Study Reveals That The 20 Wealthiest Individuals In The U.S Are Richer Than Half Of The Country’s Population

The richest 20 Americans, with a combined net worth of $732billion, are as wealthy as half of the U.S. population, according to a new study.

Findings showed that the country’s 20 wealthiest people, which includes Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, now own more wealth than the bottom half of the population combined or 152 million people.


Among the 20 wealthiest Americans are eight founders of corporations, nine heirs, two investors and a casino mogul.

The list includes Gates of Microsoft, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and four Waltons who are heirs of Wal-Mart.