The top 25 richest man in the US announced, 1st place in 2014 is Bill Gates

ByAnssi Saviluoto

ForbesAnnounced the annual American version numbering numbering of the year. In what areas the people who are active in the field are ranked in, what kind of lives the American rich people chosen as the top 25 traced, and in what way did they make goods It is understood, it has become very interesting thing.

Inside The 2014 Forbes 400: Facts And Figures About America's Wealthiest
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◆ First place:Bill Gates(Assets of $ 81 billion / about 8.9 trillion yen)


Gates, who became No. 1 for the 21st consecutive year, is co-founder of Microsoft, and nowBill & Melinda Gates FoundationHe is co-chairman of the company, and in addition to eradication of smallpox and polio,Development of next generation condom that keeps pleasureWe are also putting emphasis on it. Despite donating about 3.2 trillion yen, which is the 16th amount of American history in 2000, Mr. Gates was No. 1 (asset / about 7.2 trillion yen) even in the 2013 year's ranking number, but this It is believed that Cascade Investment, which invests Gates' asset, is investing in major Canadian railroads, etc.

◆ 2nd place:Warren Buffett($ 67 billion of assets / about 7.3 trillion yen)


Investment companyBerkshire / HathawayHe is the CEO and current chairman. Long-term investment is the basic style, and Berkshire Hathaway's revenue is estimated to be $ 182 billion (about 19 trillion yen) in 2013 and net profit to be $ 19.5 billion (about 2.1 trillion yen). Mr. Buffett donated 2.8 billion dollars (about 300 billion yen) in July for children, and Mr. Buffett's total contribution was 23 billion dollars (about 2.5 trillion yen) by this.

◆ 3rd place:Larry Ellison(Assets $ 50 billion / about 5.5 trillion yen)


OracleHe is the co - founder and current CEO, but announced his resignation in September 2014 surprised the surroundings. It seems that we will remain in Oracle as chief technology officer in the future. Mr. Ellison, who continued to operate Oracle since 1977, is one of the most successful CEOs in the early Silicon Valley and has purchased real estate in Hawaii for $ 300 million (about 32 billion yen) in 2012 .

◆ 4th place:Charles Kocci($ 42 billion of assets / about 4.6 trillion yen)


Mr. Charles Kocci and his brother David inherited the complex company and made a good. Mr. Charles is president of Koch Industries since 1967 and holds from its own oil pipeline and refinery to the manufacturing site of the product. Not only profit of the company but also interest in politics, one of the Democrats said that he is going to buy a country. It is also known for donating 25 million dollars (about 2.7 billion yen) to the Black Association of School Funds.

◆ 4th: David Koch($ 42 billion of assets / about 4.6 trillion yen)


Mr. David, a brother of Charles Kocci, is fourth in the same price.

◆ 6th place:Christie Walton($ 38 billion of assets / about 4.1 trillion yen)


It is a leading supermarket chainWalmartFormer wife Christopher Walton of the founder's second son is the richest woman in America. In 2005, her husband, John Watson, passed away in an airplane accident, inheriting heritage. Mr. Watson had invested in Solar Energy Company First Solar before his life, so Mr. Walton has a large share of both Wal-Mart and First Solar shares, which creates assets.

◆ 7th place:Jim Walton($ 36 billion of assets / about 3.9 trillion yen)


Major supermarket chainWalmartThe founder of Sam Walton, Jim Walton who is the largest individual shareholder of Walmart, ranked number 7. Wal-Mart has more than 11,000 stores in the world and boasts sales of more than 476 billion dollars (about 52 trillion yen), but Jim Walton also has a branch in Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, etc. We are also increasing assets as a bank CEO.

◆ 8th place:Michael Bloomberg($ 35 billion of assets / about 3.8 trillion yen)


Michael Bloomberg, former New York City mayor and founder of telecommunications company Bloomberg, left the company last year as "to dedicate to charity", but returned to Bloomberg again. It is also a philanthropist who donates a total of $ 3.3 billion (about 360 billion yen) including 100 million dollars (about 11 billion yen) donated to the Melinda & Bill Gates Foundation for eradication of polio.

◆ 9th place:Alice · Walton($ 34.9 billion of assets / about 3.8 trillion yen)


Alice Walton who is the daughter of Wal-Mart's founder Sam Walton ranked ninth. There is a strong interest in art, collecting a number of art works and sometimes donating to the opposite. We also make donations to Republicans and recently we donated $ 25,000 (about 2.7 million yen) to the establishment of a special political action committee to support Hillary Clinton.

◆ 10th place:S · Robson · Walton(Asset of $ 34.8 billion / about 3.8 trillion yen)


Sam Walton's eldest son S. Robson Walton ranked 10th. Currently he is president of Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart is a huge company, but the asset growth in 2013 has remained at 1.5%.

◆ 11th place:Mark · ザ ッ カ ー バ ー グ($ 34 billion of assets / about 3.7 trillion yen)


Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook. In February 2014, Facebook bought the message application WhatsApp for $ 19 billion (about 2 trillion yen) and also acquired Oculus VR, which develops immersive heads-up display, for $ 2 billion (about 220 billion yen) Showing movement. Mr. Zuckerberg's assets increased by $ 15 billion (about 1.6 trillion yen) by Facebook stock in 2013.

◆ 12th place:Sheldon Adelson($ 32 billion of assets / about 3.5 trillion yen)


Casino Resort Operating CompanyLas Vegas SandsChairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson was born in Boston and worked as a newspaper sales clerk from the age of 12, but after a variety of occupations such as vending machines, sales of newspaper advertisements, housing loan business, etc., in 1995 Co-sponsored computer related exhibition COMDEX and got $ 862 million (about 94 billion yen). With that money I built a hotel in the casino and increased the wealth further.

