“For the third consecutive year, the rich got richer. In this, the 24th annual edition of the Forbes 400, the collective net worth of the United States’ wealthiest climbed $125 billion, to $1.13 trillion,” Forbes reports.
The Top Ten (rank, name, net worth, source):
1. William H. Gates: $51,000,000,000 – Microsoft
2. Warren E. Buffett: $40,000,000,000 – Berkshire Hathaway
3. Paul G. Allen: $22,500,000,000 – Microsoft
4. Michael Dell: $18,000,000,000 – Dell
5. Lawrence Ellison: $17,000,000,000 – Oracle
6. Christy Walton: $15,700,000,000 – Wal-Mart
6. Jim C. Walton: $15,700,000,000 – Wal-Mart
8. S. Robson Walton: $15,600,000,000 – Wal-Mart
9. Alice L. Walton: $15,500,000,000 – Wal-Mart
10. Helen R. Walton: $15,400,000,000 – Wal-Mart
Others on the list include:
11. Steve “Monkey Boy” Ballmer: $14,000,000,000 – Microsoft
16. SergeyBrin: $11,000,000,000 – Google
16. Larry Page: $11,000,000,000 – Google
50. H. Ross Perot: $4,200,000,000 – Computer services, real estate
52. Eric Schmidt: $4,000,000,000 – Google
67. Steven Paul Jobs: $3,300 ,000,000 – Apple, Pixar
83. Steven Spielberg: $2,700,000,000 – Movies
83. Donald Trump: $2,700,000,000 – Real estate
93. Jerry Yang: $2,500,000,000 – Yahoo!
164. Mark Cuban: $1,800,000,000 – Broadcast.com
258. Ted Waitt: $1,300,000,000 – Gateway
283. Roy Disney: $1,300,000,000 – Disney
320. William Galvin: $1,100,000,000 – Motorola
377. Martha Stewart: $970,000,000 – Martha Stewart Omnimedia
Last year, Steve Jobs was at #74 with $2.6 billion. In 2003, Jobs was listed at #78 with $2.3 billion.
Full article here.
Related MacDailyNews articles:
Forbes: Apple CEO Steve Jobs is 74th richest American – September 24, 2004
Steve Jobs the 78th richest American with $2.3 billion in Forbes ranking – September 19, 2003
Imagine that, the obscenely rich get richer. As a Republican let me just say that this kind of stuff makes me feel all warm inside.
Computers top the list. Kind of amazing. They made us all go out and buy stuff that we really didn’t need in the first place. That’s the way to make money I guess. Teachers, crawl in a hole.
Good to know that the Wal-Mart fortune is spread so evenly! Minus Buffet and Ellison the whole top 10 shows nicely the level of taste and sophistication of American consumers.
To all those who are not rich: Be patient, the American economy will crash soon enough and the wealthy will be in the same lines for gasoline and flu vaccine.
The rich get richer.
“To all those who are not rich: Be patient, the American economy will crash soon enough and the wealthy will be in the same lines for gasoline and flu vaccine.”
I hear that. And Nero fiddles and kicks over cans of gasoline while Rome burns.
Hey G Spank, I didn’t see your name on that list. A-hole!
Rumor has it Nero started the fire in Rome btw.
Midnight Oil “Read About It” (first verse):
The rich get richer, the poor get the picture
The bombs never hit you when you’re down so low
Some got pollution, some revolution
There must be some solution but I just don’t know
The bosses want decisions, the workers need ambitions
There won’t be no collisions when they move so slow
….
So, who’s your favorite Billionaire??
If I were rich, I’d try to get richer. What else could could offer a challenge.
You’d think that with 14 Billion, Monkey Boy could spare a few bucks to put us back in the locker room.
G-spank,
Kind of funny talk coming from someone who enjoys the fruits of a hard working, money-making, capitalist company like Apple.
Not everyone want’s to strive for mediocrity and the “lowest common denominator” like your socialist buds…
G Spank:
“Imagine that, the obscenely rich get richer. As a Republican let me just say that this kind of stuff makes me feel all warm inside.”
The irony of it is 90% of the people listed here are ardent Democrat supporters.
Hmmmm. Wonder why…
“To all those who are not rich: Be patient, the American economy will crash soon enough and the wealthy will be in the same lines for gasoline and flu vaccine.”
Uh, no. When an economy crashes, it affects the middle class. The rich are always rich. The poor are always poor. We’re talking about the fabulously rich here. Not those with a couple million from inheritances. Even #320 from the list is worth over a billion.
The irony of it is 90% of the people listed here are ardent Democrat supporters.
Besides, Gates, Dell and the Waltons? Hmm.
Though you’re partially right.
Actually, I read an article on this phenomenon. It seems that once you pass a certain wealth threshold, you’re no longer worried about ever being remotely poor. (This is known as having f*ck-you money). I mean, even if Buffett loses half his fortune, he still has twenty billion to fall back on. That means you don’t have to vote GOP to simply make sure you get all the tax breaks and regulatory negligence. You have enough that you can actually vote your conscience! As Buffett said, “I don’t need a tax cut; my secretary does!”
Hey did anyone even notice the Much more important story about bill gates this week???????? he’s changing his money into EUROS!!!!!!!!!!!!
maybe he knows somthing we dont……….IE: DOLLAR CRASH’S SOON!!!!!
From the article:
.”the collective net worth of the United States’ wealthiest climbed $125 billion, to $1.13 trillion,”
As much as I hate Wal-Mart, it’s good to still see the Waltons beating out Gates & Co. in the top ten (77.9 billion, collectively, versus 73.5 billion from Gates & Allen).
Sorry MS, the low-tech of everyday low prices still beats your innovation. I’d be embarrassed.
If i can have JUST 0.01% of their wealths,I will be happy and content!
“Hey did anyone even notice the Much more important story about bill gates this week???????? he’s changing his money into EUROS!!!!!!!!!!!!
maybe he knows somthing we dont……….IE: DOLLAR CRASH’S SOON!!!!!”
No, that’s just Billy boy trying to bully the European Commission into letting Microsoft off the hook by first propping up the European Central Bank, then threatening to dump the currency later if they don’t play ball.
The obscenely rich don’t get richer for the money. They do it for the power, and the adrenalin kick it gives them. They really need to take a page out of Richard Branson’s book and learn to chill out and skydive/pilot a balloon/race speedboats/etc etc etc….
Or they could try and figure out how to pass through the eye of a needle. They may need to prove they can do that later on.
bill gates has just enough money to give $200 000 to every australian
he would have 1 000 000 000 left
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see, we arn’t greedy in oz
Wow, Mac user 47 reads between the lines so much his head spins. Keep on playing “make pretend” there pal. I’m sure the reality you make up in your mind will always keep you warm at night.
$3,300 ,000,000?
It looks like Steve has been saving those $1 bills Apple keeps paying him every year.
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How rich will they feel when faced with death?
Death can wipe away 51 billion in net worth just as easily as it does 283.72 in checking.
They say “you can’t take it with you.”
I say spend your life on the things that you can take with you.
From what I know about his life and accomplishments, I like the balance that Mr. Jobs has struck in life. A nice combination of risk, challenge, struggle, family, community, success and nutty bucks.
I think that Steve-O is probably gonna feel pretty good, when his time comes.
I will certainly feel good for him.
No matter where you fall on the list (or off the list), you still have to take a dump or two every day.