The most "money" people. Zuckerberg and Bezos ranked Forbes
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Business Edition has published an annual ranking of the 400 richest US residents. Not much has changed in this ranking, for example, Bill Gates has been in first place for 22 years in a row. But there are also beginners. So, in the top ten for the first time in the history of the ranking Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos appeared, Forbes writes . Zuckerberg’s fortune is estimated at $ 40.3 billion, and Bezos’s fortune is estimated at $ 43 billion.
Interestingly, in the top ten richest people in the United States, five people are related to technology. This year, Bezos is the most successful businessman from the technology sector, who was able to immediately increase his fortune by $ 16.5 billion. The top ten is closed by Larry Page, co-founder of Google.
The third place in the ranking is also occupied by a person directly related to IT - this is Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle Corporation. His fortune is estimated at $ 47.5 billion. Financier Warren Buffett took second place in the rating.