The list was complied by
Forbes Magazine, one of my favorite magazines
to read. Below is the list of the top 50 richest men and women
according to Forbes.
1 |
William Gates III |
57.0 |
52 |
Medina, WA |
Microsoft |
2 |
Warren Buffett |
50.0 |
78 |
Omaha, NE |
Berkshire Hathaway |
3 |
Lawrence Ellison |
27.0 |
64 |
Redwood City, CA |
Oracle |
4 |
Jim Walton |
23.4 |
60 |
Bentonville, AR |
Wal-Mart |
5 |
S Robson Walton |
23.3 |
64 |
Bentonville, AR |
Wal-Mart |
6 |
Alice Walton |
23.2 |
59 |
Fort Worth, TX |
Wal-Mart |
6 |
Christy Walton & family |
23.2 |
53 |
Jackson, WY |
Wal-Mart inheritance |
8 |
Michael Bloomberg |
20.0 |
66 |
New York, NY |
Bloomberg |
9 |
Charles Koch |
19.0 |
72 |
Wichita, KS |
manufacturing, energy |
9 |
David Koch |
19.0 |
68 |
New York, NY |
manufacturing, energy |
11 |
Michael Dell |
17.3 |
43 |
Austin, TX |
Dell |
12 |
Paul Allen |
16.0 |
55 |
Seattle, WA |
Microsoft, investments |
13 |
Sergey Brin |
15.9 |
35 |
Palo Alto, CA |
Google |
14 |
Larry Page |
15.8 |
35 |
San Francisco, CA |
Google |
15 |
Sheldon Adelson |
15.0 |
75 |
Las Vegas, NV |
casinos, hotels |
15 |
Steven Ballmer |
15.0 |
52 |
Hunts Point, WA |
Microsoft |
15 |
Abigail Johnson |
15.0 |
46 |
Boston, MA |
Fidelity |
18 |
Jack Taylor & family |
14.0 |
86 |
St Louis, MO |
Enterprise Rent-A-Car |
19 |
Anne Cox Chambers |
13.0 |
88 |
Atlanta, GA |
Cox Enterprises |
20 |
Donald Bren |
12.0 |
76 |
Newport Beach, CA |
real estate |
20 |
Carl Icahn |
12.0 |
72 |
New York, NY |
leveraged buyouts |
20 |
George Kaiser |
12.0 |
66 |
Tulsa, OK |
oil & gas, banking |
20 |
Forrest Mars Jr |
12.0 |
77 |
McLean, VA |
candy, pet food |
20 |
Jacqueline Mars |
12.0 |
68 |
Bedminster, NJ |
candy, pet food |
20 |
John Mars |
12.0 |
72 |
Arlington, VA |
candy, pet food |
next 25 positions:
26 |
Ronald Perelman |
11.5 |
65 |
New York, NY |
leveraged buyouts |
27 |
Kirk Kerkorian |
11.2 |
91 |
Los Angeles, CA |
investments, casinos |
28 |
Leonard Blavatnik |
11.0 |
51 |
New York, NY |
Access Industries |
28 |
Edward Johnson III |
11.0 |
78 |
Boston, MA |
Fidelity |
28 |
George Soros |
11.0 |
78 |
Westchester, NY |
hedge funds |
31 |
Philip Knight |
10.5 |
70 |
Beaverton, OR |
Nike |
32 |
John Kluge |
9.0 |
94 |
Palm Beach, FL |
Metromedia |
33 |
Jeffrey Bezos |
8.7 |
44 |
Seattle, WA |
Amazon |
33 |
James Goodnight |
8.7 |
65 |
Cary, NC |
SAS Institute |
35 |
Charles Ergen |
8.1 |
55 |
Denver, CO |
EchoStar |
36 |
Philip Anschutz |
8.0 |
68 |
Denver, CO |
investments |
36 |
Steven Cohen |
8.0 |
52 |
Greenwich, CT |
hedge funds |
36 |
Donald Newhouse |
8.0 |
78 |
Somerset County, NJ |
publishing |
36 |
Samuel Newhouse Jr |
8.0 |
80 |
New York, NY |
publishing |
40 |
Dan Duncan |
7.6 |
75 |
Houston, TX |
energy |
41 |
James Simons |
7.4 |
70 |
East Setauket, NY |
hedge funds |
42 |
Harold Hamm |
7.0 |
62 |
Oklahoma City, OK |
Continental Resources |
42 |
Pauline MacMillan Keinath |
7.0 |
74 |
St Louis, MO |
inheritance |
42 |
Cargill MacMillan Jr |
7.0 |
81 |
Wayzata, MN |
inheritance |
42 |
Whitney MacMillan |
7.0 |
79 |
Minneapolis, MN |
inheritance |
42 |
Marion MacMillan Pictet |
7.0 |
75 |
Haton, Bermuda |
inheritance |
47 |
Rupert Murdoch |
6.8 |
77 |
New York, NY |
News Corp |
48 |
Eli Broad |
6.7 |
75 |
Los Angeles, CA |
investments |
49 |
David Geffen |
6.5 |
65 |
Malibu, CA |
movies, music |
49 |
James Kennedy |
6.5 |
60 |
Atlanta, GA |
Cox Enterprises |
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