Friday, September 21, 2007

Bill Gates is still America's Wealthiest Man

For the 14th time, the Microsoft founder, Bill Gates is still the richest man in America with a net worth of $59 billion according to Forbes magazine's latest list of the wealthiest Americans. Bill was followed by Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway on the list with a net worth of $52 billion.

Here is the Top 25 on Forbes magazine's latest list of the wealthiest Americans.

#1 William Gates III ($59.0 billion) Microsoft
#2 Warren Buffett ($52.0 billion) Berkshire Hathaway
#3 Sheldon Adelson ($28.0 billion ) casinos, hotels
#4 Lawrence Ellison ($26.0 billion) Oracle
#5 Sergey Brin ($18.5 billion) Google
#5 Larry Page ($18.5 billion) Google
#7 Kirk Kerkorian ($18.0 billion) investments, casinos
#8 Michael Dell ($17.2 billion ) Dell
#9 Charles Koch ($17.0 billion) oil, commodities
#9 David Koch ($17.0 billion) oil, commodities
#11 Paul Allen ($16.8 billion ) Microsoft, investments
#12 Christy Walton & family, ($16.3 billion) Wal-Mart Inheritance
#12 Jim Walton ($16.3 billion) Wal-Mart
#12 S Robson Walton ($16.3 billion) Wal-Mart
#15 Alice Walton ($16.1 billion) Wal-Mart
#16 Steven Ballmer ($15.2 billion) Microsoft
#17 Abigail Johnson ($15.0 billion) Fidelity
#18 Carl Icahn ($14.5 billion) leveraged buyouts
#19 Forrest Mars Jr ($14.0 billion) candy, pet food
#19 Jacqueline Mars ($14.0 billion) candy, pet food
#19 John Mars ($14.0 billion) candy, pet food
#19 Jack Taylor & family ($14.0 billion) Enterprise Rent-A-Car
#23 Donald Bren ($13.0billion) real estate
#24 Anne Cox Chambers ($12.6 billion) Cox Enterprises
#25 Michael Bloomberg ($11.5 billion) Bloomberg

Forbes Magazine listed 400 on the list of the wealthiest Americans.

source: forbes mag/abs-cbnnews.com

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