◆ 13th place:Larry Page($ 31.5 billion of assets / about 3.4 trillion yen)


Three years have passed since Mr. Paige returned to Google CEO. Paige has been retired from the past in the past but now it promotes the development of various fields such as automatic driving cars and artificial intelligence and in January 2014Acquired the developer of smart fire alarm "Nest Protect" for ¥ 330 billionDid.

◆ 14th place:Sergei · Brin($ 31 billion / about 3.4 trillion yen)


Google co-founder Mr. Brin studies Google Glass and smart contact lensesGoogle's mysterious secret research institution "Google X"I am managing. In private life I get divorced in 2013 due to cheating with a 27 year old woman who is a marketing officer of Google Glass. It is said that scratches have also appeared in relation to Mr. Paige for that reason.

◆ 15th place:Jeff Bezos(Asset $ 30.5 billion / approximately 3.3 trillion yen)


Mr. Jeff Bezos who led Amazon to successHe studied electrical engineering and computer programming at the university and worked at a D.E. show of a major hedge fund before setting up Amazon. Bezos owns 18% of the shares of D. E. Show, while Amazon's revenues this year are expected to reach $ 90 billion (about 9.8 trillion yen). Amazon has entered this yearSmartphone "Fire Phone"And the streaming media box "Amazon Fire TV".

◆ 16th place:Karl Icahn($ 26 billion of assets / about 2.8 trillion yen)


Investor Mr. Icahn studied philosophy at Princeton University and founded the holding company Icahn Enterprise. "In 2013 we held a lot of Apple shares, but Apple was extremely underestimated and we discussed it with Tim Cook," Mr. Icahn saidI muttered on TwitterLater, the stock price rose by 12.5 billion dollars (about 1.4 trillion yen) happened.

◆ 17th place:George Soros(Assets $ 24 billion / about 2.6 trillion yen)


He is a hedge fund manager and investor George Soros learned economics as a college student in London, leaving the devastated homeland · Hungary which was devastated in 1947. After that I will move to New York and work on Wall Street. In 1969 he began managing hedge funds with 12 million dollars (about 1.3 billion yen). I ceased constant operation of Soros Fund Management several years ago. I have recently remarried, but I heard that the battle with the daytime melody actress who is a former lover is still continuing.

◆ 18th place:Steve Ballmer(Assets of $ 22.5 billion / about 2.5 trillion yen)


Mr. Ballmer is Microsoft 's chief executive who retired in 2014. The NBA team's team in July 2014Los Angeles · ClippersFor about $ 2 billion (about 210 billion yen), the highest amount ever recorded in NBA history.

◆ 19th: Forest · Mars · Jr.($ 22 billion of assets / about 2.4 trillion yen)


Brothers John, Jacqueline and holding a huge amount of wealth,M & M'SYaSNICKERSIt is the manufacturer ofMarsEstablishedMr. Forest MarsMr. Forest Mars Jr.'s son. Mars currently manufactures pet food.

◆ 19th: Jacqueline Mars($ 22 billion of assets / about 2.4 trillion yen)


Jacqueline Mars is the brother of Mr. Forest Mars Jr. above. It seems that Marus' sales will reach $ 33 billion annually (about 3.6 trillion yen).

◆ 19th: John Murs($ 22 billion of assets / about 2.4 trillion yen)


The last one of Mars brothers is John Murders. They are supervising Mars, but they are said to be retiring from constant operation.

◆ 22nd place: Len Braba tonic($ 21.5 billion of assets / about 2,350 billion yen)


Mr. Ren Brabatonic of Ukrainian-American is known to have acquired Warner Music in 2011, but in 2013 he owned the oil company TNK-BP held by himself for $ 7 billion ( About 760 billion yen) and invested 8 billion dollars (about 830 billion yen) in chemical manufacturer LyondellBasell. Currently I have great interest in future technology.

◆ 23rd place:Phil Knight(Asset $ 19 billion / approximately 2,200 billion yen)


Phil Knight who founded Nike about 50 years ago. Mr. Knight who graduated from Stanford Business School in 1962 travels all over the world and meets Japanese retailers. Mr. Knight later established "Blue Ribbon Sports" with Mr. Bill Bowerman who was a track coach of the University of Oregon, and it was renamed in 1978 and became Nike. Knight who increased revenue by 10% or more for 4 consecutive years, he said in his speech in 2014 that he himself was introverted and that the way it was far was not easy.

◆ 24th place:Harold Ham(Asset $ 18.7 billion / about 2 trillion yen)


Mr. Harold Ham, born in Oklahoma as the youngest child of a 13-year-old brother, is an accomplishment of the American dream, which was successful in the oil industry while growing up in poor families. Mr. Ham said, "The biggest advantage I had was that I did not have any advantage."

◆ 25th place:Michael Dell(Assets of $ 17.7 billion / about 1.9 trillion yen)


DellMichael Dell, Chairman of the Chief Executive Officer, founded Dell in 1984 at the age of 19 with a small amount of funds in the dormitory of Texas. Four years later Dell grew to a market price of 85 million dollars (about 9.2 billion yen). I retired from CEO position in 2004, but returned to 2007. One of the reasons is that his asset owns a lot of shares in the company, but he also said that he also invested a lot in private companies. To promote education in America, South Africa and IndiaFoundationWe have donated more than 1 billion dollars (about 100 billion yen).