Inside The 2015 Forbes 400: Facts And Figures About America's Wealthiest

by Kerry Dollan and Luisa Kroll

Surging tech stocks upended ranks near the stratosphere of The Forbes 400 list of the Richest Americans this year. Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg both zoomed into the top 10 richest for the first time. Bezos, the biggest gainer on the list, up $16.5 billion in one year, is now the fourth richest American, worth $47 billion. Zuckerberg is number seven, with a net worth of $40.3 billion. A rise in Nike shares lifted founder Phil Knight, age 77, back into the top 20 for the first time in 18 years.

It was harder than ever to join The 400. The price of entry this year was $1.7 billion, the highest it’s been in the 34 years that Forbes has tracked American wealth. Last year it took $1.55 billion to make the cut. Because the bar is so high, 145 U.S. billionaires missed the list.

Bill Gates is the richest American for the 22nd year in a row, with a net worth of $76 billion. His stake in Microsoft, which he cofounded 40 years ago, now accounts for just under 13% of his fortune. His friend Warren Buffett, chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, occupies the number two spot on The 400 (he’s been ensconced there since 2001), with a net worth of $62 billion. Larry Ellison, chairman of business software firm Oracle, comes in at number three, with a net worth of $47.5 billion. In percentage terms, Travis Kalanick, founder of ride-hailing service Uber, gained the most, doubling his fortune since last year to $6 billion. Investors have valued Uber – which has faced plenty of controversy around the world – at more than $50 billion.

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There are 25 newcomers to The Forbes 400, including Evan Spiegel, the youngest person in the ranks, and the youngest billionaire in the world. Just 25 years old, the Stanford University graduate cofounded mobile messaging app SnapChat with Bobby Murphy, just 27 and also a newcomer.  Snapchat has been valued by investors at $16 billion. Other newcomers include private equity titan Robert Smith, the second-richest African-American, after Oprah Winfrey; and the three cofounders of rental-accommodations service Airbnb: Nathan Blecharczyk, Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia.

Altogether the 400 wealthiest Americans are worth $2.34 trillion, up $50 billion from a year ago. The average net worth of list members is $5.8 billion, $100 million more than last year and a record high. About half – 202 of the 400 –  are worth more now than they were a year ago, while 119 people from last year’s list had lower net worths this year. Thirty-five people fell off the list, either because their fortunes dropped or they couldn’t keep up with the rest. Our estimates are a snapshot of the wealthiest Americans’ net worth on Sept. 11, when we locked in numbers and rankings. Some of The Forbes 400 become richer or poorer within weeks, even days, of publication. In rare instances, someone passes away after we’ve gone to press with the ranks. That’s what happened this year with legendary investor Richard Rainwater, who died of a rare neurodegenerative disease, something he’d been battling since 2009.

We track those changes online at forbes.com/forbes-400. That’s also where you can find more information on list members, including additional photos, videos and coverage of these influential billionaires.

Acknowledgments Special thanks to Orbis by Bureau van Dijk, Privco, LW Hospitality advisors Real Capital Analytics, Center for Responsive Politics, factset and all those listed below who helped us with our reporting and valuations: Eric Anton, HFF; Jim Barrett, C.L. King & Associates; Brown Harris Stevens; Ron Buss, Buss-Shelger Associates; Jim Butler, Chairman Global Hospitality Group of JMBM; CBRE; Center for Responsive Politics; S. craig Cognetti, Grail Partners; Costar; Jeff Davis, Fairway Advisors; Paula del Nunzio, Chris DeNicolo, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services; Cushman & Wakefield; Factset; Truman Fleming, Platinum Real Estate Professionals; Ronald M. Gold, Ronald M. Gold, Inc.; Green Street Advisors; Bjorn Hanson, professor, New York University Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality and Tourism; Jones Lang LaSalle; Kevin Kamen, Kamen & Company Group Services; David Kusin, Kusin & Co.; Adam Lasoff, Cushman & Wakefield; Cliff Leimbach, IHS; Daniel Lesser, LW Hospitality advisors; David Loeb, RW Baird; Phil Mahoney, Newmark Cornish & Carey; Marcus & Mililchap; Matthew Galvin, Morningstar Golf & Hospitality, LLC; Jack McCabe of McCabe Research and Associates; Jonathan Miller, Miller Samuel Real Estate Appraisers & Consultants; Tom McGovern, Cushman & Wakefield; Orbis by -Bureau van Dijk; Ian Peck, Art Capital Group; Clayton Press, Linn Press Art Advisory Services; Privco; PropertyShark; Real Capital Analytics; Naveen Sarma, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services; Julia Segal, Bold New York; Dylan Singh, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services; S&P Cap IQ; Staffing Industry Analysts; Stephen Algermissen, Colliers; Steven Khalilzadegan, Savi Realty; Steven Frankel, Dougherty & Company; Stifel; Matthew Tarpley, cushman & wAKEFIELD; Norma Toering and Josh Toering, Charlemagne International Properties; Trepp;  Brian Tunick, RBC Capital; Betsy Van Hees, Wedbush Securities; Greg Wasik, Los Angeles Valuation Group; Bridget Weishaar, Morningstar; Jeff Woolson, CBRE; Peter Zalewski, Cranespotters.

