Journal Forbes has just published a list of 400 richest Americans, those holding huge amounts of assets, which led the following 10 names.
1. Bill Gates
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With total assets up to USD 59 billion, Bill Gates - the boss, the founder of Microsoft Corp. topped the list of richest people in America. Bill Gates used to 28 billion dollars to charity, with the goal of polio eradication in the four countries and require the use of $ 1 billion a year in which funds vaccination service. Bill Gates also aims to limit the distribution of malaria bed nets through supporting research and development of vaccines against malaria cost.
2. Warren Buffett
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Although reduced compared to 6 billion years ago, Warren Buffett is the second in the list with total assets of USD 39 billion. The reason Warren Buffett's fortune in this year's decline is by his shares in Berkshire Hathawayd prices dropped, together with his strong hand to spend for charitable activities. Even after Bill Gates, but stood outside the 80-year-old billionaire boss is less than 20 billion Microsoft.
3. Larry Ellison
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With the amount of USD 33 billion, Larry Ellison was third in the list of richest Americans.Through many ups and downs in his career, Larry Ellison has made success from scratch. Assets of the billionaires had increased from $ 22.5 billion 11/03/2009 up to date statistics as the current 33 billion despite the economic downturn worldwide.
4 and 5. Charles Koch and David Koch
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With the amount of $ 25 billion each, the Koch brothers shared fourth place on the list. Co-owned industrial group with revenues of up to $ 100 billion from the industry, metallurgy, chemicals, construction materials and energy business, they have together become the richest American.
6. Christy Walton
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The richest woman in the U.S. and family owned property worth $ 24.5 billion. My daughter's largest retailer Wal-Mart has benefited greatly from the crisis and economic slowdown as consumers switch to hunting for bargains. In addition to inherited assets, Christy Walton also inherited a huge fortune worth 2.7 billion dollars from her late husband in the alternative energy company First Solar.
7. George Soros
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Saturday standing in the list of Forbes, the billionaire George Soros has assets of about USD 22 billion. As a Jewish billionaire, George Soros is a very hard childhood when a London to begin his life's hardships immigrants. Then he came to America, started with $ 5,000 and get career today.
8. Sheldon Adelson
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Sheldon Adelson casino king rose up rich list after the 8th U.S. 7 billion in profits last year from the casino business in Asia has contributed his share in the Las Vegas Sands rally strongly.
9. Jim Walton
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As one of the children of the founder of Wal-Mart Sam Walton, Jim Walton runs Arvest banking family with a net 21.1 billion.
10. Alice Walton
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As the two sisters Christy and billionaire Jim Walton, Alice Walton is also inherited a huge inheritance accounts from retailer Wal-Mart and became the second wealthiest woman first American with a net 20.9 billion USD. Walton family has three members made the list this year.
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