These 6 PA Billionaires Are Among America's Richest: Forbes

PENNSYLVANIA — 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 Pennsylvania, six 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.

Here are the PA billionaires on the list:

• Victoria Mars, 62, Mars Inc. (candy, pet food) —$7.4 billion
• Thomas Hagen, 83, Erie Indemnity (insurance) — $3.9 billion
• Mary Alice Dorrance Malone, 69, Campbell Soup Company (food) — $3.5 billion
• John Middleton, 64, formerly John Middleton Inc. (tobacco) — $3.3 billion
• Michael Rubin, 47, Kynetic (online retail) — $2.9 billion
• Jeffrey Lurie, 68, Philadelphia Eagles (sports) —$2.7 billion

The top 10 richest people in America for 2019 are:

• Jeff Bezos: $114 billion
• Bill Gates: $106 billion
• Warren Buffett: $80.8 billion
• Mark Zuckerberg: $69.6 billion
• Larry Ellison: $65 billion
• Larry Page: $55.5 billion
• Sergey Brin: $53.5 billion
• Michael Bloomberg: $53.4 billion
• Steve Ballmer: $51.7 billion
• Jim Walton: $51.6 billion

See the full list and read more via Forbes.