The Forbes 400 Team Editors: Kerry A. Dolan and Luisa Kroll with Abram Brown and Nathan Vardi

Reporters: Dan Alexander, Agustino Fontevecchia, Chris Helman, Max Jedeur-Palmgren, Alex Morrell, Andrea Murphy, Chase Peterson-Withorn, Jane Roberts, Katia Savchuk, Chloe Sorvino, and Jennifer Wang

Research: Sue Radlauer

Additional Reporting: Kurt Badenhausen, Keren Blankfeld, Erin Carlyle, Kathleen Chaykowski, Liyan Chen, Grace Chung, Daniel Fisher, Russell Flannery, Miguel Helft, Ellen Huet, Alex Konrad, Ryan Mac, Zina Moukheiber, Joann Muller, Clare O’Connor, Robert Olsen, Parmy Olson, Natalie Robehmed, Samantha Sharf, Brian Solomon, Michela Tindera, Glenda Toma, Kate Vinton

 Photo Research: Merrilee Barton, Gail Toivanen, Kristine Smith

Database Management: Dmitri Slavinsky, Louie Torres, Kyle Rogers, Ken Barney

Designers: Nina Gould, Kai Hecker, Emma Choi, Irwin Hou

Product: Ariana Santana, Audrea Soong, Andrea Spiegel

Producer: Natalie Sportelli, Daniel Kleinman

Video: Greg Andersson, Kelly Appleton, Meg Christensen, Dikenta Dike, Chad McClymonds, Kiernan Meadows, Brian Petchers, Tim Pierson, Will Sanderson, Taylor Soppe, Morgan Sun, Kirsten Taggart and Amanda Tallini

Methodology This is the 34th year of the flagship Forbes 400. Even though we’ve been at it a long time, it’s always a challenge. Our reporters dig deep. This year we started with a list of more than 600 individuals considered strong candidates and then got to work. When possible we met with Forbes 400 members and candidates in person or spoke with them by phone. We also interviewed their employees, handlers, rivals, peers and attorneys. Uncovering their fortunes required us to pore over thousands of SEC documents, court records, probate records and Web and print stories. We took into account all types of assets: stakes in public and private companies, real estate, art, yachts, planes, ranches, vineyards, jewelry, car collections and more.

We factored in debt. Of course, we don’t pretend to know what is listed on each billionaire’s private balance sheet, although some candidates did provide paperwork to that effect. Some billionaires presiding over private companies were happy to share their financial figures, but others were less forthcoming.

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To value these businesses, we couple revenue or profit estimates with prevailing price-to-revenue or price-to-earnings ratios for similar public companies. We didn’t include dispersed family fortunes. Those appeared on our list of America’s Richest Families, which came out in July. We did include wealth belonging to a member’s immediate relatives if the wealth could be traced to a single living person. In that case you’ll see “& family” on the list.

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Pelajaran Emas dari Kisah Sukses Li Ka-Shing

  28/09/2015 

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Saya tertarik dengan seseorang yang bernama Li Ka-Shing. Ia adalah orang yang saat ini menduduki posisi pertama dalam daftar orang terkaya di Asia versi majalah Forbes. Setelah mempelajari berbagai referensi dan berita mengenai bagaimana Li Ka-Shing bisa memperoleh sukses luar biasa seperti sekarang ini, saya ingin membagikan beberapa hal untuk kita pelajari bersama.

