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2012-United States (men)

TOP 10 - USA Billionaire Men ... (7 March 2012) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com

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Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. William Gates III $61.0 billion Microsoft  WA, Medina 56yo - Married, 3 children  
2. Warren Buffett

$44.0 billion

Berkshire Hathaway 

NE, Omaha

81yo - Widowed, re-married, 3 children

3. Lawrence Ellison $36.0 billion Oracle  CA, Woodside 67yo - Divorced, 2 children 
4. Charles Koch $25.0 billion Koch Industries KS, Wichita 76yo - Married, 2 children 
4. David Koch $25.0 billion Koch Industries NY, New York 71yo - Married, 3 children 
6. Sheldon Adelson $24.9 billion casinos  NV, Las Vegas  78yo - Married, 5 children 
7. Jim Walton $23.7 billion Wal-Mart  AR, Bentonville 64yo - Married, 4 children 
8. S Robson Walton $23.1 billion  Wal-Mart  AR, Bentonville 68yo - Married, 3 children 
9. Michael Bloomberg $22.0 billion  Bloomberg LP NY, New York 70yo - Divorced, 2 children 
10. George Soros $20.0 billion hedge funds NY, Katonah 81yo - Divorced, 5 children 


Did you know...?
William Gates III
world's richest person for 14 of the past 18 years ... Harvard Uni drop out ... he's given away $28 billion to his Gates Foundation ... has helped eradicate polio in India which has just had its first polio-free year
Warren Buffett
America's most beloved investor ...
married longtime girlfriend on his 76th birthday in Aug. 2006 ... will donate $31 billion to charity!
Lawrence Ellison
University of Illinois, drop out ... Feb 2010, finally won yachting's most prestigious trophy, the America's Cup ... intends to give 95% of wealth to charity ...
purchased 75 companies over the years worth $40 billion
Charles Koch
recently published self-help business book The Science of Success; claimed company would go public "over my dead body." ...
nation's 2nd-largest privately held company
David Koch
New York City's richest resident ... ran as vice presidential candidate on the Libertarian Party ticket in 1980 ... nation's 2nd-largest privately held company ... a past prostate cancer sufferer like his brother, he's contributed $750 million so far toward finding a cure for cancer
Sheldon Adelson
shares of Adelson's Las Vegas Sands surged more than 3,700% since their credit crisis nadir 3 years ago
Jim Walton
child of Sam Walton - d. 1992 ... Wal-Mart is the world's largest retailer, with over 8,400 stores and 2.2 million employees in 28 countries
S Robson Walton
child of Sam Walton - d. 1992 ... Wal-Mart is the world's largest retailer, with over 8,400 stores and 2.2 million employees in 28 countries
Michael Bloomberg
mayor of New York City
George Soros
retired last year
Previous Top 10 Billionaires
Sergey Brin
school drop out ... son and grandson of mathematicians on his father's side, mother was a research scientist at NASA ... emigrated from Russia at age 6 ... shares a 767 jet with Google co-founder, Larry Page ... bought Web video portal YouTube for $1.65 billion in 2006 ... hit all-time high of $740 a share in early Nov 2007
Larry Page
school drop out ... shares a 767 jet with Google co-founder, Sergey Brin ... bought Web video portal YouTube for $1.65 billion in 2006 ... hit all-time high of $740 a share in early Nov 2007


2012-United States (women)

TOP 10 - USA Billionaire Women ... (7 March 2012) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
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Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Christy Walton & family $25.3 billion Wal-Mart WY, Jackson 57yo - Widowed, 1 child
2. Alice Walton $23.3 billion Wal-Mart  TX , Fort Worth 62yo - Divorced
3. Jacqueline Mars $13.8 billion candy, pet food VA, The Plains 72yo - Divorced, 3 children
4. Anne Cox Chambers $12.5 billion media/entertainment - Cox Enterprises GA, Atlanta 92yo - Divorced, 3 children
5. Abigail Johnson $10.3 billion Fidelity investments MA, Milton 50yo - Married, 2 children
6. Laurene Powell Jobs & family $9.0 billion inheritance USA 48yo - Widowed, 3 children
7. Blair Parry-Okeden $6.3 billion media Australia, Scone 61yo - Married, 2 children
8. Danine Avara $4.1 billion inherited (pipelines) TX, Houston   48yo - Married
8. Milane Frantz $4.1 billion inherited (pipelines) TX, Houston  42yo - Married
8. Randa Williams $4.1 billion inherited (pipelines) TX, Houston   50yo - Married, 1 child

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Christy Walton & family
richest woman in the world for the 7th year in a row ... widow of John Walton -
son of retail pioneer Sam Walton - who died when his ultralight aircraft crashed in 2005 ...
Wal-Mart is the world's largest retailer, with over 8,400 stores and 2.2 million employees in 28 countries
Alice Walton
daughter of retail pioneer Sam Walton
- d. 1992 ... Wal-Mart is the world's largest retailer, with over 8,400 stores and 2.2 million employees in 28 countries
Jacqueline Mars
third generation inherited company when dad died in 1999 ...
incl. Mars bar, Snickers, M&Ms ... world's largest confectioner ... acquired gum maker Wrigley in 2008 for $23 billion ... pet food division (includes Whiskas, Pedigree) now larger than candy by sales
Anne Cox Chambers
WORLD'S OLDEST FEMALE BILLIONAIRE
!
... holds the French Legion of Honor title ... owns 17 newspapers, 15 TV stations, 86 radio stations
Abigail Johnson
her family owns 49% of Fidelity
Laurene Powell Jobs & family
widow of Steve Jobs who died in October 2011 ... wealth from Apple, Disney placed mostly into living trusts
Blair Parry-Okeden
inherited 25% of Cox Enterprises after her mother, Barbara Cox Anthony, died in 2007
Danine Avara
father, Dan Duncan, died March 2010, age 77 ...
owns more than 50,000 miles of pipelines
Milane Frantz
father, Dan Duncan, died March 2010, age 77 ...
owns more than 50,000 miles of pipelines
Randa Williams
father, Dan Duncan, died March 2010, age 77 ...
owns more than 50,000 miles of pipelines
Previous Top 10 Billionaires
Pauline MacMillan Keinath
Cargill Inc. has more than 900 subsidiaries in 66 countries
Ann Walton Kroenke
neice of retail pioneer Sam Walton ... married to E. Stanley Kroenke, owner of pro basketball's Denver Nuggets, hockey's Colorado Avalanche, plus stakes in football's St. Louis Rams and English soccer titan Arsenal. He has a separate billion-dollar fortune ...
world's largest retailer, with over 8,400 stores and 2 million employees
Deceased Top 10 Billionaires
Helen Walton
widow of Sam Walton (d.1992) - died of natural causes on 19 Apr 2007 at age 87. Was the world's 4th richest woman worth $16.4 billion
Barbara Cox Anthony
sister of Anne Cox Chambers - died of cancer on 28 May 2007 at age 83. Was the world's 6th richest woman worth $12.6 billion

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