Every person in the Top 10 got at least $1 billion richer in the past year. No. 1 for the 24th year-in-a-row is Bill Gates, who is now worth $89 billion, up $8 billion a year ago. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, same spot as last year, No. 2 in the Country with $81.5 billion . Warren Buffett $75.6 Billion at No. 3 spot, then Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg. His fortune jumped $15.5 billion, and rounding out the Top 5 is Larry Ellison, founder of Oracle software with net worth at $59 Billion. 14 on the list are under 40 years-old. FULL Forbes List: HERE
Introducing the #Forbes400 2017: the wealthiest people in America https://t.co/hclscIV0l0 pic.twitter.com/dO1oWZrfC4
— Forbes (@Forbes) October 17, 2017
The highest female on the list goes to Alice Walton – Walmart (the only daughter of Sam Walton) with $38.2 Billion and she ranked at No. 13 this year. 34 Texans made the Forbes list, Jerry Jones Dallas Cowboys owner No. 95 with $5.6 billion, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban at No. 226 with $3.3 billion. Fort Worth’s Bass brothers once again made the list, and Ross Perot Sr., 87, founder of Electronic Data Systems ranked No. 167 with $4.1 billion.
Who's the richest Texan, and where did Jerry Jones and Mark Cuban end up on the @Forbes
list? #Forbeshttps://t.co/ABgVQgUrOX— Fort Worth Star-Telegram (@startelegram) October 18, 2017
Star-Telegram reports of the 18 DFW residents that made the Forbes list.
America's richest women in 2017:
1. Alice Walton
2. Jacqueline Mars
3. Laurene Powell Jobshttps://t.co/RS98aKtXVZ pic.twitter.com/zn30xhHMq3— Forbes (@Forbes) October 17, 2017