Masuk dalam daftar orang terkaya di dunia bukanlah sebuah kesuksesan yang bisa diperoleh dalam satu malam. Perlu kesabaran, keuletan, pengetahuan, serta perencanaan yang matang. Tidak semua orang bisa menduduki posisi ini, tapi percayakah Anda bahwa kita memiliki kans untuk menjadi salah satu orang terkaya di dunia? Saya percaya, Anda dan saya bisa menjadi hebat secara finansial jika kita terus berusaha dengan tekun dan cerdas.

Li Ka-Shing tidak berasal dari keluarga kaya. Saat ia masih berumur belasan tahun, ia terpaksa berhenti sekolah demi bekerja mencukupi kebutuhan keluarganya. Ia mulai bekerja sebagai buruh di pabrik plastik. Ia bekerja selama 16 jam sehari. Bayangkan seperti apa rasanya jika kita harus bekerja 16 jam dalam sehari selama tujuh hari seminggu! Bertahan hidup dari gaji rutin yang ia terima sebagai buruh pabrik tidak memuaskan hasrat hidupnya. Ia kemudian membuka usaha pabrik plastik sendiri dengan pinjaman modal yang ia dapatkan dari relasinya. Li Ka-Shing mengembangkan bisnisnya hingga ke ranah global. Ia mengekspor produknya ke negara barat dan membuahkan keuntungan yang luar biasa besar.

Li Ka-Shing tidak berhenti mengembangkan perusahaannya. Selain pabrik plastik, ia memperluas bisnisnya ke berbagai jenis usaha yang lainnya seperti real estate, elektronik, ritel, hingga internet dan teknologi komunikasi. Oleh majalah Forbes, Li Ka-Shing menempati urutan ke-17 miliarder dunia dan urutan pertama orang terkaya di Hong Kong (2015).

Memiliki hubungan yang baik dengan orang lain adalah kunci keberhasilan Li Ka-Shing. Dalam berbagai kesempatan, Li Ka-Shing seringkali menasehatkan supaya kita memperlakukan orang lain dengan baik. Saya sangat setuju dengan hal ini. Kualitas kita dalam membangun hubungan dengan orang lain akan sangat mempengaruhi kualitas kehidupan. Makin banyak koneksi yang kita miliki, semakin besar peluang kita untuk berhasil.

Li Ka-Shing juga suka belajar dari buku-buku yang ia miliki. Bukan hanya membaca saja, tapi ia suka membagikan pelajaran dari buku yang ia baca. Saya secara pribadi suka mengajarkan tips-tips sukses dan membagikan pengalaman hidup saya pada banyak orang. Saya senang ketika saya bisa menjadi inspirasi sukses bagi orang lain. Jika Anda memiliki blog atau website sendiri, Anda bisa mencoba membagikan isi buku yang Anda baca atau pengalaman hidup Anda pada orang lain. Anda akan merasakan hidup Anda lebih bahagia saat Anda tidak menyimpan pengetahuan itu untuk Anda sendiri.

Li Ka-Shing juga mengajarkan supaya seseorang mengembangkan kemampuan untuk menjual. Kemampuan menjual membuat kita memiliki relasi yang banyak dan semakin peka dengan kebutuhan pasar.

Perencanaan yang matang, disiplin, dan fokus juga menjadi faktor penting yang mempengaruhi keberhasilan Li Ka-Shing.

Ada satu hal yang lagi yang menarik untuk kita pelajari. Sopir Li Ka-Shing adalah orang yang sukses dan menjadi kaya karena belajar dari tuannya. Ketika sopir tersebut pensiun, ia menolak hadiah perpisahan sebesar HKD 2 juta (sekitar 3,5 miliar Rupiah) karena ia sudah memiliki tabungan sejumlah 10 kali lipat dari hadiah yang ditawarkan kepadanya.

