Top Americans Richest List |
| Rank |
Name |
Net Worth ($mil) |
Age |
Residence |
Source |
| 1 |
William Gates III |
50,000 |
53 |
Medina |
Microsoft |
| 2 |
Warren Buffett |
40,000 |
79 |
Omaha |
Berkshire Hathaway |
| 3 |
Lawrence Ellison |
27,000 |
65 |
Redwood City |
Oracle |
| 4 |
Christy Walton & family |
21,500 |
54 |
Jackson |
Wal-Mart |
| 5 |
Jim C. Walton |
19,600 |
61 |
Bentonville |
Wal-Mart |
| 6 |
Alice Walton |
19,300 |
60 |
Fort Worth |
Wal-Mart |
| 7 |
S. Robson Walton |
19,000 |
65 |
Bentonville |
Wal-Mart |
| 8 |
Michael Bloomberg |
17,500 |
67 |
New York |
Bloomberg |
| 9 |
Charles Koch |
16,000 |
73 |
Wichita |
manufacturing, energy |
| 9 |
David Koch |
16,000 |
69 |
New York |
manufacturing, energy |
| 11 |
Sergey Brin |
15,300 |
36 |
Palo Alto |
Google |
| 11 |
Larry Page |
15,300 |
36 |
San Francisco |
Google |
| 13 |
Michael Dell |
14,500 |
44 |
Austin |
Dell |
| 14 |
Steven Ballmer |
13,300 |
53 |
Seattle |
Microsoft |
| 15 |
George Soros |
13,000 |
79 |
Westchester |
hedge funds |
| 16 |
Donald Bren |
12,000 |
77 |
Newport Beach |
real estate |
| 17 |
Paul Allen |
11,500 |
56 |
Mercer Island |
Microsoft, investments |
| 17 |
Abigail Johnson |
11,500 |
47 |
Boston |
Fidelity |
| 19 |
Forrest Edward Mars |
11,000 |
78 |
McLean |
candy, pet food |
| 19 |
Jacqueline Mars |
11,000 |
70 |
Bedminster |
candy, pet food |
| 19 |
John Mars |
11,000 |
73 |
Arlington |
candy, pet food |
| 22 |
Carl Icahn |
10,500 |
73 |
New York |
leveraged buyouts |
| 23 |
Ronald Perelman |
10,000 |
66 |
New York |
leveraged buyouts |
| 24 |
George B. Kaiser |
9,500 |
67 |
Tulsa |
oil & gas, banking |
| 24 |
Philip Knight |
9,500 |
71 |
Beaverton |
Nike |
| 26 |
Sheldon Adelson |
9,000 |
76 |
Las Vegas |
casinos, hotels |
| 26 |
Anne Cox Chambers |
9,000 |
89 |
Atlanta |
Cox Enterprises |
| 28 |
Jeffrey Bezos |
8,800 |
45 |
Seattle |
Amazon |
| 29 |
James Simons |
8,500 |
71 |
East Setauket |
hedge funds |
| 30 |
Dan Duncan |
8,000 |
76 |
Houston |
energy |
| 30 |
Edward C. Johnson III |
8,000 |
79 |
Boston |
Fidelity |
| 32 |
Jack Crawford Taylor & family |
7,000 |
87 |
St. Louis |
Enterprise Rent-A-Car |
| 33 |
James Goodnight |
6,800 |
66 |
Cary |
SAS Institute |
| 33 |
John Paulson |
6,800 |
53 |
New York |
hedge funds |
| 35 |
John Kluge |
6,500 |
95 |
Palm Beach |
Metromedia |
| 36 |
Steven Cohen |
6,400 |
53 |
Greenwich |
hedge funds |
| 37 |
Philip Anschutz |
6,000 |
69 |
Denver |
investments |
| 37 |
Rupert Murdoch |
6,000 |
78 |
New York |
News Corp |
| 39 |
Harold Hamm |
5,800 |
63 |
Oklahoma City |
Continental Resources |
| 40 |
Pierre Omidyar |
5,500 |
42 |
Honolulu |
Ebay |
| 40 |
Eric Schmidt |
5,500 |
54 |
Atherton |
Google |
| 42 |
Eli Broad |
5,400 |
76 |
Los Angeles |
investments |
| 43 |
Steve Jobs |
5,100 |
54 |
Palo Alto |
Apple Computer, Pixar |
| 44 |
Len Blavatnik |
5,000 |
52 |
London |
Access Industries |
| 44 |
David Geffen |
5,000 |
66 |
Malibu |
movies, music |
| 44 |
Frederik Meijer & family |
5,000 |
89 |
Grand Rapids |
supermarkets |
| 44 |
John Menard |
5,000 |
69 |
Eau Claire |
home improvement stores |
| 44 |
Ira Rennert |
5,000 |
75 |
New York |
investments |
| 49 |
Charles Ergen |
4,900 |
56 |
Denver |
EchoStar |
| 50 |
Charles Schwab |
4,700 |
72 |
Atherton |
discount stock brokerage |
| 50 |
Stephen Schwarzman |
4,700 |
62 |
New York |
investments |
| 52 |
Andrew Beal |
4,500 |
56 |
