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The top 15 wealthiest people in America are part of a very, very exclusive club: those with over $100,000,000,000 in net worth. After double checking those zeroes, we can confidently say that yes, there are 15 centi-billionaires living among us.

And, according to a new Institute for Policy Studies analysis of data from the Forbes real time billionaire list, the combined wealth of that 12-figure club grew from $2.4 trillion to $3.1 trillion over the course of 2025.

For context, that 30.3 percent rate of growth outpaced both the S&P 500 (16 percent) and billionaires in general (20.8 percent) over the last year. To put it succinctly, the wealthiest Americans are accumulating capital faster than everyone else.

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