Bill Gates richest American, 3 tech chiefs join top 10

The list, released Tuesday, shows Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates repeating as America’s wealthiest person, with a net worth of $75.4 billion. And Larry Page, CEO of Google, moved from number 13 in 2014 to land the 10th spot, with $US 33.3 billion.

The Berkshire Hathaway chief executive has held the position since 2001. But several political influencers made the top 25, including liberal mega donor George Soros, his conservative counterparts the Koch brothers and Sheldon Adelson and also independent former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Forbes estimates that Lorberbaum, the 60-year-old Chattanooga businessman who built the Mohawk Industries into the world’s biggest floorcovering company, is worth $2.2 billion.

Even so, 36 Texans made the list, including 12 in Houston. Of course, Trump had something to say about his rank. “I’m running for president”, Trump told. “I think you’re trying to make me as poor as possible”, he added.

Dell, 50, a longtime Austin resident, has about a 70 percent ownership stake in Dell Inc., but has the majority of his wealth in his two investment firms, MSD Capital and MSDC Management, which have interests in real estate, banks, automotive businesses and energy companies. “It’s embarrassing to me”.

Their attitude toward the stock market is not so much that its a place where great wealth is built, but instead where you go to preserve the purchasing power of your previously acquired fortune.

Philip Frederick Anschutz, worth $10.9 billion, checks in after Tepper, and might have the most diversified sports portfolio of anybody on the illustrious list.

Forbes editor Randall Lane said given the controversy surrounding Trump, the magazine spent more time crunching the Trump numbers than it did for anyone else. He’s followed by the Basses – Edward, Lee and Sid – each of whom share the No. 343 spot with $2 billion, which is more than enough to buy what’s left of downtown Fort Worth. First, the combined wealth of the richest 400 Americans nears $2.4 trillion, which is the largest sum ever reported by the famous business magazine. Forbes said during the recession, Penske’s net worth briefly fell below $1 billion – and it’s still below the $2.7 billion that Forbes said he was worth in 2008.

Additionally, about half of the Forbes 400 billionaires jumped in net worth from last year.