• A small fraction of all No. 1 hits have ruled the Billboard Hot 100 for 10 weeks or more.
• Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” is the latest song to reach the milestone.
• “Choosin’ Texas” has surpassed “All I Want for Christmas Is You” for most weeks atop the chart.

The Billboard Hot 100 is widely regarded as the definitive all-genre singles chart in the US.

Since the chart launched in 1958, hundreds of songs have reached the coveted No. 1 spot. However, far fewer have remained there for double-digit weeks.

Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” recently notched its 23rd week at No. 1 — surpassing Mariah Carey’s 1994 smash “All I Want for Christmas Is You” for the longest reign in history. Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” and Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” are tied for third place with 19 weeks apiece.

Keep reading for a roundup of every song that has ruled the chart for at least 10 weeks, listed in the order they reached that milestone.

Listen to the complete playlist on Business Insider’s Spotify.

1. “You Light Up My Life” by Debby Boone

“You Light Up My Life” was the first song in history to chart at No. 1 for 10 weeks.

2. “Physical” by Olivia Newton-John

“Physical” charted at No. 1 for 10 weeks.

3. “End of the Road” by Boyz II Men

“End of the Road” charted at No. 1 for 13 weeks.

4. “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston

“I Will Always Love You” charted at No. 1 for 14 weeks.

5. “I Swear” by All-4-One

“I Swear” charted at No. 1 for 11 weeks.

5. “I’ll Make Love to You” by Boyz II Men

“I’ll Make Love to You” charted at No. 1 for 14 weeks.

7. “One Sweet Day” by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men

“One Sweet Day” charted at No. 1 for 16 weeks, making Boyz II Men the first artist in history to earn double-digit weeks atop the chart with three different songs.

8. “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” by Los Del Rio

“Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” charted at No. 1 for 14 weeks.

9. “Un-Break My Heart” by Toni Braxton

“Un-Break My Heart” charted at No. 1 for 11 weeks.

10. “I’ll Be Missing You” by Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112

“I’ll Be Missing You” charted at No. 1 for 11 weeks.

11. “Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight” by Elton John

“Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight” charted at No. 1 for 14 weeks.

12. “The Boy Is Mine” by Brandy and Monica

“The Boy Is Mine” charted at No. 1 for 13 weeks.

13. “Smooth” by Santana featuring Rob Thomas

“Smooth” charted at No. 1 for 12 weeks.

14. “Maria Maria” by Santana featuring The Product G&B

“Maria Maria” charted at No. 1 for 10 weeks.

15. “Independent Women, Pt. 1” by Destiny’s Child

“Independent Women, Pt. 1” charted at No. 1 for 11 weeks.

16. “Foolish” by Ashanti

“Foolish” charted at No. 1 for 10 weeks.

17. “Dilemma” by Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland

“Dilemma” charted at No. 1 for 10 weeks.

18. “Lose Yourself” by Eminem

“Lose Yourself” charted at No. 1 for 12 weeks.

19. “Yeah!” by Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris

“Yeah!” charted at No. 1 for 12 weeks.

20. “We Belong Together” by Mariah Carey

“We Belong Together” charted at No. 1 for 14 weeks.

21. “Gold Digger” by Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx

“Gold Digger” charted at No. 1 for 10 weeks.

22. “Irreplaceable” by Beyonce

“Irreplaceable” charted at No. 1 for 10 weeks.

23. “Low” by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain

“Low” charted at No. 1 for 10 weeks.

24. “Boom Boom Pow” by The Black Eyed Peas

“Boom Boom Pow” charted at No. 1 for 12 weeks.

25. “I Gotta Feeling” by The Black Eyed Peas

“I Gotta Feeling” charted at No. 1 for 14 weeks.

26. “We Found Love” by Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris

“We Found Love” charted at No. 1 for 10 weeks.

27. “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell

“Blurred Lines” charted at No. 1 for 12 weeks.

28. “Happy” by Pharrell Williams

“Happy” charted at No. 1 for 10 weeks.

29. “Uptown Funk!” by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars

“Uptown Funk!” charted at No. 1 for 14 weeks.

30. “See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth

“See You Again” charted at No. 1 for 12 weeks.

31. “Hello” by Adele

“Hello” charted at No. 1 for 10 weeks.

32. “One Dance” by Drake featuring WizKid and Kyla

“One Dance” charted at No. 1 for 10 weeks.

