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It's a good time to be a billionaire in Dallas-Fort Worth. The North Texans featured on the new Forbes 400 have largely seen their fortunes increase in the past year.
The magazine published Oct. 1 its latest ranking of the 400 wealthiest Americans, using estimates based on both public and private investments. The list includes 43 people living in Texas with a collective net worth of $777 billion.
Of those 43, a solid 19 are known to live in DFW. Walmart heiress Alice Walton remains No. 1 in DFW.
Elon Musk, who spends at least part of his time living in Texas, remained No. 1 nationally with an estimated net worth of about $244 billion. The 400 have a combined net worth of $5.4 trillion, a record that Forbes said showed how the wealth of the richest Americans is soaring.
To get on the Forbes 400, the minimum net worth this year was $3.3 billion.
To see the full list from Forbes, go here.
Alice Walton
Forbes 400 rank: 15
Net worth as of Oct. 2: $91.4 billion
Walton (pictured at 2022 Getty Medal Dinner) is the only daughter of late Walmart founder Sam Walton and an avid art collector and patron.
Lyndal Stephens Greth and family
Forbes 400 rank: 28
Net worth as of Oct. 2: $32.3 billion
Greth is chair of Endeavor Energy Resources, one of the largest private oil producers in the U.S.
Elaine Marshall and family
Forbes 400 rank: 35
Net worth as of Oct. 2: $28.3 billion
Marshall owns about 16% of industrial conglomerate Koch Inc., according to Forbes.
Jerry Jones and family
Forbes 400 rank: 52
Net worth as of Oct. 2: $15.3 billion
Jones is president and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys and his sons, Stephen Jones and Jerry Jones Jr., have been taking increasingly active roles in the club.
Andy Beal
Forbes 400 rank: 74
Net worth as of Oct. 2: $12 billion
Beal is the founder and owner of Beal Financial Corp., parent company of Beal Bank.
Ann Walton Kroenke
Forbes 400 rank: 82
Net worth as of Oct. 2: $11.5 billion
Walton Kroenke is the niece of Walmart founder Sam Walton.
Ken Fisher
Forbes 400 rank: 86
Net worth as of Oct. 2: $11.2 billion
Fisher is executive chairman and co-chief investment officer of Fisher Investments, which relocated to Plano in 2023.
Robert Rowling
Forbes 400 rank: 126
Net worth as of Oct. 2: $8.6 billion
Rowling is owner of Omni Hotels.
Ray Lee Hunt
Forbes 400 rank: 176
Net worth as of Oct. 2: $6.9 billion
Hunt is chair of Hunt Consolidated, the energy and real estate company created by his father, famous wildcatter H.L. Hunt.
David Bonderman
Forbes 400 rank: 184 (tie)
Net worth as of Oct. 2: $6.7 billion
Bonderman is chairman of private equity firm TPG and co-owner of the Seattle Kraken of the NFL.
Kelcy Warren
Forbes 400 rank: 184 (tie)
Net worth as of Oct. 2: $6.7 billion
Kelcy is co-founder and former CEO of pipeline giant Energy Transfer.
Robert Bass
Forbes 400 rank: 222
Net worth as of Oct. 2: $5.9 billion
Bass is a philanthropist and business executive and one of four nephews of Sid Richardson.
Mark Cuban
Forbes 400 rank: 230 (tie)
Net worth as of Oct. 2: $5.7 billion
Cuban sold his majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks in 2023 but remains a minority investor in addition to his other business endeavors like Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs.
Margot Birmingham Perot (center, with Ross Perot)
Forbes 400 rank: 247 (tie)
Net worth as of Oct. 2: $5.3 billion
Perot is the widow of Ross Perot Sr., famous North Texas technology executive and one-time presidential candidate.
Trevor Rees Jones
Forbes 400 rank: 256 (tie)
Net worth as of Oct. 2: $5.1 billion
Rees-Jones founded Chief Oil & Gas and became a pioneer in shale fracking.
Ross Perot Jr.
Forbes 400 rank: 288 (tie)
Net worth as of Oct. 2: $4.6 billion
Perot is founder and chairman of Hillwood, a huge real estate company involved in everything from industrial development at AllianceTexas to creating master-planned communities to high-rise development.
Carl Thoma
Forbes 400 rank: 308 (tie)
Net worth as of Oct. 2: $4.4 billion
Thoma is co-founder of private equity pioneer Thoma Bravo.
Sid Bass
Forbes 400 rank: 359 (tie)
Net worth as of Oct. 2: $4.4 billion
Bass is another nephew of Sid Richardson and a major philanthropist and business executive.
Ray Davis
Forbes 400 rank: 385 (tie)
Net worth as of Oct. 2: $3.5 billion
Davis co-founded Energy Transfer with Kelcy Warren in 1995 and helped grow it into a major midstream oil and gas company; he also co-owns the Texas Rangers.
