The assembled net worth of America's wealthiest people rose to $1.57 trillion in 2008, according to the Forbes 400.
Rising prices of oil and art paved the way for 31 new members and eight returnees, while volatile stock and housing markets forced 33 from the rankings.
With a net worth of $57 billion, Bill Gates remains the wealthiest man in America despite losing his crown to Warren Buffett for a few months in 2008. Buffett's shares in Berkshire Hathaway have fallen 15% since February 2008.
The following list is the ranking of America's wealthiest billionaires on September 17, 2008.
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| # | Name | Net worth (USD) | Sources of wealth |
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| 1▬ | Bill Gates | $57 billion ▲ | Microsoft, Cascade Investments LLC |
| 2▬ | Warren Buffett | $50 billion ▼ | Berkshire Hathaway |
| 3▲ | Larry Ellison | $22.5 billion ▼ | Oracle Corporation |
| 4▲ | Jim Walton | $23.4 billion ▲ | Wal-Mart |
| 5▲ | S. Robson Walton | $23.3 billion ▲ | Wal-Mart |
| 6▲ | Alice Walton | $23.2 billion ▲ | Wal-Mart |
| 7▲ | Christy Walton & family | $23.2 billion ▲ | Wal-Mart Inheritance |
| 8▲ | Michael Bloomberg | $20 billion ▲ | Bloomberg L.P. |
| 9▲ | Charles Koch | $19 billion ▲ | Koch Industries |
| 10▲ | David Koch | $19 billion ▲ | Koch Industries |
| 11▲ | Michael Dell | $17.3 billion ▲ | Dell Inc. |
| 12▼ | Paul Allen | $16 billion ▼ | Microsoft |
| 13▼ | Sergey Brin | $15.9 billion ▼ | |
| 14▲ | Abigail Johnson | $15.9 billion ▬ | Fidelity Investments |
| 15▼ | Larry Page | $15.8 billion ▼ | |
| 16▼ | Sheldon Adelson | $15 billion ▼ | Las Vegas Sands |
| 17▼ | Steven Ballmer | $15 billion ▼ | Microsoft |
| 18▼ | Jack Taylor & family | $14 billion ▬ | Enterprise Rent-A-Car |
| 19▼ | Anne Cox Chambers | $13 billion ▲ | Cox Enterprises |
| 20▼ | Donald Bren | $12 billion ▼ | Irvine Company |
| 21▼ | Carl Icahn | $12 billion ▼ | Icahn Enterprises |
| 22▼ | George Kaiser | $12 billion ▼ | BOK Financial Corporation |
| 23▼ | Forrest Mars Jr | $12 billion ▼ | Mars, Inc. |
| 24▼ | Jacqueline Mars | $12 billion ▼ | Mars, Inc. |
| 25▲ | John Mars | $12 billion ▼ | Mars, Inc. |
| 26▲ | Ronald Perelman | $11.5 billion ▲ | Revlon |
| 27▲ | Kirk Kerkorian | $11.2 billion ▼ | Tracinda Corporation |
| 28▼ | Leonard Blavatnik | $11 billion ▲ | TNK-BP |
| 29▲ | Edward Johnson, III | $11 billion ▲ | Fidelity Investments |
| 30▼ | George Soros | $11 billion ▲ | Soros Fund Management |
| 31▼ | Philip Knight | $10.5 billion ▲ | Nike |
| 32▲ | Jeffrey Bezos | $10.0 billion ▲ | Amazon.com |
| 33▼ | John Kluge | $9 billion ▼ | Metromedia |
| 34▲ | James Goodnight | $8.7 billion ▬ | SAS Institute Inc. |
| 35▼ | Charles Ergen | $8.1 billion ▼ | Dish Network |
| 36▲ | Philip Anschutz | $8 billion ▲ | Regal Entertainment Group |
| 37▲ | Steven Cohen | $8 billion ▲ | SAC Capital |
| 38▼ | Donald Newhouse | $8 billion ▼ | Advance Publications |
| 39▼ | Samuel Newhouse, Jr. | $8 billion ▼ | Advance Publications |
| 40▼ | Dan Duncan | $7.6 billion ▼ | Enterprise Products Partners L.P. |
| 41▼ | James Simons | $7.6 billion ▲ | Renaissance Technologies |
| 42▲ | Harold Hamm | $7 billion ▲ | Continental Resources Inc. |
| 43▼ | Pauline MacMillan Keinath | $7 billion ▲ | Cargill Inc. |
| 44▼ | Cargill MacMillan Jr. | $7 billion ▲ | Cargill Inc. |
| 45▼ | Whitney MacMillan | $7 billion ▲ | Cargill Inc. |
| 46▼ | Marion MacMillan Pictet | $7 billion ▲ | Cargill Inc. |
| 47▼ | Rupert Murdoch | $6.8 billion ▼ | News Corporation |
| 48▼ | Eli Broad | $6.7 billion ▼ | American International Group |
