Who Topped Forbes Magazine's 400 Richest in America List?
- 12 years ago
Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey and Bill Gates stand proudly on the 30th annual Forbes 400 issue, which lists the richest people in America.
The magazine's cover unfolds into a three-page spread and was photographed at the Trustees Room at the New York Public Library.
Forbes is calling it the $126 billion (USD) cover which pictures 12 philanthropists from its list. Bill Gates topped the list for the 19th year in a row with $66 billion, up $7 billion from a year earlier.
Warren Buffett stood second with $46 billion, followed by Larry Ellison, head of software maker Oracle, with $41 billion; and the Koch brothers, Charles and David, who run the energy and chemicals conglomerate Koch Industries, were tied for fourth with $31 billion, Forbes said.
Oprah Winfrey graced the cover, but is ranked at 151, with a net worth of $2.7 billion. There are 45 women on the list, up from 42 a year ago.
According to the magazine, the 400 richest people in America are all billionaires, mostly self-made and mostly male.
The average net worth of a Forbes 400 member is $4.2 billion, up from $3.8 billion in 2011, while the combined net worth of the 400 club was $1.7 trillion.
The magazine's cover unfolds into a three-page spread and was photographed at the Trustees Room at the New York Public Library.
Forbes is calling it the $126 billion (USD) cover which pictures 12 philanthropists from its list. Bill Gates topped the list for the 19th year in a row with $66 billion, up $7 billion from a year earlier.
Warren Buffett stood second with $46 billion, followed by Larry Ellison, head of software maker Oracle, with $41 billion; and the Koch brothers, Charles and David, who run the energy and chemicals conglomerate Koch Industries, were tied for fourth with $31 billion, Forbes said.
Oprah Winfrey graced the cover, but is ranked at 151, with a net worth of $2.7 billion. There are 45 women on the list, up from 42 a year ago.
According to the magazine, the 400 richest people in America are all billionaires, mostly self-made and mostly male.
The average net worth of a Forbes 400 member is $4.2 billion, up from $3.8 billion in 2011, while the combined net worth of the 400 club was $1.7 trillion.