Meet The 15 New American Billionaires

ByAmy Lamareon October 11, 2018inArticles›Billionaire News

There’s a new list of the richest Americans out, and it’s a doozy. For one thing, the poorest person on the list is worth $2.1 billion. Last year, the poorest was worth $100 million. There are 15 new people who have made the list of the wealthiest Americans, for the first time ever. All but three of those 15 are self-made. They built their massive net worths in e-commerce, transportation, hearing aids and, for the first time ever, cryptocurrencies. There are three women who’ve made the list for the first time including In-N-Out’s Lynsi Snyder . Two of those three women inherited their fortunes.

Another newcomer is Chris Larsen , the first cryptocurrency billionaire to make the list of richest Americans. He co-founded Ripple. David Steward also made the list. He is the majority owner of IT company World Wide Technology, which he co-founded in 1990. His company sells hardware and software to companies including Citi, Verizon, and the federal government. Wayfair founders Niraj Shah and Steve Conine also made the list as did Dropbox founder Drew Houston .

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Here are the 15 new members of the richest American list:

Name: Antony Ressler

Net worth: $2.1 billion

Name: Chris Larsen

Net worth: $2.1 billion

Name: Dan Kurzius

Net worth: $2.1 billion

Name: Ben Chestnut

Net worth: $2.1 billion

Name: Niraj Shah

Net worth: $2.2 billion

Name: Steve Conine

Net worth: $2.2 billion

Name: Thomas Hagen

Net worth: $2.3 billion

Name: Thai Lee

Net worth: $2.3 billion

Name: Bill Austin

Net worth: $2.5 billion

Name: Bradley Jacobs

Net worth: $2.7 billion

Name: Drew Houston

Net worth: $2.7 billion

Name: Gayle Benson

Net worth: $2.8 billion

Name: Lynsi Snyder

Net worth: $3 billion

Name: David Steward

Net worth: $3.4 billion

Name: Ernest Garcia II

Net worth: $5.3 billion

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