Forbes just released the list of 400 American Billionaires on Wednesday. The List did not have any major surprises with Microsoft founder Bill Gates topping the list with 57 billion worth. Legendary Investor Warren Buffet followed him with 50 billion worth assets. Third place was decorated by Lawrence Ellison of Oracle with 27 billion worth. Assets of Warren buffet in particular took a beating because of the turmoil in the markets.
There are 4 Self made billionaires from India on the list. Kavitark Ram Shriram topped Indian US billionaires list at 281 and followed at 321 by two Bharat Desai and Amar Bose. Tech guru Vinod Khosla is at rank 355. Shriram is an investor with Google is the founder of Jungle a shopping site which he sold to Amazon. Khosla is one of the founders of Sun Micro System. This years drop out include the Chief executive of AIG Insurance Mr Maurice Greenberg.
When Forbes released the world billionaires list last year Bill Gates was displaced by Mr Warren Buffet. In the forbes billionaires list last year many Indians entered the top 50 spots.
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