| 49▲ | David Geffen | $6.5 billion ▲ | Dreamworks Animation |
| 50▲ | James Cox Kennedy | $6.5 billion ▲ | Cox Enterprises |
| 51▲ | Henry Kravis | $6.5 billion ▲ | Kohlberg Kravis Roberts |
| 52▲ | Blair Parry-Okeden | $6.5 billion ▲ | Cox Enterprises |
| 53▼ | Stephen Schwarzman | $6.4 billion ▼ | Blackstone Group |
| 54▼ | Pierre Omidyar | $6.3 billion ▼ | Ebay |
| 55▼ | Robert Rowling | $6.2 billion ▼ | TRT Holdings |
| 56▲ | Charles Schwab | $6.2 billion ▲ | Charles Schwab |
| 57▼ | Ira Rennert | $6 billion ▲ | AM General |
| 58▼ | George Roberts | $6 billion ▲ | Kohlberg Kravis Roberts |
| 59▼ | Eric Schmidt | $5.9 billion ▼ | |
| 60▼ | Patrick Soon-Shiong | $5.8 billion ▲ | APP Pharmaceuticals |
| 61▼ | Steven Jobs | $5.7 billion ▬ | Apple Inc., The Walt Disney Company |
| 62▲ | Robert Bass | $5.5 billion ▬ | Oak Hill Investment Group |
| 63▼ | Riley Bechtel | $5.5 billion ▲ | Bechtel Corp. |
| 64▼ | Stephen Bechtel, Jr. | $5.5 billion ▲ | Bechtel Corp. |
| 65▼ | William Davidson | $5.5 billion ▲ | Guardian Industries Corp. |
| 66▼ | Sumner Redstone | $5.1 billion ▼ | Viacom |
| 67▲ | Harold Simmons | $5.1 billion ▼ | Valhi |
| 68▼ | Micky Arison | $5 billion ▼ | Carnival Cruise Lines |
| 69▲ | William Cook | $5 billion ▲ | Cook Group |
| 70▼ | John Menard, Jr. | $5 billion ▼ | Menards |
| 71▼ | Paul Milstein & family | $5 billion ▲ | Milstein Properties |
| 72▲ | Henry Ross Perot | $5 billion ▲ | Perot Systems |
| 73▲ | Samuel Zell | $5 billion ▼ | Covanta Holding |
| 74▼ | Charles Johnson | $4.9 billion ▼ | Franklin Resources |
| 75▲ | Lester Crown & family | $4.8 billion ▲ | General Dynamics |
| 76▼ | Ralph Lauren | $4.7 billion ▬ | Polo Ralph Lauren |
| 77▲ | Robert Holding | $4.6 billion ▼ | Sinclair Oil |
| 78▲ | Ray Dalio | $4.5 billion ▲ | Bridgewater Associates |
| 79▼ | Bradley Hughes | $4.5 billion ▲ | Public Storage |
| 80▼ | Ray Hunt | $4.5 billion ▲ | Hunt Petroleum |
| 81▼ | Richard LeFrak & family | $4.5 billion ▲ | The LeFrak Organization |
| 82▲ | John Paulson | $4.5 billion ▲ | Paulson & Co. |
| 83▼ | Stephen Ross | $4.5 billion ▬ | The Related Companies L.P. |
| 84▼ | Gordon Moore | $4.4 billion ▼ | Intel |
| 85▲ | David Murdock | $4.4 billion ▼ | Castle & Cooke, Inc. |
| 86▲ | John Sall | $4.4 billion ▬ | SAS Institute Inc. |
| 87▲ | Ty Warner | $4.4 billion ▲ | Ty Inc. |
| 88▼ | Dennis Washington | $4.2 billion ▲ | Washington Group International |
| 89▼ | Rupert Johnson, Jr. | $4.1 billion ▼ | Franklin Resources |
| 90▲ | Patrick McGovern | $4.1 billion ▼ | International Data Group |
| 91▲ | Richard DeVos | $4 billion ▲ | Amway |
| 92▲ | George Lucas | $4 billion ▲ | Industrial Light & Magic |
| 93▲ | David Sun | $4 billion ▲ | Kingston Technology Company |
| 94▼ | John Tu | $4 billion ▲ | Kingston Technology Company |
| 95▼ | La'Qwan Chess | $3.9 billion ▲ | Och-Ziff Capital Management Group |
| 96▼ | Joan Tisch | $3.8 billion ▼ | Loews Corporation |
| 97▲ | Kenneth Griffin | $3.7 billion ▲ | Citadel Investment Group |
| 98▲ | Leonard Stern | $3.7 billion ▼ | J.W. Childs |
| 99▼ | La'Donna Jackson | $3.7 billion ▲ | Ziff Brothers Investments |
| 100▼ | Dirk Ziff | $3.7 billion ▲ | Ziff Brothers Investments |
| 101▼ | Robert Ziff | $3.7 billion ▲ | Ziff Brothers Investments |
| 102▲ | Leonard Lauder | $3.6 billion ▲ | Estée Lauder |
| 103▲ | Carl Pohlad | $3.6 billion ▲ | Wells Fargo |
| 104▼ | Haim Saban | $3.6 billion ▲ | Saban Entertainment |
| 105▲ | Dennis Albaugh | $3.5 billion ▲ | Albaugh Inc. |
| 106▲ | Leon Black | $3.5 billion ▼ | Apollo Management L.P. |
