Trump has given these Americans billions of reasons to be happy

The first year of the second Trump administration was a very happy new year for the US billionaire class. The richest 15 billionaires, all with assets more than $100 billion, saw their combined wealth surge 33 percent, from $2.4 trillion to $3.2 trillion. This is double the growth of the S&P 500 over 2025, which was 16.4 percent.

Over 2025, the combined wealth of all US billionaires climbed to $8.1 trillion, a 21 percent increase over 2025, up from $6.7 trillion exactly a year ago.

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