Forbes top 10 US billionaires list, 2011
1. Bill Gates
$59 B Age: 55
Founder of Microsoft and now philanthropist, poses at Pariser Platz square during a brief stop at Brandenburg Gate on April 6, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. Gates is in Berlin to meet with German government officials, including Chancellor Angela Merkel and Development Minister Dirk Niebel, to discuss aid for developing countries and promote his one.org charity initiative and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
2. Warren Buffett
Net Worth
$39 B As of September 2011
* Age: 81
* Source: Berkshire Hathaway, self-made
* Residence: Omaha, NE
* Country of Citizenship: United States
* Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, University of Nebraska Lincoln; Master of Science, Columbia University
* Marital Status: Widowed, Remarried
* Children: 3
3. Larry Ellison
Net Worth: $33 B As of September 2011
* Age: 67
* Source: Oracle, self-made
* Residence: Woodside, CA
* Country of Citizenship: United States
* Education: Drop Out, University of Illinois at Urbana; Drop Out, University of Chicago
* Marital Status: Divorced
* Children: 2
4. Charles Koch
Net Worth
$25 B As of September 2011
* Age: 75
* Source: diversified
* Residence: Wichita, KS
* Country of Citizenship: United States
* Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
* Marital Status: Married
* Children: 2
5. David KochNet Worth
$25 B As of September 2011
* Age: 71
* Source: diversified
* Residence: New York, NY
* Country of Citizenship: United States
* Education: Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Bachelor of Arts / Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
* Marital Status: Married
* Children: 3
New York City's richest resident and his brother continue to bankroll the conservative insurgency. Still the Koch's political contributions, including gifts to the RNC, are down by more than half this year. Koch gets his vast wealth from his 42% stake in Koch Industries, America's second largest private company with more than $100 billion in sales. The business has investments in pipelines, refineries, fertilizer, fibers and polymers, forest and consumer products, chemical technology; owns consumer products business Georgia Pacific. He is vice-president of the conglomerate, which his brother Charles heads out of Wichita, Kansas. David is best known for his philanthropic as well as political activities, and sits on many boards including that of the American Museum of Natural History.
6. Christy Walton & familyNet Worth $24.5 B As of September 2011
* Age: 56
* Source: Wal-Mart
* Residence: Jackson, WY
* Country of Citizenship: United States
* Marital Status: Widow
* Children: 1
7. George Soros
Net Worth ; $22 B As of September 2011
* Age: 81
* Source: hedge funds, self-made
* Residence: Katonah, NY
* Country of Citizenship: United States
* Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, London School of Economics
* Marital Status: Divorced
* Children: 5
8. Sheldon AdelsonNet Worth $21.5 B As of September 2011
* Age: 78
* Source: casinos, self-made
* Residence: Las Vegas, NV
* Country of Citizenship: United States
* Education: Drop Out, City College of New York
* Marital Status: Married
* Children: 5
Casino king Sheldon Adelson continues to enjoy a hot hand. His fortune is up $7 billion since last year, as his strong position in the casino-crazy Asian markets has pushed stock of Las Vegas Sands up roughly 50% to a recent $48. (Shares once traded as low as $1.50 in 2009.) Nearly 90% of its operating profit comes from Asia; the thriving Marina Bay Sands casino opened in Singapore last year.
In July George Soros announced that he is turning his fund into a family office, returning just under $1 billion of his $25.5 billion assets to outside investors--dodging Dodd-Frank's registration mandate. In August his ex-girlfriend, 28, sued him for $50 million for an apartment she says he promised to buy her. Soros is best known for shorting England's currency, "breaking" the Bank of England in 1992 and reportedly making $1 billion in one day when Bank of England stopped fixing exchange rate. He has given away more than $8 billion since 1979 to human rights, public health and education groups. Last year he pledged $100 million to Human Rights Watch, in part to counteract America's loss of the "moral high ground." He's also given away $150 million to Roma Rights (Gypsies).
9. Jim WaltonNet Worth
$21.1 B As of September 2011
* Age: 63
* Source: Wal-Mart
* Residence: Bentonville, AR
* Country of Citizenship: United States
* Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, University of Arkansas
* Marital Status: Married
* Children: 4
Wal-Mart heir Jim Walton is Chairman and CEO of his family's Arvest Bank, which has branches in Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. His father, Sam Walton (d. 1992), a former clerk, founded a Bentonville store with his brother James in 1962. Today, Wal-Mart has sales of $405 billion and employs more than 2.1 million people across 28 countries. The company's shares were up 3% in the past year. Jim Walton received over $300 million in dividend payouts. He also serves as chairman of Community Publishers, which operates newspapers in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
10. Alice WaltonNet Worth ; $20.9 B As of September 2011
* Age: 61
* Source: Wal-Mart
* Residence: Fort Worth, TX
* Country of Citizenship: United States
* Hometown: Newport, Arkansas
* Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Trinity University
* Marital Status: Divorced
Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton is set to open her Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas in November. Considered one of the world's preeminent collections of American art from colonial time to the present, the museum will include works donated by Walton herself and the Walton Family Foundation, with the possible additional gifts from other private collectors.