| 107▲ | Edgar Bronfman, Sr. | $3.5 billion ▲ | Seagram Company Ltd. |
| 108▲ | Ronald Burkle | $3.5 billion ▬ | Yahoo! |
| 109▲ | John Paul DeJoria | $3.5 billion ▲ | John Paul Mitchell Systems |
| 110▲ | Stanley Druckenmiller | $3.5 billion ▬ | Duquesne Capital Management |
| 111▲ | Richard Kinder | $3.5 billion ▲ | Kinder Morgan |
| 112▼ | Herbert Kohler, Jr. & family | $3.5 billion ▼ | Kohler Company |
| 113▼ | Bruce Kovner | $3.5 billion ▬ | Caxton Associates, LLC |
| 114▲ | E. Stanley Kroenke | $3.5 billion ▲ | THF Realty |
| 115▼ | Theodore Lerner | $3.5 billion ▲ | Lerner Enterprises |
| 116▼ | Donald Schneider | $3.5 billion ▲ | Franklin Electric |
| 117▼ | Richard Schulze | $3.5 billion ▬ | Best Buy |
| 118▲ | Ann Walton Kroenke & family | $3.4 billion ▲ | Wal-Mart |
| 119▲ | Ronald Lauder | $3.4 billion ▲ | Central European Media Enterprises, Estée Lauder |
| 120▼ | Mitchell Rales | $3.4 billion ▲ | Danaher Corporation |
| 121▼ | John Sobrato & family | $3.4 billion ▲ | Sobrato Development Companies |
| 122▼ | Stephen Wynn | $3.4 billion ▼ | Wynn Resorts |
| 123▼ | Charles Dolan & family | $3.4 billion ▲ | Cablevision Systems |
| 124▼ | Barbara Piasecka Johnson | $3.3 billion ▲ | Johnson & Johnson |
| 125▲ | Paul Tudor Jones II | $3.3 billion ▲ | Raptor Fund |
| 126▲ | Evgeny (Eugene) Shvidler | $3.3 billion ▬ | Gazprom Neft |
| 127▲ | Glen Taylor | $3.3 billion ▲ | Taylor Corp. |
| 128▼ | Peter Kellogg | $3.2 billion ▬ | Goldman Sachs |
| 129▲ | George Mitchell | $3.2 billion ▲ | Devon Energy |
| 130▼ | Steven M. Rales | $3.2 billion ▲ | Danaher Corporation |
| 131▼ | A. Jerrold Perenchio | $3.1 billion ▬ | Univision Communications, Inc. |
| 132▼ | T. Boone Pickens | $3.1 billion ▲ | BP Capital Management |
| 133▲ | Steven Spielberg | $3.1 billion ▲ | Dreamworks Animation |
| 134▲ | Lee Bass | $3 billion ▬ | Bass Enterprises Production |
| 135▼ | Sid Bass | $3 billion ▬ | Bass Enterprises Production |
| 136▲ | Jeffrey Hildebrand | $3 billion ▲ | Hilcorp Energy |
| 137▲ | Henry Hillman | $3 billion ▬ | Hillman Co. |
| 138▼ | James Jannard | $3 billion ▲ | Oakley, Inc., Red Digital Cinema Camera Company |
| 139▼ | William Koch | $3 billion ▲ | Oxbow Group |
| 140▼ | Edward Lampert | $3 billion ▼ | Sears Holding Company |
| 141▼ | Aubrey McClendon | $3 billion ▲ | Chesapeake Energy |
| 142▲ | Ronda Stryker | $3 billion ▲ | Stryker Corporation |
| 143▲ | Donald Trump | $3 billion ▬ | Trump Organization, Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. |
| 144▼ | Ray Dolby | $2.9 billion ▲ | Dolby Laboratories |
| 145▼ | Nancy Walton Laurie | $2.9 billion ▲ | Wal-Mart |
| 146▼ | David Rockefeller, Sr. | $2.9 billion ▲ | Standard Oil |
| 147▼ | Amos Hostetter, Jr. | $2.8 billion ▬ | Comcast Corporation |
| 148▼ | Martha Ingram & family | $2.8 billion ▲ | Ingram Micro |
| 149▲ | Peter George Peterson | $2.8 billion ▲ | Blackstone Group |
| 150▲ | Melvin Simon | $2.8 billion ▼ | Simon Property Group |
| 151▲ | Steven Udvar-Hazy | $2.8 billion ▼ | American International Group |
| 152▲ | Leslie Wexner | $2.8 billion ▬ | Limited Brands |
| 153▼ | William Wrigley, Jr. | $2.8 billion ▲ | Blackstone Group |
| 154▼ | Mortimer Zuckerman | $2.8 billion ▲ | Boston Properties |
| 155▲ | William Conway, Jr. | $2.7 billion ▲ | The Carlyle Group |
| 156▲ | Daniel D'Aniello | $2.7 billion ▲ | The Carlyle Group |
| 157▲ | David Rubenstein | $2.7 billion ▲ | The Carlyle Group |
| 158▲ | David Shaw | $2.7 billion ▲ | D. E. Shaw & Co. |
| 159▼ | Tom Ward | $2.7 billion ▲ | SandRidge Energy |
| 160▲ | Oprah Winfrey | $2.7 billion ▲ | Harpo Productions |
