Boston: Microsoft founder Bill Gates has retained his position as the richest man in the US with a net worth of $54 billion, topping Forbes '400 Richest Americans List' for the 17th year in a row.
Industrialist Warren Buffett, Chief Executive Officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc, has bagged the second place this year with fortunes worth $45 billion. While worth $27 billion dollars, software company Oracle's co-founder and CEO Larry Ellison is the third richest American.
Among others in the list, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg ranks 35th with a net worth of $6.9 billion.
Zuckerberg is richer than Apple's boss Steve Jobs and media mogul Oprah Winfrey. Jobs comes 42nd on the list with a net worth of $6.1 billion while Winfrey is on the 130th position with total valuation of $2.7 billion.
