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               People Data : 400 Richest Americans (as of October, 2005)
Rank Name Net Worth (Million) Age Residence Source
1 Gates, William Henry III 51,000.00 49 Medina, WA Microsoft
2 Buffett, Warren Edward 40,000.00 75 Omaha, NE Berkshire Hathaway
3 Allen, Paul Gardner 22,500.00 52 Seattle, WA Microsoft, investments
4 Dell, Michael 18,000.00 40 Austin, TX Dell
5 Ellison, Lawrence Joseph 17,000.00 61 Silicon Valley, CA Oracle
6 Walton, Christy 15,700.00 50 Jackson, WY Wal-Mart inheritance
6 Walton, Jim C 15,700.00 57 Bentonville, AR Wal-Mart
8 Walton, S Robson 15,600.00 61 Bentonville, AR Wal-Mart
9 Walton, Alice L 15,500.00 56 Fort Worth, TX Wal-Mart
10 Walton, Helen R 15,400.00 86 Bentonville, AR Wal-Mart
11 Ballmer, Steven Anthony 14,000.00 49 Redmond, WA Microsoft
12 Anthony, Barbara Cox 12,500.00 82 Honolulu, HI Cox Enterprises
12 Chambers, Anne Cox 12,500.00 85 Atlanta, GA Cox Enterprises
12 Johnson, Abigail 12,500.00 43 Boston, MA Fidelity
15 Adelson, Sheldon 11,500.00 72 Las Vegas, NV Casinos, hotels
16 Brin, Sergey 11,000.00 32 San Francisco, CA Google
16 Page, Larry E 11,000.00 32 San Francisco, CA Google
18 Omidyar, Pierre M 10,200.00 38 Henderson, NV Ebay
19 Kerkorian, Kirk 10,000.00 88 Los Angeles, CA Investments, casinos
19 Mars, Forrest Edward Jr 10,000.00 74 McLean, VA Candy
19 Mars, Jacqueline 10,000.00 66 Bedminster, NJ Candy
19 Mars, John Franklyn 10,000.00 69 Arlington, VA Candy
23 Kluge, John Werner 9,000.00 91 Palm Beach, FL Metromedia
24 Icahn, Carl 8,500.00 69 New York, NY Leveraged buyouts
25 Redstone, Sumner M 8,400.00 82 Beverly Hills, CA Viacom
26 Newhouse, Donald Edward 7,500.00 75 Somerset County, NJ Publishing
26 Newhouse, Samuel Irving Jr 7,500.00 77 New York, NY Publishing
28 Anschutz, Philip F 7,200.00 65 Denver, CO Investments
28 Soros, George 7,200.00 75 New York, NY Hedge funds
30 Ergen, Charles 7,100.00 52 Denver, CO EchoStar
31 Knight, Philip H 6,900.00 67 Beaverton, OR Nike
32 Murdoch, Keith Rupert 6,700.00 74 New York, NY News Corp
33 Johnson, Edward Crosby III 6,500.00 75 Boston, MA Fidelity
34 Duncan, Dan L 6,000.00 72 Houston, TX Energy
34 Perelman, Ronald Owen 6,000.00 62 New York, NY Leveraged buyouts
34 Taylor, Jack Crawford 6,000.00 83 St Louis, MO Enterprise Rent-A-Car
37 Arison, Micky 5,800.00 56 Bal Harbour, FL Carnival Cruises
38 Bren, Donald L 5,700.00 73 Newport Beach, CA Real estate
39 Broad, Eli 5,500.00 72 Los Angeles, CA Investments
40 Bloomberg, Michael Rubens 5,100.00 63 New York, NY Bloomberg L.P.
41 Menard, John R Jr 5,000.00 65 Eau Claire, WI Home improvement stores
42 Bezos, Jeffrey P 4,800.00 41 Seattle, WA Amazon
42 Rowling, Robert 4,800.00 52 Dallas, TX Oil & gas, hotels, investments
44 Moore, Gordon Earle 4,600.00 76 Woodside, CA Intel
45 Geffen, David 4,500.00 62 Malibu, CA DreamWorks
45 Kaiser, George B 4,500.00 63 Tulsa, OK Oil & gas, banking, real estate
45 Koch, Charles De Ganahl 4,500.00 69 Wichita, KS Oil, commodities
45 Koch, David Hamilton 4,500.00 65 Wichita, KS Oil, commodities
49 Warner, H Ty 4,400.00 61 Chicago, IL Beanie Babies
50 Perot, Henry Ross 4,200.00 75 Dallas, TX Computer services, real estate
51 Goodnight, James 4,100.00 62 Cary, NC SAS Institute
52 Crown, Lester & family 4,000.00 80 Wilmette, IL Investments
52 Davis, Barbara & family 4,000.00 75 Beverly Hills, CA Inheritance, oil
52 Murdock, David Howard 4,000.00 82 Los Angeles, CA Investments
52 Schmidt, Eric 4,000.00 50 Atherton, CA Google
56 Sorenson, James L 3,900.00 84 Salt Lake City, UT Medical devices, real estate
56 Tisch, Preston Robert 3,900.00 79 New York, NY Loews
58 Schwab, Charles R 3,800.00 68 Atherton, CA Discount stock brokerage
59 Johnson, Charles Bartlett 3,700.00 72 San Mateo, CA Franklin Resources
59 Schulze, Richard M 3,700.00 64 Edina, MN Best Buy
