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Bill Gates is America’s Richest for 22nd time

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has yet again topped the Forbes List of ‘400 Richest Americans’. Bill Gates has done this feat for record the 22nd year in succession. The Net Worth of Gates is $76 billion, $5 billion short of his fortune in 2014.

While Stock Market King Warren Buffett is at second place with $62 billion wealth, Oracle’s Larry Ellison came 3rd with a net wealth of $47.5 billion.

Four people of Indian Origin found a place in the ‘400 Richest Americans’. John Kapoor is ranked 194th with a wealth of $3.3 billion, Romesh T. Wadhwani is ranked 234th, Bharat Desai is ranked 268th and Kavitark Ram Shriram is ranked 358th.

The combined net worth of 400 Richest Americans is $2.34 trillion against $2.29 trillion in 2014. The average net worth is $5.8 billion, the highest for any year till date.