List of richest Americans in history
A caricature of John D. Rockefeller published in Puck in 1901.
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 by Cornelius Vanderbilt and John Jacob Astor.[1][2] Bill Gates was the top living person, coming in fifth.
Business Insider agreed on Rockefeller in first, but placed Andrew Carnegie second, followed by Vanderbilt, and Gates.[3]
By half decade
| Year | Name | Picture |
|---|---|---|
| 1770 | Peter Manigault[5] | .jpg) |
| 1775 | Robert Morris[6] |  |
| 1780 | William Bingham[7] |  |
| 1785 | Benjamin Franklin |  |
| 1790 | John Hancock |  |
| 1795 | Elias Hasket Derby |  |
| 1800 | Thomas Willing[8] | .jpg) |
| 1805 | Stephen Girard[9] |  |
| 1810 | ||
| 1815 | ||
| 1820 | ||
| 1825 | ||
| 1830 | ||
| 1835 | Stephen Van Rensselaer |  |
| 1840 | John Jacob Astor |  |
| 1845 | ||
| 1850 | Cornelius Vanderbilt[10][11] |  |
| 1855 | ||
| 1860 | ||
| 1865 | ||
| 1870 | ||
| 1875 | ||
| 1880 | William Henry Vanderbilt |  |
| 1885 | ||
| 1890 | ||
| 1895 | ||
| 1900 | Andrew Carnegie |  |
| 1905 | ||
| 1910 | John D. Rockefeller |  |
| 1915 | ||
| 1920 | Henry Ford |  |
| 1925 | ||
| 1930 | Andrew Mellon |  |
| 1935 | ||
| 1940 | ||
| 1945 | ||
| 1950 | ||
| 1955 | J. Paul Getty |  |
| 1960 | Howard Hughes |  |
| 1965 | ||
| 1970 | ||
| 1975 | ||
| 1980 | Daniel Ludwig |  |
| 1985 | Sam Walton |  |
| 1990 | John Werner Kluge[12] | |
| 1995 | Bill Gates[13] |  |
| 2000 | ||
| 2005 | ||
| 2010 | ||
| 2015 | ||
References
- ↑ "The Wealthiest Americans Ever". The New York Times. July 15, 2007.
- ↑ "Richest Americans in History". Forbes. August 24, 1998. Retrieved April 11, 2009.
- ↑ Gus Lubin (April 17, 2011). "The 13 Richest Americans Of All Time". Business Insider.
- ↑ Klepper, Michael; Gunther, Michael (1996), The Wealthy 100: From Benjamin Franklin to Bill Gates—A Ranking of the Richest Americans, Past and Present, Secaucus, New Jersey: Carol Publishing Group, p. xii, ISBN 978-0-8065-1800-8, OCLC 33818143
- ↑ Heitzler, Michael James (2005). Goose Creek, South Carolina: A Definitive History 1670-2003 1. Charleston, SC: The History Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-59629-055-6.
- ↑ Kennedy, John (1894). Robert Morris and the Holland Purchase. Batavia, NY: J. F. Hall. p. 121.
- ↑ Spingola, Deanna (2011). The Ruling Elite: a Study in Imperialism, Genocide and Emancipation. Bloomington, IN: Trafford Publishing. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-4269-5462-7.
- ↑ Burke, James (2007). American Connections: The Founding Fathers. Networked. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. pp. 157–158. ISBN 978-0-7432-8226-0.
- ↑ Phillips, Kevin. Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of America's Rich. New York, NY: Broadway Books. p. Chapter 1.
- ↑ Buder, Stanley (2009). Capitalizing on Change: A Social History of American Business. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8078-3231-8.
Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) succeeded Astor as the wealthiest American.
- ↑ Kemp, Michael (2016). Uncommon Sense: Investment Wisdom Since the Stock Market's Dawn. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-7303-2424-9.
Consider also Cornelius Vanderbilt, the wealthiest American at the time of his death in 1877.
- ↑ Miller, Stephen (September 9, 2010). "A One-Man Empire, From TV to Laundry". The Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ "Forbes magazine profile on Bill Gates". Forbes. 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
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