which was about $24 billion in dollars adapted to 2018. Meanwhile, Bill Gates in 1999 was worth nigh $150 billion in dollars adjusted to 2018.[1]

Second richest in terms of wealth over gimmicky Gross domestic product is disputed, with various sources listing Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, John Jacob Astor 4, Beak Gates, or Henry Ford. About sources agree on Carnegie. Further places are a affair of fifty-fifty bigger debate.

Cornelius Vanderbilt I left a fortune worth $100 million upon his death in 1870. Past some aggrandizement calculators that would be over $two.ii billion in 2021 dollars.

Given the economic rise of the Us since its origins, with America condign the foremost economical ability in the world by the late 19th century, the wealthiest men in America were ofttimes also the wealthiest men in the earth.

Fortune's Wealthiest Americans (1957) [edit]

In 1957, Fortune magazine developed a listing of the seventy-six wealthiest Americans, which was republished in many American newspapers. Jean Paul Getty, when asked his reaction on being named wealthiest American and whether he was really worth a billion dollars, said "You know, if you tin count your money, you don't have a billion dollars" and so added, "Only call back, a billion dollars isn't worth what it used to exist."[2]

The 2d category, covering the second to eighth richest individuals, included Andrew Mellon'due south son, daughter, niece, and nephew. Wealthiest Americans included a full of seven members of the Rockefeller family unit, v members of the Ford family, 4 members of the Du Pont family (and a non-family DuPont executive), and four Full general Motors executives.


$400,000,000 to $700,000,000

  • Ailsa Mellon Bruce, New York, New York; inherited wealth: Mellon Bank, Gulf Oil Company, Alcoa.
  • Arthur Vining Davis, Miami, Florida; Alcoa, Florida real estate.
  • H. L. Hunt, Dallas, Texas; contained oil operator.
  • Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; inherited wealth.
  • Richard King Mellon, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; inherited wealth: Alcoa, Gulf Oil, Mellon Bank, etc.
  • John D. Rockefeller Jr., New York; inherited wealth: Standard Oil Trust.
  • Sarah Mellon, Pittsburgh; inherited wealth.

$200,000,000 to $400,000,000

  • Irénée du Pont, Wilmington, Delaware and Republic of cuba; inherited wealth: E. I du Pont de Nemours & Co.
  • William du Pont Jr., Wilmington; inherited wealth: E. I du Pont de Nemours & Co.
  • Mrs. Frederick Guest, the former Amy Phipps, Palm Beach, Florida; inherited wealth from begetter Henry Phipps Jr., a Carnegie Steel executive.
  • Howard Hughes, Los Angeles; inherited wealth: Hughes Tool Company.
  • Joseph P. Kennedy, Boston, Massachusetts and New York; existent manor.
  • Daniel K. Ludwig, New York; National Bulk Carriers.
  • Sid Richardson, Fort Worth, Texas; independent Oil operator.
  • Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., New York; General Motors Corporation.

