Elon Musk is still America's richest man with a $251 billion fortune, according to the Annual Forbes 400 survey, leaving fellow tech titans Jeff Bezos and Larry Ellison trailing in his wake.
Like millions of Americans the Tesla boss is no better off than last year, but he remains cushioned by a fortune around $90 billion bigger than anyone else's.
Despite paying $44 billion for Twitter last year he has maintained his wealth, helped by a five-fold increase in the value of his rocket company SpaceX to $150 billion in the last four years.
But there is no place for ex-president Donald Trump who drops off the list with an estimated $2.6billion fortune a full $300million short of making the top 400.
The former president shared a place with his father Fred on the list's first incarnation back in 1982, but is thought to have lost $600million over the past year amid a flurry of legal bills and the poor performance of his social media network Truth Social.
No place either for any of the Kardashian clan, despite Kim having a fortune of $1.4billion and younger sister Kylie making $750million from her cosmetics brands.
The annual list from the business magazine puts the total wealth of America's top 400 at $4.5 trillion, matching its previous high in 2021.