61 Blavatnik, Leonard 3,500.00 48 New York, NY Access Industries
61 Davidson, William Morse 3,500.00 82 Bloomfield Hills, MI Glass
61 Lampert, Edward S 3,500.00 43 Greenwich, CT Investments
61 Lucas, George 3,500.00 61 Marin County, CA Star Wars
65 DeVos, Richard M 3,400.00 79 Ada, MI Alticor
65 Wrigley, William Jr 3,400.00 41 Lake Forest, IL Chewing gum
67 Abele, John E 3,300.00 68 Boston, MA Boston Scientific
67 Jobs, Steven Paul 3,300.00 50 Palo Alto, CA Apple Computer, Pixar
67 Lauren, Ralph 3,300.00 65 New York, NY Fashion
70 Cook, William Alfred 3,200.00 74 Bloomington, IN Medical devices
70 Hughes, Bradley Wayne 3,200.00 72 Malibu, CA Public Storage
72 Johnson, Rupert Harris Jr 3,100.00 64 San Mateo, CA Franklin Resources
73 Arnall, Roland 3,000.00 66 Holmby Hills, CA Mortgage banking
73 Bass, Robert Muse 3,000.00 57 Fort Worth, TX Oil, investments
73 Bronfman, Edgar M Sr 3,000.00 76 New York, NY Liquor
73 Filo, David 3,000.00 39 Mountain View, CA Yahoo
73 Lauder, Leonard Alan 3,000.00 72 New York, NY Estee Lauder
78 Greenberg, Maurice Raymond 2,800.00 80 New York, NY American International Group
78 Johnson, Barbara Piasecka 2,800.00 68 Monte Carlo, Monaco Inheritance
78 Nicholas, Peter M 2,800.00 64 Boston, MA Boston Scientific
78 Pohlad, Carl 2,800.00 90 Minneapolis, MN Banking
78 Saban, Haim 2,800.00 60 Beverly Hills, CA Television
83 Hillman, Henry Lea 2,700.00 86 Pittsburgh, PA Industrialist, venture capitalist
83 Lauder, Ronald Steven 2,700.00 61 New York, NY Estee Lauder
83 Simons, James H 2,700.00 67 East Setauket, NY Hedge funds
83 Spielberg, Steven Allen 2,700.00 58 Pacific Palisades, CA Movies
83 Stern, Leonard Norman 2,700.00 67 New York, NY Real estate
83 Trump, Donald John 2,700.00 59 New York, NY Real estate
89 Ingram, Martha R & family 2,600.00 70 Nashville, TN Ingram Industries
89 Kroenke, Ann Walton 2,600.00 55 Columbia, MO Wal-Mart
89 Perenchio, A Jerrold 2,600.00 74 Bel Air, CA Univision
89 Wexner, Leslie Herbert 2,600.00 70 Columbus, OH Limited Brands
93 Cohen, Steven A 2,500.00 49 Greenwich, CT Hedge funds
93 Hunt, Ray Lee 2,500.00 62 Dallas, TX Inheritance, oil, real estate
93 Kinder, Richard 2,500.00 61 Houston, TX Pipelines
93 Kovner, Bruce 2,500.00 60 New York, NY Hedge funds
93 Kravis, Henry R 2,500.00 61 New York, NY Leveraged buyouts
93 Mitchell, George Phydias 2,500.00 86 The Woodlands, TX Mitchell Energy
93 Rich, Robert Edward Sr 2,500.00 92 Palm Beach, FL Nondairy creamer
93 Ricketts, J Joseph & family 2,500.00 64 Omaha, NE Ameritrade
93 Roberts, George R 2,500.00 61 San Francisco, CA Leveraged buyouts
93 Rockefeller, David Sr 2,500.00 90 New York, NY Standard Oil, banking
93 Schwarzman, Stephen A 2,500.00 58 New York, NY Investments
93 Simmons, Harold Clark 2,500.00 74 Dallas, TX Investments
93 Simon, Melvin 2,500.00 78 Indianapolis, IN Real estate
93 Simplot, John Richard & family 2,500.00 96 Boise, ID Potatoes, microchips
93 Washington, Dennis 2,500.00 71 Missoula, MT Construction, mining, transportation
93 Yang, Jerry 2,500.00 36 Los Altos, CA Yahoo
109 Bechtel, Riley P 2,400.00 53 San Francisco, CA Engineering, construction
109 Bechtel, Stephen Davison Jr 2,400.00 80 San Francisco, CA Engineering, construction
109 Bucksbaum, Matthew & family 2,400.00 79 Chicago, IL Real estate
112 Burkle, Ronald 2,300.00 52 Los Angeles, CA Supermarkets, investments
112 Hostetter, Amos Barr Jr 2,300.00 68 Boston, MA Cable television
112 Rainwater, Richard Edward 2,300.00 61 Fort Worth, TX Real estate, energy, insurance
112 Zell, Samuel 2,300.00 64 Chicago, IL Real estate
116 Butt, Charles C 2,200.00 67 San Antonio, TX Supermarkets
116 Getty, Gordon Peter 2,200.00 72 San Francisco, CA Inheritance, oil
116 Helmsley, Leona Mindy Rosenthal 2,200.00 85 New York, NY Real estate
116 Kellogg, Peter R 2,200.00 63 Short Hills, NJ Investments
