1-Bill Gates
Bill Gates is an American Computer Programmer and businessman. He is the inventor of Microsoft that became the largest PC software company of the world. Gates was firstly included in the in 1987 and in 1995, he became the richest person in the world with the fortune of $12.9 billion. From 1995 till now he is considered number one wealthiest man not only in America but in the world excluding the two years of financial crisis of 2007-08. Bill Gates is now considered the richest man in the world with the wealth of US$80 billion.
2-Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett is an American investor and businessman. He is the most successful investor of the 20th century. Buffett is the CEO, Chairman and Berkshire Hathaway's largest Shareholder, which is considered the most expansive of any public U.S. Company. He became a billionaire on May 29, 1990, when Berkshire Hathaway began selling class A shares. In 2008, Buffett became the wealthiest person in the world, with a total net worth estimated at $62 billion by Forbes. Now in 2015, he is regarded as the second richest person in America with the wealth of US$73.8 billion.
3-Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison is an American programmer and businessman. From 1977 to 2014, he worked as Chief executive officer of Software Company Oracle Corporation. Larry Ellison resigned from the CEO set in September 2014 but remains the company’s chairman and Chief technologyofficer. The creation of Oracle gave him great worldwide popularity. In 2013 his salary was 77 million dollars and he also donates up to 1% of his wealth to charity. In 2015 he is ranked as the third wealthiest man in America with a net worth of US$50 billion.
4-Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos, born on 12 January 1964, is basically an American investor and technology entrepreneur. As a founder, he has played a great role in the development of e-commerce, he is also CEO of Amazon.com that is an online merchant of not only books but of a great number of other products and services. Newspapers and aerospace are icludedin the other business interests of Jeff Bezos, he is considerd the fourth richest person in America with the wealth of US$47 billion.
5-Charles Koch
Charles Koch is an American businessman. He is well known for his philanthropy and political activities. Charles is the Chairman of the board, and Chief executive officer of Koch Industries. He inherited the business from his father, Fred C.Koch, and then he and his brother expanded the business. Koch Industries is a second biggest private company in America. His businesses produce a great variety of well-known brands. In 2015, he is considered the fifth richest person in America with a net worth of US$41 billion.
6-David Koch
David Koch is an American businessman and chemical engineer. Like his brother Charles Koch, he is also a philanthropist and political activist. David also inherited the business from his father, just like his brother. He joined the family business Koch Industries and became the president of the Koch Engineering in 1979.David became a co-owner of Koch Industries, with his elder brother Charles in 1983.He is currently, the executive vice president of Koch Industries. He has a net worth of US$41 billion equal to his brother and considered the 6th richest person in America.
7-Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg, born on 14 May 1984, is basically an eminent American programmer, philanthropist and also an Internet entrepreneur. He is the chief executive, chairman and co-founder of the number one social networking website "Facebook", Itis rightly said that no one is lucky like the founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, because the soaring stock price of Facebook has made him seventh wealthiest person in America with a net worth of US$40 billion.
8-Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg, born on 14 February 1942, is in fact an American politician, philanthropist and business magnate. Beginning with his 1st election in 2001, Michael Bloomberg served as the Mayor of New York City for three consecutive terms. Michael Bloomberg is also the owner, CEO and founder of Bloomberg L.P., he is regarded as the eighth wealthiest person in America with a net worth of US$38.6 billion.
9-Jim Walton
Jim Walton is an American businessman and third child of Sam Walton, who is founder of Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart, has sales of $405 billion and employs more than 2.1 million people across 28 countries. Jim received over $300 million in divided payouts. Jim also runs family’s Arvest Bank and he is the Chief executive Officer and Chairman of Arvest Bank. On the 2015 Forbes list of American billionaires, Jim Walton is ranked at number nine with a net worth of $33.7 billion.
Christy Walton is an American philanthropist and she is known for his fortune and philanthropy. She is the widow of John T.Walton, whose father Sam Walton was the founder of Wal-Mart. In June 2005, she inherited her husband’s fortune of US$18.2 billion, who had died in airplane accident. Now she owns almost 50% of the Walmart’s and 96% shares ownership for Arvest Bank. She also holds 30% of the ownership for First Solar, a solar energy company. She is regarded a wealthiest woman of the world. In 2015, she is ranked as 10th richest person in America with the fortune of $30.2 billion.
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