The Richest People in America (Forbes 400 year 2010), who owned the biggest moneybags ?

Bill Gates, again has been crowned as the most richest man in the U.S by Forbes Magazine in 2010 with the net worth of $54 Billion, up by $4 billion from last year.

William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born in Seatle, Washington October 28, 1955), the chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. He is consistently ranked amongst the world's richest people by Forbes Magazine and was the richest overall from 1995 to 2007.  Unfortunately, in 2008 his position was down to #3, beaten by the American legendary investor Warren Buffet and Mexican businessman Carlos Slim Helu & Family.

The second position was occupied by a businessman, U.S most beloved investment guru Warren Edward Buffet (born August 30, 1930) with a net worth of $ 45 billion, up $5 billion from last year.

Within the top ten list of "The Forbes 400 The Richest People in America" are :

1. Bill Gates ($54 Billion)
2. Warren Buffet ($45 Billion)
3. Larry Ellison ($27 Billion)
4. Christy Walton ($24 Billion)
5. Charles Koch ($21.5 Billion)
6. David Koch ($21.5 Billion)
7. Jim Walton ($20.1 Billion)
8. Alice Walton ($20 Billion)
9. S.Robson Walton ($19.7 Billion)
10. Michael Bloomberg ($18 Billion)

Youngest American Billionaires

Only eight of America's richest are under the age of 40. Among them, Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (born May 14, 1984), Facebook's co-founders, ranked at #35 with a net worth of $ 6.9 billion due to his 24% share of Facebook. The 26-year old man was designated as the Youngest American Billionaires.

Another youngest American billionaires are Lawrence "Larry Page" (born March 26, 1973), an American computer scientist and industrialist, the co-founder of Google Inc. ranked at #11 by Forbes with the net worth of $15 Billion, along with his team-mate Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin (Russian, born August 21, 1973).

Read the complete story from Forbes.com : The Forbes 400 - The Richest People in America