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Founder of technology companies Microsoft, Bill Gates, still holds his title as the richest man in the United States for 20 consecutive years.
Forbes magazine released data 400 richest people in the U.S.. Most of the names and rank did not change compared to last year. The majority of their wealth to grow over last year, thanks to strong ownership and other businesses.
According to data from Forbes, Gates net worth in 2013 reached 72 billion U.S. dollars, up from 66 billion U.S. dollars last year.
The second position is occupied by investor Warren Buffett with a fortune of 58.5 billion U.S. dollars. While there are third in the founder and CEO of Oracle, Larry Ellison, with a wealth of 41 billion dollars.
The founders of other technology companies in the U.S. are also included in the list of 20 richest people. Amazon.com founder, Jeff Bezos, is ranked 12th with a fortune of 27.2 billion U.S. dollars.
Positions 13 and 14, occupied by the two founders of Google, Larry Page is the total wealth of 24.9 billion U.S. dollars, and Sergey Brin with 24.4 billion U.S. dollars.
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is ranked 20 with a fortune of 19 billion U.S. dollars. His fortune in the year up 9.6 billion dollars, thanks to Facebook successful in capturing the advertising business on mobile devices.
Right behind Zuckerberg, no Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who now has a wealth of 18 billion U.S. dollars.
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