FORBES RELEASES A LIST OF THE RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE US

2. Bill Gates
Net Worth: $67 billion
Source of wealth: Microsoft

4.  Warren Buffett
Net worth: $53.5 billion
Source of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway
5.  Larry Ellison
Net worth: $43 billion
Source of wealth: Oracle

6.  Charles Koch
Net worth: $34 billion
Source of wealth: diversified
6.  David Koch
Net worth: $34 billion
Source of wealth: diversified
11.  Christy Walton & family
Net worth: $28.2 billion
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart
13.  Michael Bloomberg
Net worth: $27 billion
Source of wealth: Bloomberg LP
14.  Jim Walton
Net worth: $26.7 billion
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart
15.  Sheldon Adelson
Net worth: $26.5 billion
Source of wealth: casinos
16. Alice Walton
Net worth: $26.3 billion
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart
17. S. Robson Walton
Net worth: $26.1 billion
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart
19. Jeff Bezos
Net worth: $25.2 billion
Source of wealth: Amazon.com
20. Larry Page
Net worth: $23 billion
Source of wealth: GoOGLE
21. Sergey Brin
Net worth: $22.8 billion
Source of wealth: Google
26. Carl Icahn
Net worth: $20 billion
Source of wealth: leveraged buyouts
30. George Soros
Net worth: $19.2 billion
Source of wealth: hedge funds

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36. Forrest Mars Jr
Net worth: $17 billion
Source of wealth: candy
36. Jacqueline Mars
Net worth: $17 billion
Source of wealth: candy
36. John Mars
Net worth: $17 billion
Source of wealth: candy
44. Len Blavatnik
Net worth: $16 billion
Source of wealth:diversified
49. Michael Dell
Net worth: $15.2 billion
Source of wealth: Dell
51. Steve Ballmer
Net worth: $15.2 billion
Source of wealth: Microsoft
53. Paul Allen
Net worth: $15 billion
Source of wealth: Microsoft, investments
56. Phil Knight
Net worth: $14.4 billion
Source of wealth: Nike
66. Mark Zuckerberg
Net worth: $13.3 billion
Source of wealth: Facebook
69. Donald Bren
Net worth: $13 billion
Source of wealth: real estate
74. Abigail Johnson
Net worth: $12.7 billion
Source of wealth: money management
76. Ray Dalio
Net worth: $12.5 billion
Source of wealth: hedge funds
79. Ronald Perelman
Net worth: $12.2 billion
Source of wealth: leveraged buyouts
80. Anne Cox Chambers
Net worth: $12 billion
Source of wealth: media
82. James Simons
Net worth: $11.7 billion
Source of wealth: hedge funds
90. Harold Hamm
Net worth: $11.3 billion
Source of wealth: oil & gas
91. Rupert Murdoch
Net worth: $11.2 billion
Source of wealth: News Corp
91. John Paulson
Net worth: $11.2 billion
Source of wealth: hedge funds
94. Jack Taylor & family
Net worth: $11 billion
Source of wealth: Enterprise Rent-A-Car
98. Laurene Powell Jobs & family
Net worth: $10.7 billion
Source of wealth: Apple, Disney
100. Charles Ergen
Net worth: $10.6 billion
Source of wealth: EchoStar
100. Philip Anschutz
Net worth: $10 billion
Source of wealth: investments