Sopir yang hanya memiliki gaji tak seberapa bisa memiliki dana pensiun sendiri yang sangat besar. Anda tahu apa rahasianya? Ketika ia mengantarkan Li Ka-Shing, ia mendengarkan percakapan bisnis tuannya mengenai saham apa yang layak untuk dibeli. Dimanapun Li Ka-Shing membeli tanah, ia membeli sepotong kecil di daerah yang sama. Saham apapun yang tuannya beli, ia beli juga.

Jika sopir Li Ka-Shing bisa menjadi orang kaya dan tak lagi membutuhkan tunjangan, saya percaya Anda juga bisa! Saya mengajak Anda untuk mengambil langkah awal untuk menjadi orang yang sukses secara finansial. Belajarlah dari sekarang. Saat ini adalah saat yang tepat untuk mengalami keajaiban pelipatgandaan aset melalui saham. Peluang ada di depan mata, namun hanya yang siaplah yang bisa memanfaatkan peluang tersebut. Ayo persiapkan diri Anda dengan ilmu berinvestasi saham dengan benar. Ikutilah seminar SMART TRADER RICH INVESTOR yang akan diadakan di Medan, 04 Oktober 2015 oleh Ellen May Institute. Whatsapp ke 082327229009 untuk informasi lebih lanjut.

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Why Asia's Richest Man Is Investing $10 Billion In America

author: Liyan Chen

              Forbes  Staff

On a chilly afternoon in New York City in late March, Wang Jianlin steps out of his limousine on bustling 42nd street near Times Square and is immediately surrounded by an entourage. For the first time, the 103-year-old AMC Empire Theatre will meet its new Chinese owner, now Asia’s richest man with $37.5 billion.

As Wang, dressed in a simple dark brown raincoat, walks inside, an associate informs him that this is one of the highest grossing theaters in the world. Stopping in the elaborate domed lobby, Wang starts doing the math out loud. “It may be the highest grossing in total, but definitely not per movie screen,” he declares. “Our sales per screen in Wujiaochang (in Shanghai) must be higher.”

Buying AMC for $2.6 billion in 2012 is how Wang first made his name known to the world. That stake in the United States’ largest cinema chain, now worth $2.2 billion, along with two recent initial public offerings of his extensive assets back home, has elevated Wang’s status from largely anonymous Chinese businessman to the 13th richest billionaire in the world, surpassing Mark Zuckerberg, Sheldon Adelson, and Li Ka-shing (Asia’s previous longtime richest man). Thanks to a successful $3.7 billion IPO last December, his flagship Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties also debuted at No. 234 on the FORBES Global 2000 List for the first time.

While Wang has become the wealthiest and one of the most influential tycoons in China, he is not satisfied with only being number one there. He has bigger, bolder goals for his Dalian Wanda conglomerate and himself – that by 2020, Wanda Group’s sales will reach $100 billion (up from $40 billion currently), with at least one-fifth coming from overseas. Wang is trying to transform Wanda into a truly global company, one that can be mentioned in the same sentence as Google GOOGL +2.29% and IBM IBM +0.69%. To that end, he has spent $10 billion in overseas investments and acquisitions in the past five years, half in the U.S., including AMC and real estate investments in Chicago and Beverly Hills.

On a Tuesday afternoon in a suite overlooking Fifth Avenue at the St. Regis Hotel, Wang sat down with FORBES to talk about his global ambition. His short stay in the U.S. was packed with high-level meetings: after stopping in D.C. and meeting personally with President Obama, he would visit New York Mayor Bill De Blasio and then head to Albany for Governor Andrew Cuomo. But when asked about his overseas expansion, the 60-year-old Wang, in a dark suit and light blue tie, was surprisingly energized by his tight travel schedule.

“We have very clear targets in overseas expansion: entertainment and sports,” Wang told me in Chinese as he leaned forward in his armchair. He explained that in China, entertainment and sports are considered the same family: “grand culture.” These are not high-growth industries, he admits, but can create tremendous value once re-packaged for China’s burgeoning middle class.

Take skiing as an example. “Right now China has only a few million skiers, almost negligible,” he says. “But once China wins the bid for the [2022] Winter Olympics, we will be talking about hundreds of millions.” The same principle applies to soccer teams and other opportunities in that “grand culture” arena.

“To China, population meant burden when we were poor,” Wang says proudly. “When we grow richer, that huge population means a huge market.”

