Money is a necessary part in everyday life. And someone has little money, but someone has a lot. However, among those who have a lot of money, there are their own “rich” and “poor”. Forbes magazine annually publishes ratings of people whose fortunes are measured in billions of dollars. So in 2017, he published the top 400 richest businessmen of America, who not only conduct profitable business, but also give jobs to thousands of people. These businessmen are a role model for the younger generation. And so who entered the top ten.
10. Sergey Brin
The state is 43.4 billion dollars.
Russian American Sergei Mikhailovich Brin is a philanthropist, scientist and entrepreneur who, together with Larry Page (also included in the ranking of the richest American businessmen), created a search engine called Google. He is president of Alphabet Inc, the best employer of 2017 and the parent company of Google. Brin has several awards, including being recognized as one of the best innovators in the top 100 people under the age of 35
9. Larry Page
The state is 44.6 billion dollars.
Paige began his computer engineering studies at Stanford University, and there he met Sergei Brin. Two ingenious students made a real revolution in the world of search engines, creating Google, in which "nothing was lost." They launched it in 1998, and today Google is the most popular search engine, which accounts for about 70% of search queries from around the world.
8. Michael Bloomberg
Equity - $ 46.8 billion.
Entrepreneur and philanthropist, who served for three full terms as mayor of New York City (from 2002 to 2013). Michael Bloomberg is the man who, in the words of the Americans, "made himself." His mother was a secretary, and his father was an accountant. Bloomberg studied at Johns Hopkins University, and paid for tuition, taking loans and working as a valet.
Bloomberg is now known as the chief executive officer of a private media company that bears his name and a very, very wealthy person.
7. Charles G. Koch
The state is 48.5 billion dollars.
The brother of David Koch, an American business tycoon, is also a businessman and political donor. He is chairman and co-owner of Koch Industries, one of the largest private companies in the United States.
Both brothers own 42% of the shares.
6. David Koch
The state is 48.5 billion dollars.
In sixth place in the ranking of America’s richest people in 2017, one of the Koch brothers, David, is expected to be. He was born into a wealthy family and is making every effort to keep the family heritage - Koch Industries - afloat.
In addition, David Koch is a politician and has been recognized as one of the most ardent supporters of the Tea Party. The thesis of this movement, voiced at the congressional elections in 2010, is simple - "you need to stop the changes initiated by the democrats." Not surprisingly, both Koch brothers spend huge amounts of money on donations from the US Republican Party.
5. Larry Allison
His wealth is $ 59 billion.
The top five in the top 10 richest American entrepreneurs according to Forbes is headed by the head of the board of directors and founder of Oracle Corporation.
In 1977, Allison, along with two Ampex colleagues, created SDL, later renamed Oracle. His goal was to create a successful database provider for users. And the venture was crowned with unprecedented success, because Oracle was the first commercial database in the IT market.
The company's business did not always go smoothly, in 1990 it suffered serious losses and its level of capitalization collapsed by 80%. However, Oracle managed to recover its lost positions, and by 2017 its capitalization reached $ 200 billion. Ellison's capitalization is a bit more modest, but he has enough for a sandwich with black caviar.
4. Mark Zuckerberg
Capital - 71 59 billion dollars.
Mark Zuckerberg is considered one of the youngest and wealthiest entrepreneurs in America. He is one of the founders and developers of the social network Facebook, which is used by about 2 billion people. Zuckerberg has not left the ratings of “rich and famous” businessmen since 2010. At the same time, he is one of the people who generously sacrifice for good deeds, proving that not all rich people can be called hunks. For example, in 2016, Zuckerberg sold shares for a total of $ 300 million and donated the proceeds to charity.
3. Warren Buffett
Owns 78 billion dollars.
Warren Edward Buffett was born in Omaha on August 30, 1930 and showed interest in business and investing from his youth, enrolling at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 1947.
Buffett earned his first serious capital of 10 thousand dollars thanks to the idea of putting pinball machines in hairdressing salons. And the business tycoon's main investment company was Berkshire Hathaway. Buffett acquired her shares in 1965. Since then, from a textile manufacturer, Berkshire Hathaway has evolved into a huge holding uniting many different companies from different industries.
Buffett is famous not only for his successful investments, but also for the greatest act of charity in history. In 2010, he transferred half of his money (about $ 37 billion at that time) to several charitable foundations. The lion's share of the funds went to a charity fund run by Bill and Melinda Gates.
2. Jeff Bezos
The state is 81.5 billion dollars.
One of those entrepreneurs who are creating the technological future of the world. Amazon, run by Bezos, was the first to use robotic sorters, conducted successful drone delivery trials in the UK, and made a consumer product out of not-so-popular e-books thanks to the Amazon Kindle reader.
Bezos’s strategy is to continuously improve Amazon’s capabilities, because, according to him, customers remain faithful to a company until they are offered a better service.
1. Bill Gates
Capital - 89 billion dollars.
The leader in the list of American entrepreneurs with the largest capital is the world-famous business tycoon, investor and philanthropist William Henry Gates III.
The richest man in the world is an example for young and ambitious IT workers. In 1974, he, together with his school friend Paul Allen, founded the company for creating software - Microsoft (in the first version of the name - Micro-Soft). And the first sales manager in her was Gates' mother.
After 7 years, Microsoft has turned into a corporation. It was in its depths that Windows was developed - the most popular OS in the world.
In 2017, Microsoft had a capitalization of over $ 600 billion.