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| Bill Gates |
$59 B Age: 55
Founder of Microsoft and now philanthropist, poses at Pariser Platz square during a brief stop at Brandenburg Gate on April 6, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. Gates is in Berlin to meet with German government officials, including Chancellor Angela Merkel and Development Minister Dirk Niebel, to discuss aid for developing countries and promote his one.org charity initiative and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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| Warren Buffett |
Net Worth
$39 B As of September 2011
* Age: 81
* Source: Berkshire Hathaway, self-made
* Residence: Omaha, NE
* Country of Citizenship: United States
* Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, University of Nebraska Lincoln; Master of Science, Columbia University
* Marital Status: Widowed, Remarried
* Children: 3
3. Larry Ellison
Net Worth: $33 B As of September 2011
* Age: 67
* Source: Oracle, self-made
* Residence: Woodside, CA
* Country of Citizenship: United States
* Education: Drop Out, University of Illinois at Urbana; Drop Out, University of Chicago
* Marital Status: Divorced
* Children: 2
David Koch
- Net Worth
- $25 B As of September 2011
- Age: 71
- Source: diversified
- Residence: New York, NY
- Country of Citizenship: United States
- Education: Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Bachelor of Arts / Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Marital Status: Married
- Children: 3
Net Worth
$25 B As of September 2011
* Age: 75
* Source: diversified
* Residence: Wichita, KS
* Country of Citizenship: United States
* Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
* Marital Status: Married
* Children: 2
5. David KochNet Worth
$25 B As of September 2011
* Age: 71
* Source: diversified
* Residence: New York, NY
* Country of Citizenship: United States
* Education: Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Bachelor of Arts / Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
* Marital Status: Married
* Children: 3
New York City's richest resident and his brother continue to bankroll the conservative insurgency. Still the Koch's political contributions, including gifts to the RNC, are down by more than half this year. Koch gets his vast wealth from his 42% stake in Koch Industries, America's second largest private company with more than $100 billion in sales. The business has investments in pipelines, refineries, fertilizer, fibers and polymers, forest and consumer products, chemical technology; owns consumer products business Georgia Pacific. He is vice-president of the conglomerate, which his brother Charles heads out of Wichita, Kansas. David is best known for his philanthropic as well as political activities, and sits on many boards including that of the American Museum of Natural History.
6. Christy Walton & familyNet Worth $24.5 B As of September 2011
* Age: 56
* Source: Wal-Mart
* Residence: Jackson, WY
* Country of Citizenship: United States
* Marital Status: Widow
* Children: 1
7. George Soros
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| George Soros |
Net Worth ; $22 B As of September 2011
* Age: 81
* Source: hedge funds, self-made
* Residence: Katonah, NY
* Country of Citizenship: United States
* Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, London School of Economics
* Marital Status: Divorced
* Children: 5
8. Sheldon AdelsonNet Worth $21.5 B As of September 2011
* Age: 78
* Source: casinos, self-made
* Residence: Las Vegas, NV
* Country of Citizenship: United States
* Education: Drop Out, City College of New York
* Marital Status: Married
* Children: 5
Casino king Sheldon Adelson continues to enjoy a hot hand. His fortune is up $7 billion since last year, as his strong position in the casino-crazy Asian markets has pushed stock of Las Vegas Sands up roughly 50% to a recent $48. (Shares once traded as low as $1.50 in 2009.) Nearly 90% of its operating profit comes from Asia; the thriving Marina Bay Sands casino opened in Singapore last year.
In July George Soros announced that he is turning his fund into a family office, returning just under $1 billion of his $25.5 billion assets to outside investors--dodging Dodd-Frank's registration mandate. In August his ex-girlfriend, 28, sued him for $50 million for an apartment she says he promised to buy her. Soros is best known for shorting England's currency, "breaking" the Bank of England in 1992 and reportedly making $1 billion in one day when Bank of England stopped fixing exchange rate. He has given away more than $8 billion since 1979 to human rights, public health and education groups. Last year he pledged $100 million to Human Rights Watch, in part to counteract America's loss of the "moral high ground." He's also given away $150 million to Roma Rights (Gypsies).
9. Jim WaltonNet Worth
$21.1 B As of September 2011
* Age: 63
* Source: Wal-Mart
* Residence: Bentonville, AR
* Country of Citizenship: United States
* Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, University of Arkansas
* Marital Status: Married
* Children: 4
Wal-Mart heir Jim Walton is Chairman and CEO of his family's Arvest Bank, which has branches in Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. His father, Sam Walton (d. 1992), a former clerk, founded a Bentonville store with his brother James in 1962. Today, Wal-Mart has sales of $405 billion and employs more than 2.1 million people across 28 countries. The company's shares were up 3% in the past year. Jim Walton received over $300 million in dividend payouts. He also serves as chairman of Community Publishers, which operates newspapers in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
10. Alice WaltonNet Worth ; $20.9 B As of September 2011
* Age: 61
* Source: Wal-Mart
* Residence: Fort Worth, TX
* Country of Citizenship: United States
* Hometown: Newport, Arkansas
* Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Trinity University
* Marital Status: Divorced
Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton is set to open her Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas in November. Considered one of the world's preeminent collections of American art from colonial time to the present, the museum will include works donated by Walton herself and the Walton Family Foundation, with the possible additional gifts from other private collectors.
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