Richest Immigrants In The US 2025: Some From South Africa To China

Illustration of the richest immigrants in the US (Freepic)

YOGYAKARTA Forbes has just published the richest immigrants who currently live in the United States. Interestingly, the richest immigrants in the US come from various countries such as South Africa to China. The amount of their wealth is also no joke. Then who are the wealthy American immigrants? Watch the following article.

Please note, immigrants are someone who moves from their citizenship country to another country permanently. The phenomenon of immigrants in the United States is a natural thing to happen. In fact, the US is considered an immigrant country that people from all over the world visit. Their goal to the US is mostly to make a decent living.

As a country that is considered capable of providing a decent life, many of the immigrants managed to establish a business empire. Interestingly, in Forbes it is said that 3 of the 10 richest people in America (and the world) are immigrants.

Based on information presented by Forbes, as of July 7, 2025, the richest immigrants in America are occupied by Elon Musk who is an immigrant from South Africa. In the top 10 list of US richest immigrants, some are from China. For more details, see the following list.

Born in South Africa, Elon Musk decided to move to the US through Kanda during college. Currently he is a global businessman with assets reaching $393.1 billion or around Rp6.34 quadrillion. Elon Musk has also been listed several times on the Forbes list. One of them is that he is included in the Forbes list of the richest people in the 2022 world.

Sergey Brin is from Russia. He and his family moved to the US when he was 5 years old to avoid anti-Semitism in his home country. Sergey Brin is known as one of the founders of Google. His assets reached $139.7 billion or around Rp2.25 quadrillion.

Janseng Huang is the founder and CEO of Nvidia, a global technology company. Janseng was born in Taiwan and then moved to Thailand. He was sent to America when he was 9 years old to avoid riots. Currently, Janseng Huang's assets reach $137.9 billion or around Rp2.22 quadrillion.

Thomas Peterffy was originally a poor immigrant. But his condition changed drastically. He is even known as the founder and chairman of Interactive Brokers. Thomas Peterffy has assets of up to $67.9 billion or around Rp1.09 quadrillion.

tta Adelson was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. He gained his fortune by doing the Las Vegassignai Kasino business. Through his business,tta managed to raise a fortune of $33.4 billion or around Rp538 trillion.

Moving to America, Rupert is now known as the owner of News Corporation, the most influential media in the world. Rupert's total wealth is no less fantastic, reaching $24.0 billion or around Rp386 trillion.

Peter Thiel is a businessman from Germany who is now the richest immigrant in America. He is known for establishing PayPal. Currently, his assets reach 21.8 billion or IDR 351 trillion.

As a technology entrepreneur, Jay Chaudhry seems successful in creeping up. Chaudhry himself builds many global-scale companies, one of which is Zscaler, a cybersecurity company. His total wealth reaches 17.9 billion or around IDR 288 trillion.

Jan Koum moved to America when he was 16 years old. In the US he managed to become one of the richest immigrants by establishing WhatsApp. Now his wealth reaches $16.9 billion or around Rp272 trillion.

John Tu was born in China but grew up in Taiwan. After that he studied in Germany and in the end moved to America by establishing Kingston Technology. Now his wealth reaches $14.1 billion or around Rp227 trillion.

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