Forbes 400

Richest People in America

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Net Worth Calculated September 2012

Rank	Name	Net Worth	Change	Change %	Age
1	Bill Gates	$66 B	57	Medina, Washington	Microsoft
2	Warren Buffett	$46 B	82	Omaha, Nebraska	Berkshire Hathaway
3	Larry Ellison	$41 B	68	Woodside, California	Oracle
4	Charles Koch	$31 B	77	Wichita, Kansas	diversified
4	David Koch	$31 B	72	New York, New York	diversified
6	Christy Walton & family	$27.9 B	57	Jackson, Wyoming	Wal-Mart
7	Jim Walton	$26.8 B	64	Bentonville, Arkansas	Wal-Mart
8	Alice Walton	$26.3 B	63	Fort Worth, Texas	Wal-Mart
9	S. Robson Walton	$26.1 B	68	Bentonville, Arkansas	Wal-Mart
10	Michael Bloomberg	$25 B	70	New York, New York	Bloomberg LP
11	Jeff Bezos	$23.2 B	48	Seattle, Washington	Amazon.com
12	Sheldon Adelson	$20.5 B	79	Las Vegas, Nevada	casinos
13	Sergey Brin	$20.3 B	39	Los Altos, California	Google
13	Larry Page	$20.3 B	39	Palo Alto, California	Google
15	George Soros	$19 B	82	Katonah, New York	hedge funds
16	Forrest Mars, Jr.	$17 B	81	Big Horn, Wyoming	candy
16	Jacqueline Mars	$17 B	73	The Plains, Virginia	candy
16	John Mars	$17 B	76	Jackson, Wyoming	candy
19	Steve Ballmer	$15.9 B	56	Hunts Point, Washington	Microsoft
20	Paul Allen	$15 B	59	Mercer Island, Washington	Microsoft, investments
21	Carl Icahn	$14.8 B	76	New York, New York	leveraged buyouts
22	Michael Dell	$14.6 B	47	Austin, Texas	Dell
23	Phil Knight	$13.1 B	74	Hillsboro, Oregon	Nike
24	Donald Bren	$13 B	80	Newport Beach, California	real estate
25	Len Blavatnik	$12.5 B	55	London	diversified
26	Ronald Perelman	$12 B	69	New York, New York	leveraged buyouts
27	Abigail Johnson	$11.8 B	50	Milton, Massachusetts	money management
28	John Paulson	$11 B	56	New York, New York	hedge funds
28	Laurene Powell Jobs & family	$11 B	49	Palo Alto, California	Apple, Disney
28	James Simons	$11 B	74	East Setauket, New York	hedge funds
28	Jack Taylor & family	$11 B	90	St. Louis, Missouri	Enterprise Rent-A-Car
32	Anne Cox Chambers	$10.7 B	92	Atlanta, Georgia	media
33	Ray Dalio	$10 B	63	Greenwich, Connecticut	hedge funds
33	George Kaiser	$10 B	70	Tulsa, Oklahoma	oil & gas, banking
35	Harold Hamm	$9.7 B	66	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	oil & gas
36	Richard Kinder	$9.4 B	68	Houston, Texas	pipelines
36	Rupert Murdoch	$9.4 B	81	New York, New York	News Corp
36	Mark Zuckerberg	$9.4 B	28	Palo Alto, California	Facebook
39	Charles Ergen	$9 B	59	Denver, Colorado	EchoStar
40	Steve Cohen	$8.8 B	56	Greenwich, Connecticut	hedge funds
41	Andrew Beal	$8.4 B	59	Dallas, Texas	banks, real estate
42	Pierre Omidyar	$8.2 B	45	Honolulu, Hawaii	Ebay
43	Leonard Lauder	$7.7 B	79	New York, New York	Estee Lauder
44	Philip Anschutz	$7.6 B	72	Denver, Colorado	investments
45	Eric Schmidt	$7.5 B	57	Atherton, California	Google
46	Samuel Newhouse, Jr.	$7.4 B	84	New York, New York	Conde Nast
47	James Goodnight	$7.3 B	69	Cary, North Carolina	Software
47	Patrick Soon-Shiong	$7.3 B	60	Los Angeles, California	pharmaceuticals
49	Harold Simmons	$7.1 B	81	Dallas, Texas	investments
50	Charles Butt	$6.9 B	74	San Antonio, Texas	supermarkets
