Uncle Sam. USA rich: 10th place – Bloomberg, Edelson – 12th

Forbs magazine published on Wednesday the rating of the richest 400 Americans. Many Jews appear on the list, the most senior of them is Michael Bloomberg who is rated in 10th place.

At the top, there is no real change, the founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, is the richest American in the world for the 19th year in a row, with an estimated capital of 66 milliard dollars – 7 milliard more than last year.

In the second place on the list, Warren Baft, founder and manager of Berkshire Heathway kept his place from last year. Baft's capital is estimated at 46 milliard dollars, an increase of 7 milliard dollars over the last year.

In the 3rd-6th places no change has taken place either, the founder of Oracle Larry Ellison is rated 3rd with an estimated capital of 41 milliard dollar, and following him are the brothers Charles and David Koch, who are estimated at 31 milliard dollars each. At the 6th place on the list is the richest lady in the USA, Christie Walton, who inherited the retail empire "Wall Market" from her husband, and she is "worth" about 27.9 milliard dollars. Her two partners to the Wall Market empire are Jim Walton (26.8 milliard) and Ellis Walton (26.3 milliard) who take the 7th and 8th places accordingly, another son of the family – S. Robson Walton is at the 9th place.

The opening 10 end with the Jewish Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York, and a tycoon thanks to a flourishing business empire.

The Jewish-American businessman Sheldon Edelson, who made his capital with gambling business and is considered a enthusiastic supporter of the Republican candidate for presidency, Mitt Romney and a close friend of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, reached the 12th place on the list, with a capital of 20.5 milliard dollars. This is a drop of 4 places for Edelson relative to his rating last year, but his capital has been cut down by "only" one milliard dollars.

Marc Zukerberg, founder of 'Facebook', also appears on the list. Zukerberg fell from the 14th place on the 2011 rating to the 36th place on the present rating, together with media mogul Rupert Murdock, whose name was involved in the 'ews of the World' episode. Their capital is estimated at 9.4 milliard dollars each. Last year Zukerberg's capital was estimated at 14.5 milliard dollars.

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