| 161▼ | David Bonderman | $2.6 billion ▼ | TPG Capital |
| 162▲ | Mark Cuban | $2.6 billion ▬ | HDNet, Dallas Mavericks |
| 163▼ | Leonore Annenberg | $2.5 billion ▬ | TV Guide, The Philadelphia Inquirer Inheritance |
| 164▼ | John Arnold | $2.5 billion ▲ | Centaurus Advisors, LLC |
| 165▼ | Edward Bass | $2.5 billion ▲ | Bass Enterprises Production |
| 166▼ | Nicolas Berggruen | $2.5 billion ▲ | Berggruen Holdings |
| 167▲ | Austen Cargill II | $2.5 billion ▲ | Cargill Inc. |
| 168▲ | James Cargill II | $2.5 billion ▲ | Cargill Inc. |
| 169▲ | Mary Janet Cargill | $2.5 billion ▲ | Cargill Inc. |
| 170▼ | Jim Davis & family | $2.5 billion ▬ | New Balance |
| 171▼ | Archie Aldis "Red" Emmerson | $2.5 billion ▲ | Sierra Pacific |
| 172▲ | Philip Falcone | $2.5 billion ▲ | Harbinger Capital |
| 173▲ | Gordon Getty | $2.5 billion ▲ | Getty Oil |
| 174▼ | Tom Gores | $2.5 billion ▲ | Platinum Equity |
| 175▲ | David Gottesman | $2.5 billion ▬ | Berkshire Hathaway |
| 176▼ | Timothy Headington | $2.5 billion ▲ | XTO Energy |
| 177▲ | Diane Hendricks | $2.5 billion ▲ | ABC Supply Company Incorporated |
| 178▲ | William Barron Hilton | $2.5 billion ▲ | Hilton Hotels Corporation |
| 179▼ | Marianne Liebmann | $2.5 billion ▲ | Cargill Inc. |
| 180▼ | Mary Alice Dorrance Malone | $2.5 billion ▬ | Campbell Soup Company |
| 181▼ | Frederik GH Meijer & family | $2.5 billion ▲ | Meijer |
| 182▲ | Michael Milken | $2.5 billion ▬ | Drexel Burnham and Company |
| 183▼ | Richard Rainwater | $2.5 billion ▼ | Peak Oil |
| 184▼ | Edward Roski, Jr. | $2.5 billion ▲ | Majestic Realty Co. |
| 185▲ | Lynn Schusterman | $2.5 billion ▬ | Samson Resources |
| 186▲ | Taylor E. Boeing | $2.5 billion ▲ | Boeing |
| 187▲ | Alan Casden | $2.4 billion ▲ | AIMCO |
| 188▼ | William Randolph Hearst III | $2.4 billion ▬ | Hearst Communications, Inc. |
| 189▼ | Jess Jackson | $2.3 billion ▲ | Kendall-Jackson |
| 190▲ | Frank Batten, Sr. | $2.3 billion ▼ | Landmark Communications |
| 191▼ | Bennett Dorrance | $2.3 billion ▼ | Campbell Soup Company |
| 192▲ | Malcolm Glazer & family | $2.3 billion ▲ | Zapata Corporation |
| 193▲ | H. Fisk Johnson | $2.3 billion ▲ | Johnson Family Enterprises |
| 194▲ | Imogene Powers-Johnson | $2.3 billion ▲ | Johnson Family Enterprises |
| 195▲ | S. Curtis Johnson | $2.3 billion ▲ | Johnson Family Enterprises |
| 196▲ | Helen Johnson-Leipold | $2.3 billion ▲ | Johnson Family Enterprises |
| 197▲ | Winnie Johnson-Marquart | $2.3 billion ▲ | Johnson Family Enterprises |
| 198▲ | Jim Kendall Traut & Family | $2.1 billion ▲ | Amway Global |
| 199▼ | John Malone | $2.1 billion ▼ | Liberty Media Corporation |
| 200▼ | Craig McCaw | $2.0 billion ▼ | Clearwire Corporation |
| 201▼ | Thomas Pritzker | $2.0 billion ▼ | Global Hyatt Corporation, Marmon Group |
| 202▲ | Robert Edward "Ted" Turner | $2.0 billion ▬ | Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. |
|203▬||Bashiru Ibuoye||$49 billion ▼||Berkshire Hathaway |-
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The assembled net worth of America's wealthiest, in 2008, rose to $1.57 trillion, according to the Forbes 400.
Rising prices of oil and art paved the way for 31 new members and eight returnees, while volatile stock and housing markets forced 33 from the rankings.
With a net worth of $57 billion, Bill Gates remains the richest man in America despite losing his crown to Warren Buffett for a few months in 2008. Buffett's shares in Berkshire Hathaway have fallen 15% since February 2008.
The following list is the ranking of America's richest billionaires on September 17, 2008.
