Forbes 400 Richest in America

Forbes ^ | 9/24/04 | Forbes

[freedom44]

Rank Name Net Worth ($mil) Age Residence Source

1 Gates, William Henry III 48,000 48 Medina , WA Microsoft

2 Buffett, Warren Edward 41,000 74 Omaha , NE Berkshire Hathaway

3 Allen, Paul Gardner 20,000 51 Seattle , WA Microsoft, investments

4 Walton, Alice L 18,000 55 Fort Worth , TX Wal-Mart

4 Walton, Helen R 18,000 85 Bentonville , AR Wal-Mart

4 Walton, Jim C 18,000 56 Bentonville , AR Wal-Mart

4 Walton, John T 18,000 58 Bentonville , AR Wal-Mart

4 Walton, S Robson 18,000 60 Bentonville , AR Wal-Mart

9 Dell, Michael 14,200 39 Austin , TX Dell

10 Ellison, Lawrence Joseph 13,700 60 Silicon Valley , CA Oracle

11 Ballmer, Steven Anthony 12,600 48 Redmond , WA Microsoft

12 Johnson, Abigail 12,000 42 Boston , MA Fidelity

13 Anthony, Barbara Cox 11,300 81 Honolulu , HI Cox Enterprises

13 Chambers, Anne Cox 11,300 84 Atlanta , GA Cox Enterprises

15 Kluge, John Werner 11,000 90 Palm Beach , FL Metromedia

16 Omidyar, Pierre M 10,400 37 Henderson , NV Ebay

17 Mars, Forrest Edward Jr 10,000 73 McLean , VA candy

17 Mars, Jacqueline 10,000 65 Bedminster , NJ candy

17 Mars, John Franklyn 10,000 68 Arlington , VA candy

20 Redstone, Sumner M 8,100 81 Beverly Hills , CA Viacom

21 Icahn, Carl 7,600 68 New York , NY leveraged buyouts

22 Knight, Philip H 7,400 66 Beaverton , OR Nike

23 Ergen, Charles 7,300 51 Denver , CO EchoStar

24 Soros, George 7,200 74 New York , NY hedge funds

25 Newhouse, Donald Edward 7,000 74 Somerset County , NJ publishing

[SoDak]

221,723,000 Dak, So $229.53 quarter jar, other holdings

[freedom44]

265,894,052 Freedom44, -68,000 law school loans.

[Ken H]

421. H, Ken 2,434 snagged rich widow.

[Just Lori]

Hey! I want to be on that list! It's not fair! They should "spread the wealth" (to me).... I wanna be on that list!

[faithincowboys]

B.S. Soros has much more money than that list shows.

[Prince Caspian]

23 Ergen, Charles 7,300 51 Denver , CO EchoStar

I went to high school with Charlie Ergen. Glad to see he turned out OK after being such a goofball. ;-) Way to go Charlie!

[investigateworld]

G. Soros is a classy dude. He was taken in by Great Britain as a penniless refuge when he was 17 years old. He became very wealthy and returned the favor by doing a run against the British Pound, which rose the cost of living for everyone in the benighted land.

[Skwidd]

0.5 Freeper Skwidd, sources: stolen Nazi gold, email-spamming network, corporate blackmail involving glue guns and rabid ferrets, and some kid's milk money from this morning.

Hey, this is fun!