From the Founding Fathers to the Mother of Exiles, America’s history is entwined with the stories of its most successful immigrants.
So to celebrate the country’s 250th birthday, Forbes has updated our ranking of the richest foreign-born citizens currently living in the U.S. There are a record 144 immigrant billionaires worth a collective $2.2 trillion on this year’s list, up from 125 worth $1.3 trillion on last year’s ranking. They account for nearly 15% of all American billionaires and a quarter of the country’s billionaire wealth. Three of the world’s ten richest people are U.S. immigrants. That includes South Africa-born Elon Musk, who briefly became the world’s first trillionaire in June, Google cofounder Sergey Brin and Nvidia cofounder Jensen Huang—who combined account for more than 60% of the total immigrant billionaire wealth.
These foreign-born billionaires hail from 45 countries and territories, up from 42 in 2025. Haiti, the Philippines, Poland and Spain are each now represented on the list. Guatemala, meanwhile, saw its only immigrant billionaire, Duolingo cofounder Luis von Ahn, fall out of the three-comma-club amid a stock slide.
For the second straight year, India is the birthplace of the most immigrant billionaires, with a record 19. That’s up from 12 a year ago thanks to new entrants including venture capitalist Hemant Taneja, semiconductor firm Astera Labs’ cofounders Sanjay Gajendra and Jitendra Mohan, and Palantir’s chief technology officer, Shyam Sankar. It’s the only country, in fact, that produced more than one newcomer this year, on top of welcoming five last year. Israel and Taiwan once again follow with 11 apiece.
For some of America’s richest immigrants, staying in the U.S. wasn’t always the plan. “I did my undergrad in India and I came here to do my master’s, and my plan actually was to come to the U.S., get my degree, maybe do a job for five years and then go back,” says Astera Labs’ Mohan. “And everything worked out to plan except the last bit. So now I’ve been here for 32 years.”
Despite rhetoric suggesting otherwise, these billionaires say the potential to start your own company and pursue the American dream is as strong as it’s ever been. “It’s been a journey of coming to the U.S. with big dreams. For me, it was always about starting a company of my own,” says Mohan’s Astera Labs cofounder, Gajendra. Adds Amjad Masad, the Jordanian-born cofounder of vibe coding startup Replit: “America still provides a lot of opportunity, it’s one of the most dynamic markets and innovative places.”
Here is the complete list of America’s billionaire immigrants. Net worths are as of July 8. Foreign-born U.S. citizens living outside the country are excluded.
