Forbes is out with its .
The millionaires and billionaires who comprise the 2012 list have a combined net worth of $1.7 trillion. That’s an increase from $1.5 trillion last year.
List members have an average net worth of $4.2 billion, up from $3.8 billion in 2011.
Fully two-thirds of the people on the list increased with wealth compared to last year. Among the top 20 richest Americans, only two saw their wealth decline.
Here are the , according to Forbes.
- – Founder of Microsoft (NASDAQ:): $66 billion
- – Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:); $46 billion
- – Founder of Oracle (NASDAQ:O); $41 billion
- – Head of Koch Industries; $31 billion
- – Executive Vice President of Chemical Technology at Koch Industriesl $31 billion
- – Heirs to the Wal-Mart (NYSE:) fortune; $27.9 billion
- – Chairman and CEO at Arvest Bank; $26.8 billion
- – Heiress to the Wal-Mart fortune; $26.3 billion
- S. – Heir to the Wal-Mart fortune; $26.1 billion
- – Founder of Bloomberg News and Mayor of New York City; $25 billion
You can see the complete list of the at Forbes.