33. “Closer” by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey

“Closer” charted at No. 1 for 12 weeks.

34. “Shape of You” by Ed Sheeran

“Shape of You” charted at No. 1 for 12 weeks.

35. “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber

“Despacito” charted at No. 1 for 16 weeks.

36. “God’s Plan” by Drake

“God’s Plan” charted at No. 1 for 11 weeks.

37. “In My Feelings” by Drake

“In My Feelings” charted at No. 1 for 10 weeks, becoming Drake’s third entry on this list. He holds the record for the most solo songs with double-digit weeks atop the Hot 100.

Drake also holds the record for the most No. 1 song debuts in history.

38. “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus

After Lil Nas X recruited Billy Ray Cyrus for a remix, “Old Town Road” dominated the Hot 100 for 19 weeks in 2019, the most ever for a collaboration. It also became the fastest song in history to be certified diamond and won two Grammy Awards.

39. “The Box” by Roddy Ricch

“The Box” charted at No. 1 for 11 weeks.

40. “Butter” by BTS

“Butter” charted at No. 1 for 10 nonconsecutive weeks.

41. “Easy On Me” by Adele

“Easy On Me” charted at No. 1 for 10 nonconsecutive weeks, becoming Adele’s second song to reach the milestone.

42. “As It Was” by Harry Styles

“As It Was” charted at No. 1 for 15 nonconsecutive weeks in 2022, the longest reign ever for a British artist.

43. “All I Want for Christmas Is You”

More than three decades after its release, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” returned to No. 1 in December 2022 for its milestone 10th week on top of the chart.

The holiday hit became Carey’s third song to earn double-digit weeks atop the Hot 100, making her the third artist and first woman ever to achieve the feat thrice.

The song has cyclically returned to No. 1 each holiday season since.

In 2025, the song experienced another holiday-season surge, earning its 22nd total week at No. 1, the second-most in history.

44. “Last Night” by Morgan Wallen

“Last Night” charted at No. 1 for 16 nonconsecutive weeks in 2023, despite Morgan Wallen’s many controversies.

45. “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey

“A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey’s breakout hit, charted at No. 1 for 19 nonconsecutive weeks in 2024. It’s tied with “Old Town Road” for the third-longest reign in history.

46. “Luther” by Kendrick Lamar with SZA

“Luther” was released as track three on Kendrick Lamar’s album, “GNX,” and originally debuted at No. 3 on the Hot 100.

Shortly after Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show (which SZA joined to perform both “Luther” and their 2018 hit “All the Stars”), “Luther” rose to the top spot, where it remained for 13 consecutive weeks.

47. “Ordinary” by Alex Warren

“Ordinary” was released as the lead single from Alex Warren’s debut studio album, “You’ll Be Alright, Kid.”

Warren performed the song on the “Love Is Blind” season eight reunion special, which boosted its streaming numbers. It later became a summertime radio hit, reaching No. 1 on the Hot 100 in June 2025, nearly four months after its release.

“Ordinary” spent nine consecutive weeks atop the chart before rebounding for its milestone 10th in late August.

48. “The Fate of Ophelia” by Taylor Swift

“The Fate of Ophelia” was released alongside Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” and promoted as the lead single.

The Shakespeare-inspired pop song debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and remained atop the chart for eight consecutive weeks. After falling to lower positions during the 2025 holiday season, it returned to the summit for its ninth and 10th weeks in January 2026, surpassing “Anti-Hero” as Swift’s longest-leading hit to date.

49. “Choosin’ Texas” by Ella Langley

Ella Langley’s breakthrough hit was originally released in October 2025 as the lead single from her sophomore album, “Dandelion.”

It reached No. 1 on the Hot 100 the following Valentine’s Day and soon became a crossover smash.

“Choosin’ Texas” dominated charts throughout the summer of 2026. In September, it earned its 23rd week atop the chart, dethroning “All I Want For Christmas Is You” as the longest-leading hit in Hot 100 history.

• Paramount+ is getting a slew of new features to grow engagement and improve monetization.
• An internal streaming initiatives list shows which features Paramount is focused on, and why.
• CEO David Ellison’s company has been working on these projects while waiting to close its WBD deal.

Paramount+ is bulking up before its marriage with HBO Max.

