Kinda Surprised Oil is not on top


1

Bill Gates
$66 B
56
Medina, Washington
Microsoft


2


Warren Buffett
$46 B
82
Omaha, Nebraska
Berkshire Hathaway


3


Larry Ellison
$41 B
68
Woodside, California
Oracle


4


Charles Koch
$31 B
76
Wichita, Kansas
diversified


4


David Koch
$31 B
72
New York, New York
diversified


6


Christy Walton & family
$27.9 B
57
Jackson, Wyoming
Wal-Mart


7


Jim Walton
$26.8 B
64
Bentonville, Arkansas
Wal-Mart


8


Alice Walton
$26.3 B
62
Fort Worth, Texas
Wal-Mart


9


S. Robson Walton
$26.1 B
68
Bentonville, Arkansas
Wal-Mart


10


Michael Bloomberg
$25 B
70
New York, New York
Bloomberg LP


11


Jeff Bezos
$23.2 B
48
Seattle, Washington
Amazon.com


12


Sheldon Adelson
$20.5 B
79
Las Vegas, Nevada
casinos


13


Sergey Brin
$20.3 B
39
Los Altos, California
Google


13


Larry Page
$20.3 B
39
Palo Alto, California
Google


15


George Soros
$19 B
82
Katonah, New York
hedge funds


16


Forrest Mars, Jr.
$17 B
81
Big Horn, Wyoming
candy


16


Jacqueline Mars
$17 B
72
The Plains, Virginia
candy


16


John Mars
$17 B
76
Jackson, Wyoming
candy


19


Steve Ballmer
$15.9 B
56
Hunts Point, Washington
Microsoft


20


Paul Allen
$15 B
59
Mercer Island, Washington
Microsoft, investments


21


Carl Icahn
$14.8 B
76
New York, New York
leveraged buyouts


22


Michael Dell
$14.6 B
47
Austin, Texas
Dell


23


Phil Knight
$13.1 B
74
Hillsboro, Oregon
Nike


24


Donald Bren
$13 B
80
Newport Beach, California
real estate


25


Len Blavatnik
$12.5 B
55
London
diversified


26


Ronald Perelman
$12 B
69
New York, New York
leveraged buyouts


27


Abigail Johnson
$11.8 B
50
Milton, Massachusetts
money management


28


John Paulson
$11 B
56
New York, New York
hedge funds


28


Laurene Powell Jobs & family
$11 B
48
Palo Alto, California
Apple, Disney


28


James Simons
$11 B
74
East Setauket, New York
hedge funds


28


Jack Taylor & family
$11 B
90
St. Louis, Missouri
Enterprise Rent-A-Car


32


Anne Cox Chambers
$10.7 B
92
Atlanta, Georgia
media


33


Ray Dalio
$10 B
63
Greenwich, Connecticut
hedge funds


33


George Kaiser
$10 B
70
Tulsa, Oklahoma
oil & gas, banking


35


Harold Hamm
$9.7 B
66
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
oil & gas


36


Richard Kinder
$9.4 B
67
Houston, Texas
pipelines


36


Rupert Murdoch
$9.4 B
81
New York, New York
News Corp


36


Mark Zuckerberg
$9.4 B
28
Palo Alto, California
Facebook


39


Charles Ergen
$9 B
59
Denver, Colorado
EchoStar


40


Steve Cohen
$8.8 B
56
Greenwich, Connecticut
hedge funds


41


Andrew Beal
$8.4 B
59
Dallas, Texas
banks, real estate


42


Pierre Omidyar
$8.2 B
45
Honolulu, Hawaii
Ebay


43


Leonard Lauder
$7.7 B
79
New York, New York
Estee Lauder


44


Philip Anschutz
$7.6 B
72
Denver, Colorado
investments


45


Eric Schmidt
$7.5 B
57
Atherton, California
Google


46


Samuel Newhouse, Jr.
$7.4 B
84
New York, New York
Conde Nast


47


James Goodnight
$7.3 B
69
Cary, North Carolina
Software


47


Patrick Soon-Shiong
$7.3 B
60
Los Angeles, California
pharmaceuticals


49


Harold Simmons
$7.1 B
81
Dallas, Texas
investments


50


Charles Butt
$6.9 B
74
San Antonio, Texas
supermarkets


51


Donald Newhouse
$6.6 B
82
Somerset County, New Jersey
Conde Nast


52


Edward Johnson, III.
$6.5 B
82
Boston, Massachusetts
Fidelity


52


Ralph Lauren
$6.5 B
72
New York, New York
Ralph Lauren


52


Ira Rennert
$6.5 B
78
Sagaponack, New York
investments


55


Eli Broad
$6.3 B
79
Los Angeles, California
investments


56


John Menard, Jr.
$6 B
72
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Retail


