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Bill Gates: 107: Microsoft: 68 10 : 10: Michael Bloomberg: 105: Bloomberg L.P. 82 11 : 17: ... The Richest People in America This page was last edited on 30 December ...
'Wild that we do have billionaires': Bill Gates, worth $100-plus billion, would be happy to 'take away 62% of what I have' — and says the rich in America 'should pay more' in taxes
Gates became the first American to take the top spot of the world's billionaires in 1995 with a net worth of $12.5 billion, and he remained there during the dot-com bubble's height in 1999 when his fortune peaked at $90 billion. After the dot-com bubble started to collapse in 2000, his wealth dropped to $60 billion, although he remained at the ...
Determining the lower ranks is an even more contentious debate. Vanderbilt left a fortune worth $100 million upon his death in 1877, equivalent to $2.4 billion today. [6] As the United States became the world's leading economic power by the late 19th century, the wealthiest people in America were often also the wealthiest people in the world.
Larry Ellison. U.S. wealth rank: 5 Overall wealth rank: 7 Net worth: $89.7 billion Age: 78 Source of income: Oracle, self-made Larry Ellison still owns more than one-third of Oracle, the software ...
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is telling his “origin story” in his own words with the memoir Source Code, being released on Feb. 4 "My parents and early friends put me in a position to have a ...
Time magazine listed Gates as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century in 1999, as well as one of the 100 most influential people in 2004, 2005, and 2006 respectively. [ 252 ] Time also collectively named Gates, his wife Melinda and U2's lead singer Bono as the 2005 Persons of the Year for their humanitarian efforts. [ 253 ]
Bill Gates is the 4th-richest person in the world. He could give every person on the planet $15 - and still have $28 billion left over. 11 mind-blowing facts that show just how wealthy Bill Gates ...