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Aug 15, 2024 · 1. Robert F. Smith. Net Worth: $9.2 Billion. Industry: Private Equity. Robert F. Smith, Chief of Vista Equity Partners tops the list in Black billionaires in America as the richest among blacks in America.
Mar 29, 2021 · The five wealthiest black billionaires in the U.S. have a combined net worth of $22.7 billion. The two wealthiest, Robert F. Smith and Kanye West, both have net worths north of $6 billion.
- Amy Lamare
Apr 23, 2024 · A white family in Atlanta, Georgia today has 46 times as much wealth as a Black family; a racial wealth gap that is exactly the same as it was nationally in 1863 when Abraham Lincoln signed...
Aug 21, 2024 · White families’ median wealth was $188,200, while Black families’ was less than 15% of that of whites’ at $24,100. Hispanic families’ median wealth was $36,100.
Feb 23, 2020 · Robert F. Smith is the richest of the five black billionaires in the United States. The others are Jay-Z, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, and David Steward.
- Henry Blodget
Mar 14, 2019 · Out of the 607 Americans featured on the Forbes World's Billionaires list, just four are black. Here's a list of the richest black billionaires in the country.
Sep 15, 2022 · Using data from the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis find that the median white family had $184,000 in wealth in 2019 compared to just $38,000 and $23,000 for the median Hispanic and Black families, respectively (see Figure 1).