Paramount Skydance is preparing to launch new streaming features designed to drive engagement and increase revenue from viewers as it finalizes its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The deal will give Paramount control of HBO Max and Discovery+.

CEO David Ellison’s company told streaming employees at a town hall this summer that Paramount+ is planning to add a free tier, micro dramas, and new interactive ad formats. Paramount is also preparing to put a comments section in its TikTok-style feed and leverage AI to help it clip videos, according to a screenshot of its streaming initiatives list recently viewed by Business Insider.

These features don’t have specific launch dates yet, a person familiar with Paramount’s strategy said. However, an internal document said several projects related to the free tier are labeled for Q4 and Q1 2027.

Paramount+ is also leaning into short vertical video, which it launched in April, and adding more video podcast segments to grow engagement on mobile and during the day.

The streaming initiatives list, which one tech staffer described as “a living, breathing document,” shows what Paramount’s streaming team has been prioritizing ahead of its WBD merger.

Ellison has looked to remake Paramount, a 114-year-old media firm, by prioritizing tech and hiring executives from companies like Google and Meta. Paramount hopes that buying WBD will give it the scale it needs to rival Netflix and YouTube, though some analysts are skeptical of its chances because of its relatively low streaming viewership share and the combined company’s tens of billions of dollars in debt.

“What Ellison’s doing is very logical,” Rich Greenfield, a media analyst at Lightshed Partners, said of the changes coming to Paramount+. He added that Paramount is “throwing a lot of things at the wall to see what drives engagement.”

How free content can help Paramount+ lift engagement and profits

Paramount’s streaming product updates are designed to either boost engagement or improve monetization — two overarching goals for its business, a person familiar with the company’s strategy said. Growing viewership makes customers less likely to cancel and generates incremental revenue for subscribers on the ad tier.

Paramount+ needs help in both areas.

Nearly 6% of its subscribers canceled in August, according to subscription data firm Antenna. That’s the second-highest rate among major streamers. Antenna also found in a June report that more than a third of Paramount+ users only watched the service lightly — a higher percentage than any of its major paid rivals.

“You need something all the time to keep people entertained,” Greenfield said. “It’s a war for time spent, and you’re chasing the juggernaut in the space, which is YouTube.”

A free tier could help Paramount+ entice new users.

“While Disney+ wants people to visit more often, Paramount+ needs more people to actually come to the house,” said Mike Proulx, a media-focused research director at Forrester.

Paramount is “experimenting with various forms of free content” like short-form video, live channels, and user-generated content, an internal streaming document said.

Before sampling the Paramount+ free tier, users will need to register with their email, which lets the company add them to marketing lists. This “lays the groundwork” for free users to eventually become paying customers, the document said. It added that this process of capturing identities from the free tier could “become the connective tissue between the broader Paramount Ecosystem.”

Free-tier viewers will either be asked to pay after watching a certain number of episodes, or after a certain period of time, the document said, so that users can’t just “binge free content without friction.”

“The goal is to create timely urgency that nudges registered users toward converting to a paid subscription,” the document said.

Others in Hollywood, like Disney, are also exploring adding free tiers as steady streaming price hikes make no-cost options appealing.

‘War of the tech stacks’

Paramount has spent the last year integrating Paramount+ and the free streamer Pluto TV into a single tech platform. That “convergence” project is nearly complete, two people familiar with the change said, meaning that many streaming teams are working on a unified tech stack.

As Paramount merges with WBD, it will also acquire HBO Max and Discovery+. It’s unclear exactly how Paramount will integrate content and features from those streamers, though employees across both companies are bracing for internal competition.

Ellison told staffers in a memo on Monday, sent after settling the lawsuits that were holding up the WBD deal, that Paramount is still thinking through the integration details.

“I know you have questions about what happens next — your role, your team and how we will work day to day,” Ellison told employees. “We don’t have all the answers yet, and I won’t pretend otherwise.”

“I see another internal war of the tech stacks happening,” a veteran WBD streaming employee said about the Paramount acquisition, which comes a few years after WarnerMedia merged with Discovery.

Proulx said that until there’s clarity about how Paramount+ and HBO Max will coexist, Paramount streaming leaders could find themselves “in a bit of product purgatory.”

• Mars and Walmart use AI to plan their Halloween candy and costume supplies early in the summer.
• Mars uses AI to predict consumer demand and plan candy production and distribution.
• Walmart’s AI forecasts demand and helps plan inventory unloading and store stocking.