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| Template:Profit | Has increased from the list earlier 2008. |
| Template:Loss | Has decreased from the list for earlier 2008. |
| # | Name | Net worth (USD) | Citizenship | Sources of wealth |
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| 1▬ | William Gates III | $57 billion Template:Profit | United States | Microsoft, Cascade Investments LLC |
| 2▬ | Warren Buffet | $50 billion Template:Loss | United States | Berkshire Hathaway |
| 3Template:Profit | Lawrence Ellison | $22.5 billion Template:Loss | United States | Oracle Corporation |
| 4Template:Profit | Jim Walton | $23.4 billion Template:Profit | United States | Wal-Mart |
| 5Template:Profit | S. Robson Walton | $23.3 billion Template:Profit | United States | Wal-Mart |
| 6Template:Profit | Alice Walton | $23.2 billion Template:Profit | United States | Wal-Mart |
| 7Template:Profit | Christy Walton & family | $23.2 billion Template:Profit | United States | Wal-Mart Inheritance |
| 8Template:Profit | Michael Bloomberg | $20 billion Template:Profit | United States | Bloomberg L.P. |
| 9Template:Profit | Charles Koch | $19 billion Template:Profit | United States | Koch Industries |
| 10Template:Profit | David Koch | $19 billion Template:Profit | United States | Koch Industries |
| 11Template:Profit | Michael Dell | $17.3 billion Template:Profit | United States | Dell Inc. |
| 12Template:Loss | Paul Allen | $16 billion Template:Loss | United States | Microsoft |
| 13Template:Loss | Sergey Brin | $15.9 billion Template:Loss | United States | |
| 14Template:Profit | Abigail Johnson | $15.9 billion ▬ | United States | Fidelity Investments |
| 15Template:Loss | Larry Page | $15.8 billion Template:Loss | United States | |
| 16Template:Loss | Sheldon Adelson | $15 billion Template:Loss | United States | Las Vegas Sands |
| 17Template:Loss | Steven Ballmer | $15 billion Template:Loss | United States | Microsoft |
| 18Template:Loss | Jack Taylor & family | $14 billion ▬ | United States | Enterprise Rent-A-Car |
| 19Template:Loss | Anne Cox Chambers | $13 billion Template:Profit | United States | Cox Enterprises |
| 20Template:Loss | Donald Bren | $12 billion Template:Loss | United States | Irvine Company |
| 21Template:Loss | Carl Icahn | $12 billion Template:Loss | United States | Icahn Enterprises |
| 22Template:Loss | George Kaiser | $12 billion Template:Loss | United States | BOK Financial Corporation |
| 23Template:Loss | Forrest Mars Jr | $12 billion Template:Loss | United States | Mars, Inc. |
| 24Template:Loss | Jacqueline Mars | $12 billion Template:Loss | United States | Mars, Inc. |
| 25Template:Profit | John Mars | $12 billion Template:Loss | United States | Mars, Inc. |
| 26Template:Profit | Ronald Perelman | $11.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Revlon |
| 27Template:Profit | Kirk Kerkorian | $11.2 billion Template:Loss | United States | Tracinda Corporation |
| 28Template:Loss | Leonard Blavatnik | $11 billion Template:Profit | United States | TNK-BP |
| 29Template:Profit | Edward Johnson, III | $11 billion Template:Profit | United States | Fidelity Investments |
| 30Template:Loss | George Soros | $11 billion Template:Profit | United States | Soros Fund Management |
| 31Template:Loss | Philip Knight | $10.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Nike |
| 32Template:Loss | John Kluge | $9 billion Template:Loss | United States | Metromedia |
| 33Template:Profit | Jeffrey Bezos | $8.7 billion ▬ | United States | Amazon.com |
| 34Template:Profit | James Goodnight | $8.7 billion ▬ | United States | SAS Institute Inc. |
| 35Template:Loss | Charles Ergen | $8.1 billion Template:Loss | United States | Dish Network |
| 36Template:Profit | Philip Anschutz | $8 billion Template:Profit | United States | Regal Entertainment Group |
| 37Template:Profit | Steven Cohen | $8 billion Template:Profit | United States | SAC Capital |
| 38Template:Loss | Donald Newhouse | $8 billion Template:Loss | United States | Advance Publications |
| 39Template:Loss | Samuel Newhouse, Jr. | $8 billion Template:Loss | United States | Advance Publications |
| 40Template:Loss | Dan Duncan | $7.6 billion Template:Loss | United States | Enterprise Products Partners L.P. |
| 41Template:Loss | James Simons | $7.6 billion Template:Profit | United States | Renaissance Technologies |
| 42Template:Profit | Harold Hamm | $7 billion Template:Profit | United States | Continental Resources Inc. |
| 43Template:Loss | Pauline MacMillan Keinath | $7 billion Template:Profit | United States | Cargill Inc. |
| 44Template:Loss | Cargill MacMillan Jr. | $7 billion Template:Profit | United States | Cargill Inc. |
| 45Template:Loss | Whitney MacMillan | $7 billion Template:Profit | United States | Cargill Inc. |
| 46Template:Loss | Marion MacMillan Pictet | $7 billion Template:Profit | United States | Cargill Inc. |
| 47Template:Loss | Rupert Murdoch | $6.8 billion Template:Loss | United States | News Corporation |
| 48Template:Loss | Eli Broad | $6.7 billion Template:Loss | United States | American International Group |
| 49Template:Profit | David Geffen | $6.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Dreamworks Animation |
| 50Template:Profit | James Cox Kennedy | $6.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Cox Enterprises |
| 51Template:Profit | Henry Kravis | $6.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Kohlberg Kravis Roberts |
