On Forbes magazine's list of America's 400 Richest People, 56-year-old Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos topped the list with US $ 179 billion in wealth. Apart from this, seven Indian-Americans have also made it to this list.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos topped Forbes' richest logo list for the third consecutive year. Forbes has reported that the total wealth of these 400 people increased to $ 3.2 trillion.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos richest person with wealth of US $ 179 billion
In the top five, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ranked Forbes' richest Americans with US $ 179 billion. While former Microsoft chief Bill Gates is second on the list with assets of US $ 111 billion. Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg is at third place with US $ 85 billion. In fourth place is Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway with USD 73.5 billion. Chief technology officer and co-founder of software giant Oracle Larry Ellison occupies the fifth position with assets of US $ 72 billion.
US President Donald Trump is 339th on the list with assets of US $ 2.5 billion. His total assets fell from $ 3.1 billion to $ 2.5 billion, while Trump's ranking dropped from 275 last year to 352.
Seven Indian-Americans on Forbes list of America's 400 richest people
Seven Indian-Americans have also made it to this list. ZScaler founder and CEO Jay Chaudhary is 85th on the list with a net worth of US $ 6.9 billion. Symphony Technology Group founder Romesh Wadhwani is ranked 238th on this list with US $ 3.4 billion. Wayfare CEO Neeraj Shah ranked 299th with total assets of USD 2.8 billion. Vinod Khosla, co-founder of computer hardware firm Sun Microsystems, is at 353rd position with USD 2.4 billion.
Sherpalo's poet Ram Sriram is at 359th position with total assets of US $ 2.3 billion. Airline veteran Rakesh Gangwal is at 359th position with total assets of US $ 2.3 billion. Workday CEO Anil Bhusri ranks 360 with US $ 2.3 billion.
It is interesting to note that the wealth of the richest people in America has increased despite the devastating impact on the nation's economy due to the coronovirus epidemic. According to a Forbes report, Amazon's stock rose two percent after Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man, had total assets of more than US $ 4.9 billion.
