FX.co ★ 400 wealthiest Americans worth Russia’s GDP

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.