51	Donald Newhouse	$6.6 B	82	Somerset County, New Jersey	Conde Nast
52	Edward Johnson, III.	$6.5 B	82	Boston, Massachusetts	Fidelity
52	Ralph Lauren	$6.5 B	73	New York, New York	Ralph Lauren
52	Ira Rennert	$6.5 B	78	Sagaponack, New York	investments
55	Eli Broad	$6.3 B	79	Los Angeles, California	investments
56	John Menard, Jr.	$6 B	72	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	Retail
57	David Geffen	$5.6 B	69	Malibu, California	movies, music
57	John Malone	$5.6 B	71	Elizabeth, Colorado	cable television
59	Jeffrey Hildebrand	$5.5 B	53	Houston, Texas	Oil
59	David Tepper	$5.5 B	55	Livingston, New Jersey	hedge funds
61	Jim Kennedy	$5.4 B	64	Atlanta, Georgia	media
61	Blair Parry-Okeden	$5.4 B	61	Scone	media
63	Ray Lee Hunt	$5.2 B	69	Dallas, Texas	oil, real estate
63	Richard LeFrak & family	$5.2 B	67	New York, New York	real estate
63	Stephen Schwarzman	$5.2 B	65	New York, New York	private equity
63	Dennis Washington	$5.2 B	78	Missoula, Montana	construction, mining
67	Richard DeVos	$5.1 B	86	Holland, Michigan	Amway
68	Micky Arison	$5 B	63	Bal Harbour, Florida	Carnival Cruises
69	Hank & Doug Meijer	$4.9 B	-	Grand Rapids, Michigan	supermarkets
69	Robert Rowling	$4.9 B	59	Dallas, Texas	investments
71	Gordon Moore	$4.8 B	83	Woodside, California	Intel
72	Dannine Avara	$4.7 B	48	Houston, Texas	pipelines
72	Scott Duncan	$4.7 B	30	Houston, Texas	pipelines
72	Milane Frantz	$4.7 B	43	Houston, Texas	pipelines
72	Charles Johnson	$4.7 B	79	Hillsborough, California	Money Management
72	Randa Williams	$4.7 B	51	Houston, Texas	pipelines
77	Rupert Johnson, Jr.	$4.6 B	71	Burlingame, California	money management
77	Thomas Peterffy	$4.6 B	68	Greenwich, Connecticut	discount brokerage
79	Jin Sook & Do Won Chang	$4.5 B	57	Beverly Hills, California	Forever 21
79	David Green	$4.5 B	71	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	retail
79	Ann Walton Kroenke	$4.5 B	63	Columbia, Missouri	Wal-Mart
79	Trevor Rees-Jones	$4.5 B	61	Dallas, Texas	Oil & Gas
83	Stephen Ross	$4.4 B	72	New York, New York	real estate
83	Leslie Wexner	$4.4 B	75	New Albany, Ohio	retail
85	Bruce Kovner	$4.3 B	67	New York, New York	hedge funds
85	Daniel Ziff	$4.3 B	41	New York, New York	investments
85	Dirk Ziff	$4.3 B	48	North Palm Beach, Florida	investments
85	Robert Ziff	$4.3 B	46	New York, New York	investments
89	S. Truett Cathy	$4.2 B	91	Hampton, Georgia	Chick-fil-A
89	Leonard Stern	$4.2 B	74	New York, New York	real estate
91	Sumner Redstone	$4.1 B	89	Beverly Hills, California	Viacom
92	John Paul DeJoria	$4 B	68	Austin, Texas	hair products, tequila
92	Thomas Frist, Jr. & family	$4 B	74	Nashville, Tennessee	health care
92	Barbara Carlson Gage	$4 B	70	Long Lake, Minnesota	hotels, restaurants
92	Bruce Halle	$4 B	82	Paradise Valley, Arizona	Discount Tire
92	William Koch	$4 B	72	Palm Beach, Florida	oil, investments
92	Henry Kravis	$4 B	68	New York, New York	leveraged buyouts
92	Stanley Kroenke	$4 B	65	Columbia, Missouri	sports, real estate
92	Marilyn Carlson Nelson	$4 B	73	Long Lake, Minnesota	hotels, restaurants
100	Nancy Walton Laurie	$3.9 B	61	Henderson, Nevada	Wal-Mart