Why SS Is In Trouble

Social Security is in trouble financially because fewer and fewer youth are paying in for MORE and MORE older people.********************************************** AND OLDER people from just about anywhere in the world can hop off a boat or plane and GET a Social Security card but are advised to wait 10 days Or they apply for the card when they apply for immigration visa from US State Dept, under John F. Kerry.**************************************** DO YOU DOUBT? Visit any Social Security office and observe the place is inundated (AS IN FULL OF) foreigners there to get an SS card or get benefits going they may not have paid in 10 cents to get, mostly India people some of whom are FBI craved Muslim terrorists perhaps...but they prefer younger terrorists like the Boston Beantown Bombers who came over, drew welfare, went to college, and blew up the Boston Marathon. ************** Members of Congress formerly hired their trophy wives some of whom had never worked a day on a payroll...to WORK in their offices, that is supposedly work.******** Then the ladies, wives, relatives,etc would accumulate the 40 points in four years or so for them to draw SS. Then Congress' Democrats decided foreigners who became citizens could draw SS IF they accumulated 40 credits so THEIR relatives would employ them or "employ" them as ghost employees on the payroll who never showed up, kind of like Congress' relatives just there for the SS credit. Presently, one must be 65 and the citizenship requirement, 40 credits requirement...is OUT THE WINDOW! Guess a needy old Mexican can drag himself over the border and qualify for SS. Americans and their employers pay their entire working lives. They could have invested YEARS ago but would make 0.000025 interest on bank account would-be SS presently which DOES NOT EVEN keep up with inflation gobbling up the value of savings. GAMBLING? Very few know when to quit while ahead, most lose their shirts gambling. Curbstoning? That may work if you buy low, fix it up and sell it for all you can get above what you paid for it. Risky...what is it is an X amount paid....JUNKER? Some teachers got through a LOOPHOLE which allowed them to OP OUT of SS and invest the money. Many of these lucky expletives are now filthy rich. No doubt the loophole was closed years ago. It is a proven scandal that the Blind Sheik was allowed to immigrate to precipitate the World Trade Center bombing as mastermind. The FBI claims REAL explosive was substituted for the fake explosive supplied. Did it ever occur to them that the Blind Sheik had a NOSE FOR EXPLOSIVES...not iron fillings in flour or whatever? Sheik is on permanent vacation with wonderful living conditions, great food, free healthcare and an idiot lawyerette to help him blow up Americans who may happen to be infidels. One lawyerette claimed she had cancer, received slap on the wrist for aiding and abetting a convicted bomber/killer who is behind bars. Who is helping Sheiky now? HMMM...the judge is probably a lawyer...would she? No...not even part-time treachery for pay since that would disqualify her from Obamacare. Sheik's lawyer should be required to be pro-bono as in FREE, UNPAID since myriads of lawyers would do this for the meanness of feeling really EVIL and all their likewise friends would envy them! These lawyers are the sorriest excuses for human beings on Earth. Most Guantanamo Detainees have EXPENSIVE FREE lawyers that do it for NOTHING, they are that degenerate...despicable...lowlife. Speaking of lawyers, bad ones or those "Breaking Bad"...Legislators in three dozen states proposed drug testing in 2011 for people who receive welfare benefits, The New York Times reports (with sad faces, almost crying probably). Such laws have passed in Arizona, Indiana, Missouri and other states. In Florida, people who receive welfare benefits must pay for their own drug tests which they are refunded should they PASS. The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the state on the grounds the law represents an unreasonable search and seizure. What a sweet bunch of guys and gals they are! Maybe Florida will drug