Money is an essential part of everyday life. And someone has little money, and someone has a lot. However, among those who have a lot of money, there are “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 in America, who not only run a profitable business, but also employ thousands of people. These businessmen are role models for the younger generation. And here's who entered the top ten.
10.Sergey Brin
Condition - 43.4 billion dollars.
Russian American Sergei Mikhailovich Brin is a philanthropist, scientist and entrepreneur who, together with Larry Page (also one of the richest American businessmen), created a search engine called Google. He is the President Alphabet Inc - Best Employer of 2017 and parent company Google. Brin has won multiple awards, including being recognized as one of the top innovators in the top 100 under 35
9. Larry Page
Condition - 44.6 billion dollars.
Page's computer engineering research began at Stanford University, where he met Sergey Brin. Two brilliant students have revolutionized the world of search engines by creating Google, in which "nothing was lost." They launched it in 1998, and today Google is the most popular search engine, accounting for about 70% of searches from around the world.
8. Michael Bloomberg
Equity capital - $ 46.8 billion.
An entrepreneur and philanthropist who served three 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 attended Johns Hopkins University and paid his tuition by taking loans and working as a valet parking attendant.
Bloomberg is now known as the CEO of the private media company that bears his name and a very, very wealthy man.
7. Charles G. Koch
Condition - 48.5 billion dollars.
Brother of David Koch is an American business tycoon, as well as a businessman and political donor. He is the chairman and co-owner of Koch Industries, one of the largest privately owned companies in the United States.
Both brothers own 42% of the shares.
6. David Koch
Condition - 48.5 billion dollars.
In the sixth place in the ranking of the richest people in America in 2017, another of the Koch brothers, David, is expected. He was born into a wealthy family and is working hard 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 2010 congressional elections, is simple - "we need to stop the changes initiated by the Democrats." Unsurprisingly, both Koch brothers are spending huge amounts of money on donations to the US Republican Party.
5. Larry Ellison
His wealth is $ 59 billion.
According to Forbes, the top five in the top 10 richest American entrepreneurs are led by the head of the board of directors and founder of Oracle Corporation.
In 1977, Ellison and two Ampex colleagues formed SDL, which was later renamed Oracle. His goal was to create a successful database provider for users. And the idea was crowned with unprecedented success, because Oracle was the first commercial database on the IT market.
The business of the company did not always go smoothly, in 1990 it suffered serious losses and its capitalization level collapsed by 80%. However, Oracle managed to regain lost positions, and by 2017 its capitalization reached $ 200 billion. Ellison's own capitalization is a little more modest, but he has enough for a sandwich with black caviar.
4. Mark Zuckerberg
Capital - $ 71 59 billion.
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 ranks of the "rich and famous" businessmen since 2010. Moreover, he is one of the people who generously donate to good deeds, proving that not all rich people can be called curmudgeons. For example, in 2016, Zuckerberg sold shares totaling $ 300 million and donated the proceeds to charity.
3. Warren Buffett
Owns $ 78 billion.
Warren Edward Buffett was born in Omaha on August 30, 1930, and had an interest in business and investment from his youth, enrolling at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business in 1947.
Buffett earned his first serious capital of 10 thousand dollars thanks to the idea of installing pinball machines in hairdressers. And Berkshire Hathaway became the main investment company of the business tycoon. Buffett acquired its shares in 1965. Since then, from a textile manufacturer, Berkshire Hathaway has grown 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 donated half of his money (about $ 37 billion at the time) to several charities. The lion's share of the money went to a charity run by Bill and Melinda Gates.
2. Jeff Bezos
Condition - 81.5 billion dollars.
One of those entrepreneurs who are creating the technological future of the world. Amazon, run by Bezos, pioneered the use of robotic product sorting robots, conducted successful drone delivery trials in the UK, and transformed lesser-known e-books into a consumer product with the Amazon Kindle.
Bezos's strategy is to continually improve Amazon's capabilities, as he says customers remain loyal to a particular company until they are offered a better service.
1. Bill Gates
Capital - $ 89 billion.
World renowned business tycoon, investor and philanthropist William Henry Gates III is at the top of the list of American entrepreneurs with the largest capital.
The richest man in the world is a role model for young and ambitious IT professionals. In 1974, together with school friend Paul Allen, he founded a software company - Microsoft (in the first version of the name - Micro-Soft). And the first sales manager in it was Gates' mother.
Seven years later, it turned from Microsoft into a corporation. It was in its depths that Windows was developed - the most popular OS in the world.
In 2017, Microsoft's capitalization is over $ 600 billion.