116 Laurie, Nancy Walton 2,200.00 54 Columbia, MO Wal-Mart
116 Marcus, Bernard 2,200.00 76 Atlanta, GA Home Depot
116 Soon-Shiong, Patrick 2,200.00 53 Los Angeles, CA Generic drugs
116 Spangler, Clemmie Dixon Jr 2,200.00 73 Charlotte, NC Investments
116 Stryker, Ronda E 2,200.00 51 Kalamazoo, MI Stryker Corp.
125 Calamos, John P 2,100.00 65 Naperville, IL Mutual funds
125 Dolan, Charles Francis 2,100.00 78 Oyster Bay, NY Cablevision Systems
125 Kohler, Herbert & family 2,100.00 66 Kohler, WI Plumbing fixtures
125 Mann, Alfred 2,100.00 79 Los Angeles, CA Inventor, entrepreneur
125 McCaw, Craig O 2,100.00 56 Seattle, WA McCaw Cellular
125 Rales, Mitchell P 2,100.00 49 Washington, DC Danaher Corp
125 Taylor, Glen 2,100.00 64 Mankato, MN Printing
125 Udvar-Hazy, Steven 2,100.00 59 Beverly Hills, CA International Lease Finance
133 Allen, Herbert Anthony Jr 2,000.00 65 New York, NY Investment banking
133 Annenberg, Leonore 2,000.00 87 Wynnewood, PA Inheritance
133 Bass, Lee Marshall 2,000.00 49 Fort Worth, TX Oil, investments
133 Bass, Sid Richardson 2,000.00 62 Fort Worth, TX Oil, investments
133 Brandes, Charles H 2,000.00 62 San Diego, CA Money management
133 Green, David 2,000.00 63 Oklahoma City, OK Hobby Lobby
133 Hearst, William Randolph III 2,000.00 56 San Francisco, CA Hearst Corp
133 Huizenga, H Wayne 2,000.00 67 Fort Lauderdale, FL Investments
133 Jones, Paul Tudor II 2,000.00 51 Greenwich, CT Hedge funds
133 Lindner, Carl Henry Jr & family 2,000.00 86 Cincinnati, OH Investments
133 Magerko, Margaret Hardy 2,000.00 39 Upper Saint Clair, PA 84 Lumber
133 McGovern, Patrick Joseph 2,000.00 68 Hollis, NH IDG
133 Milken, Michael Robert 2,000.00 59 Los Angeles, CA Investments
133 Nicholas, Henry Thompson III 2,000.00 46 Laguna Hills, CA Broadcom
133 Penske, Roger S 2,000.00 68 Birmingham, MI Cars
133 Rales, Steven M 2,000.00 54 Washington, DC Danaher Corp
133 Sall, John 2,000.00 56 Cary, NC SAS Institute
133 Sobrato, John Albert 2,000.00 66 Atherton, CA Real estate
133 Stryker, Jon Lloyd 2,000.00 47 Kalamazoo, MI Stryker Corp.
133 Turner, Robert E "Ted" 2,000.00 66 Lamont, FL Cable television
153 Cooke, Phoebe Hearst 1,900.00 78 San Francisco, CA Hearst Corp
153 Hearst, Austin 1,900.00 53 New York, NY Hearst Corp
153 Hearst, David Whitmire Jr 1,900.00 60 Los Angeles, CA Hearst Corp
153 Hearst, George Randolph Jr 1,900.00 78 Los Angeles, CA Hearst Corp
153 Lewis, Peter Benjamin 1,900.00 71 Coconut Grove, FL Progressive Corp
153 Malone, John C 1,900.00 64 Parker, CO Cable television
153 Mathile, Clayton Lee 1,900.00 64 Dayton, OH Iams
153 Pritzker, Thomas J 1,900.00 55 Chicago, IL Hotels, investments
153 Rady, Ernest S 1,900.00 68 San Diego, CA Banking, insurance
153 Sperling, John G 1,900.00 84 Phoenix, AZ Apollo Group
153 Zuckerman, Mortimer Benjamin 1,900.00 68 New York, NY Media, real estate
164 Abraham, S Daniel 1,800.00 81 Palm Beach, FL Slim-Fast
164 Cargill, James R 1,800.00 81 Minneapolis, MN Inheritance
164 Cargill, Margaret Anne 1,800.00 85 La Jolla, CA Inheritance
164 Cuban, Mark 1,800.00 47 Dallas, TX Broadcast.com
164 DeLeon, J Russell 1,800.00 39 Gibraltar Online gaming
164 Druckenmiller, Stanley 1,800.00 53 New York, NY Hedge funds
164 Frank, Sidney 1,800.00 86 New Rochelle, NY Liquor
164 Hall, Donald Joyce 1,800.00 77 Mission Hills, KS Hallmark
164 Jackson, Jess Stonestreet 1,800.00 75 Healdsburg, CA Kendall-Jackson
164 Kroenke, E Stanley 1,800.00 58 Columbia, MO Sports, real estate
164 Parasol, Ruth 1,800.00 38 Gibraltar Online gaming
164 Pritzker, Penny 1,800.00 46 Chicago, IL Hotels, investments
164 Pulte, William J 1,800.00 73 Bloomfield Hills, MI Home building
164 Samueli, Henry 1,800.00 51 Newport Beach, CA Broadcom
164 Sarofim, Fayez Shalaby 1,800.00 76 Houston, TX Money management
164 Shvidler, Evgeny "Eugene" Markovich 1,800.00 41 Moscow, Russia Oil
