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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.
| 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 |
| 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.Labels: Forbes billionaire list for americans |
posted by Jody @ 7:00 AM   |
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