test ACLU lawyers SINCE THEY ARE SO CONCERNED...they might be using... Blind people are famous for heightened senses that help them replace the lost sense of sight by compensating somewhat. But any explosives handler knows what they smell like...but enough about frustrating... Florida has become the 2011 state to begin drug screening on adults applying for the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. Gov. Rick Scott signed the bill into law saying it is "unfair for Florida taxpayers to subsidize drug addiction." The law went into effect July 1,2011 for new TANF program applicants. Under the new law, those applying for the public assistance TANF program will be required to pay the cost up front before the drug screening tests. If they qualify for the program, the will recoup the cost of the testing from the program. Only fair since some people will always take advantage of any sort of program. http://alcoholism.about.com/b/2011/06/02/florida-begins-drugdashtesting-welfare-recipients.htm................................ Barack Obama legit tweets say BO....not kidding....not B.O. Plenty either. President United States 52 2 Angela Merkel Chancellor Germany 59 3 Vladimir Putin President Russia 60 4 Bill Gates Co-Chair Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 57 5 Pope Benedict XVI Pope Roman Catholic Church 86 6 Ben Bernanke Chairman, Federal Reserve United States 59 7 Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud King Saudi Arabia 89 8 Mario Draghi President European Central Bank 66 9 Xi Jinping General Secretary, Communist Party China 60 10 David Cameron Prime Minister United Kingdom 46 11 Carlos Slim Helu & family Honorary Chairman América Móvil 73 12 Sonia Gandhi President, Indian National Congress India 66 13 Li Keqiang Vice Premier China 58 14 Francois Hollande President France 59 15 Warren Buffett CEO Berkshire Hathaway 83 16 Michael Bloomberg Mayor, New York City United States 71 17 Michael Duke CEO Wal-Mart Stores 63 18 Dilma Rousseff President Brazil 65 19 Manmohan Singh Prime Minister India 80 20 Sergey Brin Cofounder, Director Of Special Projects Google 40 20 Larry Page CEO Google 40 21 Ali Hoseini-Khamenei Grand Ayatollah Iran 74 22 Rex Tillerson CEO Exxon Mobil 61 23 Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister Israel 63 24 Jeffrey Immelt CEO General Electric 57 25 Mark Zuckerberg Cofounder, Chairman and CEO Facebook 29 26 Rupert Murdoch Chairman and CEO News Corp 82 27 Jeff Bezos CEO Amazon.com 49 28 Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Chief of Army Staff Pakistan 61 29 Mario Monti Prime Minister Italy 70 30 Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General United Nations 69 31 Li Ka-shing Chairman Hutchison Whampoa 85 32 Ali Al-Naimi Oil Minister Saudi Arabia 78 33 Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan President United Arab Emirates 65 34 Jamie Dimon CEO JPMorgan Chase 57 35 Timothy Cook CEO Apple 52 36 Lloyd Blankfein CEO Goldman Sachs Group 58 37 Mukesh Ambani Chairman Reliance Industries 56 38 Christine Lagarde Managing Director International Monetary Fund 57 39 Lou Jiwei Chairman, China Investment Corporation China 62 40 Masaaki Shirakawa Governor, Bank of Japan Japan 63 41 Charles Koch CEO Koch Industries, Inc. 77 41 David Koch Executive Vice President Koch Industries, Inc. 73 42 Larry Fink Cofounder, CEO BlackRock 60 43 Akio Toyoda CEO Toyota Motor 57 44 Kim Jong-un Supreme Leader North Korea 30 45 Jim Yong Kim President World Bank 53 46 Steve Ballmer CEO Microsoft 57 47 Lakshmi Mittal Chairman and CEO ArcelorMittal 63 48 Hugo Chavez President Venezuela 59 49 Sebastian Pinera President Chile 63 50 Bill Clinton Chairman Clinton Global Initiative 67 51 Bill Gross Cofounder and Co-Chief Investment Officer Pacific Investment Management Company LLC 69 52 Zaheer ul-Islam Director-General, Inter-Services Intelligence Pakistan 57 53 Masayoshi Son CEO Softbank 56 54 Enrique Pena Nieto President Mexico 47 55 Terry Gou CEO Hon Hai Precision 62 56 Bernard Arnault Chairman and CEO LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton 64 57 Rostam Ghasemi President OPEC 49 58 Margaret