164 Wynn, Stephen A 1,800.00 63 Las Vegas, NV Casinos, hotels
181 Booth, Franklin Otis Jr 1,700.00 82 Los Angeles, CA Berkshire Hathaway
181 Dorrance, Bennett 1,700.00 56 Paradise Valley, AZ Inheritance
181 Frist, Thomas F Jr & family 1,700.00 67 Nashville, TN HCA Healthcare
181 Gonda, Louis L 1,700.00 57 Beverly Hills, CA International Lease Finance
181 Gores, Tom T 1,700.00 41 Beverly Hills, CA Leveraged buyouts
181 Jacobs, Irwin Mark 1,700.00 71 La Jolla, CA Qualcomm
181 Malone, Mary Alice Dorrance 1,700.00 55 Coatesville, PA Inheritance
181 Marshall, E Pierce 1,700.00 66 Dallas, TX Investments
181 Pritzker, Anthony 1,700.00 44 Los Angeles, CA Hotels, investments
181 Pritzker, Daniel 1,700.00 46 Marin County, CA Hotels, investments
181 Pritzker, James 1,700.00 54 Chicago, IL Hotels, investments
181 Pritzker, Jay Robert (JB) 1,700.00 40 Evanston, IL Hotels, investments
181 Pritzker, Jean (Gigi) 1,700.00 43 Chicago, IL Hotels, investments
181 Pritzker, John A 1,700.00 52 San Francisco, CA Hotels, investments
181 Pritzker, Karen 1,700.00 47 New Haven, CT Hotels, investments
181 Smith, Frederick Wallace 1,700.00 61 Memphis, TN FedEx
181 Stryker, Pat A 1,700.00 49 Fort Collins, CO Stryker Corp.
198 Davis, Jim & family 1,600.00 62 Newton, MA New Balance
198 France, James C 1,600.00 61 Daytona Beach, FL Auto racing
198 France, William C Jr 1,600.00 73 Daytona Beach, FL Auto racing
198 Hsieh, Ming 1,600.00 49 Los Angeles, CA Cogent Systems
198 Huntsman, Jon Meade 1,600.00 68 Salt Lake City, UT Chemicals
198 Krasny, Michael 1,600.00 52 Highland Park, IL CDW Corp
198 Scott, Walter Jr 1,600.00 74 Omaha, NE Construction, telecom
198 Sperling, Peter 1,600.00 45 Phoenix, AZ Apollo Group
198 Stempel, Ernest E 1,600.00 89 Hamilton, Bermuda American International Group
207 Buck, Peter 1,500.00 74 Danbury, CT Subway
207 DeLuca, Fred 1,500.00 57 Fort Lauderdale, FL Subway
207 Emmerson, Archie Aldis "Red" 1,500.00 76 Redding, CA Timberland, lumber mills
207 Griffin, Kenneth C 1,500.00 36 Chicago, IL Hedge funds
207 Harbert, Marguerite 1,500.00 82 Birmingham, AL Inheritance
207 Hayne, Richard A 1,500.00 58 Philadelphia, PA Urban Outfitters
207 Hendricks, Kenneth 1,500.00 63 Beloit, WI Building supplies, real estate
207 Holding, Robert Earl 1,500.00 78 Sun Valley, ID Energy, resorts, ranching
207 Jaharis, Michael 1,500.00 77 New York, NY Pharmaceuticals
207 Jannard, James 1,500.00 56 San Juan Islands, WA Oakley
207 Johnson, H Fisk 1,500.00 47 Racine, WI SC Johnson & Sons
207 Johnson, Imogene Powers 1,500.00 75 Racine, WI SC Johnson & Sons
207 Johnson, S Curtis 1,500.00 50 Racine, WI SC Johnson & Sons
207 Johnson-Leipold, Helen 1,500.00 48 Racine, WI SC Johnson & Sons
207 Johnson-Marquart, Winnie 1,500.00 46 Virginia Beach, VA SC Johnson & Sons
207 Lindemann, George L & family 1,500.00 69 Palm Beach, FL Investments
207 Marriott, John Willard Jr 1,500.00 73 Potomac, MD Hotels
207 Pickens, T Boone 1,500.00 77 Dallas, TX Oil & gas, investments
207 Pritzker, Linda 1,500.00 51 St Ignatius, MT Hotels, investments
207 Rahr, Stewart 1,500.00 59 New York, NY Kinray
207 Rich, Marc David 1,500.00 70 Meggan, Switzerland Commodities
207 Saul, Bernard Francis II 1,500.00 73 Chevy Chase, MD Banking, real estate
207 Smith, Ollen Bruton 1,500.00 78 Charlotte, NC Speedway Motorsports
207 Whitman, Margaret C 1,500.00 49 Atherton, CA Ebay
207 Williams, Arthur L Jr 1,500.00 63 Palm Beach, FL Insurance
207 Ziff, Daniel Morton 1,500.00 33 New York, NY Inheritance, hedge funds
207 Ziff, Dirk Edward 1,500.00 41 New York, NY Inheritance, hedge funds
207 Ziff, Robert David 1,500.00 39 New York, NY Inheritance, hedge funds
235 Anderson, John Edward 1,400.00 88 Bel Air, CA Investments
235 Batten, Frank Sr 1,400.00 78 Virginia Beach, VA Landmark Communications
235 Bluhm, Neil Gary 1,400.00 67 Chicago, IL Real estate
