American financiers

William Henry Gates III is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, he co-founded the software company Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Following Microsoft's initial public offering in 1986 and the subsequent increase in its stock price, Gates became the world's then-youngest billionaire in 1987, at age 31. Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's wealthiest person for 18 out of 24 years between 1995 and 2017, including 13 years consecutively from 1995 to 2007. Gates became the first centibillionaire in 1999, when his net worth briefly surpassed US$100 billion. According to Forbes, as of February 2026, his net worth stood at US$107.7 billion, making him the 18th-wealthiest individual in the world.

Steven Paul Jobs was an American businessman, inventor, and investor. A pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, Jobs co-founded Apple Inc. with his early business partner Steve Wozniak as Apple Computer Company in 1976. After the company's board of directors fired him in 1985, he founded NeXT the same year and purchased Pixar in 1986, becoming its chairman and majority shareholder until 2007. Jobs returned to Apple in 1997 as CEO, where he was closely involved with the creation and promotion of many of the company's most influential products until his resignation in 2011.

Warren Edward Buffett is an American investor and philanthropist who is the chairman and former CEO of the conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway. As a result of his success, Buffett is one of the best-known investors in the world. According to Forbes, as of January 2026, Buffett's estimated net worth stood at US$148.9 billion, making him the ninth-richest person in the world.

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

George Soros is a Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist. As of May 2025, he has a net worth of US$7.2 billion, having donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations, of which $15 billion has already been distributed, representing 64% of his original fortune. In 2020, Forbes called Soros the "most generous giver" in terms of percentage of net worth.

Jeffrey Edward Epstein was an American financier and child sex offender. He began his career as a math teacher at the Dalton School, before entering the banking and finance sector. Over several decades, he made much of his fortune providing tax and estate services to billionaires, and cultivated an elite social circle of prominent individuals. In 2008, he was convicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution, and was indicted in 2019 for sex trafficking minors in the 2000s. He died in custody awaiting his trial; his death was ruled a suicide.

Ryan Rodney Reynolds is a Canadian and American actor, entrepreneur and film producer. Known for starring in comedic and superhero films, he was the world's second-highest-paid actor in 2020 and 2024. Reynolds has received numerous accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as nominations for two Grammy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. His films as a leading actor have grossed $6.6 billion worldwide.

Christopher Ashton Kutcher is an American actor, film producer and businessman. His accolades include a People's Choice Award and fifteen Teen Choice Awards, in addition to a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award.

American basketball player and entrepreneur (born 1959)

American financier, banker, and art collector (1837–1913)

American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer (1905–1976)

American finance author and investor (born 1947)

Michael Saul Dell is an American billionaire businessman and investor. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Dell Technologies, one of the world's largest technology infrastructure companies.

American fraudster and financier (1938–2021)

Jared Corey Kushner is an American businessman, investor, and government official. Through his marriage to Ivanka Trump, he is the son-in-law of the 45th and 47th president of the United States Donald Trump. Kushner has served in official and informal roles in the first and second Trump administrations.

Peter Andreas Thiel is a German and American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and conservative political activist. A co-founder of PayPal (1998), Palantir Technologies (2003), and Founders Fund (2005), he was also the first outside investor in Facebook (2004). According to The New York Times, as of December 2025, Thiel's estimated net worth stood at US$27.5 billion, placing him among the 100 richest individuals in the world.

American businessman, politician and diplomat (1888–1969)

American businessman (1924–2023)

American businessman (1870-1965)

American economist and investor (1894-1976)

Mark Cuban is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is the former principal owner and current minority owner of the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and co-owner of 2929 Entertainment. From 2012 to 2025, he was also one of the main "sharks" on the ABC reality television series Shark Tank.

American mathematician and hedge fund manager (1938–2024)

American businessman (1933–2021)

American businessman, record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer

American Billionaire Business Person and Board Member, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock

American financier and philanthropist (1874–1960)

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (1917–2015)

American billionaire hedge fund manager

United States 39th Secretary of Commerce

American businessman

American writer

56th governor of New Jersey since 2018

American stock trader (1877–1940)

American railroad magnate and financier (1836-1892)

American businessman and motivational speaker

American businessman and investor

American businessman, former US Navy SEAL officer and the founder of the private military company Blackwater

American commodities trader (1934–2013)

American investor, mutual fund manager

American entrepreneur, economist and author

American businessman

British-American business magnate

American businessman (1907–2004)

American banker, philanthropist (1847–1920)

American financier and political figure (born 1964)

Michael James Burry is an American investor, hedge fund manager, and licensed physician. He founded the hedge fund Scion Capital, which later went by the name Scion Asset Management. In November 2025, Burry announced he was shutting down Scion Asset Management; he then launched the Substack newsletter Cassandra Unchained on November 23.

American businessman

William Albert Ackman is an American billionaire hedge fund manager who is the founder and chief executive of Pershing Square Capital Management, an investment management company. He has been described as an activist investor. As of April 2026, Ackman's net worth was estimated at $8 billion by Bloomberg.

American banker (1821-1904)

American businessman

American financier, first president of the World Bank (1875-1959)

American family office manager

American investor

American businessperson and board member, founder and CEO of Chernin Entertainment, LLC., and director at American Express

American businessman; uncle of J.B. Pritzker (1922–1999)

American businessman and philanthropist

American businessman, conservationist, financier, philanthropist (1910-2004)

American hotelier (1927-2019)

American finance and investment writer

American businessperson and philanthropist (1933–2021)