Fall has just begun, but for companies in the Halloween candy and costume business, spooky season kicked off this summer.

At Mars — the maker of candies like M&Ms, Twix, and Skittles — they’ve found that consumers want to maximize their Halloween festivities, Ramesh Kollepara, the SVP and global chief technology officer of the company’s snacking division, told Business Insider. They’re leaning into “Summerween” by buying trick-or-treat candy in July, Kollepara said, pointing to Mars’ recent in-house report on consumer candy trends.

“That means we have to think beyond a traditional Halloween selling window,” Kollepara said. “We need to understand not only how much demand we’ll see, but when it will begin, where it will occur, and how the product mix may change.”

For this reason, Kollepara called Halloween “a great stress test” for supply chains. There’s added complexity because the Halloween shopping season has a fixed deadline for merchandise to reach stores, said Benjamin Bond, SVP of client strategy and success at Simbe, a retail robotics and AI company. At the same time, ordering too much stock leads to waste.

For manufacturers like Mars and retailers like Walmart, AI helps find the sweet spot. Previously, supply chain planners manually adjusted parameters, and forecasts were trial and error, said Madhav Durbha, the group VP of manufacturing industry strategy at AI platform RELEX Solutions. Now AI automates changes, so planners aren’t “constantly fiddling with the algorithms,” he said.

Using AI to find inventory sweet spots

Mars has turned to AI to track and plan when its treats are in high demand. AI layers in data showing consumers are buying earlier, as well as Mars’ available inventory, production capacity, and customer requirements, Kollepara said.

At Mars, AI connects the dots among four key questions, with results that can vary by geographic region and consumer behavior, Kollepara said. Those questions are:

• What will consumers want?
• What should Mars make?
• Where should the inventory go?
• When will they want it?

For instance, Mars’ research found that consumers in the Western US want Halloween-themed novelty treats, while those in the South prefer gummy candy, allowing Mars to route its inventory accordingly.

Like Mars, Walmart’s use of AI in the supply chain begins with forecasting, Indira Uppuluri, the retailer’s SVP of supply chain technology, told Business Insider. Walmart pulls last year’s Halloween data, new candy releases, and social media trends, then analyzes the data using AI to inform the orders it places with suppliers, Uppuluri said.

Walmart monitors its distribution networks with AI to ensure products are packed and transported in time for trick-or-treaters. Its AI reviews what’s in each trailer and compares it with the current store inventory. The system then flags which trailers to unload right away, and which can wait — a useful tool during the holiday rush.

“At the end of the day, it’s the flow that’s super important for us,” Uppuluri said. “There’s always something coming in; there’s always something going out. How do we get the right movement for the right inventory?”

Executing during the Halloween season

Getting products to warehouses is only part of the Halloween supply chain puzzle, Bond said.

Retailers must also move inventory from stores’ backrooms to shelves and respond to shifts in demand at speed. “Stores have roughly a 10-day window around peak demand to get the season right,” Bond said.

During the season, if Walmart’s AI recognizes signs of too much or too little inventory, “we course correct along the way,” Uppuluri said. It might tell a vendor to pause on sending an order if there’s too much unsold candy.

As candy and costumes arrive at Walmart’s distribution centers, automation technology sorts the goods into pallets based on where the merchandise will go in store aisles, Uppuluri said. That way, store associates can quickly unload goods and stock shelves.

Walmart builds seasonal merchandise pallets early and holds them at distribution centers to avoid crowding store backrooms, which have more limited space than warehouses. When a store needs inventory, a pallet is ready to go. The pallets also have IoT tags and RFID tags, so Walmart can ensure they’re dropped off at the right store.

For all the complex algorithms running in the background, the indicator of success is simple: whether a consumer can get the candy and costumes they want, Uppuluri said.

He added: “You can have smart systems, but if you don’t make that assortment available to customers when they need it, nothing else matters.”

• Jay Eskenazi planned the itinerary for his trip to Europe with Claude and the Grok Bot.
• Once he landed, Eskenazi said he realized Meta’s Muse was the most helpful for travel planning.
• “These are the things that a very seasoned travel agent from 30 years ago would’ve done for you,” he said.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jay Eskenazi. He lives in Los Angeles and worked in user experience for 19 years. It’s been edited for length and clarity.