235 Boyd, William Samuel 1,400.00 73 Las Vegas, NV Casinos, banking
235 Debartolo, Edward John Jr 1,400.00 58 Tampa, FL Shopping centers
235 Dolby, Ray Milton 1,400.00 72 San Francisco, CA Dolby Laboratories
235 Farmer, Richard T 1,400.00 70 Cincinnati, OH Cintas Corp
235 Fisher, Robert J 1,400.00 52 San Francisco, CA Gap
235 Fisher, William Sydney 1,400.00 48 San Francisco, CA Gap
235 Ford, Gerald J 1,400.00 61 Dallas, TX Banking
235 Fung, Victor 1,400.00 60 Hong Kong Distribution
235 Gage, Barbara Carlson & family 1,400.00 63 Minneapolis, MN Carlson Cos.
235 Horton, Donald R 1,400.00 55 Fort Worth, TX D.R. Horton
235 Jamail, Joseph Dahr Jr 1,400.00 79 Houston, TX Lawsuits
235 Kao, Min H 1,400.00 56 Mission Hills, KS Navigation equipment
235 Marriott, Richard Edwin 1,400.00 66 Potomac, MD Hotels
235 McNair, Robert C 1,400.00 68 Houston, TX Energy, sports
235 Moran, James Martin 1,400.00 87 Deerfield Beach, FL Auto dealerships
235 Munger, Charles T 1,400.00 81 Los Angeles, CA Berkshire Hathaway
235 Nelson, Marilyn Carlson & family 1,400.00 66 Minneapolis, MN Carlson Cos.
235 Weill, Sanford 1,400.00 72 New York, NY Citigroup
235 Winfrey, Oprah 1,400.00 51 Chicago, IL Television
235 Wiskemann, Elizabeth S 1,400.00 0 San Rafael, CA Mutual funds
258 Argyros, George Leon 1,300.00 68 Newport Beach, CA Investments
258 Blank, Arthur M 1,300.00 63 Atlanta, GA Home Depot
258 Diller, Barry 1,300.00 63 New York, NY InterActiveCorp
258 Egan, Richard J 1,300.00 69 Hopkinton, MA EMC Corp
258 Fisher, John J 1,300.00 44 San Francisco, CA Gap
258 Flatley, Thomas John 1,300.00 73 Milton, MA Real estate
258 Gerry, Alan 1,300.00 76 Liberty, NY Cable television
258 Glazer, Malcolm 1,300.00 77 Palm Beach, FL Shopping malls, investments
258 Goldsbury, Christopher 1,300.00 62 San Antonio, TX Salsa
258 Kelley, Brad M 1,300.00 48 Nashville, TN Tobacco
258 Kim, James & family 1,300.00 69 Bryn Mawr, PA Microchips
258 Lee, Thomas Haskell 1,300.00 61 New York, NY Leveraged buyouts
258 Leprino, James 1,300.00 68 Denver, CO Cheese
258 Lerner, Nancy 1,300.00 45 Cleveland, OH Inheritance
258 Lerner, Norma 1,300.00 69 Cleveland, OH Inheritance
258 Lerner, Randolph D 1,300.00 43 Cleveland, OH Inheritance
258 McCombs, Billy Joe "Red" 1,300.00 77 San Antonio, TX Radio, oil, real estate
258 Michelson, Gary Karlin 1,300.00 56 Los Angeles, CA Medical patents
258 Price, Michael F 1,300.00 53 Far Hills, NJ Investments
258 Pritzker, Nicholas J II 1,300.00 61 Chicago, IL Hotels, investments
258 Ruffin, Phillip 1,300.00 69 Wichita, KS Casinos, real estate
258 Shriram, Kavitark Ram 1,300.00 49 Mountain View, CA Google
258 Siebel, Thomas M 1,300.00 52 San Mateo, CA Siebel Systems
258 Ueltschi, Albert Lee 1,300.00 88 Flushing, NY FlightSafety International
258 Waitt, Theodore W 1,300.00 42 San Diego, CA Gateway
283 Bass, Edward Perry 1,200.00 60 Fort Worth, TX Oil, investments
283 Bass, Perry Richardson 1,200.00 90 Fort Worth, TX Oil, investments
283 Berg, Carl Edwin 1,200.00 68 Atherton, CA Real estate, venture capital
283 Bose, Amar Gopal 1,200.00 76 Framingham, MA Bose
283 Casden, Alan I 1,200.00 59 Beverly Hills, CA Real estate
283 Chaplin, Harvey & family 1,200.00 76 Miami, FL Liquor, wine distribution
283 Connor, William E II 1,200.00 55 Hong Kong Exports
283 Copley, David C 1,200.00 53 La Jolla, CA Newspapers
283 Day, Robert Addison 1,200.00 61 Los Angeles, CA Money management
283 Disney, Roy Edward 1,200.00 75 Los Angeles, CA Walt Disney
283 Ford, William Clay Sr 1,200.00 80 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI Ford Motor Co
283 Frost, Dr Phillip 1,200.00 68 Miami, FL Ivax
283 Gallo, Ernest 1,200.00 96 Modesto, CA Wine
283 Golisano, Blase Thomas 1,200.00 63 Victor, NY Paychex
283 Gonda, Leslie L 1,200.00 85 Beverly Hills, CA International Lease Finance