$100,000,000 to $200,000,000

  • James Abercrombie, Houston, Texas; independent oil operator.
  • Vincent Astor, New York; inherited wealth: existent manor.
  • Stephen Bechtel, San Francisco; construction, Bechtel Corporation.
  • William Blakley, Dallas; Braniff Airways, real estate.
  • Jacob Blaustein, Baltimore, Maryland; American Oil Visitor.
  • Lammot du Pont Copeland, Wilmington; E. I du Pont de Nemours & Co.
  • Clarence Dillon, New York; Dillon, Read & Co.
  • Doris Duke, New York and New Jersey; inherited wealth: tobacco.
  • Mrs. Alfred I. du Pont, Jacksonville, Florida and Wilmington; inherited wealth: St. Joe Paper Visitor, Eastward. I du Pont de Nemours & Co.
  • Mrs. Edsel Ford, Detroit, Michigan; inherited wealth: Ford Motor Company.
  • Amory Houghton, Ambassador to France; inherited wealth: Corning Glass.
  • Arthur A. Houghton Jr., New York; Corning Glass.
  • Roy Arthur Hunt, Pittsburgh; Alcoa.
  • William Keck, Los Angeles; Superior Oil.
  • Charles F. Kettering, Dayton, Ohio; General Motors Corporation.
  • Mrs. Jean Mauzé, the onetime Abby Rockefeller, New York; inherited wealth: Standard Oil Trust.
  • Mrs. Chauncey McCormick, the former Marion Deering, Chicago, Illinois; inherited wealth.
  • William L. McKnight, St. Paul, Minnesota; Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing.
  • John W. Mecom Sr., Houston; contained oil operator.
  • Clint Murchison, Dallas; independent oil operator.
  • Mrs. Charles Payson, the former Joan Whitney, New York; inherited wealth.
  • John L. Pratt, Fredericksburg, Virginia; Full general Motors Corporation.
  • David Rockefeller, New I York; Chase Manhattan Bank and inherited wealth: Standard Oil Trust.
  • John D. Rockefeller 3d, New York; inherited wealth: Standard Oil Trust.
  • Laurance Rockefeller, New York; venture majuscule: Eastern Air Lines, Reaction Motors, International Nickel and inherited wealth: Standard Oil Trust.
  • Nelson Rockefeller, New York; Rockefeller Middle,-, Inc., International Basic Economy Corporation and inherited wealth: Standard Oil Trust.
  • Winthrop Rockefeller, Arkansas; ranching, Ibec Housing and inherited wealth: Standard Oil Trust.
  • R. E. Smith, Houston; independent oil operator.
  • John Hay Whitney, New York, Ambassador to Britain; venture capital and inherited wealth.

$75,000,000 to $100,000,000

  • Michael Late Benedum, Pittsburgh and Due west Virginia; Benedum-Trees Oil Company, Hiawatha Oil and Gas, etc.
  • Donaldson Brown, Port Deposit, Maryland; E. I du Pont de Nemours & Co.
  • George R. Brown, Houston; Brown & Root, Inc.
  • Herman Brownish, Houston; Brown & Root, Inc.
  • John Nicholas Brown I, Newport, Rhode Island; inherited wealth: real estate.
  • Godfrey L. Cabot, Boston; Godfrey 50. Cabot, Inc., etc.
  • James A. Chapman, Tulsa, Oklahoma; inherited: wealth: oil.
  • Leo Corrigan, Dallas; real estate.
  • Mrs. Horace Dodge, Jr., Palm Beach and Detroit; inherited wealth: automobiles.
  • John T. Dorrance, Jr., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; inherited wealth: Campbell Soup Company.
  • Benson Ford, Detroit; inherited wealth: Ford Motor Company.
  • Henry Ford 2, Detroit; inherited wealth: Ford Motor Company.
  • William C. Ford, Detroit; inherited wealth: Ford Motor Company.
  • Erle P. Halliburton, Duncan, Oklahoma; Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company (died in Los Angeles Oct. 13, 1957).
  • Averell Harriman, Albany, New York, Governor of New York; inherited wealth: investment banking.
  • Henry J. Kaiser, Oakland, California; Kaiser Industries, etc.
  • John W. Kieckhefer, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Prescott, Arizona; Kieckhefer Container, Boil Paper (absorbed by Weyerhaeuser).
  • Robert Kleberg Jr., Rex Ranch, Texas; inherited wealth: cattle, oil, land.
  • John E. Mabee, Tulsa; independent oil operator.
  • John D. MacArthur, Chicago; Bankers Life and Prey Company.
  • A. H. Meadows, Dallas; General American Oil.
  • Charles S. Mott, Flint, Michigan; General Motors Corporation.
  • John M. Olin, Alton, Illinois; inherited wealth: Olin Mathieson Chemic.
  • Spencer T. Olin, Alton, Ill.; inherited wealth: Olin Mathieson Chemical.
  • J. Howard Pew, Philadelphia; inherited wealth: Sun Oil Company.
  • Joseph Pew, Philadelphia; inherited wealth: Sun Oil.
  • Mrs. 1000. Merriweather Mail service, Washington, DC; inherited wealth: General Foods.
  • James Sottile Jr., Miami; Pan American Banking company.
  • George W. Strake, Houston; inherited wealth: independent oil operator.
  • Louis Wolfson, Miami Beach, Florida; Merritt-Chapman & Scott, New York Shipbuilding, etc.
  • Robert Woodruff, Atlanta, Georgia; The Coca-Cola Company.

