I know I sure ain't.........
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A...anguage=printer
Annual List of Richest Americans Released
By THERESA AGOVINO
The Associated Press
Thursday, September 18, 2003; 6:53 PM
NEW YORK - The economy is improving for the super rich. After two years of declines, the total net worth of America's richest people rose 10 percent to $955 billion this year from 2002, according to Forbes magazine's annual ranking of the nation's 400 wealthiest individuals.
1st. place
Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates.......
His fortune increased by $3 billion to $46 billion this year.
2nd Place
Investor Warren Buffett....
wealth was unchanged at $36 billion.
3rd
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen
$22 billion.
4th - 8th
Five members of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton's family
tied each with a net worth of $20.5 billion.
9th
Oracle Corp. chairman Larry Ellison
$18 billion
10th
Dell Inc. chief executive Michael Dell
$13 billion.
11th
Microsoft executive Steven Ballmer
$12.2 billion.
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32.
Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos
$5.1 billion
126.
David Filo, co-founder of Yahoo!
$1.6 billion.....tied with 13 others
162. Yahoo!'s other co-founder, Jerry Yang
$1.4 billion fortune.....tied with 16 others
drop offs:
Global Crossing Ltd. founder Gary Winnick
Motorola Corp. CEO Robert Galvin
Daniel Ziff, 31, is the youngest person on the list. He inherited his $1.2 billion fortune. His father William Ziff Jr., built and sold a publishing empire.
The oldest person on the list is 95-year-old Max Fisher, who made his $680 million fortune through investments.