Forbes 400
The Richest People in America
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| Rank | Name | Net Worth | Age | Residence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bill Gates |
$59 B | 55 | Medina, Washington | Microsoft |
| 2 |
Warren Buffett |
$39 B | 81 | Omaha, Nebraska | Berkshire Hathaway |
| 3 |
Larry Ellison |
$33 B | 67 | Woodside, California | Oracle |
| 4 |
Charles Koch |
$25 B | 75 | Wichita, Kansas | diversified |
| 4 |
David Koch |
$25 B | 71 | New York, New York | diversified |
| 6 |
Christy Walton |
$24.5 B | 56 | Jackson, Wyoming | Wal-Mart |
| 7 |
George Soros |
$22 B | 81 | Katonah, New York | hedge funds |
| 8 |
Sheldon Adelson |
$21.5 B | 78 | Las Vegas, Nevada | casinos |
| 9 |
Jim Walton |
$21.1 B | 63 | Bentonville, Arkansas | Wal-Mart |
| 10 |
Alice Walton |
$20.9 B | 61 | Fort Worth, Texas | Wal-Mart |
| 11 |
S. Robson Walton |
$20.5 B | 67 | Bentonville, Arkansas | Wal-Mart |
| 12 |
Michael Bloomberg |
$19.5 B | 69 | New York, New York | Bloomberg LP |
| 13 |
Jeff Bezos |
$19.1 B | 47 | Seattle, Washington | Amazon.com |
| 14 |
Mark Zuckerberg |
$17.5 B | 27 | Palo Alto, California | |
| 15 |
Sergey Brin |
$16.7 B | 38 | Los Altos, California | |
| 15 |
Larry Page |
$16.7 B | 38 | Palo Alto, California | |
| 17 |
John Paulson |
$15.5 B | 55 | New York, New York | hedge funds |
| 18 |
Michael Dell |
$15 B | 46 | Austin, Texas | Dell |
| 19 |
Steve Ballmer |
$13.9 B | 55 | Hunts Point, Washington | Microsoft |
| 20 |
Forrest Mars |
$13.8 B | 80 | Big Horn, Wyoming | candy |
| 20 |
Jacqueline Mars |
$13.8 B | 71 | The Plains, Virginia | candy |
| 20 |
John Mars |
$13.8 B | 75 | Jackson, Wyoming | candy, pet food |
| 23 |
Paul Allen |
$13.2 B | 58 | Mercer Island, Washington | Microsoft, investments |
| 24 |
Phil Knight |
$13.1 B | 73 | Hillsboro, Oregon | Nike |
| 25 |
Carl Icahn |
$13 B | 75 | New York, New York | leveraged buyouts |
| 26 |
Donald Bren |
$12 B | 79 | Newport Beach, California | real estate |
| 26 |
Anne Cox Chambers |
$12 B | 91 | Atlanta, Georgia | media |
| 26 |
Ronald Perelman |
$12 B | 68 | New York, New York | leveraged buyouts |
| 29 |
Abigail Johnson |
$11.7 B | 49 | Milton, Massachusetts | Fidelity |
| 30 |
James Simons |
$10.6 B | 73 | East Setauket, New York | hedge funds |
| 31 |
George Kaiser |
$10 B | 69 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | oil & gas, banking |
| 32 |
Len Blavatnik |
$9.5 B | 54 | London, N/A | diversified |
| 33 |
Harold Simmons |
$9.3 B | 80 | Dallas, Texas | investments |
| 34 |
Jack Taylor |
$9 B | 89 | St. Louis, Missouri | Enterprise Rent-A-Car |
| 35 |
Steve Cohen |
$8.3 B | 55 | Greenwich, Connecticut | hedge funds |
| 36 |
Harold Hamm |
$7.5 B | 65 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | oil & natural gas |
| 37 |
Rupert Murdoch |
$7.4 B | 80 | New York, New York | News Corp |
| 38 |
James Goodnight |
$7.1 B | 68 | Cary, North Carolina | SAS Institute |
| 39 |
Philip Anschutz |
$7 B | 71 | Denver, Colorado | investments |
| 39 |
Andrew Beal |
$7 B | 58 | Dallas, Texas | banks, real estate |
| 39 |
Steve Jobs |
$7 B | 56 | Palo Alto, California | Apple, Pixar |
| 39 |
Patrick Soon-Shiong |
$7 B | 59 | Los Angeles, California | generic drugs |
| 43 |
Samuel Newhouse |
$6.6 B | 83 | New York, New York | Conde Nast |
| 44 |
Ray Dalio |
$6.5 B | 62 | Greenwich, Connecticut | hedge funds |
| 44 |
Edward Johnson |
$6.5 B | 81 | Boston, Massachusetts | Fidelity |
| 46 |
Charles Ergen |
$6.4 B | 58 | Denver, Colorado | EchoStar |
| 46 |
Richard Kinder |
$6.4 B | 66 | Houston, Texas | pipelines |
| 48 |
Eli Broad |
$6.3 B | 78 | Los Angeles, California | investments |
| 48 |
Leonard Lauder |
$6.3 B | 78 | New York, New York | Estee Lauder |
| 50 |
Pierre Omidyar |