Dallas |
Beal Bank, real estate |
| 52 |
James Kennedy |
4,500 |
61 |
Atlanta |
Cox Enterprises |
| 52 |
Samuel I. (Si) Newhouse Jr. |
4,500 |
81 |
New York |
publishing |
| 52 |
Blair Parry-Okeden |
4,500 |
58 |
Scone |
Cox Enterprises |
| 56 |
Micky Arison |
4,300 |
60 |
Bal Harbour |
Carnival Cruises |
| 56 |
Pauline MacMillan Keinath |
4,300 |
75 |
St. Louis |
inheritance |
| 56 |
Cargill MacMillan Jr. |
4,300 |
82 |
Wayzata |
inheritance |
| 56 |
Whitney MacMillan |
4,300 |
80 |
Minneapolis |
inheritance |
| 56 |
Marion MacMillan Pictet |
4,300 |
76 |
Haton |
inheritance |
| 61 |
Richard DeVos |
4,200 |
83 |
Ada |
Alticor |
| 61 |
Ralph Lauren |
4,200 |
70 |
New York |
fashion |
| 61 |
Dennis Washington |
4,200 |
75 |
Missoula |
construction, mining |
| 64 |
Robert Rowling |
4,100 |
56 |
Dallas |
oil & gas, investments |
| 65 |
Robert M. Bass |
4,000 |
61 |
Fort Worth |
oil, investments |
| 65 |
Charles Butt |
4,000 |
71 |
San Antonio |
supermarkets |
| 65 |
Lester Crown & family |
4,000 |
84 |
Wilmette |
investments |
| 65 |
Ray Dalio |
4,000 |
60 |
Greenwich |
hedge funds |
| 65 |
John Paul DeJoria |
4,000 |
65 |
Austin |
hair products, tequila |
| 65 |
Charles Johnson |
4,000 |
76 |
San Mateo |
Franklin Resources |
| 65 |
Richard LeFrak & family |
4,000 |
64 |
New York |
real estate |
| 65 |
Donald Newhouse |
4,000 |
79 |
Somerset County |
publishing |
| 65 |
Patrick Soon-Shiong |
4,000 |
57 |
Los Angeles |
generic drugs |
| 65 |
Daniel Ziff |
4,000 |
37 |
New York |
inheritance, hedge funds |
| 65 |
Dirk Ziff |
4,000 |
45 |
New York |
inheritance, hedge funds |
| 65 |
Robert Ziff |
4,000 |
43 |
New York |
inheritance, hedge funds |
| 77 |
Henry Kravis |
3,800 |
65 |
New York |
leveraged buyouts |
| 77 |
Paul Milstein & family |
3,800 |
87 |
New York |
Emigrant, real estate |
| 77 |
Samuel Zell |
3,800 |
68 |
Chicago |
real estate, private equity |
| 80 |
Rupert Johnson |
3,700 |
68 |
San Mateo |
Franklin Resources |
| 80 |
Gordon Moore |
3,700 |
80 |
Woodside |
Intel |
| 80 |
David Murdock |
3,700 |
86 |
Los Angeles |
Dole, real estate |
| 80 |
Harold Simmons |
3,700 |
78 |
Dallas |
investments |
| 84 |
Leonard N. Stern |
3,600 |
71 |
New York |
real estate |
| 85 |
William Cook |
3,500 |
78 |
Bloomington |
medical devices |
| 85 |
Stanley Druckenmiller |
3,500 |
56 |
Pittsburgh |
hedge funds |
| 85 |
Bradley Wayne Hughes & family |
3,500 |
76 |
Lexington |
Public Storage |
| 85 |
Bruce Kovner |
3,500 |
64 |
New York |
hedge funds |
| 85 |
Henry Ross Perot |
3,500 |
79 |
Dallas |
computer services, real estate |
| 85 |
George Roberts |
3,500 |
66 |
San Francisco |
leveraged buyouts |
| 91 |
John Arnold |
3,400 |
35 |
Houston |
hedge funds |
| 91 |
John Sall |
3,400 |
61 |
Cary |
SAS Institute |
| 93 |
Robert Earl Holding |
3,300 |
82 |
Sun Valley |
energy, resorts, ranching |
| 94 |
Ronald Burkle |
3,200 |
56 |
Los Angeles |
supermarkets, investments |
| 94 |
Richard Kinder |
3,200 |
65 |
Houston |
pipelines |
| 94 |
Ty Warner |
3,200 |
65 |
Chicago |
Beanie Babies |
| 97 |
Riley P. Bechtel |
3,000 |
57 |
San Francisco |
engineering, construction |
| 97 |
Stephen D. Bechtel Jr. |
3,000 |
84 |
San Francisco |
engineering, construction |
| 97 |
Ray Lee Hunt |
3,000 |
66 |
Dallas |
oil, real estate |
| 97 |
Peter R. Kellogg |
3,000 |
67 |
Short Hills |
investments |
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