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🗓️ 9 September 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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On this episode of Beyond The Billions… Host Giacomo Tognini is joined by Chase Peterson-Withorn and Matt Durot for a deep dive into the latest Forbes 400 list of America's richest individuals. Discover the unprecedented $6.6 trillion collective wealth and the record-shattering financial barrier to join this exclusive club. They explore the dominant industries fueling this massive surge, the surprising economic paradox driving fortunes higher than ever, and the incredible impact of new technologies like AI on wealth creation. Find out why even getting richer might not be enough to stay on the list, and what it really takes to be among the nation's wealthiest elite today.
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| 0:00.0 | This week in billionaires, Pop superstar Taylor Swift and Super Bowl champion Travis Kelsey are officially engaged, |
| 0:07.0 | combining her massive $1.6 billion fortune with his still impressive $70 million net worth. |
| 0:13.0 | From a friendship bracelet to a stunning $650,000 diamond ring, |
| 0:18.0 | this power couple's love story is now worth a combined $1.67 billion. |
| 0:23.6 | Next up, thanks to a massive crypto bonanza, Eric Trump briefly joined the billionaires |
| 0:29.3 | club after his company, American Bitcoin, saw its share skyrocket on its market debut. |
| 0:35.6 | His personal stake soared to an estimated $950 million at its peak, |
| 0:40.3 | putting him above $1 billion, along with his other assets, including homes and cash. He and his brother, |
| 0:46.3 | Don Jr., are also expanding the family's business empire through international licensing deals |
| 0:52.3 | and other financial ventures. |
| 0:54.7 | Finally, from Grand Slam champion to business titan, tennis legend Roger Federer has officially |
| 0:59.8 | aced his way into the billionaires club with an estimated net worth of $1.1 billion. |
| 1:05.7 | His massive fortune was built not just on nearly $131 million in career prize money, |
| 1:11.6 | but through lucrative endorsements and a game-winning investment in the Swiss shoe brand on, |
| 1:16.4 | where his stake is worth over $375 million. |
| 1:20.8 | And for our main story this week, |
| 1:22.9 | the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans launches today, September 9th, 2025. |
| 1:29.4 | These billionaires are worth a record $6.6 trillion collectively. And today we'll break down |
| 1:36.2 | the numbers. |
| 1:40.7 | Welcome to Beyond the Billions, a new show where we'll dig into the fortunes and finances of the world's wealthiest people. |
| 1:47.7 | I'm Jocamo Tignini, a staff writer on the wealth team at Forbes. |
| 1:51.1 | And joining me today are my colleagues, Mad Dureau and Chase Peterson Withhorn, editors on the wealth team who have put together and edited the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans. |
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