This week, we're replaying some of our favorite Forbes stories from 2024.

Today on Forbes, this tech entrepreneur is the richest black person in America.

The wealthiest black person in America is IT entrepreneur, David Stewart,

according to the 2024 Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans.

Last week, on October 1st, Forbes revealed its annual ranking, which estimated the Missouri

residents net worth at a record $11.4 billion, up from $7.6 billion last year, and $6 billion

the year before that.

Stewart, who resides in St. Louis, tops private equity billionaire Robert Smith, who is the second

richest, with an estimated net worth of $10.8 billion.

There are two of just four black members on the 2024 ranking, which required a minimum

net worth of $3.3 billion, the most ever. That means just

1% of the list members are black entrepreneurs or executives. The other two are Palantir

co-founder Alexander Carp, who makes his debut with an estimated $3.6 billion, and NBA great

Michael Jordan, worth an estimated $3.5 billion.

Stewart, who is 73 years old, is the majority owner of worldwide technology, or WWT, alongside

partner Jim Kavanaugh. A native of Clinton, Missouri, Stewart initially put up $250,000 in capital to start WWT in 1990,

according to a 2019 Forbes profile.

Over the years, the IT service provider went on to NAB top corporate clients,

including Apple, City, Microsoft, and the federal government.

In 2023, WWT had sales of $17 billion.

Roughly 67% of the Forbes 400 are self-made this year, including all four of the black members.

Stewart, though, is among a very elite group of just 25 billionaires who have been given a maximum

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