Jerry Seinfeld, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Springsteen, and 7 more new billionaires
Forbes added 288 new billionaires to its annual list
Forbes released its 2025 World Billionaire’s List, finding more than 3,000 billionaires who have a collective $16 trillion — at minimum.
It’s the biggest and richest class of billionaires yet, with the average member having a staggering $5.3 billion.
Forbes also added 288 new billionaires to its list, including some pretty recognizable names.
Continue reading to see which new billionaires made the list — and what they did to land there:
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Jerry Seinfeld
Jerry Seinfeld had no shortage of cash before he sold the streaming rights of “Seinfeld” to Netflix (NFLX) for a reported $500 million, but money from the transaction made him a billionaire, Forbes said. They peg his current net worth at $1.1 billion.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
The movie star and former California governor is now worth around $1.1 billion, Forbes said, thanks to starring in more than 50 films and a series of successful investments and business deals.
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Bruce Springsteen
The boss is now a billionaires, Forbes said, and is worth an estimated $1.2 billion thanks to his albums and concerts.
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Ben Lamm
Lamm, who Forbes estimated is worth $3.7 billion, is not a household name, but he may become one if his company somehow succeeds. The Colossal Biosciences co-founder is on a mission to revive the woolly mammoth, Tasmanian tiger, and the dodo bird. The company is valued at more than $10 billion.
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Dario Amodei
Forbes said that Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic AI, is worth a reported $1.2 billion. He and his other Anthropic co-founders all joined the list this year.
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Justin Sun
Controversial blockchain baron Justin Sun graced the list this year, worth a reported $8.5 billion, according to Forbes. The Chinese-born entrepreneur is a towering figure in the blockchain industry. As the founder of the Tron Blockchain Foundation and the owner of the file-sharing platform BitTorrent, Sun has played a pivotal role in pushing the boundaries of decentralized technology.
Additional reporting by Vinamrata Chaturvedi.
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Michael Dorrell
The Australian private equity mogul made the list for the first time and is worth $8.5 billion, according to Forbes.
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Alexandr Wang
At just 28 years-old, Scale AI co-founder Alexandr Wang is worth a reported $2 billion, making him Forbes’ youngest self-made billionaire.
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Barbara Banke
Barbara Banke is worth an estimated $2.6 billion thanks to the Jackson Family Wines empire she built with her late husband, Jess Jackson. The company owns Kendall-Jackson wines, as well La Crema and 40 other wineries around the world, Forbes reported.
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Marilyn Simons
Marilyn Simons became the richest newcomer on the list after the death of her husband, quantitative hedge fund pioneer Jim Simons. Forbes estimates her worth at $31 billion.