The second piece of Wanda’s overseas expansion puzzle is a luxury real estate empire – going back to Wang’s business roots. A former army soldier and government employee who earned his first bucket of gold in real estate, Wang now owns more than 430 department stores, shopping plazas, movie theaters, and luxury hotels in China. In the past year, he listed his two crown jewels: Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties and Wanda Cinema Line. Thanks to a strong rally in China’s market, both stocks soared 48% and 131% respectively over the past two months, sending Wang’s fortune up $13 billion to retake China’s richest man title from solar energy tycoon Li Hejun.

“I want to use the next ten years to build a true Chinese brand that’s the best in the world,” Wang boasts, claiming that his Wanda-branded hotel chain will be even more luxurious than Shangri-La, Asia’s premier hotel brand owned by Malaysian billionaire Robert Kwok. With his $2 billion investment in Chicago and Beverly Hills already and more to follow in New York and San Francisco, Wang hopes to have Wanda hotels in thirty major cities in the world, from London to Sydney, by 2025.

Going global has been on Wang’s mind for more than 10 years, but he admits that he was afraid to take the first step. “Because we were so successful in China, if we decided to go global and failed, we would be laughed at and lose face,” Wang says. The failures of other Chinese companies, such as telecom giant Huawei, to go overseas also scared him off.

Fast forward to 2010, when Wang says he began to change his mind. The AMC deal was key. “We internally reached a consensus that no matter we stumble or not, we have to take the first step,” Wang recalls. And it wasn’t a blind leap. “We did our math. It was cheaper per movie screen than doing the same deals in China.”

But wooing management and shareholders was difficult. “We were worried at the time that if we bought the company and management left, ok, then you’re screwed,” Wang says. To incent them to stay, he promised to share future profits with AMC executives if they signed five-year contracts.

The acquisition appears to be a successful turnaround story. Within the first year, AMC posted its first net profits since 2010 (Wang said the terms of the deal left room for a net loss for the first two years). In December 2013, AMC listed on New York Stock Exchange with a $332 million IPO, and stock has risen 57% since. Sitting inside AMC Empire’s amphitheater, Wang graded himself a generous 95 out of 100 for the deal. (Despite owning more cinemas than any one else in the world, Wang says he only watches two to three movies a year.)

Wang does not hide his further ambition for Hollywood. And like many Chinese, he values size and status above all. For instance, Wang is investing $8 billion to build the world’s largest movie production studio in Qingdao, and he flew in stars like Nicole Kidman and Leonardo DiCaprio to its red carpet ground breaking. Indie films are not invited. Only movies with production budgets greater than $50 million will be welcome at the Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis.

When it comes to other overseas purchases, he prefers opportunities in the range of 5 billion to 10 billion yuan ($800 million to $1.6 billion). Even though Wanda is no longer in talks to buy movie studios Lionsgate and MGM, he is still hunting. “In the next few years, you will see a series of Wanda acquisitions,” Wang promises. “We have a big appetite.”

As much as size matters to Wang, speed is also crucial. “Our overseas expansion has to rely heavily on these acquisitions,” he says. “It doesn’t mean that we can’t do it ourselves, but that would just be too slow.” By looking for name brands and established businesses, Wanda follows other Chinese companies like Lenovo , which purchased IBM’s ThinkPad unit in 2005 to gain instant access to the American market.

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Wang’s favorite aspect of investing in the U.S. will not surprise those familiar with China’s relationship-driven business culture. “My favorite is its certainty, transparency, and fairness,” he says. “When you do business in the U.S., you wouldn’t think of asking for help from some governors or mayors, because it’s useless even if you do.”

Of course, Wang then reflected on his recent meeting with President Obama at the U.S.Department of Commerce ’s SelectUSA Conference. In his speech, Obama told attendees that the foreign investment program, which he created in 2011, will continue no matter whether Democrats or the Republicans hold the White House. “America’s policy is not going to change based on the political party. That’s why I love investing in the U.S.,” Wang says.

