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The Forbes 400 or 400 Richest People (first published in 1982) is a list published by Forbes Magazine of the wealth
Wealth

Wealth is an abundance of valuable material possessions or resources. The word is derived from the old English wela, which is from an Indo-European word stem....
iest 400 Americans, ranked by net worth
Net worth

In business, net worth is the total assets minus total outside liability of an individual or a company . For a company, this is called shareholders' equity and may be referred to as book value....
. The list is the oldest and most well known of the many lists of wealthy people published by Forbes, and is published annually in September. In 2008, the combined wealth of the 400 was $1.57 trillion. The minimum to make the list in 2008 was $1.3 billion, so all of that year's members of the list were billionaires.

The 25th anniversary edition in 2007 had 45 new members including hedge fund
Hedge fund

A hedge fund is an investment fund open to a limited range of investors that is permitted by regulators to undertake a wider range of activities than other investment funds and also pays a performance fee to its investment management....
 manager John Paulson
John Paulson

John Alfred Paulson is an United States hedge fund manager based in New York City.Paulson received his BS in Finance from New York University?s College of Business and Public Administration, where he graduated first in his class, and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was awarded the designation of Baker Scholar, the school's to...
, The Carlyle Group's David Rubenstein
David Rubenstein

David Rubenstein is the co-founder of Carlyle Group, an United States private equity firm. Rubenstein grew up in Baltimore, and graduated from the Baltimore City College and then from Duke University magna cum laude in 1970....
 and oil and gas tycoon Harold Hamm.






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The Forbes 400 or 400 Richest People (first published in 1982) is a list published by Forbes Magazine of the wealth
Wealth

Wealth is an abundance of valuable material possessions or resources. The word is derived from the old English wela, which is from an Indo-European word stem....
iest 400 Americans, ranked by net worth
Net worth

In business, net worth is the total assets minus total outside liability of an individual or a company . For a company, this is called shareholders' equity and may be referred to as book value....
. The list is the oldest and most well known of the many lists of wealthy people published by Forbes, and is published annually in September. In 2008, the combined wealth of the 400 was $1.57 trillion. The minimum to make the list in 2008 was $1.3 billion, so all of that year's members of the list were billionaires.

The 25th anniversary edition in 2007 had 45 new members including hedge fund
Hedge fund

A hedge fund is an investment fund open to a limited range of investors that is permitted by regulators to undertake a wider range of activities than other investment funds and also pays a performance fee to its investment management....
 manager John Paulson
John Paulson

John Alfred Paulson is an United States hedge fund manager based in New York City.Paulson received his BS in Finance from New York University?s College of Business and Public Administration, where he graduated first in his class, and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was awarded the designation of Baker Scholar, the school's to...
, The Carlyle Group's David Rubenstein
David Rubenstein

David Rubenstein is the co-founder of Carlyle Group, an United States private equity firm. Rubenstein grew up in Baltimore, and graduated from the Baltimore City College and then from Duke University magna cum laude in 1970....
 and oil and gas tycoon Harold Hamm. The 2008 list had 31 new members and 8 returnees.

The 2008 Forbes 400 was edited by Matthew Miller and Duncan Greenberg.

See also

  • Billionaires
  • Sunday Times Rich List
    Sunday Times Rich List

    The Sunday Times Rich List is a list of the 1,000 wealthiest people or families in the United Kingdom, updated annually in April and published as a magazine supplement by United Kingdom national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times since 1989....
  • List of Americans by net worth
    List of Americans by net worth

    The assembled net worth of America's wealthiest, in 2008, rose to $1.57 trillion, according to the Forbes 400.Rising prices of oil and art paved the way for 31 new members and eight returnees, while volatile stock and housing markets forced 33 from the rankings....


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