11 Georgia Billionaires On Forbes List Of Richest Americans 2019

ATLANTA, GA — America's richest keep getting richer. The wealthiest Americans on the annual Forbes 400 list grew their combined net worth by just over 2 percent from the previous year, making them worth $2.96 trillion in 2019.

Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon, is once again at the top of the list. His ex-wife, Mackenzie Bezos, who got 25 percent of the couple's shares in Amazon as part of their divorce settlement, is now the 15th richest person in America, according to the list.

In Georgia, 11 people were among the 400 richest in America in 2019.

According to Forbes, the minimum net worth to qualify for the list is $2.1 billion. The average wealth of those on the list increased by $200 million to $7.4 billion, Forbes writes.

With the vast amounts of wealth in the pockets of those on the exclusive list, Forbes notes that a number of high-profile billionaires such as Kylie Jenner and Michael Jordan, didn't even make the list.

These are the 11 Georgia residents on the Forbes 400 list:

• No. 51 Jim Kennedy, net worth $9.6B (media, automotive)
• No. 95 Bernie Marcus, net worth $6.4B (Home Depot)
• No. 114 Bubba Cathy, net worth $5.7B (Chick-fil-A)
• No. 114 Dan Cathy, net worth $5.7 B (Chick-fil-A)
• No. 119 Arthur Blank, net worth $5.5B (Home Depot)
• No. 145 John Brown, net worth $4.7B (medical equipment)
• No. 217 Gary Rollins, net worth $3.6B (pest control)
• No. 225 Randall Rollins, net worth $3.7B (pest control)
• No. 370 Ben Chestnurt, net worth $2.2B (email marketing)
• No. 370 Dan Kurzius, net worth $2.2B (email marketing)
• No. 388 Ted Turner, net worth $2.1B (cable television)

The top 10 richest people in America for 2019 are:

1. Jeff Bezos: $114 billion
2. Bill Gates: $106 billion
3. Warren Buffett: $80.8 billion
4. Mark Zuckerberg: $69.6 billion
5. Larry Ellison: $65 billion
6. Larry Page: $55.5 billion
7. Sergey Brin: $53.5 billion
8. Michael Bloomberg: $53.4 billion
9. Steve Ballmer: $51.7 billion
10. Jim Walton: $51.6 billion

See the full list and read more via Forbes.