Still, Wang’s praise for America’s transparency may come as a shock to keen Chinese observers. The billionaire’s spectacular rise in China has long attracted media scrutiny, including a recent hard-hitting New York Times investigation that exposed Wanda’s ties with senior Communist Party leaders and their relatives. To Wang, a homegrown Chinese entrepreneur who understands the importance of connections, or guanxi, his appreciation for America’s fairness belies a savvy political operator.

The biggest change in the soft-spoken Wang over the last five years is confidence. “I didn’t dare to touch big deals, but now I’m not interested in the small ones,” he says with a knowing smile. As Asia’s richest man, he feels more respected too, noting that only he and Warren Buffett were selected to give keynote video addresses at SelectUSA.

Wang’s growing self-assurance on the world stage and his outspoken patriotism as a Chinese entrepreneur make him an ideal candidate to carry the banner of China’s growing economic soft power abroad. As China and its political leaders try to reinvent the country’s global image from a manufacturing and export-driven economy, Wang’s quest overseas from Hollywood to luxury real estate puts him in the spotlight and wins him even more praise at home. “Wanda has always exceeded our targets since we started,” he says. “We will accomplish the $100 billion (sales) goal no matter what.”

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Daftar Orang Terkaya 2015 versi Forbes

Forbes baru saja merilis daftar 400 orang terkaya di dunia untuk tahun 2015, Selasa (29/8). Peringkat-peringkat utama tidak banyak berubah meski ada nama-nama baru yang mewarnai daftar tersebut.

Peringkat pertama masih tidak berubah sejak 22 tahun lalu, yaitu taipan Microsoft, Bill Gates (59 tahun). Meski kekayaannya menurun sebanyak enam persen, ia tetap menduduki posisi pertama dengan jumlah kekayaan 76 miliar dolar AS. Forbes menemukan bahwa kekayaannya yang berasal dari Microsoft hanya berjumlah 13 persen.

Posisi kedua ditempati oleh rekannya, Warren Buffett, ketua eksekutif Berkshire Hathaway. Ia sudah menduduki posisi kedua sejak 2001 lalu dengan jumlah kekayaan 62 miliar dolar AS. Sementara posisi ketiga diduduki oleh Larry Ellison pemimpin bisnis perangkat lunak Oracle dengan kekayaan 47,5 miliar dolar AS.

CEO Amazon.com Jeff Bezos dan CEO Facebook Mark Zuckerberg berhasil naik peringkat masuk dalam daftar top 10. Bezos kini menjadi orang keempat terkaya dengan jumlah kekayaan 47 miliar dolar AS. Sementara Zuckerberg mengamankan posisi ketujuh dengan pendapatan 40,3 miliar dolar AS.

Penggagas Nike, Phil Knight (77 tahun) berhasil masuk dalam top 20 untuk pertama kalinya sejak 18 tahun lalu. Selain itu, Penemu layanan Uber, Travis Kalanick berhasil menggandakan kekayaannya hingga mencapai 50 miliar dolar AS.

Selain pemain lama, Forbes mencatat ada 25 pendatang baru dalam daftar The Forbes 400. Diantaranya adalah Evan Spiegel, miliarder termuda di dunia. Ia baru berusia 25 tahun dan menjadi kaya setelah menciptakan aplikasi pesan mobile SnapChat dengan rekannya Bobby Murphy.

Pendatang baru lainnya adalah Robert Smith yang keturunan Afrika-Amerika. Ia menjadi Afrika-Amerika terkaya kedua setelah Oprah Winfrey ketika menjadi penggagas layanan rental akomodasi Airbnb bersama rekannya Nathan Blecharczyk, Brian Chesky dan Joe Gebbia.

Keseluruhan 400 orang dalam daftar ini bisa Anda lihat di Forbes.com/forbes-400 yang dilengkapi dengan foto, video dan deskripsi kekayaan mereka.

Namun, ini lah 10 orang terkaya pada 2015 versi Forbes:

1. Bill Gates (56 tahun)

2. Warren Buffett (85 tahun)

3. Larry Ellison (71 tahun)

4. Jeff Bezos (51 tahun)

5. Charles Koch (79 tahun)

6. David Koch (75 tahun)

7. Mark Zuckerberg (31 tahun)

8. Michael Bloomberg (73 tahun)

9. Jim Walton (67 tahun)

10. Larry Page (42 tahun)

by  Indira Rezkisari

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