| 52Template:Profit | Blair Parry-Okeden | $6.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Cox Enterprises |
| 53Template:Loss | Stephen Schwarzman | $6.4 billion Template:Loss | United States | Blackstone Group |
| 54Template:Loss | Pierre Omidyar | $6.3 billion Template:Loss | United States | Ebay |
| 55Template:Loss | Robert Rowling | $6.2 billion Template:Loss | United States | TRT Holdings |
| 56Template:Profit | Charles Schwab | $6.2 billion Template:Profit | United States | Charles Schwab |
| 57Template:Loss | Ira Rennert | $6 billion Template:Profit | United States | AM General |
| 58Template:Loss | George Roberts | $6 billion Template:Profit | United States | Kohlberg Kravis Roberts |
| 59Template:Loss | Eric Schmidt | $5.9 billion Template:Loss | United States | |
| 60Template:Loss | Patrick Soon-Shiong | $5.8 billion Template:Profit | United States | APP Pharmaceuticals |
| 61Template:Loss | Steven Jobs | $5.7 billion ▬ | United States | Apple Inc., The Walt Disney Company |
| 62Template:Profit | Robert Bass | $5.5 billion ▬ | United States | Oak Hill Investment Group |
| 63Template:Loss | Riley Bechtel | $5.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Bechtel Corp. |
| 64Template:Loss | Stephen Bechtel, Jr. | $5.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Bechtel Corp. |
| 65Template:Loss | William Davidson | $5.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Guardian Industries Corp. |
| 66Template:Loss | Sumner Redstone | $5.1 billion Template:Loss | United States | Viacom |
| 67Template:Profit | Harold Simmons | $5.1 billion Template:Loss | United States | Valhi |
| 68Template:Loss | Micky Arison | $5 billion Template:Loss | United States | Carnival Cruise Lines |
| 69Template:Profit | William Cook | $5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Cook Group |
| 70Template:Loss | John Menard, Jr. | $5 billion Template:Loss | United States | Menards |
| 71Template:Loss | Paul Milstein & family | $5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Milstein Properties |
| 72Template:Profit | Henry Ross Perot | $5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Perot Systems |
| 73Template:Profit | Samuel Zell | $5 billion Template:Loss | United States | Covanta Holding |
| 74Template:Loss | Charles Johnson | $4.9 billion Template:Loss | United States | Franklin Resources |
| 75Template:Profit | Lester Crown & family | $4.8 billion Template:Profit | United States | General Dynamics |
| 76Template:Loss | Ralph Lauren | $4.7 billion ▬ | United States | Polo Ralph Lauren |
| 77Template:Profit | Robert Holding | $4.6 billion Template:Loss | United States | Sinclair Oil |
| 78Template:Profit | Ray Dalio | $4.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Bridgewater Associates |
| 79Template:Loss | Bradley Hughes | $4.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Public Storage |
| 80Template:Loss | Ray Hunt | $4.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Hunt Petroleum |
| 81Template:Loss | Richard LeFrak & family | $4.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | The LeFrak Organization |
| 82Template:Profit | John Paulson | $4.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Paulson & Co. |
| 83Template:Loss | Stephen Ross | $4.5 billion ▬ | United States | The Related Companies L.P. |
| 84Template:Loss | Gordon Moore | $4.4 billion Template:Loss | United States | Intel |
| 85Template:Profit | David Murdock | $4.4 billion Template:Loss | United States | Castle & Cooke, Inc. |
| 86Template:Profit | John Sall | $4.4 billion ▬ | United States | SAS Institute Inc. |
| 87Template:Profit | Ty Warner | $4.4 billion Template:Profit | United States | Ty Inc. |
| 88Template:Loss | Dennis Washington | $4.2 billion Template:Profit | United States | Washington Group International |
| 89Template:Loss | Rupert Johnson, Jr. | $4.1 billion Template:Loss | United States | Franklin Resources |
| 90Template:Profit | Patrick McGovern | $4.1 billion Template:Loss | United States | International Data Group |
| 91Template:Profit | Richard DeVos | $4 billion Template:Profit | United States | Amway |
| 92Template:Profit | George Lucas | $4 billion Template:Profit | United States | Industrial Light & Magic |
| 93Template:Profit | David Sun | $4 billion Template:Profit | United States | Kingston Technology Company |
| 94Template:Loss | John Tu | $4 billion Template:Profit | United States | Kingston Technology Company |
| 95Template:Loss | La'Qwan Chess | $3.9 billion Template:Profit | United States | Och-Ziff Capital Management Group |
| 96Template:Loss | Joan Tisch | $3.8 billion Template:Loss | United States | Loews Corporation |
| 97Template:Profit | Kenneth Griffin | $3.7 billion Template:Profit | United States | Citadel Investment Group |
| 98Template:Profit | Leonard Stern | $3.7 billion Template:Loss | United States | J.W. Childs |
| 99Template:Loss | La'Donna Jackson | $3.7 billion Template:Profit | United States | Ziff Brothers Investments |
| 100Template:Loss | Dirk Ziff | $3.7 billion Template:Profit | United States | Ziff Brothers Investments |
| 101Template:Loss | Robert Ziff | $3.7 billion Template:Profit | United States | Ziff Brothers Investments |
| 102Template:Profit | Leonard Lauder | $3.6 billion Template:Profit | United States | Estée Lauder |
| 103Template:Profit | Carl Pohlad | $3.6 billion Template:Profit | United States | Wells Fargo |
