Thursday, February 23, 2012

Forbes' Five Richest Americans (PHOTOS)

Forbes magazine released its new list of the 400 Richest People in America. Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft Corp. topped the overall list with a net worth of $59 billion and remains the nation's richest individual since eight years, according to Forbes. He has been the wealthiest American every year since 1994.

Warren Buffet, who is the third richest man in the world, leads at second spot in the list. Buffet is the U.S. investor who recently urged President Obama to hike taxes for millionaires.

Wal-Mart siblings, Jim and Alice Walton, make the ninth and tenth spot, respectively.  John Walton’s wife, Christy, is the world's richest woman with $24.5 billion, which she inherited when John Walton died in an accident.

The head and Vice President of Koch industries- Charles Koch and David Koch are not far behind. The brothers share the same spot with $25 billion net worth each.

Investor George Soros, 81, has for the first time made it to the list of the 10 richest Americans and is the most surprising billionaire to have made the seventh spot in the Forbes list.

Meet the top five wealthiest Americans.


Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and now philanthropist, is the wealthiest of all other billionaires on the list. He is the richest man in America with his net worth $59. Bill Gates, tops Forbes' list of the 400 richest Americans for the 18th year in a row.




81-year -old U.S. investor and world's third-richest man- Warren Buffett is the second richest man in America with $39 billion. The new 'Buffet Tax' proposed by the US President Obama, is named after him.


 Taking the No. 3 spot in Forbes list is the chief executive officer of Oracle- Larry Ellison, with overall net worth at $33 billion.

Charles Koch, head of Koch Industries spots the 4th spot in the list of richest Americans, with net worth $25 billion.



David Koch, executive vice president of Koch Industries, and younger brother of Charles Koch, spots 5th position in the Forbes list of wealthiest Americans with the same $25 billion net worth.

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