Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has retained his title as richest American for the 22nd straight year with new worth of USD 76 billion, while three founders of online companies joined the top 10 of the Forbes 400 list.
Berkshire Hathaway Head of Conglomerate Warren Buffett ranked second with USD 62 billion, while former Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison followed the two in third place with USD 47.5 billion.
Forbes announced that the average net worth of 400 members on the list stands at a record USD 5.8 billion, which is above the USD 5.7 billion in the year 2014. Moneycontrol informed that the total wealth is USD 2.34 trillion which is up from USD 2.29 trillion in 2014.
Aside from Bill, three e-businesses founders have entered the top 10 rank this year.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos bolted from 15th to fourth place at USD 17 billion, while Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg jumped from 11th to seventh place with a net worth of USD 40.3 billion. Lastly, Google CEO Larry Page moved from number 13 to the 10th spot with USD 33.3 billion.
The business mag also highlighted Republican presidential contender Donald Trump who has claimed wealth of at least USD 10 billion. Forbes came up a lower figure and rated the billionaire in 121st place, First Post reported.
"After interviewing more than 80 sources and devoting unprecedented resources to valuing a single fortune, we're going with a figure less than half that -- USD 4.5 billion, albeit still the highest figure we've ever had for him," Forbes stated.
Meanwhile, there are four persons of Indian origin who also made it on the list. John Kapoor ranked 194th with a wealth of $3.3 billion followed by Romesh T. Wadhwani (234), Bharat Desai (268) and Kavitark Ram Shriram (358).
