8 of the 10 Richest Americans Come From the Tech World

Forbes released its look at the 400 richest Americans on Tuesday — and it’s packed with tech executives. Eight of the top 10 richest people in the U.S. come from the tech world, with Amazon chief Jeff Bezos topping the list with a net worth of $179 billion.

That actually represents a bit of a drop for Bezos who in August became the first person ever worth $200 billion. He’s taken a $20 billion hit, though, as Amazon’s stock price has dropped 10% in the last week.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates came in second for the title of richest American with a net worth of $111 billion. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was third with a net worth of $85 billion.

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Other rich tech big-timers included: Oracle founder Larry Ellison, former Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer, Tesla and SpaceX head honcho Elon Musk, and Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.

The only two members of the top 10 who did not make their fortune from tech were powerhouse investor Warren Buffett and Walmart heiress Alice Walton, who came in 10th with a net worth of $62.3 billion. (Walton was immediately followed by her brothers, Jim and Bob Walton, on the list.)

You can check out Forbes’ full list by clicking here.

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In its annual calculation of Hollywood's top earning stars, Forbes looked at the earnings between June 1, 2019, and June 1, 2020.
10. Jackie Chan -- $40 million

These days, the 66-year-old martial-arts star makes the bulk of his earnings from endorsement deals, Forbes reported.
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9. Adam Sandler -- $41 million

The comedian earned raves for the indie "Uncut Gems" but raked in most of his money from a lucrative Netflix deal that was extended in January for four more films.
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8. Will Smith -- $44.5 million

The action star has had a string of box office hits in the last year, from "Aladdin" to "Gemini Man" to January's "Bad Boys for Life."
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7. Lin-Manuel Miranda -- $45.5 million

The creator and star of "Hamilton" scored big time when Disney paid $75 million for film rights to hit musical, and an adaptation of his first Broadway hit, "In the Heights" is also in the works.
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6. Akshay Kumar -- $48.5 million

The Bollywood star, who has a TV series in the works for Amazon Prime, earns the bulk of his money from endorsement deals.
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5. Vin Diesel -- $54 million

Even though "F9" was pushed from its planned April release, the action star still cashed in as a producer on the animated Netflix series "Fast & Furious Spy Races."
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4. Ben Affleck -- $55 million

The former big-screen Batman has earned bank thanks to a series of Netflix movies like "Triple Frontier" and "The Last Thing He Wanted."
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3. Mark Wahlberg -- $58 million

In addition to the Netflix hit "Spencer Confidential" earlier this year, Wahlberg has raked it in as a producer of shows like "Ballers" and the nonfiction hit "McMillions."
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2. Ryan Reynolds -- $71.5 million

According to Forbes, the "Deadpool" star earned a cool $20 million on each of his two Netflix movies, "6 Underground" and the upcoming "Red Notice." He also stars in and produced the upcoming feature "Free Guy" and narrates and produces the ABC competition series "Don't."
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1. Dwayne Johnson -- $87.5 million

For the second year in a row, The Rock tops the Forbes list -- including a $23 million payday for Netflix's "Red Notice" as well as his work as a star-producer on HBO's "Ballers" and last winter's "Jumanji: The Next Level."
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