1. A luxury jet versus half a continent.
America’s 20 wealthiest people — a group that could fit comfortably in a single Gulfstream G650 luxury jet –¬ now own more wealth than the bottom half of the American population combined, a total of 152 million people in 57 million households.
2. The unbelievable racial wealth gap.
The Forbes 400 now own about as much wealth as the nation’s entire African-American population, plus more than a third of the Latino population, combined.
3. Blacks still have the least wealth.
The wealthiest 100 households now own about as much wealth as the entire African American population in the United States. Among the Forbes 400, just two individuals are African American: Oprah Winfrey and Robert Smith.
4. Latinos are barely doing better.
The wealthiest 186 members of the Forbes 400 own as much wealth as the entire Latino population. Just five members of the Forbes 400 are Latino: Jorge Perez, Arturo Moreno and three members of the Santo Domingo family.
5. Four hundred versus 194 million.
With a combined worth of $2.34 trillion, the Forbes 400 own more wealth than the bottom 61 percent of the country combined, a staggering 194 million people.
6. Astounding wealth gap.
The median American family has a net worth of $81,000. The Forbes 400 own more wealth than 36 million of these typical American families. That’s the number of households in the United States that own cats.