283 Gores, Alec 1,200.00 52 Beverly Hills, CA Leveraged buyouts
283 Green, Pincus 1,200.00 70 Meggan, Switzerland Commodities
283 Hubbard, Stanley Stub 1,200.00 72 St Mary's Point, MN DirecTV
283 Joseph, George 1,200.00 84 Los Angeles, CA Insurance
283 Keinath, Pauline MacMillan 1,200.00 73 St Louis, MO Inheritance
283 Kohlberg, Jerome Spiegel Jr 1,200.00 80 Mt Kisco, NY Leveraged buyouts
283 MacMillan, Cargill Jr 1,200.00 78 Wayzata, MN Inheritance
283 MacMillan, John Hugh III 1,200.00 77 Hillsboro Beach, FL Inheritance
283 MacMillan, W Duncan 1,200.00 75 Wayzata, MN Inheritance
283 MacMillan, Whitney 1,200.00 76 Minneapolis, MN Inheritance
283 McLane, Robert Drayton Jr 1,200.00 69 Temple, TX Wal-Mart, logistics
283 Morgridge, John P 1,200.00 72 Portola Valley, CA Cisco
283 Naify, Robert Allen 1,200.00 83 San Francisco, CA Movie theaters
283 Perez, Jorge M 1,200.00 56 Miami, FL Home building
283 Pictet, Marion MacMillan 1,200.00 73 Hamilton Beach, Bermuda Inheritance
283 Rockefeller, Winthrop Paul 1,200.00 57 Morrilton, AR Standard Oil, banking
283 Scaife, Richard Mellon 1,200.00 73 Pittsburgh, PA Inheritance
283 Schneider, Donald J 1,200.00 69 Green Bay, WI Trucking
283 Taylor, Phyllis Miller 1,200.00 64 New Orleans, LA Taylor Energy
283 Tepper, David 1,200.00 47 Chatham, NJ Hedge funds
283 Tisch, Wilma Stein & family 1,200.00 79 New York, NY Loews
283 White, Dean V 1,200.00 82 Crown Point, IN Billboards, hotels
320 Ansin, Edmund Newton 1,100.00 69 Miami Beach, FL Sunbeam Broadcasting
320 Bailey, Thomas 1,100.00 68 Aspen, CO Mutual funds
320 Brown, John W 1,100.00 71 Kalamazoo, MI Stryker Corp.
320 Cook, Scott D 1,100.00 53 Woodside, CA Intuit
320 Duffield, David A 1,100.00 65 Incline Village, NV PeopleSoft
320 Fisher, Kenneth L 1,100.00 54 Woodside, CA Money management
320 Friedland, Robert M 1,100.00 55 Hong Kong Mining
320 Galvin, Robert William 1,100.00 83 Marshfield, WI Motorola
320 Gross, William H 1,100.00 61 Laguna Beach, CA Bonds
320 Herb, Marvin J 1,100.00 68 Chicago, IL Soft-drink bottling, real estate
320 Jones, Jerral W 1,100.00 62 Dallas, TX Dallas Cowboys, oil & gas
320 Kellogg, William S 1,100.00 62 Menomonee Falls, WI Kohl's
320 Kraft, Robert 1,100.00 64 Brookline, MA Paper and packaging
320 Krohn, Tracy W 1,100.00 50 Houston, TX W&T Offshore
320 Langone, Kenneth G 1,100.00 70 Sands Point, NY Investments
320 Mays, L Lowry 1,100.00 70 San Antonio, TX Clear Channel
320 Peltz, Nelson 1,100.00 63 Bedford, NY Leveraged buyouts
320 Roski, Edward P Jr 1,100.00 66 Los Angeles, CA Real estate
320 Roth, Steven 1,100.00 64 New York, NY Real estate
320 Sandler, Herbert M 1,100.00 73 San Francisco, CA Banking
320 Siegel, Herbert 1,100.00 77 New York, NY Television
320 Spanos, Alexander Gus 1,100.00 82 Stockton, CA Real estate
320 Taubman, A Alfred 1,100.00 81 Bloomfield Hills, MI Real estate
320 Teel, Joyce Raley 1,100.00 74 Sacramento, CA Supermarkets
320 Troutt, Kenny A 1,100.00 57 Dallas, TX Excel Communications
377 Stewart, Martha 970 64 Bedford, NY Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
378 Bisciotti, Stephen J 960 45 Severna Park, MD Outsourcing, football
379 Pasculano, Lynne & family 950 64 New York, NY Auto parts, candy
379 Watkins, Edward G III 950 69 Concord, MA Security systems
381 Burrell, Gary L 940 68 Stilwell, KS Navigation equipment
382 McCaw, Bruce R 925 58 Seattle, WA McCaw Cellular
382 Rizzuto, Leandro P 925 67 Sheridan, WY Conair
384 Anselmo, Mary 900 76 Greenwich, CT PanAmSat
384 Bowes, William 900 79 San Francisco, CA Venture capital
384 Case, Stephen M 900 47 McLean, VA AOL
384 Cathy, S Truett 900 84 Atlanta, GA Chick-fil-A
384 Cayne, James 900 71 New York, NY Bear Stearns
384 Connell, Grover 900 87 Westfield, NJ Real estate, heavy equipment
384 Forstmann, Theodore 900 65 New York, NY Leveraged buyouts
384 Gilbert, Daniel 900 43 Livonia, MI Quicken Loans
