Forbes Top 400 Richest

Sep 19 2008

Published by admin at 8:41 am under Business,General

Recently, Forbes Magazine listed its Top 400 Richest. Here is an except of the article:

The rich haven’t gotten richer–or poorer–this year. The price of admission to this, the 27th edition of The Forbes 400, is $1.3 billion for the second year in a row. The assembled net worth of America’s wealthiest rose by $30 billion–only 2%–to $1.57 trillion.

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RANK	NAME	NET WORTH ($BIL)	AGE	RESIDENCE	SOURCE
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