List of America's richest people
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This is a list of America's richest people, who at some point in their lives were considered the wealthiest person in the United States.
Determining the wealthiest people in the world throughout history is difficult as wealthy businesspeople are a relatively new phenomenon. Often monarchs and rulers of countries had great control over lives and wealth. Determining the richest man in America, however, is somewhat easier as the United States is a fairly young country with no hereditary aristocracy.
| Name
| Date of birth - death
| Wealthiest
| Origin
| Areas of business
|
| Robert Carter I
| 1663 – 1732
| ?
| Lancaster County, Virginia
| Cash crops, investments
|
| Henry Peronneau
| 1700 – 1754
| ?
| Charleston, South Carolina
| Plantations, imports
|
| John Jacob Astor
| July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848
| ?
| Germany
| Fur trading, real estate
|
| William Backhouse Astor, Sr.
| September 19, 1792 – November 24, 1875
| ?
| New York
| Real estate
|
| Cornelius Vanderbilt
| May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877
| ?
| New York
| Shipping
|
| William Henry Vanderbilt
| May 8, 1821 – December 8, 1885
| ?
| New York
| Railways
|
| Jay Gould
| May 27, 1836 – December 2, 1892
| 1892
| New York
| Finance
|
| Andrew Carnegie
| November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919
| 1901
| Scotland, Pittsburgh
| Steel
|
| John Davison Rockefeller
| July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937
| 1910 - 1937
| New York, Cleveland
| Petroleum
|
| Jean Paul Getty
| December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976
| 1940s
| Minnesota
| Petroleum
|
| Howard Hughes
| December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976
| 1950s
| Texas
| Aerospace, electronics
|
| Sam Walton
| March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992
| 1985 - 1988 (Forbes 400)
| Arkansas
| Retail
|
| John Kluge
| born September 21, 1914
| 1989 (Forbes 400)
| Germany
| Television
|
| Warren Buffett
| born August 30, 1930
| 1993 (Forbes 400)
| Omaha, Nebraska
| Investments
|
| Bill Gates
| born October 28, 1955
| 1996-2006 (Forbes 400)
| Seattle, Washington
| Software
|
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