FULL LIST: Top 10 richest immigrant billionaires in America

Gilbert Ekugbe

Immigrants continue to play a major role in shaping America’s business landscape, with foreign-born entrepreneurs, investors, and technology leaders controlling a combined fortune of trillions of dollars.

According to a post obtained from Forbes’ X handle on Saturday, a new ranking of America’s wealthiest immigrant billionaires shows that 144 foreign-born billionaires living in the United States are worth a collective $2.2 trillion, representing a significant share of the nation’s billionaire wealth.

The list is led by some of the world’s most recognizable business figures, including Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, and Jensen Huang, whose companies have transformed industries ranging from electric vehicles and space exploration to internet services and artificial intelligence.

South Africa-born Elon Musk tops the ranking with an estimated $927 billion fortune from companies including Tesla and SpaceX. Russia-born Sergey Brin, the cofounder of Google, ranks second