Microsoft founder and former chairman Bill Gates is still the richest American with property, shares and cash worth 57 billion USD. He is followed by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman Warren Buffett with 50 billion USD. Actually six months before, Bill Gates was at second position and Warren Buffett was first. But Berkshire Hathaway shares are down by 15 percent which ultimately caused decrease in the wealth of Warren Buffett. The list of 400 richest Americans has been released by Forbes Magazine. Larry Ellison, chief executive officer of Oracle Corp., was at third place in the list, with $27 billion. Jim Walton and S. Robson Walton of Wal-Mart Stores were fourth and fifth while Christy Walton and Alice Walton shared the sixth spot.

Mark Zuckerberg, the 24-year-old founder of social networking web site Facebook, entered into the list of 400 richest Americans with 1.5 billion USD. Two-thirds of the members of The Forbes 400 have fortunes that are entirely self-made, while only 19% of the group inherited their entire fortunes. There are only 42 women in this list. Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and Kirk Kerkorian lost $ 13 billion and $ 6.8 billion respectively in last 6 months. They are the biggest losers in the list.