10 Richest Americans of 2008: Forbes List
#1 William Gates III
$57.0 billion
Source: Microsoft
#2 Warren Buffett
$50.0 billion
Source: Berkshire Hathaway
#3 Lawrence Ellison
$27.0 billion
Source: Oracle
#4 Jim Walton
$23.4 billion
Source: Wal-Mart
#5 S Robson Walton
$23.3 billion
Source: Wal-Mart
#6 Alice Walton
$23.2 billion
Source: Wal-Mart
#7 Christy Walton & family
$23.2 billion
Source: Wal-Mart inheritance
#8 Michael Bloomberg
$20.0 billion
Source: Bloomberg
#9 Charles Koch
$19.0 billion
Source: manufacturing, energy
#10 David Koch
$19.0 billion
Source: manufacturing, energy
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Do you know that The total world derivatives market has been estimated at about $791 trillion face or nominal value, 11 times the size of the entire world economy.
I read an article on Reuters saying that Soros' Quantum Fund lost 15% in 2011. Soros must have lost $3 billion personally. Funny, this doesn't make the headlines.