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The nation's wealthiest citizens are worth $4 trillion — $500 billion less than last year, Forbes said. The minimum net worth required to make the list also fell for the first time since the Great Recession, by $200 million, to $2.7 billion.
The wealthiest man in the world is Elon Musk, who is worth $251 billion, and the second wealthiest is Jeff Bezos, who is worth $151 billion.
Fortunes were calculated on Sept. 2 using stock prices and exchange rates.
The Maryland residents who made the list are:
143. Stephen Bisciotti, 62, of Severna Park, worth $6.4 billion: Majority owner of the Baltimore Ravens and Aerotek founder.
- 143. Ted Lerner & family, 96, of Rockville, worth $6.4 billion, former managing principal owner of the Washington Nationals baseball team and real estate developer.
- 158. Mitchell Rales, 66, Bethesda native, worth $5.8 billion, co-founder of the Danaher Corporation, and chairman of its executive committee.
- 211. Dan Snyder, 57, of Silver Spring, worth $4.9 billion, Washington Commanders owner and businessman.
- 244. Jim Davis, 62, worth $4.3 billion, creator of "Garfield" and cartoonist/TV producer.
- 285. Bernard Saul II, 90, of Bethesda, worth $3.9 billion, Chairman and CEO of Saul Centers, a private real estate.
- 332. David Rubenstein, 73, of Bethesda, worth $3.3 billion, co-founder and co-chairman of the private equity firm The Carlyle Group
The same three men were also named to last year's Forbes list of richest people in America.
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