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| Rank |
Name |
Net Worth |
Age |
Residence |
Source |
| 1 |
Bill Gates |
$54 B |
55 |
Medina, WA |
Microsoft |
| 2 |
Warren Buffett |
$45 B |
80 |
Omaha, NE |
Berkshire Hathaway |
| 3 |
Larry Ellison |
$27 B |
66 |
Woodside, CA |
Oracle |
| 4 |
Christy Walton & family |
$24 B |
56 |
Jackson, WY |
Walmart |
| 5 |
Charles Koch |
$21.5 B |
75 |
Wichita, KS |
Diversified |
| 5 |
David Koch |
21.5 B |
70 |
New York, NY |
Diversified |
| 7 |
Jim Walton |
$20.1 B |
63 |
Bentonville, AR |
Walmart |
| 8 |
Alice Walton |
$20 B |
61 |
Fort Worth, TX |
Walmart |
| 9 |
S. Robson Walton |
$19.7 B |
67 |
Bentonville, AR |
Walmart |
| 10 |
Michael Bloomberg |
$18 B |
69 |
New York, NY |
Bloomberg |
| 11 |
Larry Page |
$15 B |
38 |
Palo Alto, CA |
Google |
| 11 |
Sergey Brin |
$15 B |
37 |
San Francisco, CA |
Google |
| 13 |
Sheldon Adelson |
$14.7 B |
77 |
Las Vegas, NV |
casinos |
| 14 |
George Soros |
$14.2 B |
80 |
Westchester, NY |
hedge funds |
| 15 |
Michael Dell |
$14 B |
46 |
Austin, TX |
Dell |
| 16 |
Steve Ballmer |
$13.1 B |
55 |
Seattle, WA |
Microsoft |
| 17 |
Paul Allen |
$12.7 B |
58 |
Mercer Island, WA |
Microsoft, investments |
| 18 |
Jeff Bezos |
$12.6 B |
47 |
Seattle, WA |
Amazon |
| 19 |
Anne Cox Chambers |
$12.5 B |
91 |
Atlanta, GA |
Cox Enterprises |
| 20 |
John Paulson |
$12.4 B |
55 |
New York, NY |
hedge funds |
| 21 |
Donald Bren |
$12 B |
78 |
Newport Beach, CA |
real estate |
| 22 |
Abigail Johnson |
$11.3 B |
49 |
Boston, MA |
Fidelity |
| 23 |
Phil Knight |
$11.1 B |
73 |
Beaverton, OR |
Nike |
| 24 |
Carl Icahn |
$11 B |
75 |
New York, NY |
leveraged buyouts |
| 24 |
Ronald Perelman |
$11 B |
68 |
New York, NY |
leveraged buyouts |
Next 25 positions:
| Rank |
Name |
Net
Worth |
Age |
Residence |
Source |
| 26 |
Forrest Mars |
$10 B |
79 |
Big Horn, WY |
candy, pet food |
| 26 |
John Mars |
$10 B |
74 |
Jackson, WY |
candy, pet food |
| 26 |
Jacqueline Mars |
$10 B |
71 |
The Plains, VA |
candy, pet food |
| 29 |
George Kaiser |
$9.4 B |
68 |
Tulsa, OK |
oil & gas, banking |
| 30 |
James Simons |
$8.7 B |
72 |
East Setauket, NY |
hedge funds |
| 31 |
Len Blavatnik |
$7.5 B |
53 |
London |
Access Industries |
| 32 |
Steve Cohen |
$7.3 B |
55 |
Greenwich, CT |
hedge funds |
| 33 |
Edward Johnson |
$7.1 B |
80 |
Boston, MA |
Fidelity |
| 34 |
Philip Anschutz |
$7 B |
71 |
Denver, CO |
Investments |
| 35 |
Mark Zuckerberg |
$6.9 B |
26 |
Palo Alto, CA |
Facebook |
| 35 |
James Goodnight |
$6.9 B |
68 |
Cary, NC |
SAS Institute |
| 37 |
Jack Taylor & family |
$6.5 B |
88 |
St. Louis, MO |
Enterprise Rent-A-Car |
| 38 |
Rupert Murdoch |
$6.2 B |
80 |
New York, NY |
News Corp |
| 38 |
Jim Kennedy |
$6.2 B |
63 |
Atlanta, GA |
Cox Enterprises |
| 38 |
Blair Parry-Okeden |
$6.2 B |
60 |
Scone |
Cox Enterprises |
| 38 |
Samuel Newhouse |
$6.2 B |
83 |
New York, NY |
publishing |
| 42 |
Steve Jobs |
$6.1 B |
56 |
Palo Alto, CA |
Apple, Pixar |
| 43 |
Andrew Beal |
$6 B |
58 |
Dallas, TX |
bank, real estate |
| 44 |
Eli Broad |
$5.8 B |
77 |
Los Angeles, CA |
Investments |
| 44 |
Harold Hamm |
$5.8 B |
65 |
Oklahoma City, OK |
Continental Resources |
| 46 |
Patrick Soon-Shiong |
$5.6 B |
59 |
Los Angeles, CA |
generic drugs |
| 47 |
Pierre Omidyar |
$5.5 B |
43 |
Honolulu, HI |
Ebay |
| 48 |
Eric Schmidt |
$5.45 B |
55 |
Atherton, CA |
Google |
| 49 |
Donald Newhouse |
$5.4 B |
81 |
Somerset County, NJ |
publishing |
| 50 |
Charles Butt & family |
$5.3 B |
73 |
San Antonio, TX |
supermarkets |
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