10 Wealthiest Americans Of 2013

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[b] No. 1: Bill Gates[/b]









[b]Net worth[/b]: $72 billion
[b]Source of wealth[/b]: [b]Microsoft[/b] ([url="http://t.money.msn.com/investing/stock-price?Symbol=msft"]MSFT[/url]), investments (Microsoft is the publisher of MSN Money)
[b]Age[/b]: 57
[b]Residence[/b]: Medina, Wash.
Gates remains atop the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans, a perch he first held in 1994, despite giving away $28 billion, most of it to the [b]Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation[/b]. He's again the world's richest person, having reclaimed that title from Mexico's Carlos Slim earlier this year.
Gates bolstered his foundation's efforts to eradicate polio in April, securing $335 million in pledges from six billionaire comrades, including $100 million each from Slim and[url="http://www.bing.com/search?q=Michael+Bloomberg&form=MONEY6"] Michael Bloomberg[/url].
Microsoft represents less than a fifth of his fortune. Gates' investment firm, [b]Cascade[/b], owns chunks of tractor maker [b]Deere[/b] ([url="http://t.money.msn.com/investing/stock-price?Symbol=de"]DE[/url]), Canadian National Railway ([url="http://t.money.msn.com/investing/stock-price?Symbol=CNI"]CNI[/url]) and Mexican soft drinks bottler [b]Coca-Cola Femsa[/b] ([url="http://t.money.msn.com/investing/stock-price?symbol=KOF"]KOF[/url]).

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[b] No. 2: Warren Buffett[/b]









[b]Net worth[/b]: $58.5 billion
[b]Source of wealth[/b]: [b]Berkshire Hathaway[/b] ([url="http://t.money.msn.com/investing/stock-price?symbol=BRK.A"]BRK.A[/url])
[b]Age[/b]: 83
[b]Residence[/b]: Omaha, Neb.
Neither age nor prostate cancer seems to slow Buffett; a year after completing radiation treatment, he is still doing huge deals. His investment vehicle Berkshire Hathaway picked up iconic ketchup maker [b]H.J. Heinz[/b] for $23.2 billion in June in a deal with Brazilian billionaire Jorge Paulo Lemann. A Berkshire subsidiary is buying Nevada's [b]NV Energy [/b]([url="http://t.money.msn.com/investing/stock-price?symbol=nve"]NVE[/url]) for $5.6 billion in cash.
Buffett gave away an additional $2 billion of Berkshire stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in July, bringing his lifetime giving to nearly $20 billion. Despite the gift, he saw his fortune rise $12.5 billion, more than any other member of the Forbes 400, thanks to a 34% appreciation in Berkshire shares

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[b] No. 3: Larry Ellison[/b]





[b]Net worth[/b]: $41 billion
[b]Source of wealth[/b]: [b]Oracle [/b]([url="http://t.money.msn.com/investing/stock-price?symbol=orcl"]ORCL[/url])
[b]Age[/b]: 69
[b]Residence[/b]: Woodside, Calif.
Little gets in the way of Larry Ellison's ambition or prevents him from speaking his mind. In a televised ­interview in August, the Oracle founder said that [b]Apple's[/b] ([url="http://t.money.msn.com/investing/stock-price?symbol=aapl"]AAPL[/url]) best days are behind it after the passing of [url="http://www.bing.com/search?q=Steve+Jobs&form=MONEY6"]Steve Jobs[/url], a close friend, and that [b]Google's[/b] ([url="http://t.money.msn.com/investing/stock-price?symbol=goog"]GOOG[/url]) alleged infringement on Oracle's patents in its Android software was "absolutely evil."
His dream of a winning second America's Cup sailing trophy was dealt a serious blow recently when a jury found the Oracle team guilty of cheating and docked it 2 points.
He collects houses on Carbon Beach in Malibu, Calif, and owns of 98% of Hawaii's Lanai island. Ellison has donated $445 million to his medical foundation to support research on aging and age-related diseases.

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[b] No. 4 (tie): David Koch[/b]





[b]Net worth[/b]: $36 billion
[b]Source of wealth[/b]: Diversified businesses
[b]Age[/b]: 73
[b]Residence[/b]: New York
David Koch is New York City's richest resident. He and his brother Charles derive their fortune from [b]Koch Industries[/b], a conglomerate with interests in manufacturing, chemicals, energy, real estate and other businesses.
The brothers reinvest 90% of the company's earnings to keep it growing. This year, Koch Industries agreed to buy [b]Molex[/b] ([url="http://t.money.msn.com/investing/stock-price?symbol=MOLX"]MOLX[/url]), a maker of electronics components, for $7.2 billion, as well as cellulose fibers producer [b]Buckeye Technologies[/b] ([url="http://t.money.msn.com/investing/stock-price?symbol=BKI"]BKI[/url]) for $1.5 billion.
David is a prostate cancer survivor, and he has contributed more than $200 million to the search for a cure. Like his brother, he studied chemical engineering at MIT.