I’m in Paris, and I’m going to Barcelona tomorrow. The trip is three weeks.

I came here for the first time last year, and it was my first long trip by myself. Last year, planning it was very stressful, and I did a ton of research.

This year was the same thing, where I had these very long notes. At this point, everyone knows that you can go to any AI tool and say: “Hey, I’m going to City X, give me an itinerary for seven days.”

I had this epiphany a few weeks ago, where I realized I had all these note files, bulleted stuff, and coffee shops to go to.

If someone gave you a list of five coffee shops and they were in five different cities, as someone who’s not familiar with the terrain, you wouldn’t necessarily know how to structure that in the course of the day. Which coffee shop goes with which museum?

So, instead of doing an itinerary, I was like: “Here’s my notes. Put them together in an organized way for me. Structure them in a logical sequence.”

I hadn’t used Claude in a while, so I tried that a little. I use Grok a lot, and I just upgraded because I wanted to play with the Grok Bot. So, I made this really fancy itinerary. I kept iterating it. It did a really good job. Then I got here and was like, “It’s not as good.”

I’m naturally curious, so I tried out Muse. I think I must’ve gotten Muse two days before I left.

I was looking at this itinerary a couple of days ago and was like, “I don’t like what it says tomorrow.” So I opened Muse and asked for an afternoon itinerary. It spat out all of this stuff. I was like: “Oh! There’s some new stuff in here.”

These are really common scenarios. Maybe there are five museums you want to go to. It takes a lot of work: this museum’s closed on Tuesday, this one’s closed on Monday, and this one’s free next Friday. The AI tools can structure that in a way that you would do if you had a thousand hours.

It’s a small thing, but when you apply that to a thousand decision points, it does a really nice job of putting those things together.

If you’re like: “Hey, I want to go get coffee, then I need something to do before I get lunch, then I want to go to the museum this afternoon.” Most of the other AI tools will just give you the list. Then you’re like, how do I get from place to place to place?

Muse would actually put it on a map with dots. I clicked a button, and it put it in Google Maps. I had this experience this weekend. None of the other tools did that.

I’m going to Barcelona tomorrow, and I’ll get there in the evening. One of the reasons I picked it was because there’s an annual festival. I timed it so I can be there for the core of the activities. But the main activities weren’t published, even last week, because they’re on some website in Spanish that didn’t have the fully fleshed-out program.

In the hourlong Uber to Versailles, I was like, “What’s the structure for Thursday?” It’s able to pull that. It’s got: this opens in the morning, this is free, this is mid-day, this is in the evening.

I don’t know if ChatGPT would have it. Maybe it would, but it doesn’t seem to output it in the same way. Also, I gave it access to my email, so it knows I’m leaving tomorrow. It has an idea tab that said, “I can map the opening night before you get there.” It’s proactive.

The other thing: I was indecisive about my plans over the last couple of days. What Muse was doing was checking the times to see what ticket availability looked like. It’s doing this proactive thing for you, where it tracks it, because options are shrinking.

As a non-developer, I set up OpenClaw in February. That took a lot of time. I had a developer friend help me for hours. Then I had all these AWS bills I didn’t understand. I’m asking it to give me a recipe; I don’t know how many tokens that’s going to cost. I ended up having to shut it down.

Muse is like OpenClaw for normies. If you’re not a tech person, these things are useful because they do what an assistant would. Anyone could set this up.

It comes back to when I worked at Expedia. These are the things that a very seasoned travel agent from 30 years ago would’ve done for you. That would be a very expensive vacation for that level of service.

I also just got access to Instinct yesterday, because I was on the waitlist. I’m very curious, but you can’t see exactly what it’s doing. It had good ideas and gave me an itinerary, but it had to put them in a Google Doc. I was also confused because I don’t remember what I told it, and it made personalized recommendations. I was like: “Wait, how did it know this?”

Muse just seems easier. It’s very fast, and it feels more responsive.

• Finance and tech have minted the most billionaires in the US.
• However, less obvious industries have also led to some of the US’s biggest fortunes.
• The common denominator of massive wealth is being a founder (or, of course, an heir).

Finance and technology usually spring to mind when thinking of the world’s most lucrative industries.

And that’s for good reason. They have been the source of wealth for nearly half of America’s 400 richest people, as ranked and categorized by Forbes.