384 Glazer, Guilford 900 84 Beverly Hills, CA Shopping malls
384 Magness, Gary 900 51 Denver, CO Inheritance
384 Mandelbaum, David & family 900 69 Livingston, NJ Real estate
384 Mansueto, Joseph D 900 49 Chicago, IL Morningstar
384 McCaw, John Elroy Jr 900 54 Seattle, WA McCaw Cellular
384 Oates, Marvin L "Buzz" 900 82 Sacramento, CA Real estate
384 Osher, Bernard A 900 78 San Francisco, CA Banking, investments
384 Robertson, Julian H Jr 900 73 New York, NY Money management, wine
384 Shorenstein, Walter Herbert 900 90 San Francisco, CA Real estate
320 Weber, Charlotte Colket 1,100.00 62 Ocala, FL Inheritance
346 Arrillaga, John 1,000.00 68 Palo Alto, CA Real estate
346 Bacon, Louis Moore 1,000.00 49 London, United Kingdom Hedge funds
346 Blixseth, Timothy 1,000.00 55 Rancho Mirage, CA Timber, real estate
346 Comer, Gary Campbell 1,000.00 77 Chicago, IL Lands' End
346 Doerr, L John 1,000.00 54 Woodside, CA Venture capital
346 Edson, John Orin 1,000.00 73 Seattle, WA Leisure craft
346 Fireman, Paul Barry 1,000.00 61 Brookline, MA Reebok
346 Gabelli, Mario 1,000.00 62 New York, NY Money management
346 Gottesman, David 1,000.00 79 Rye, NY Investments
346 Hamilton, Dorrance Hill 1,000.00 77 Wayne, PA Inheritance
346 Hilton, William Barron 1,000.00 77 Los Angeles, CA Hotels, casinos
346 Jacobs, Jeremy Maurice Sr 1,000.00 65 East Aurora, NY Sports concessions
346 Manoogian, Richard Alexander 1,000.00 69 Grosse Pointe Farms, MI Masco
346 Marion, Anne Windfohr 1,000.00 66 Fort Worth, TX Inheritance, oil
346 Morean, William 1,000.00 50 St Petersburg, FL Jabil Circuit
346 Moreno, Arturo 1,000.00 59 Phoenix, AZ Billboards
346 Peery, Richard Taylor 1,000.00 65 Palo Alto, CA Real estate
346 Robinson, Jesse Mack 1,000.00 82 Atlanta, GA Banking, insurance
346 Rock, Arthur J 1,000.00 79 San Francisco, CA Venture capital
346 Ross, Wilbur L Jr 1,000.00 67 New York, NY Leveraged buyouts
346 Sandler, Marion O 1,000.00 74 San Francisco, CA Banking
346 Simon, Herbert 1,000.00 71 Indianapolis, IN Real estate
346 Simonyi, Charles 1,000.00 57 Medina, WA Microsoft
346 Solow, Sheldon Henry 1,000.00 77 New York, NY 9 West 57th
346 Tyson, Donald John 1,000.00 75 Springdale, AR Chicken
346 Van Beuren, Hope Hill 1,000.00 71 Middletown, RI Inheritance
346 Wagner, Todd R 1,000.00 45 Dallas, TX Broadcast.com
346 Wyly, Samuel 1,000.00 70 Dallas, TX Investments
346 Zucker, Jerry 1,000.00 55 Charleston, SC Industrialist
375 Opperman, Dwight D 975 82 Dellwood, MN Publishing
375 Sillerman, Robert FX 975 57 New York, NY Entertainment

Number of 400 Richest Americans by Wealth Source (As of October, 2005)
Wealth Source No of People Sum Net Worth (Million)
Wal-Mart 6 67000
Microsoft 3 66000
Investments 20 49900
Berkshire Hathaway 3 43100
Real estate 21 36500
Candy 3 30000
Inheritance 21 29600
Leveraged buyouts 11 27900
Google 4 27300
Cox Enterprises 2 25000
Microsoft, investments 1 22500
Hedge funds 9 22400
Fidelity 2 19000
Hotels, investments 11 18400
Dell 1 18000
Oracle 1 17000
Publishing 3 15975
Wal-Mart inheritance 1 15700
Casinos, hotels 2 13300
Ebay 2 11700
Investments, casinos 1 10000
Hearst Corp 5 9600
Oil, investments 5 9400
Oil, commodities 2 9000
Metromedia 1 9000
Viacom 1 8400
SC Johnson & Sons 5 7500
Cable television 4 7500
Inheritance, oil 3 7200
EchoStar 1 7100
Money management 5 7100
Stryker Corp. 4 7000
Nike 1 6900
Franklin Resources 2 6800
News Corp 1 6700
Banking 4 6300
SAS Institute 2 6100
Boston Scientific 2 6100
Energy 1 6000
Enterprise Rent-A-Car 1 6000
Carnival Cruises 1 5800
Estee Lauder 2 5700
Yahoo 2 5500
Television 3 5300
Loews 2 5100
Bloomberg L.P. 1 5100
Home improvement stores 1 5000
International Lease Finance 3 5000
Amazon 1 4800
Liquor 2 4800
Engineering, construction 2 4800
Oil & gas, hotels, investments 1 4800
Mutual funds 3 4600
Intel 1 4600
