The Richest 400
Forbes just published it's list annual list of the top 400 richest people in the U.S.. As the rich just keep getting richer, $1 billion is now not enough to even make the list. The price of admission to the 25th anniversary edition of the Forbes 400 is $1.3 billion, up $300 million from last year's list. The total net worth of the nation’s wealthiest rose $290 billion to top out at $1.54 trillion dollars. As it has been for a number of years now, Bill Gates tops the list. Over all there are four new people in the top 10, and 45 new names to the top 400. The youngest member of the Forbes 400 list is 33-year-old John Arnold at $1.5 billion, who is a former Enron trader who now runs hedge fund Centaurus Energy. Here's the top 10:
1. Bill Gates, $59 billion
2. Warren Buffett, $52 billion
3. Sheldon Adelson, $28 billion
4. Larry Ellison, $26 billion
5 and 6. Google’s co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, $18.5 billion each
7. Kirk Kerkorian, $18.0 billion
8. Michael Dell, $17.2 billion
9 and 10. Charles Koch and David Koch, $17.0 billion
(via BornRich)
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