57


David Geffen
$5.6 B
69
Malibu, California
movies, music


57


John Malone
$5.6 B
71
Elizabeth, Colorado
cable television


59


Jeffrey Hildebrand
$5.5 B
53
Houston, Texas
Oil


59


David Tepper
$5.5 B
55
Livingston, New Jersey
hedge funds


61


Jim Kennedy
$5.4 B
64
Atlanta, Georgia
media


61


Blair Parry-Okeden
$5.4 B
61
Scone
media


63


Ray Lee Hunt
$5.2 B
69
Dallas, Texas
oil, real estate


63


Richard LeFrak & family
$5.2 B
67
New York, New York
real estate


63


Stephen Schwarzman
$5.2 B
65
New York, New York
private equity


63


Dennis Washington
$5.2 B
78
Missoula, Montana
construction, mining


67


Richard DeVos
$5.1 B
86
Holland, Michigan
Amway


68


Micky Arison
$5 B
63
Bal Harbour, Florida
Carnival Cruises


69


Hank & Doug Meijer
$4.9 B
-
Grand Rapids, Michigan
supermarkets


69


Robert Rowling
$4.9 B
58
Dallas, Texas
investments


71


Gordon Moore
$4.8 B
83
Woodside, California
Intel


72


Dannine Avara
$4.7 B
48
Houston, Texas
pipelines


72


Scott Duncan
$4.7 B
29
Houston, Texas
pipelines


72


Milane Frantz
$4.7 B
43
Houston, Texas
pipelines


72


Charles Johnson
$4.7 B
79
Hillsborough, California
Money Management


72


Randa Williams
$4.7 B
51
Houston, Texas
pipelines


77


Rupert Johnson, Jr.
$4.6 B
71
Burlingame, California
money management


77


Thomas Peterffy
$4.6 B
68
Greenwich, Connecticut
discount brokerage


79


Jin Sook & Do Won Chang
$4.5 B
57
Beverly Hills, California
Forever 21


79


David Green
$4.5 B
70
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
retail


79


Ann Walton Kroenke
$4.5 B
63
Columbia, Missouri
Wal-Mart


79


Trevor Rees-Jones
$4.5 B
61
Dallas, Texas
Oil & Gas


83


Stephen Ross
$4.4 B
72
New York, New York
real estate


83


Leslie Wexner
$4.4 B
75
New Albany, Ohio
retail


85


Bruce Kovner
$4.3 B
67
New York, New York
hedge funds


85


Daniel Ziff
$4.3 B
40
New York, New York
investments


85


Dirk Ziff
$4.3 B
48
North Palm Beach, Florida
investments


85


Robert Ziff
$4.3 B
46
New York, New York
investments


89


S. Truett Cathy
$4.2 B
91
Hampton, Georgia
Chick-fil-A


89


Leonard Stern
$4.2 B
74
New York, New York
real estate


91


Sumner Redstone
$4.1 B
89
Beverly Hills, California
Viacom


92


John Paul DeJoria
$4 B
68
Austin, Texas
hair products, tequila


92


Thomas Frist, Jr. & family
$4 B
74
Nashville, Tennessee
health care


92


Barbara Carlson Gage
$4 B
70
Long Lake, Minnesota
hotels, restaurants


92


Bruce Halle
$4 B
82
Paradise Valley, Arizona
Discount Tire


92


William Koch
$4 B
72
Palm Beach, Florida
oil, investments


92


Henry Kravis
$4 B
68
New York, New York
leveraged buyouts


92


Stanley Kroenke
$4 B
65
Columbia, Missouri
sports, real estate


92


Marilyn Carlson Nelson
$4 B
73
Long Lake, Minnesota
hotels, restaurants


100


Nancy Walton Laurie
$3.9 B
61
Henderson, Nevada
Wal-Mart