Klepper & Gunther (1996) [edit]

In the 1996 book The Wealthy 100, authors Michael Klepper and Robert Gunther placed John D. Rockefeller atop the list of the richest Americans in history, followed past Cornelius Vanderbilt and John Jacob Astor.[three] Pecker Gates was the top living person, coming in fifth.

American Heritage (1998) [edit]

American Heritage magazine published the following list of 40 richest Americans ever in 1998, subtitling it "Surprise: Only three of them are alive today".[iv]

  1. John D. Rockefeller
  2. Andrew Carnegie
  3. Cornelius Vanderbilt
  4. John Jacob Astor
  5. Bill Gates
  6. Stephen Girard
  7. Alexander Turney Stewart
  8. Frederick Weyerhauser
  9. Jay Gould
  10. Marshall Field
  11. Sam Walton
  12. Henry Ford
  13. Warren Buffett
  14. Andrew W. Mellon
  15. Richard B. Mellon
  16. James Graham Fair
  17. William Weightman
  18. Moses Taylor
  19. Russell Sage
  20. John Insley Blair
  21. Cyrus H. Chiliad. Curtis
  22. Paul Allen
  23. J. P. Morgan
  24. Due east. H. Harriman
  25. Henry Huddleston Rogers
  26. Oliver Hazard Payne
  27. Henry Clay Frick
  28. Collis Potter Huntington
  29. Peter Arrell Browne Widener
  30. Nicholas Longworth
  31. Philip Danforth Armour
  32. James Clair Flood
  33. Mark Hopkins Jr.
  34. Edward Cabot Clark
  35. Leland Stanford
  36. Hetty Green
  37. James J. Hill
  38. William Rockefeller
  39. Elias Hasket Derby
  40. Claus Spreckels

Bernstein & Swan (2008) [edit]

Bernstein and Swan in All the Money in the World (2008) mention the 15 richest Americans of all time.[5]

  1. John D. Rockefeller
  2. Andrew Carnegie
  3. Cornelius Vanderbilt
  4. John Jacob Astor
  5. Stephen Girard
  6. Richard B. Mellon
  7. A. T. Stewart
  8. Frederick Weyerhäuser
  9. Marshall Field
  10. Sam Walton
  11. Jay Gould
  12. Henry Ford
  13. Bill Gates
  14. Andrew Due west. Mellon
  15. Warren Buffett

Concern Insider (2011) [edit]

Business Insider agreed on Rockefeller in first, just placed Andrew Carnegie second, followed by Vanderbilt, and Gates.[6]

  1. John D. Rockefeller
  2. Andrew Carnegie
  3. Cornelius Vanderbilt
  4. Bill Gates
  5. John Jacob Astor
  6. Stephen Girard
  7. A. T. Stewart
  8. Frederick Weyerhäuser
  9. Jay Gould
  10. Stephen Van Rensselaer
  11. Marshall Field
  12. Sam Walton
  13. Warren Buffett

CNN Coin (2014) [edit]

The following is a listing compiled past CNN Coin in 2014.[7]