$6.2 B | 44 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Ebay |
| 50 |
Eric Schmidt |
$6.2 B | 56 | Atherton, California | |
| 52 |
Ralph Lauren |
$6.1 B | 71 | New York, New York | Ralph Lauren |
| 53 |
Jim Kennedy |
$6 B | 63 | Atlanta, Georgia | media |
| 53 |
Blair Parry-Okeden |
$6 B | 60 | Scone, N/A | media |
| 55 |
Donald Newhouse |
$5.9 B | 81 | Somerset County, New Jersey | Conde Nast |
| 55 |
Ira Rennert |
$5.9 B | 77 | Sagaponack, New York | investments |
| 57 |
Charles Butt |
$5.7 B | 73 | San Antonio, Texas | supermarkets |
| 58 |
David Geffen |
$5.5 B | 68 | Malibu, California | movies, music |
| 59 |
Jeffrey Hildebrand |
$5.3 B | 52 | Houston, Texas | Oil |
| 60 |
Richard DeVos |
$5 B | 85 | Holland, Michigan | Amway |
| 60 |
Richard LeFrak |
$5 B | 66 | New York, New York | real estate |
| 60 |
Frederik G.H. Meijer |
$5 B | 91 | Grand Rapids, Michigan | supermarkets |
| 60 |
Thomas Peterffy |
$5 B | 67 | Greenwich, Connecticut | discount brokerage |
| 60 |
David Tepper |
$5 B | 54 | Livingston, New Jersey | hedge funds |
| 60 |
Dennis Washington |
$5 B | 77 | Missoula, Montana | construction, mining |
| 66 |
Robert Rowling |
$4.7 B | 57 | Dallas, Texas | investments |
| 66 |
Stephen Schwarzman |
$4.7 B | 64 | New York, New York | investments |
| 66 |
Sam Zell |
$4.7 B | 69 | Chicago, Illinois | real estate, private equity |
| 69 |
Rupert Johnson |
$4.5 B | 70 | Burlingame, California | Franklin Resources |
| 69 |
John Malone |
$4.5 B | 70 | Elizabeth, Colorado | cable television |
| 69 |
John Menard |
$4.5 B | 71 | Eau Claire, Wisconsin | Retail |
| 72 |
Charles Johnson |
$4.4 B | 78 | Hillsborough, California | financial services |
| 73 |
Ray Lee Hunt |
$4.3 B | 68 | Dallas, Texas | oil, real estate |
| 73 |
Bruce Kovner |
$4.3 B | 66 | New York, New York | hedge funds |
| 75 |
Micky Arison |
$4.2 B | 62 | Bal Harbour, Florida | Carnival Cruises |
| 75 |
Leonard Stern |
$4.2 B | 73 | New York, New York | real estate |
| 75 |
Daniel Ziff |
$4.2 B | 39 | New York, New York | investments |
| 75 |
Dirk Ziff |
$4.2 B | 47 | North Palm Beach, Florida | investments |
| 75 |
Robert Ziff |
$4.2 B | 45 | New York, New York | investments |
| 80 |
Sumner Redstone |
$4.1 B | 88 | Beverly Hills, California | Viacom |
| 81 |
John Paul DeJoria |
$4 B | 67 | Austin, Texas | hair products, tequila |
| 81 |
David Green |
$4 B | 69 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Hobby Lobby |
| 81 |
William Koch |
$4 B | 71 | Palm Beach, Florida | oil, investments |
| 81 |
Roger Wang |
$4 B | 62 | Nanjing, Jiangsu | retail |
| 85 |
Leslie Wexner |
$3.8 B | 74 | New Albany, Ohio | retail |
| 86 |
Henry Kravis |
$3.7 B | 67 | New York, New York | leveraged buyouts |
| 86 |
Gordon Moore |
$3.7 B | 82 | Woodside, California | Intel |
| 88 |
Robert Bass |
$3.6 B | 63 | Fort Worth, Texas | oil, investments |
| 88 |
Jin Sook & Do Won Chang |
$3.6 B | 56 | Beverly Hills, California | retail |
| 88 |
Trevor Rees-Jones |
$3.6 B | 60 | Dallas, Texas | Oil & Gas |
| 91 |
John Arnold |
$3.5 B | 37 | Houston, Texas | hedge funds |
| 91 |
Dustin Moskovitz |
$3.5 B | 27 | San Francisco, California | |
| 91 |
Henry Ross Perot |
$3.5 B | 81 | Dallas, Texas | computer services, real estate |
| 91 |
John Sall |
$3.5 B | 63 | Cary, North Carolina | SAS Institute |
| 91 |
Charles Schwab |
$3.5 B | 74 | Atherton, California | discount brokerage |
| 96 |
Dannine Avara |
$3.4 B | 47 | Houston, Texas | pipelines |
| 96 |
Gayle Cook |
$3.4 B | 77 | Bloomington, Indiana | medical devices |
| 96 |
Scott Duncan |
$3.4 B | 28 | Houston, Texas | Pipelines |
| 96 |
Milane Frantz |
$3.4 B | 42 | Houston, Texas | Pipelines |
| 96 |
Bruce Halle |
$3.4 B | 81 | Paradise Valley, Arizona | Discount Tire |