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The Forbes 400 - Wealthiest Americans

October 4, 2016

Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates was crowned the wealthiest American for the 23rd year in a row.  His net worth is $81 billion - a $5 billion increase over 2015, according to the Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans.

 

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos jumped past Warren Buffett to snag #2 position - thanks to a 56% jump in Amazon's share price. Bezos is now worth $67 billion.  Warren Buffet is in 3rd place with a net worth of $65.5 billion - $3.5 billion, more than in 2015.  Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg saw his net worth jump by $15.2 billion, to $55.5 billion - enabling him to take 4th place.

 

Here are the 10 Richest Americans:  (i) Bill Gates;  (ii) Jeff Bezos;  (iii) Warren Buffett;  (iv) Mark Zuckerberg;  (v) Larry Ellison;  (vi) Michael Bloomberg;  (vii) Charles Koch;  (vii) David Koch;  (ix) Larry Page;  (x) Sergey Brin.

 

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