TOP 15 RICHEST AMERICANS

Rank	Name	Net Worth ($mil)	Age	Residence	Source
1	William Gates III	50,000	53	Medina	Microsoft
2	Warren Buffett	40,000	79	Omaha	Berkshire Hathaway
3	Lawrence Ellison	27,000	65	Redwood City	Oracle
4	Christy Walton & family	21,500	54	Jackson	Wal-Mart
5	Jim C. Walton	19,600	61	Bentonville	Wal-Mart
6	Alice Walton	19,300	60	Fort Worth	Wal-Mart
7	S. Robson Walton	19,000	65	Bentonville	Wal-Mart
8	Michael Bloomberg	17,500	67	New York	Bloomberg
9	Charles Koch	16,000	73	Wichita	manufacturing, energy
9	David Koch	16,000	69	New York	manufacturing, energy
11	Sergey Brin	15,300	36	Palo Alto	Google
11	Larry Page	15,300	36	San Francisco	Google
13	Michael Dell	14,500	44	Austin	Dell
14	Steven Ballmer	13,300	53	Seattle	Microsoft
15	George Soros	13,000	79	Westchester	hedge funds

$Boopathi$, November 17, 2009