However, billion-dollar fortunes have been made in other sectors, too, ranging from trucking to pest control.

Business Insider has compiled data from the 2026 Forbes 400 list, which is an estimated snapshot of the 400 richest people in America as of September 4.

Forbes estimated each member’s net worth using a variety of sources, including interviews, asset valuations, and deductions for debt, charitable contributions, and fund donations.

The following ranking is based on the 16 industries into which Forbes categorized each individual. Business Insider calculated how many individuals went into each category to find which industries have minted the most of America’s richest people. It also compiled the richest person within each industry.

Some of the members featured an “& family” tag, which means wealth held by a founder or heir’s immediate family. The totals, therefore, count Forbes entries, not necessarily individual people.

Here are the industries that featured the most on the Forbes 400 list, from most to least prevalent.

1. Finance & investments — 108 members

Richest: Warren Buffett — $144 billion

The finance and investments industry has been the biggest maker of fortunes. Most of the wealthiest individuals in this category are founders of hedge funds, mortgage lenders, VC, and investment firms.

Some are heirs to founders, such as the grandchildren of Fidelity founder Edward Johnson II.

2. Technology — 91 members

Richest: Elon Musk — $908 billion

Technology has been a massive maker of fortunes; the nine richest in this category are wealthier than Warren Buffett.

Many are founders of big-name tech companies, as well as software and computer hardware firms. The AI boom has brought several newcomers to the list, including OpenAI cofounder and president Greg Brockman.

3. Food & beverage — 35 members

Richest: (Tie) Jacqueline and John Mars — $50.3 billion

From Chick-fil-A to Tito’s Vodka, there are plenty of household-name brands in this category.

Others made their fortunes in the non-consumer parts of the food and beverage industry. These include J. Christopher Reyes and Jude Reyes, who cochair the food and beverage distribution firm Reyes Holdings, or Harry Stine, who made his fortune licensing soybean and corn genetics.

4. Fashion & retail — 26 members

Richest: Rob Walton & family — $132 billion

Like food and beverage, household names dominate the fashion & retail category. Walmart alone is listed as the source of wealth of eight people in this industry.

Other sources of retail wealth are less obvious. Jimmy and Bill Haslam’s fortunes largely derive from the truck stop chain Pilot Flying J, which their father founded.

5. Energy — 23 members

Richest: Lyndal Stephens Greth & family — $30 billion

Oil tycoons and their families make up the bulk of this list. And it’s not just those with stakes or roles in companies involved in production, but also pipelines and refineries.

6. Real estate — 18 members

Richest: Stephen Ross — $21.5 billion

America’s wealthiest real-estate magnates built their fortunes through all kinds of properties. Jeff Greene, for example, made billions investing in credit default swaps tied to subprime mortgage-backed securities before the financial crisis.

With an estimated net worth of $7 billion and much of his wealth tied to real estate, President Donald Trump is also included in this category.

7. Media & entertainment — 17 members

Richest: Rupert Murdoch & family — $25 billion

Legacy media, such as cable and satellite television, continue to dominate this category. However, some billionaires built their fortunes through other kinds of media, including Gabe Newell, who cofounded video game developer Valve.

Movies have minted others, such as award-winning director Steven Spielberg and “Star Wars” creator George Lucas.

8. Sports — 16 members

Richest: Stanley Kroenke — $27.6 billion

For many people in the sports category, team ownership is more of a second act, rather than the original source of their wealth.

For example, before they bought teams, Arthur Blank cofounded Home Depot, Stephen Bisciotti made his fortune in talent management, and Arturo Moreno made his money from billboard advertising.

There are some exceptions, such as Michael Jordan, whose basketball career was the origin of his wealth.

9. Healthcare — 15 members

Richest: Thomas Frist, Jr. & family — $33.6 billion

Aside from the category’s richest entry, Thomas Frist Jr. and family, whose wealth comes from hospitals, most of the others made or inherited their fortunes in pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and medical equipment.

One, Patrick Soon-Shiong, developed the chemotherapy drug Abraxane.

10. Manufacturing — 15 members

Richest: Steven Rales — $8.7 billion

Manufacturing spans a variety of industries, from packaging materials to defense.

Some big fortunes come from everyday products you might not expect. Cleaning products alone account for four people on the list, all of whom are heirs to SC Johnson, whose products include Windex and Glade.

