Forbes 100 Richest Americans 2021 by Race/Ethnicity

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White of Christian Origin 58%
Jewish Origin.                30%
East/SE Asian Origin       07%
South Asian Origin.         03%
Iranian Origin                 01%
Hispanic Origin.              01%

Source: Forbes 400 Richest Americans 2021. In cases of mixed ancestry (Like Larry Page or Bobby Murphy) I went with the lower category (so in that case Jewish and SE Asian respectively). Most of these people are prominent enough that a quick google search can tell you their origins so I’m certain for the vast majority. I thought you guys would find this interesting.

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Do you differentiate between Iranian Jews and non-Jewish people of Iranian descent?

I’m wholly not surprised, as not only does wealth have a lean towards originating in metropolitan or suburban areas, but that already highly-educated diaspora originating from rich families makes this list. Why there’s so few Hispanics and no African Americans is pretty self-evident given structural barriers. I’m going to guess with good confidence that most of the Hispanics on this list either pass as white here or are considered white back home.

Seems like you didn’t stratify based on immigrant status, I would think that would split the 58% white category between “long term Americans” and immigrants significantly.

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Do you differentiate between Iranian Jews and non-Jewish people of Iranian descent?

I’m wholly not surprised, as not only does wealth have a lean towards originating in metropolitan or suburban areas, but that already highly-educated diaspora originating from rich families makes this list. Why there’s so few Hispanics and no African Americans is pretty self-evident given structural barriers. I’m going to guess with good confidence that most of the Hispanics on this list either pass as white here or are considered white back home.

Seems like you didn’t stratify based on immigrant status, I would think that would split the 58% white category between “long term Americans” and immigrants significantly.

The lone Iranian is Pierre Omidyar, who as far as I know is not Jewish. I don’t believe any of the Jewish folks listed are Iranian but I didn’t dig into their backgrounds too deeply. Yes immigrant status (or gender) would also be interesting breakouts and maybe do it if I have time. The majority are American born but there are a decent amount of immigrants. The one Hispanic is Ernest Garcia, who is of Mexican descent. I don’t know if he identifies as white or not

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White of Christian Origin 58%
Jewish Origin.                30%
East/SE Asian Origin       07%
South Asian Origin.         03%
Iranian Origin                 01%
Hispanic Origin.              01%

Source: Forbes 400 Richest Americans 2021.

Jeff Bezos: White American (non-Jewish)
Elon Musk: White American (South African + Canadian, 1st gen)
Mark Zuckerberg: White American (Jewish, 4th gen)
Bill Gates: White American (WASP)
Larry Page: White American (half-Jewish)
Sergey Brin: White American (Jewish [USSR], 1.5 gen)
Larry Ellison: White American (Italian + Jewish)
Steve Balmer: White American (part-Jewish, 2nd gen)
Michael Bloomberg: White American (Jewish, 3rd gen)

A lot of the ones below #10 are family members whose families appear more than once. This is going to skew the racial/ethnic/generational stats

e.g. 11-13 are the Walton family, 14 is "Phil Knight and family"

26. Pierre Omidyar: Iranian [France], 1.5 gen
31. Rupert Murdoch and family: White (Australian, 1st gen)
34. Jensen Huang: East/Southeast Asian (Taiwanese, 1.5 gen)
39. Ernest Garcia, II. : Hispanic/Latino (Mexican, at least 2nd gen). His son is # 83
45. Jay Chaudhry: South Asian (rural North Indian, 1st gen)
51. Bobby Murphy: Mixed-race (White + Filipino, 2nd gen)
54. Eric Yuan and family: East/Southeast Asian (Chinese, 1st gen)
59. Li Ge: East/Southeast Asian (Chinese, 1st gen)
65. Jan Koum: White (Jewish [Ukraine], 1.5 gen)
82. Paul Xiaoming Lee and family: East/Southeast Asian (Chinese, probably 1st gen? he's very old)
89. Patrick Soon-Shiong: East/Southeast Asian (Chinese [South Africa], 1st gen)
92. Vinod Khosla: South Asian (Punjabi Indian, 1st gen)
92. George Soros: White (Jewish [Hungary/UK], 1st gen)
94. Shahid Khan: South Asian (Pakistani, 1.5 gen)
94. Lin Bin: East/Southeast Asian (Chinese national?)