Chan Director-General World Health Organization 66 59 John Roberts Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court United States 58 60 Yoshihiko Noda Prime Minister Japan 56 61 Dmitry Medvedev Prime Minister Russia 47 62 Jiang Zemin Former General Secretary, Communist Party China 87 63 Joaquin Guzman Loera Drug Trafficker Sinaloa Cartel 56 64 Robin Li Founder and CEO Baidu 44 65 John Boehner Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives United States 63 66 Elon Musk Founder, CEO SpaceX 42 67 Alisher Usmanov Founder Metalloinvest 59 68 Kathleen Sebelius Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services United States 65 69 Joseph Blatter President FIFA 77 70 Alexey Miller CEO Gazprom 51 71 Reid Hoffman Partner Greylock Partners 46 Richest Democrats and Republicans (Koch family) Bill Gates $66 B 57 Medina, Washington Microsoft 2 Warren Buffett $46 B 83 Omaha, Nebraska Berkshire Hathaway 3 Larry Ellison $41 B 69 Woodside, California Oracle 4 Charles Koch $31 B 77 Wichita, Kansas diversified 4 David Koch $31 B 73 New York, New York diversified 6 Christy Walton & family $27.9 B 58 Jackson, Wyoming Wal-Mart 7 Jim Walton $26.8 B 65 Bentonville, Arkansas Wal-Mart 8 Alice Walton $26.3 B 63 Fort Worth, Texas Wal-Mart 9 S. Robson Walton $26.1 B 69 Bentonville, Arkansas Wal-Mart 10 Michael Bloomberg $25 B 71 New York, New York Bloomberg LP Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos $23.2 B 49 Seattle, Washington Amazon.com 12 Sheldon Adelson Sheldon Adelson $20.5 B 80 Las Vegas, Nevada casinos 13 Sergey Brin Sergey Brin $20.3 B 40 Los Altos, California Google 13 Larry Page Larry Page $20.3 B 40 Palo Alto, California Google 15 George Soros George Soros $19 B 83 Katonah, New York hedge funds 16 Forrest Mars, Jr. Forrest Mars, Jr. $17 B 82 Big Horn, Wyoming candy 16 Jacqueline Mars Jacqueline Mars $17 B 73 The Plains, Virginia candy 16 John Mars John Mars $17 B 77 Jackson, Wyoming candy 19 Steve Ballmer Steve Ballmer $15.9 B 57 Hunts Point, Washington Microsoft 20 Paul Allen Paul Allen $15 B 60 Mercer Island, Washington Microsoft, investments Carl Icahn Carl Icahn $14.8 B 77 New York, New York leveraged buyouts 22 Michael Dell Michael Dell $14.6 B 48 Austin, Texas Dell 23 Phil Knight Phil Knight $13.1 B 75 Hillsboro, Oregon Nike 24 Donald Bren Donald Bren $13 B 81 Newport Beach, California real estate 25 Len Blavatnik Len Blavatnik $12.5 B 56 London, United Kingdom diversified 26 Ronald Perelman Ronald Perelman $12 B 70 New York, New York leveraged buyouts 27 Abigail Johnson Abigail Johnson $11.8 B 51 Milton, Massachusetts money management 28 John Paulson John Paulson $11 B 57 New York, New York hedge funds 28 Laurene Powell Jobs & family Laurene Powell Jobs & family $11 B 49 Palo Alto, California Apple, Disney 28 James Simons James Simons $11 B 75 East Setauket, New York hedge funds Jack Taylor & family Jack Taylor & family $11 B 91 St. Louis, Missouri Enterprise Rent-A-Car 32 Anne Cox Chambers Anne Cox Chambers $10.7 B 93 Atlanta, Georgia media 33 Ray Dalio Ray Dalio $10 B 64 Greenwich, Connecticut hedge funds 33 George Kaiser George Kaiser $10 B 71 Tulsa, Oklahoma oil & gas, banking 35 Harold Hamm Harold Hamm $9.7 B 67 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma oil & gas 36 Richard Kinder Richard Kinder $9.4 B 68 Houston, Texas pipelines 36 Rupert Murdoch Rupert Murdoch $9.4 B 82 New York, New York News Corp 36 Mark Zuckerberg Mark Zuckerberg $9.4 B 29 Palo Alto, California Facebook 39 Charles Ergen Charles Ergen $9 B 60 Denver, Colorado EchoStar 40 Steve Cohen Steve Cohen $8.8 B 57 Greenwich, Connecticut hedge funds Andrew Beal Andrew Beal $8.4 B 60 Dallas, Texas banks, real estate 42 Pierre Omidyar Pierre Omidyar $8.2 B 46 Honolulu, Hawaii Ebay 43 Leonard Lauder Leonard Lauder $7.7 B 80 New York, New York Estee Lauder 44 Philip Anschutz Philip Anschutz $7.6 B 73 Denver, Colorado investments 45 Eric Schmidt Eric Schmidt $7.5 B 58 Atherton, California Google 46 Samuel Newhouse, Jr. Samuel Newhouse, Jr. $7.4 B 85 New York, New York Conde Nast 47 James Goodnight James Goodnight $7.3 B 70 Cary, North Carolina Software 47 Patrick Soon-Shiong