10 richest people in the United States, who are they?

Posted By on June 23, 2017

10 richest people in the United States, who are they?

To get into the annual ranking, compiled by financial-economic magazine Forbes, the dream of many, but not all are successful. Those who at least once were included in the list of the richest people in the USA, are very reluctant to yield their places to «beginners». And this is evident in the ranking for 2017, according to which only one name from all fifty-two of the rich did not appear in last year’s list.

It is worth noting that over the last twelve months accounts of most of them rounded out to nine zeros: on average, $1.74 billion. And if in 2016 the total amount of all status included in the rating amounted to $682 billion, this year was held in the mark – at $747 billion.

A dozen of the richest people in USA as follows (in reverse order):

  • John Mars, WY, $27.6 billion

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    • He is Chairman of the Board of the family company , Mars Incorporated, known for its chocolate bars Mars, Snickers, Milky Way, Twix, M&M’s, and also forages for Pets Pedigree and Uncle Ben’s.

  • Jacqueline Mars, Virginia, $27.6 billion

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    Along with his two brothers, John and Edward Forrest, member of the Board of Directors of Mars, Incorporated. The company was founded by their grandfather, Franklin Clarence Mars in 1911.

  • Sheldon Adelson, VA, $35.6 billion

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    Chief Executive officer of the Corporation Las Vegas Sands, which owns a network of casino-resorts and the world’s largest company in this industry. Ranked second among the world’s largest hotels – The Venetian and The Palazzo in Las Vegas (7,117 rooms) – owned by Las Vegas Sands.

    Besides the U.S., the company is developing its business in Asia, where he built one of the most famous landmarks of Singapore – the Marina Bay Sands hotel.

  • Alice Walton, Texas, $38.2 billion

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    The second richest woman in the world inherited his fortune from his father, Samuel Walton, the founder of a chain of wholesale and retail trade Wal-Mart. The company’s stores are located in USA, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom (under the name Asda), Japan (Seiyu Group) and India (Best Price).

  • Jim Walton, Arkansas, $38.5 billion

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    The elder brother of Alice and the third son of Samuel Walton. Besides the Board company Wal-Mart Stores, is the Chairman of family Bank Arvest.

  • Charles Koch, Arkansas, $47.5 billion

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    The Chairman of the Board and chief Executive officer of a multinational Corporation Koch Industries. It owns such companies as:

    • manufacturer of polymer fibers and raw materials for polymers Invista;
    • pulp and paper manufacturer Georgia-Pacific;
    • electronics manufacturer Molex;
    • cattle company Matador Cattle Company;
    • the industry leader in refining, chemicals, polymers and biofuels, Flint Hills Resources;
    • and Koch Pipeline, Koch Fertilizer and Koch Minerals.
  • Michael Rubens Bloomberg, the $50.7 billion

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    The former mayor of new York city (2002-2012) with a salary of $1 a year, as well as the founder, owner and chief Executive officer of the company Bloomberg,the products of which are computer system Bloomberg Terminal provides its users with information about the state of the financial market, television channels BloombergTV, radio BloombergRadio, magazines and Bloomberg Market Bloomberg BusinessWeek, as well as sites Bloomberg.com and BusinessWeek.com.

  • Mark Zuckerberg, California, $62.4 billion

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    The head of the company Facebook Inc, which owns the largest social network in the world – Facebook.

  • Warren Buffett, Nebraska, $76.2 billion

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    One of the most successful investors in the world, Chairman of the Board of Directors and chief Executive officer hallingby company Berkshire Hathaway, which manages various companies in the fields of insurance, Finance, utilities, rail transport, confectionary and the production of goods.

    The largest companies, controlling stakes which are owned by Berkshire Hathawayare GEICO (car insurance), General Re (reinsurance), BNSF (the largest railway system in North America).

  • Bill gates, Washington, $88.9 billion

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    Another participant, who needs no introduction, bill gates, co-founder of Corporation Microsoft. It almost invariably tops the list of Forbes not only in USA but throughout the world, and only occasionally was superseded by the Mexican businessman Carlos slim, or Warren Buffett (2008).

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