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[b] No. 4 (tie): Charles Koch[/b]




[b]Net worth[/b]: $36 billion
[b]Source of wealth[/b]: Diversified businesses
[b]Age[/b]: 77
[b]Residence[/b]: Wichita, Kan.
Charles Koch is chairman and chief executive of [b]Koch Industries[/b], the country's second-largest private company, with annual sales of $115 billion. He and his brother David, with whom he shares the fortune, keep finding ways to drive liberals crazy, though they failed to in their free-spending campaign to make Barack Obama a one-term president.
The latest frenzy was over the brothers' widely reported (but never confirmed) interest in buying the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune as platforms for their political views.
Charles studied nuclear and chemical engineering at MIT.

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[b] No. 6: Christy Walton[/b]





[b]Net worth[/b]: $35.4 billion
[b]Source of wealth[/b]: [b]Wal-Mart Stores[/b] ([url="http://t.money.msn.com/investing/stock-price?symbol=wmt"]WMT[/url])
[b]Age[/b]: 58
[b]Residence[/b]: Jackson, Wyo.
Christy Walton is once again the world's richest woman. She inherited her wealth when her husband, John Walton, a Green Beret and medic in the Vietnam War, died in an airplane crash in 2005. She inherited a huge chunk of Wal-Mart shares.
But it is her husband's investment in [b]First Solar[/b] (F[url="http://t.money.msn.com/investing/stock-price?symbol=fslr"]SLR[/url]) that boosts her fortune ahead of the other Waltons. That lead, which had narrowed when First Solar stock tanked a couple of years ago, has once again widened, as shares of the solar systems provider rose 57% in the past year.

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[b] No. 7: Jim Walton[/b]




[b]Net worth[/b]: $33.8 billion
[b]Source of wealth[/b]: [b]Wal-Mart Stores[/b] ([url="http://t.money.msn.com/investing/stock-price?symbol=wmt"]WMT[/url])
[b]Age[/b]: 65
[b]Residence[/b]: Bentonville, Ark.
The combined fortune of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton's heirs is up 27%, or $28.9 billion, from a year ago, thanks to a change in control of the shares held by their late mother's trust. Shares of Wal-Mart are up only 2%.
The discount retailing giant, founded in 1962, employs 2.2 million people in 11,000 stores worldwide, making the company the world's largest private employer.

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[b] No. 8: Alice Walton[/b]

[b]Net worth[/b]: $33.5 billion


[b]Source of wealth[/b]: [b]Wal-Mart Stores[/b] ([url="http://t.money.msn.com/investing/stock-price?symbol=wmt"]WMT[/url])
[b]Age[/b]: 63
[b]Residence[/b]: Fort Worth, Tex.
Alice Walton's Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has hosted 1 million visitors since opening its doors in 2011 in Bentonville, Ark. The museum features works spanning five centuries from such icons as Andy Warhol, Norman Rockwell and Georgia O'Keeffe.

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[b] No. 9: S. Robson Walton[/b]





[b]Net worth[/b]: $33.3 billion
[b]Source of wealth[/b]: [b]Wal-Mart Stores[/b] ([url="http://t.money.msn.com/investing/stock-price?symbol=wmt"]WMT[/url])
[b]Age[/b]: 69
[b]Residence[/b]: Bentonville, Ark.
S. Robson Walton has been chairman of the growing and prosperous retailer since Wal-Mart was founded in 1962.
The past 12 months have been trying, however, as company employees have organized protests against low wages in 15 cities across the United States. Wal-Mart also has endured criticism for its connection to a bribery scandal in Mexico.

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[b] No, 10: Michael Bloomberg[/b]







[b]Net worth[/b]: $31 billion
[b]Source of wealth[/b]: [b]Bloomberg[/b] financial data and media
[b]Age[/b]: 71
[b]Residence[/b]: New York
The world's richest mayor ends his 12-year run atop the Big Apple in December. His next act is anyone's guess, but Bloomberg is expected to continue to insert himself into the national debate over gun control, an issue on which he has been outspoken.
His fortune is up $6 billion since last year, thanks to the performance of [b]Bloomberg[/b], the financial data company he founded in 1982 after being fired from investment bank [b]Salomon Brothers[/b].
He owns 88% of the company, which last year generated $7.9 billion in revenue. He also owns at least 10 homes, in New York City, Westchester County, N.Y., Bermuda, Vail, Colo., and the tony New York area of the Hamptons.

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where is tim cook man ? highest paid ceo munde vadu

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Bill gates rocks...good post.

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Walton family total 135 Billion..They are rich..

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How about a list of Wealthiest NRI's.....