11. Service — 11 members

Richest: Micky Arison & family — $11.5 billion

Aircraft leasing, cruises, and self-storage are just some examples of services that have turned people into billionaires.

Lucrative service companies aren’t necessarily the most glamorous. Gary Rollins, for example, is executive chairman emeritus of pest control firm Rollins, which was founded by his father.

12. Automotive — 8 members

Richest: Ernest Garcia, II — $24.3 billion

In the US, automotive fortunes are less about manufacturing cars and more about selling, servicing, and moving them.

Forbes 400 member Dan Friedkin, for example, owns Gulf States Toyota, while Shahid Khan owns auto parts supplier Flex-N-Gate.

13. Diversified — 8 members

Richest: Julia Koch & family — $84.6 billion

Diversified means fortunes that don’t neatly come from one industry. Members of the Koch family, which has stakes in the conglomerate Koch, dominate this segment.

14. Logistics — 4 members

Richest: Brad Jacobs — $13.3 billion

The businesses that move products through the supply chain are among the most essential to day-to-day life, and can be worth billions.

For example, Johnelle Hunt, who cofounded transportation and logistics firm J.B. Hunt Transport Services, is worth $6.6 billion.

15. Construction & engineering — 3 members

Richest: Diane Hendricks — $23.6 billion

All three members of the Forbes 400 in the construction and engineering industry are self-made billionaires.

Diane Hendricks cofounded building-supply distributor ABC Supply with her late husband, Ken Hendricks. Mike Hollingshead founded concrete maker Smyrna Ready Mix, while Robert Clark founded construction firm Clayco.

16. Gambling & casinos — 2 members

Richest: Miriam Adelson & family — $33.5 billion

With just two members categorized in the Forbes 400, gambling and casinos are the smallest category.

Miriam Adelson’s late husband, Sheldon Adelson, was the founder of casino company Las Vegas Sands, while Jon Yarbrough founded casino producer Video Gaming Technologies.

Phil Ruffin, who Forbes categorized as diversified, made his wealth from a mix of casinos and real estate.

• Karoline Leavitt discussed leaving her White House role in an appearance on Sean Hannity’s podcast.
• She called being a working mom “the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do in my life.”
• Leavitt has two children with her husband, 60-year-old real-estate developer Nicholas Riccio.

For Karoline Leavitt, the hardest part of serving as President Donald Trump’s press secretary wasn’t facing reporters — it was leaving her young children at home.

Leavitt was the youngest-ever White House press secretary before announcing her departure in August. In a podcast episode of “Hang Out with Sean Hannity” released Tuesday, she spoke about her decision to step back from her role in the Trump administration to focus on her family.

“Being a working mom was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do in my life,” she said.

Leavitt, 28, shares two children with her husband, 60-year-old real-estate developer Nicholas Riccio.

She told Hannity that her struggle to balance work and motherhood began shortly after her first child was born in July 2024. Leavitt watched on live TV as Trump survived an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, the same day she brought her son, Niko, home from the hospital. She returned to work as the Trump campaign’s national press secretary just days after giving birth.

“As a three-day postpartum woman, that was very traumatic, and I had a choice to make,” Leavitt said. “I had producers calling, ‘Can you come on TV and talk about this?’ And I felt as though I owed it to the president to do that.”

Her appointment as White House press secretary didn’t make her work-life balance any easier, Leavitt said.

‘I don’t know if I can do this anymore’

Leavitt told Hannity that the long hours her job required took a toll on her 2-year-old son.

“I would leave for the White House very early in the morning, and he would cling to my leg as I would walk out the door, and we would have to hide him sometimes so that I wouldn’t have to break his heart again,” she said. “And sometimes I would drive to the White House in silence, like, ‘I don’t know if I can do this anymore.'”

After giving birth to her daughter, Viviana, in May, Leavitt said she realized it was time to make a change.

“The president deserves someone in that job who can give it their all 24/7,” she said. “And after having two kids, I just realized I couldn’t.”

Trump “couldn’t have been kinder” about her decision to leave the White House, Leavitt said.

“It was the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make because I loved my job and I love the president and our team and I believe so much in what he’s doing,” Leavitt said. “But, as he jokes, I do love my kids more, and you know, I realize they need me home right now, especially during these young years.”