| 104Template:Loss | Haim Saban | $3.6 billion Template:Profit | United States | Saban Entertainment |
| 105Template:Profit | Dennis Albaugh | $3.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Albaugh Inc. |
| 106Template:Profit | Leon Black | $3.5 billion Template:Loss | United States | Apollo Management L.P. |
| 107Template:Profit | Edgar Bronfman, Sr. | $3.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Seagram Company Ltd. |
| 108Template:Profit | Ronald Burkle | $3.5 billion ▬ | United States | Yahoo! |
| 109Template:Profit | John Paul DeJoria | $3.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | John Paul Mitchell Systems |
| 110Template:Profit | Stanley Druckenmiller | $3.5 billion ▬ | United States | Duquesne Capital Management |
| 111Template:Profit | Richard Kinder | $3.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Kinder Morgan |
| 112Template:Loss | Herbert Kohler, Jr. & family | $3.5 billion Template:Loss | United States | Kohler Company |
| 113Template:Loss | Bruce Kovner | $3.5 billion ▬ | United States | Caxton Associates, LLC |
| 114Template:Profit | E. Stanley Kroenke | $3.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | THF Realty |
| 115Template:Loss | Theodore Lerner | $3.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Lerner Enterprises |
| 116Template:Loss | Donald Schneider | $3.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Franklin Electric |
| 117Template:Loss | Richard Schulze | $3.5 billion ▬ | United States | Best Buy |
| 118Template:Profit | Ann Walton Kroenke & family | $3.4 billion Template:Profit | United States | Wal-Mart |
| 119Template:Profit | Ronald Lauder | $3.4 billion Template:Profit | United States | Central European Media Enterprises, Estée Lauder |
| 120Template:Loss | Mitchell Rales | $3.4 billion Template:Profit | United States | Danaher Corporation |
| 121Template:Loss | John Sobrato & family | $3.4 billion Template:Profit | United States | Sobrato Development Companies |
| 122Template:Loss | Stephen Wynn | $3.4 billion Template:Loss | United States | Wynn Resorts |
| 123Template:Loss | Charles Dolan & family | $3.4 billion Template:Profit | United States | Cablevision Systems |
| 124Template:Loss | Barbara Piasecka Johnson | $3.3 billion Template:Profit | United States | Johnson & Johnson |
| 125Template:Profit | Paul Tudor Jones II | $3.3 billion Template:Profit | United States | Raptor Fund |
| 126Template:Profit | Evgeny (Eugene) Shvidler | $3.3 billion ▬ | United States | Gazprom Neft |
| 127Template:Profit | Glen Taylor | $3.3 billion Template:Profit | United States | Taylor Corp. |
| 128Template:Loss | Peter Kellogg | $3.2 billion ▬ | United States | Goldman Sachs |
| 129Template:Profit | George Mitchell | $3.2 billion Template:Profit | United States | Devon Energy |
| 130Template:Loss | Steven M. Rales | $3.2 billion Template:Profit | United States | Danaher Corporation |
| 131Template:Loss | A. Jerrold Perenchio | $3.1 billion ▬ | United States | Univision Communications, Inc. |
| 132Template:Loss | T. Boone Pickens | $3.1 billion Template:Profit | United States | BP Capital Management |
| 133Template:Profit | Steven Spielberg | $3.1 billion Template:Profit | United States | Dreamworks Animation |
| 134Template:Profit | Lee Bass | $3 billion ▬ | United States | Bass Enterprises Production |
| 135Template:Loss | Sid Bass | $3 billion ▬ | United States | Bass Enterprises Production |
| 136Template:Profit | Jeffrey Hildebrand | $3 billion Template:Profit | United States | Hilcorp Energy |
| 137Template:Profit | Henry Hillman | $3 billion ▬ | United States | Hillman Co. |
| 138Template:Loss | James Jannard | $3 billion Template:Profit | United States | Oakley, Inc., Red Digital Cinema Camera Company |
| 139Template:Loss | William Koch | $3 billion Template:Profit | United States | Oxbow Group |
| 140Template:Loss | Edward Lampert | $3 billion Template:Loss | United States | Sears Holding Company |
| 141Template:Loss | Aubrey McClendon | $3 billion Template:Profit | United States | Chesapeake Energy |
| 142Template:Profit | Ronda Stryker | $3 billion Template:Profit | United States | Stryker Corporation |
| 143Template:Profit | Donald Trump | $3 billion ▬ | United States | Trump Organization, Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. |
| 144Template:Loss | Ray Dolby | $2.9 billion Template:Profit | United States | Dolby Laboratories |
| 145Template:Loss | Nancy Walton Laurie | $2.9 billion Template:Profit | United States | Wal-Mart |
| 146Template:Loss | David Rockefeller, Sr. | $2.9 billion Template:Profit | United States | Standard Oil |
| 147Template:Loss | Amos Hostetter, Jr. | $2.8 billion ▬ | United States | Comcast Corporation |
| 148Template:Loss | Martha Ingram & family | $2.8 billion Template:Profit | United States | Ingram Micro |
| 149Template:Profit | Peter Peterson | $2.8 billion Template:Profit | United States | Blackstone Group |
| 150Template:Profit | Melvin Simon | $2.8 billion Template:Loss | United States | Simon Property Group |
| 151Template:Profit | Steven Udvar-Hazy | $2.8 billion Template:Loss | United States | American International Group |
| 152Template:Profit | Leslie Wexner | $2.8 billion ▬ | United States | Limited Brands |
| 153Template:Loss | William Wrigley, Jr. | $2.8 billion Template:Profit | United States | Blackstone Group |
| 154Template:Loss | Mortimer Zuckerman | $2.8 billion Template:Profit | United States | Boston Properties |
