FORBES: The 400 Richest Americans 2009

09.30.09, 06:00 PM EDT

The Forbes 400 Richest Americans 2009

Rank	Name	Net Worth ($mil)	Age	Residence	Source
1	William Gates III	50,000	53	Medina	Microsoft
2	Warren Buffett	40,000	79	Omaha	Berkshire Hathaway
3	Lawrence Ellison	27,000	65	Redwood City	Oracle
4	Christy Walton & family	21,500	54	Jackson	Wal-Mart inheritance
5	Jim C. Walton	19,600	61	Bentonville	Wal-Mart
6	Alice Walton	19,300	60	Fort Worth	Wal-Mart
7	S. Robson Walton	19,000	65	Bentonville	Wal-Mart
8	Michael Bloomberg	17,500	67	New York	Bloomberg
9	Charles Koch	16,000	73	Wichita	manufacturing, energy
9	David Koch	16,000	69	New York	manufacturing, energy
11	Sergey Brin	15,300	36	Palo Alto	Google
11	Larry Page	15,300	36	San Francisco	Google
13	Michael Dell	14,500	44	Austin	Dell
14	Steven Ballmer	13,300	53	Seattle	Microsoft
15	George Soros	13,000	79	Westchester	hedge funds
16	Donald Bren	12,000	77	Newport Beach	real estate
17	Paul Allen	11,500	56	Mercer Island	Microsoft, investments
17	Abigail Johnson	11,500	47	Boston	Fidelity
19	Forrest Edward Mars	11,000	78	McLean	candy, pet food
19	Jacqueline Mars	11,000	70	Bedminster	candy, pet food
19	John Mars	11,000	73	Arlington	candy, pet food
22	Carl Icahn	10,500	73	New York	leveraged buyouts
23	Ronald Perelman	10,000	66	New York	leveraged buyouts
24	George B. Kaiser	9,500	67	Tulsa	oil & gas, banking
24	Philip Knight	9,500	71	Beaverton	Nike

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