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Forbes Releases Richest Americans List

Monday, September 24, 2007

Last week, Forbes released their list of the Top 400 Richest Americans. This is one list that I will not be on, not because I am not rich, (although not motivated by money, I strive to be and will be) but I won't be on this list because I am Canadian ;) ... on that note we should point out that it's been a strong year for the Canadian dollar as we have reached par with the US dollar.

Interesting to note that the Google Guys enter the list in spots #5 and #6 with an estimated worth of $18.5 billion each. Here's a look at the creme de la creme in the US of A.

Rank	Name	Net Worth ($bil)	Age	Residence	Source
1	William Gates III	59.0	51	Medina, WA	Microsoft
2	Warren Buffett	52.0	77	Omaha, NE	Berkshire Hathaway
3	Sheldon Adelson	28.0	74	Las Vegas, NV	casinos, hotels
4	Lawrence Ellison	26.0	63	Redwood City, CA	Oracle
5	Sergey Brin	18.5	34	Palo Alto, CA	Google
5	Larry Page	18.5	34	San Francisco, CA	Google
7	Kirk Kerkorian	18.0	90	Los Angeles, CA	investments, casinos
8	Michael Dell	17.2	42	Austin, TX	Dell
9	Charles Koch	17.0	71	Wichita, KS	oil, commodities
9	David Koch	17.0	67	New York, NY	oil, commodities
11	Paul Allen	16.8	54	Mercer Island, WA	Microsoft, investments
12	Christy Walton & family	16.3	52	Jackson, WY	Wal-Mart inheritance
12	Jim Walton	16.3	59	Bentonville, AR	Wal-Mart
12	S Robson Walton	16.3	63	Bentonville, AR	Wal-Mart
15	Alice Walton	16.1	58	Fort Worth, TX	Wal-Mart
16	Steven Ballmer	15.2	51	Hunts Point, WA	Microsoft
17	Abigail Johnson	15.0	45	Boston, MA	Fidelity
18	Carl Icahn	14.5	71	New York, NY	leveraged buyouts
19	Forrest Mars Jr	14.0	76	McLean, VA	candy, pet food
19	Jacqueline Mars	14.0	67	Bedminster, NJ	candy, pet food
19	John Mars	14.0	71	Arlington, VA	candy, pet food
19	Jack Taylor & family	14.0	85	St Louis, MO	Enterprise Rent-A-Car
23	Donald Bren	13.0	75	Newport Beach, CA	real estate
24	Anne Cox Chambers	12.6	87	Atlanta, GA	Cox Enterprises
25	Michael Bloomberg	11.5	65	New York, NY	Bloomberg

Rank	Name	Net Worth ($bil)	Age	Residence	Source
26	George Kaiser	11.0	65	Tulsa, OK	oil & gas, banking
27	Charles Ergen	10.2	54	Denver, CO	EchoStar
28	Edward Johnson III	10.0	77	Boston, MA	Fidelity
28	Ronald Perelman	10.0	64	New York, NY	leveraged buyouts
30	Philip Knight	9.8	69	Beaverton, OR	Nike
31	John Kluge	9.5	93	Palm Beach, FL	Metromedia
32	Pierre Omidyar	8.9	40	Henderson, NV	Ebay
33	Rupert Murdoch	8.8	76	New York, NY	News Corp
33	George Soros	8.8	77	Westchester, NY	hedge funds
35	Jeffrey Bezos	8.7	43	Seattle, WA	Amazon
35	James Goodnight	8.7	64	Cary, NC	SAS Institute
37	Donald Newhouse	8.5	77	Somerset County, NJ	publishing
37	Samuel Newhouse Jr	8.5	79	New York, NY	publishing
39	Dan Duncan	8.2	74	Houston, TX	energy
40	Stephen Schwarzman	7.8	60	New York, NY	investments
41	Philip Anschutz	7.6	67	Denver, CO	investments
41	Sumner Redstone	7.6	84	Beverly Hills, CA	Viacom
43	Harold Simmons	7.4	76	Dallas, TX	investments
44	John Menard Jr	7.3	67	Eau Claire, WI	home improvement stores
45	Leonard Blavatnik	7.2	50	New York, NY	Access Industries
46	Eli Broad	7.0	74	Los Angeles, CA	investments
47	Steven Cohen	6.8	51	Greenwich, CT	hedge funds
48	Eric Schmidt	6.5	52	Atherton, CA	Google
49	Robert Rowling	6.4	54	Dallas, TX	oil & gas, investments
50	James Kennedy	6.3	59	Atlanta, GA	Cox Enterprises

It's a pretty impressive list.

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