Forbes(@Forbes):Forbes began publishing the annual Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans in 1982. But we started tracking tycoons all the way back in 1918, when the magazine’s founder B.C. Forbes surveyed "the foremost bankers in the country" to find America's 30 greatest fortunes. Read more: https://t.co/MqYvuI651z 📸: Keystone via Getty Images, Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images, Corbis via Getty Images

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Forbes began publishing the annual Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans in 1982. But we started tracking tycoons all the way back in 1918, when the magazine’s founder B.C. Forbes surveyed "the foremost bankers in the country" to find America's 30 greatest fortunes. Read more: 📸: Keystone via Getty Images, Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images, Corbis via Getty Images