Do you know who the richest people in America are? From inventions and financial services, to innovative car parts, to technological advances, and real estate investments, there are 20 Americans who got filthy rich doing something right in their day.
Can you guess who?
1. This guy is the chairman and CEO of the conglomerate holding company, Berkshire Hathaway and has an estimated worth of $62 billion.
2. The reason that this guy is worth a whopping $58 billion is all in thanks to Microsoft.
3. This person is worth $26 billion. He is the shareholder of Las Vegas Sands, the world’s leading Casino Based company.
4. This guy is the founder of the Oracle Corporation and his estimated worth is $25 billion.
5. Wal-Mart made these guys worth $19.2 billion each.
6. The co-founder of Google is worth about $18.6 billion.
7. The other Google co-founder is worth about $18.6 billion.
8. These two dudes, co-founder and executive vice president, are both worth $17 billion thanks to the Koch Industries which involve manufacturing, trading, and investments.
9. This guy’s estimated worth is $16.4 billion as the CEO and Chairmen of Dell Inc.
10. This entrepreneur is worth about $16 billion because he co-founded Microsoft with number two.
11. This man owns Tracinda Corporation which is a private investment corporation, he’s worth a whopping $16 billion.
12. This guy also got rich off of Microsoft, he has been the chief executive officer of the company since 2000 and is worth about $15 billion.
13. This woman is rich thanks to her father and her position as President of Fidelity Investments, one of the largest mutual funds groups in the world. Her estimated worth is $15 billion.
14. This man is an American billionaire financier, private equity investor, and corporate raider most famous for his involvement with the U.S. Car & Founder Company. His net worth is about $14 billion.
15. This family is worth $14 billion each because they founded the Mars, Incorprated.
16. The founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car is worth about $14 billion.
17. This American is both a real estate mogul and chairman of the Irvine Company and his estimated worth is $13 billion.
18. This rich woman gets rich off her father’s interest and controls Cox Enterprises to be worth a whopping $12.6 billion.
19. The current mayor of New York City has loads of money thanks to Bloomberg, L.P. He is worth a good $11.5 billion.
20. This guy leads the BOK Financial Coproration which is a financial services company and he is worth about $11 billion.
Did you guess right?
1. Warren Buffet
2. Bill Gates
3. Sheldon Adelson
4. Larry Ellison
5. The Waltons
6. Sergey Brin
7. Larry Page
8. Charles & David Koch
9. Michael Dell
10. Paul Allen
11. Kirk Kerkorian
12. Steven Ballmer
13. Abigail Johnson
14. Carl Icahn
15. Mars Family
16. Jack C. Taylor
17. Donald Bren
18. Anne Cox Chambers
19. Michael Bloomberg
20. George Kaiser
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