  1. John D. Rockefeller
  2. Cornelius Vanderbilt
  3. John Jacob Astor
  4. Stephen Girard
  5. Richard Mellon
  6. Andrew Carnegie
  7. Stephen Van Rensselaer
  8. A. T. Stewart
  9. Frederick Weyerhäuser
  10. Jay Gould
  11. Marshall Field
  12. Beak Gates
  13. Henry Ford
  14. Warren Buffett
  15. Andrew Mellon
  16. Sam Walton
  17. Moses Taylor
  18. Russell Sage
  19. James G. Off-white
  20. William Weightman

Current richest American [edit]

Elon Musk is presently the richest American, with an estimated internet worth exceeding 220 billion dollars, as of January 29, 2022. (Musk also holds Canadian and South African citizenship.)[8]

Past half decade [edit]

This list names the richest American by half decade starting in 1770.[nine]

Year Proper name Picture show
1770 Peter Manigault[10]

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1775 Robert Morris[11]

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1780 William Bingham[12]

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1785 Benjamin Franklin[13]

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1790 John Hancock[14]

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1795 Elias Hasket Derby[fifteen]

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1800 Thomas Willing[sixteen]

Thomas Willing by John Wollaston (1706-1805).jpg

1805 Stephen Girard[17]

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1810
1815
1820
1825
1830
1835 Stephen Van Rensselaer[18]

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1840 John Jacob Astor

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1845
1850 Cornelius Vanderbilt[19] [20]

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1855
1860
1865
1870
1875
1880 William Henry Vanderbilt

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1885
1890 John D. Rockefeller[21] [22]

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1895
1900 Andrew Carnegie

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1905
1910 John D. Rockefeller

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1915
1920 Henry Ford

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1925
1930 Andrew Mellon

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1935
1940 Henry Ford[23]

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1945
1950 H. 50. Chase[24]

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1955 J. Paul Getty

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1960 Howard Hughes

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1965
1970
1975
1980 Daniel Ludwig

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1985 Sam Walton

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1990 John Kluge[25]

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1995 Neb Gates[26]

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2000
2005
2010
2015
2020 Jeff Bezos[27]

Jeff Bezos at Amazon Spheres Grand Opening in Seattle - 2018 (39074799225) (cropped).jpg

References [edit]

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  3. ^ "The Wealthiest Americans Ever". The New York Times. July fifteen, 2007.
  4. ^ Gibson, Christine (October 1998). "The American Heritage". American Heritage. Vol. 49, no. 6.
  5. ^ All the Coin in the Globe (2008) by Bernstein and Swan, p. 17 "Introduction"
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  7. ^ Hargreaves, Steve (June one, 2014). "The richest Americans in history". CNNMoney . Retrieved March 5, 2018.
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  11. ^ Kennedy, John (1894). Robert Morris and the Kingdom of the netherlands Purchase. Batavia, NY: J. F. Hall. p. 121. richest man 1775 robert morris.
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  18. ^ Jones, Abner Dumont (1854). The Illustrated American Biography. Vol. 2. New York, NY: J. Milton Emerson & Co. p. 463.
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  21. ^ Li, Xiaobing; Molina, Michael (2014). Oil: A Cultural and Geographic Encyclopedia of Black Golden. Vol. 1. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. p. 335. ISBN978-1-61069-271-7.
  22. ^ "America'south Richest Human being: J. D. Rockefeller and his Enormous Fortune". The Star. Canterbury, NZ. Detroit Free Press. Apr 6, 1895.
  23. ^ National Republic: A Monthly Review of American History, Policy, Politics and Public Diplomacy. Washington, DC: National Democracy Publishing Co. 1940. p. thirty. The richest human in America is Henry Ford.
  24. ^ Knowles, Ruth Sheldon (1978). The Greatest Gamblers: The Epic of American Oil Exploration. Norman, OK: Academy of Oklahoma Press. p. 302. ISBN978-0-8061-1513-9.
  25. ^ Miller, Stephen (September 9, 2010). "A One-Man Empire, From TV to Laundry". The Wall Street Journal.
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  27. ^ "Jeff Bezos Becomes the Richest Man in Modernistic History, Topping $150 Billion". Bloomberg. July 16, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2020.

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