| 155Template:Profit | William Conway, Jr. | $2.7 billion Template:Profit | United States | The Carlyle Group |
| 156Template:Profit | Daniel D'Aniello | $2.7 billion Template:Profit | United States | The Carlyle Group |
| 157Template:Profit | David Rubenstein | $2.7 billion Template:Profit | United States | The Carlyle Group |
| 158Template:Profit | David Shaw | $2.7 billion Template:Profit | United States | D. E. Shaw & Co. |
| 159Template:Loss | Tom Ward | $2.7 billion Template:Profit | United States | SandRidge Energy |
| 160Template:Profit | Oprah Winfrey | $2.7 billion Template:Profit | United States | Harpo Productions |
| 161Template:Loss | David Bonderman | $2.6 billion Template:Loss | United States | TPG Capital |
| 162Template:Profit | Mark Cuban | $2.6 billion ▬ | United States | HDNet, Dallas Mavericks |
| 163Template:Loss | Leonore Annenberg | $2.5 billion ▬ | United States | TV Guide, The Philadelphia Inquirer Inheritance |
| 164Template:Loss | John Arnold | $2.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Centaurus Advisors, LLC |
| 165Template:Loss | Edward Bass | $2.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Bass Enterprises Production |
| 166Template:Loss | Nicolas Berggruen | $2.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Berggruen Holdings |
| 167Template:Profit | Austen Cargill II | $2.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Cargill Inc. |
| 168Template:Profit | James Cargill II | $2.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Cargill Inc. |
| 169Template:Profit | Mary Janet Cargill | $2.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Cargill Inc. |
| 170Template:Loss | Jim Davis & family | $2.5 billion ▬ | United States | New Balance |
| 171Template:Loss | Archie Aldis "Red" Emmerson | $2.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Sierra Pacific |
| 172Template:Profit | Philip Falcone | $2.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Harbinger Capital |
| 173Template:Profit | Gordon Getty | $2.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Getty Oil |
| 174Template:Loss | Tom Gores | $2.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Platinum Equity |
| 175Template:Profit | David Gottesman | $2.5 billion ▬ | United States | Berkshire Hathaway |
| 176Template:Loss | Timothy Headington | $2.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | XTO Energy |
| 177Template:Profit | Diane Hendricks | $2.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | ABC Supply Company Incorporated |
| 178Template:Profit | William Barron Hilton | $2.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Hilton Hotels Corporation |
| 179Template:Loss | Marianne Liebmann | $2.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Cargill Inc. |
| 180Template:Loss | Mary Alice Dorrance Malone | $2.5 billion ▬ | United States | Campbell Soup Company |
| 181Template:Loss | Frederik GH Meijer & family | $2.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Meijer |
| 182Template:Profit | Michael Milken | $2.5 billion ▬ | United States | Drexel Burnham and Company |
| 183Template:Loss | Richard Rainwater | $2.5 billion Template:Loss | United States | Peak Oil |
| 184Template:Loss | Edward Roski, Jr. | $2.5 billion Template:Profit | United States | Majestic Realty Co. |
| 185Template:Profit | Lynn Schusterman | $2.5 billion ▬ | United States | Samson Resources |
| 186Template:Profit | Wilma Tisch | $2.5 billion Template:Loss | United States | Loews Corporation |
| 187Template:Profit | Alan Casden | $2.4 billion Template:Profit | United States | AIMCO |
| 188Template:Loss | William Randolph Hearst III | $2.4 billion ▬ | United States | Hearst Communications, Inc. |
| 189Template:Loss | Jess Jackson | $2.3 billion Template:Profit | United States | Kendall-Jackson |
| 190Template:Profit | Frank Batten, Sr. | $2.3 billion Template:Loss | United States | Landmark Communications |
| 191Template:Loss | Bennett Dorrance | $2.3 billion Template:Loss | United States | Campbell Soup Company |
| 192Template:Profit | Malcolm Glazer & family | $2.3 billion Template:Profit | United States | Zapata Corporation |
| 193Template:Profit | H. Fisk Johnson | $2.3 billion Template:Profit | United States | Johnson Family Enterprises |
| 194Template:Profit | Imogene Powers-Johnson | $2.3 billion Template:Profit | United States | Johnson Family Enterprises |
| 195Template:Profit | S. Curtis Johnson | $2.3 billion Template:Profit | United States | Johnson Family Enterprises |
| 196Template:Profit | Helen Johnson-Leipold | $2.3 billion Template:Profit | United States | Johnson Family Enterprises |
| 197Template:Profit | Winnie Johnson-Marquart | $2.3 billion Template:Profit | United States | Johnson Family Enterprises |
| 198Template:Profit | James Leprino | $2.3 billion Template:Profit | United States | Leprino Foods |
| 199Template:Loss | John Malone | $2.3 billion Template:Loss | United States | Liberty Media Corporation |
| 200Template:Loss | Craig McCaw | $2.3 billion Template:Loss | United States | Clearwire Corporation |
| 201Template:Loss | Thomas Pritzker | $2.3 billion Template:Loss | United States | Global Hyatt Corporation, Marmon Group |
| 202Template:Profit | Robert Edward "Ted" Turner | $2.3 billion ▬ | United States | Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. |
| 203Template:Profit | Bruce Wasserstein | $2.3 billion Template:Profit | United States | Lazard |
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