Forbes magazine has released their 2006 list of the 400 Richest Americans. Did you make the list? Did you come close? For the first time, every person on the list is a billionaire. If you are a billionaire, then you are one of the 400 richest people in the United States. Be sure to let Forbes know if they left you off the list.
Number 1 on the list for the 13th year in a row is Bill Gates. He has 53 billion dollars.
Some of your other close friends also made the list. Here are some of them:
Number 9 is Michael Dell with 15.5 billion dollars.
Number 12 is Sergey Brin with 14.1 billion dollars.
Number 13 is Larry Page with 14 billion dollars.
Number 15 is Steve Ballmer with 13.6 billion dollars.
Number 45 is Eric Schmidt with 5.2 billion dollars.
Number 49 is Steven Jobs with 4.9 billion dollars.
Number 70 is Jeff Bezos with 3.6 billion dollars.
Only 8 people on the 400 list are under the age of 40, with the Google boys being the youngest.
You will know many of the names on the list. You might even socialize with some of them.
Here is a link to the complete list
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/54/...cans_Rank.html
Richest Americans - 2006
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