The List: America's Wealthiest Now Lead the World
If Bill Gates - the world's richest person - gave $10,000 to every man, woman, and child in Chicago, he'd still have about $12 billion left over for himself. Mr. Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp., saw his wealth more than double - to $39.8 billion - in the past year. Forbes magazine says Gates's wealth now even exceeds the world's richest royal, the sultan of Brunei ($38 billion). America has 170 billionaires, up from just 13 when the first Forbes list was printed in 1982. Top 40 names on the new list include:
1. Gates, William H. III
Bellevue, Wash., $39.80 billion
2. Buffett, Warren Edward
Omaha, Neb., $21.00
3. Allen, Paul Gardner
Mercer Island, Wash. $17.00
4. Ellison, Lawrence Joseph
Atherton, Calif., $9.20
5. Moore, Gordon Earl
Woodside, Calif., $8.80
6. Ballmer, Steven Anthony
Bellevue, Wash., $8.30
7. Kluge, John Werner
Charlottesville, Va., $7.80
8. Perelman, Ronald Owen
New York, $6.50
9. Walton, Jim C.
Bentonville, Ark.,$6.50
10. Walton, Helen R.
Bentonville, Ark., $6.40
11. Walton, Alice L., Rogers,
Ark., $6.30
12. Walton, John T.
Durango, Colo., $6.30
13. Walton, S. Robson
Bentonville, Ark., $6.30
14. Pritzker, Jay Arthur,
Chicago, $6.00
15. Pritzker, Robert Alan
Chicago, $6.00
16. Dell, Michael,
Austin, Texas, $5.50
17. Knight, Philip H.
Portland, Ore., $5.40
18. Anschutz, Philip F.
Denver, Colo., $5.20
19. Anthony, Barbara Cox
Honolulu, $5.00
20. Chambers, Anne Cox,
Atlanta, $5.00
21. Newhouse, Donald Edward
Somerset County, N.J., $4.50
22. Newhouse, Samuel Irving Jr.
New York, $4.50
23. Hewlett, William Redington
Portola Valley, Calif., $4.10
24. Murdoch, Keith Rupert
New York, $3.90
25. Annenberg, Walter Hubert
Wynnewood, Pa., $3.80
26. Kerkorian, Kirk,
Las Vegas, $3.70
27. Soros, George,
New York, $3.50
28. Turner, Robert E. (Ted)
Roswell, Ga., $3.50
29. Johnson, Abigail,
Boston, $3.40
30. Mars, Forrest Edward Jr.
McLean, Va., $3.30
31. Mars, Forrest Edward Sr.
Miami, $3.30
32. Mars, John Franklyn
Arlington, Va., $3.30
33. Perot, Henry Ross,
Dallas, $3.30
34. Vogel, Jacqueline Mars
Bedminster, N.J., $3.30
35. Ingram, Martha Robinson Rivers
Nashville, Tenn., $3.20
36. Simplot, John R.,
Boise, Idaho, $3.20
37. Redstone, Sumner M.
Newton Centre, Mass., $3.10
38. Bronfman, Edgar M. Sr.
New York, $3.00
39. Hillman, Henry Lea
Pittsburgh, $3.00
40. Huntsman, Jon Meade
Salt Lake City, $3.00
