What was the minimum fortune required for entry to Forbes’ 2023 Forbes 400 list?
Answer
$2.9 billion
The minimum fortune required for entry to Forbes’ 2023 Forbes 400 list was $2.9 billion.
Forbes’ Forbes 400 ranks the richest people in the United States. In 2023, the 400th-place threshold rose to $2.9 billion, showing how much wealth was needed even to make the bottom of the ranking.
The Forbes 400 is different from the global World’s Billionaires list. The former is limited to US residents or people counted as part of the US wealth landscape, while the latter includes qualifying billionaires worldwide. A person can therefore appear on one list without appearing on the other.
Forbes estimates private-company holdings, public shares, real estate and other assets, then subtracts known debts. Because those valuations change, the entry threshold can rise or fall between editions.