Oil & gas, banking, real estate 1 4500
Inheritance, hedge funds 3 4500
DreamWorks 1 4500
American International Group 2 4400
Beanie Babies 1 4400
Computer services, real estate 1 4200
Gap 3 4100
Danaher Corp 2 4100
McCaw Cellular 3 3925
Medical devices, real estate 1 3900
Broadcom 2 3800
Discount stock brokerage 1 3800
Standard Oil, banking 2 3700
Best Buy 1 3700
Online gaming 2 3600
Glass 1 3500
Access Industries 1 3500
Star Wars 1 3500
Home Depot 2 3500
Apollo Group 2 3500
Alticor 1 3400
Chewing gum 1 3400
Supermarkets 2 3300
Apple Computer, Pixar 1 3300
Fashion 1 3300
Medical devices 1 3200
Public Storage 1 3200
Auto racing 2 3200
Mortgage banking 1 3000
Subway 2 3000
Home building 2 3000
Banking, insurance 2 2900
Hotels 2 2900
Venture capital 3 2900
Broadcast.com 2 2800
Carlson Cos. 2 2800
Industrialist, venture capitalist 1 2700
Insurance 2 2700
Movies 1 2700
Commodities 2 2700
Univision 1 2600
Limited Brands 1 2600
Ingram Industries 1 2600
Construction, mining, transportation 1 2500
Nondairy creamer 1 2500
Pipelines 1 2500
Inheritance, oil, real estate 1 2500
Ameritrade 1 2500
Potatoes, microchips 1 2500
Mitchell Energy 1 2500
Navigation equipment 2 2340
Real estate, energy, insurance 1 2300
Supermarkets, investments 1 2300
Generic drugs 1 2200
Inventor, entrepreneur 1 2100
Plumbing fixtures 1 2100
Printing 1 2100
Cablevision Systems 1 2100
IDG 1 2000
Investment banking 1 2000
Hobby Lobby 1 2000
84 Lumber 1 2000
Cars 1 2000
Iams 1 1900
Progressive Corp 1 1900
Media, real estate 1 1900
Oil 1 1800
Kendall-Jackson 1 1800
Hallmark 1 1800
Slim-Fast 1 1800
Sports, real estate 1 1800
FedEx 1 1700
HCA Healthcare 1 1700
Qualcomm 1 1700
Chemicals 1 1600
New Balance 1 1600
Cogent Systems 1 1600
Construction, telecom 1 1600
CDW Corp 1 1600
Pharmaceuticals 1 1500
Banking, real estate 1 1500
Kinray 1 1500
Building supplies, real estate 1 1500
Urban Outfitters 1 1500
Speedway Motorsports 1 1500
Oakley 1 1500
Energy, resorts, ranching 1 1500
Oil & gas, investments 1 1500
Timberland, lumber mills 1 1500
Dolby Laboratories 1 1400
Cintas Corp 1 1400
Energy, sports 1 1400
Shopping centers 1 1400
Casinos, banking 1 1400
Distribution 1 1400
Landmark Communications 1 1400
Citigroup 1 1400
Lawsuits 1 1400
Auto dealerships 1 1400
D.R. Horton 1 1400
Casinos, real estate 1 1300
Tobacco 1 1300
Salsa 1 1300
Shopping malls, investments 1 1300
EMC Corp 1 1300
Radio, oil, real estate 1 1300
Medical patents 1 1300
FlightSafety International 1 1300
Cheese 1 1300
Gateway 1 1300
InterActiveCorp 1 1300
Microchips 1 1300
Siebel Systems 1 1300
Paychex 1 1200
Walt Disney 1 1200
Movie theaters 1 1200
DirecTV 1 1200
Wal-Mart, logistics 1 1200
Liquor, wine distribution 1 1200
Wine 1 1200
Billboards, hotels 1 1200
Cisco 1 1200
Ford Motor Co 1 1200
Newspapers 1 1200
Bose 1 1200
Taylor Energy 1 1200
Ivax 1 1200
Real estate, venture capital 1 1200
Trucking 1 1200
Exports 1 1200
Mining 1 1100
PeopleSoft 1 1100
Dallas Cowboys, oil & gas 1 1100
Intuit 1 1100
Kohl's 1 1100
Paper and packaging 1 1100
Motorola 1 1100
Soft-drink bottling, real estate 1 1100
Excel Communications 1 1100
Bonds 1 1100
Sunbeam Broadcasting 1 1100
W&T Offshore 1 1100
Clear Channel 1 1100
Industrialist 1 1000
Leisure craft 1 1000
Lands' End 1 1000
Sports concessions 1 1000
9 West 57th 1 1000
Jabil Circuit 1 1000
Chicken 1 1000
Billboards 1 1000
Masco 1 1000
Reebok 1 1000
Timber, real estate 1 1000
Hotels, casinos 1 1000
Entertainment 1 975
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia 1 970
Outsourcing, football 1 960
Auto parts, candy 1 950
Security systems 1 950
Conair 1 925
PanAmSat 1 900
Shopping malls 1 900
Banking, investments 1 900
Real estate, heavy equipment 1 900
Quicken Loans 1 900
Chick-fil-A 1 900
AOL 1 900
Morningstar 1 900
Money management, wine 1 900
Bear Stearns 1 900

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