At the end of 2013, the 400 wealthiest Americans are worth Russia’s GDP, according to Forbes.
The rating was released on Monday, September 16.
The business magazine says that those list-mentioned entrepreneurs have a combined net worth of
$2.02 trillion, the record figure for a 32-year rating history. According to the Global Bank, Russia’s GDP totaled 2.015 trillion in 2012.
For the 20 $72 billion. Warren Buffett is America’s second richest with a fortune of $58.5 billion, having added $12.5 billion this year. Following him, Larry Ellison, the co-founder and chief executive of
Oracle Corporation, takes the third position with $41 billion.The biggest percentage gainer, Workday’s David Duffield, increased his fortune to $6.4 billion. Christy Walton, the heir to Wal-Mart, became America’s richest woman with a net worth of $34.5 billion. Totally, there are 48 women in the list. There are 20 magnates on the list that are under 45 years old. Among them, 29-year-old Facebook co-founders Mark Zuckerberg ($19 billion) and Dustin Moskovitz ($5.2 billion), 33-year-old Napster founder Sean Parker ($2 billion), 40-year-old Google’s Sergey Brin and Larry Page ($24.9 billion each) and 44-year-old Jerry Yang ($1.7 billion).In 2013 the threshold for entering the list of the wealthiest people was increased to $1.3 billion.
Because the bar was so high, 61 Americans did not make a cut. The combined asset of 400 richest people grew by $300 billion against the last year.There are 20 newcomers to the list and 28 entrepreneurs became poorer than a year ago with 15
losing part of their wealth, while the rest could not keep up with the rising tide. Six people died in 2012 out of the list.