Patrick Soon-Shiong $7.3 B 61 Los Angeles, California pharmaceuticals 49 Harold Simmons Harold Simmons $7.1 B 82 Dallas, Texas investments 50 Charles Butt Charles Butt $6.9 B 75 San Antonio, Texas supermarkets (H.E.B. AKA "Itchy" Butt and HEB pronounced HEEEB) Donald Newhouse Donald Newhouse $6.6 B 83 Somerset County, New Jersey Conde Nast 52 Edward Johnson, III. Edward Johnson, III. $6.5 B 83 Boston, Massachusetts Fidelity 52 Ralph Lauren Ralph Lauren $6.5 B 73 New York, New York Ralph Lauren 52 Ira Rennert Ira Rennert $6.5 B 79 Sagaponack, New York investments 55 Eli Broad Eli Broad $6.3 B 80 Los Angeles, California investments 56 John Menard, Jr. John Menard, Jr. $6 B 73 Eau Claire, Wisconsin Retail 57 David Geffen David Geffen $5.6 B 70 Malibu, California movies, music 57 John Malone John Malone $5.6 B 72 Elizabeth, Colorado cable television 59 Jeffrey Hildebrand Jeffrey Hildebrand $5.5 B 54 Houston, Texas Oil 59 David Tepper David Tepper $5.5 B 55 Livingston, New Jersey hedge funds Gordon Moore Gordon Moore $4.8 B 84 Woodside, California Intel 72 Dannine Avara Dannine Avara $4.7 B 49 Houston, Texas pipelines 72 Scott Duncan Scott Duncan $4.7 B 30 Houston, Texas pipelines 72 Milane Frantz Milane Frantz $4.7 B 44 Houston, Texas pipelines 72 Charles Johnson Charles Johnson $4.7 B 80 Hillsborough, California Money Management 72 Randa Williams Randa Williams $4.7 B 52 Houston, Texas pipelines 77 Rupert Johnson, Jr. Rupert Johnson, Jr. $4.6 B 72 Burlingame, California money management 77 Thomas Peterffy Thomas Peterffy $4.6 B 69 Greenwich, Connecticut discount brokerage 79 Jin Sook & Do Won Chang Jin Sook & Do Won Chang $4.5 B 58 Beverly Hills, California Forever 21 79 David Green David Green $4.5 B 71 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma retail Ann Walton Kroenke Ann Walton Kroenke $4.5 B 64 Columbia, Missouri Wal-Mart 79 Trevor Rees-Jones Trevor Rees-Jones $4.5 B 62 Dallas, Texas Oil & Gas 83 Stephen Ross Stephen Ross $4.4 B 73 New York, New York real estate 83 Leslie Wexner Leslie Wexner $4.4 B 75 New Albany, Ohio retail 85 Bruce Kovner Bruce Kovner $4.3 B 68 New York, New York hedge funds 85 Daniel Ziff Daniel Ziff $4.3 B 41 New York, New York investments 85 Dirk Ziff Dirk Ziff $4.3 B 49 North Palm Beach, Florida investments (Not ZIF the cleaner) 85 Robert Ziff Robert Ziff $4.3 B 47 New York, New York investments 89 S. Truett Cathy S. Truett Cathy $4.2 B 92 Hampton, Georgia Chick-fil-A 89 Leonard Stern Leonard Stern $4.2 B 75 New York, New York real estate (Did Obama "bow" to Stern?) Sumner Redstone Sumner Redstone $4.1 B 90 Beverly Hills, California Viacom 92 John Paul DeJoria John Paul DeJoria $4 B 69 Austin, Texas hair products, tequila 92 Thomas Frist, Jr. & family Thomas Frist, Jr. & family $4 B 75 Nashville, Tennessee health care 92 Barbara Carlson Gage Barbara Carlson Gage $4 B 71 Long Lake, Minnesota hotels, restaurants 92 Bruce Halle Bruce Halle $4 B 83 Paradise Valley, Arizona Discount Tire 92 William Koch William Koch $4 B 73 Palm Beach, Florida oil, investments 92 Henry Kravis Henry Kravis $4 B 69 New York, New York leveraged buyouts 92 Stanley Kroenke Stanley Kroenke $4 B 66 Columbia, Missouri sports, real estate 92 Marilyn Carlson Nelson Marilyn Carlson Nelson $4 B 74 Long Lake, Minnesota hotels, restaurants 100 Nancy Walton Laurie Nancy Walton Laurie $3.9 B 62 Henderson, Nevada Wal-Mart Ted Lerner Ted Lerner $3.9 B 87 Chevy Chase, Maryland real estate 100 Patrick McGovern Patrick McGovern $3.9 B 76 Hollis, New Hampshire media 103 Sam Zell Sam Zell $3.8 B 71 Chicago, Illinois real estate, private equity 104 Gayle Cook Gayle Cook $3.7 B 79 Bloomington, Indiana medical devices 104 George Roberts George Roberts $3.7 B 69 Atherton, California leveraged buyouts 104 Edward Roski, Jr. Edward Roski, Jr. $3.7 B 74 Los Angeles, California real estate 104 Charles Schwab Charles Schwab $3.7 B 76 Atherton, California discount brokerage 108 Malcolm Glazer & family Malcolm Glazer & family $3.6 B 85 Palm Beach, Florida sports teams, real estate 108 Paul Tudor Jones, II. Paul Tudor Jones, II. $3.6 B 58 Greenwich, Connecticut hedge funds 108 John Sall John Sall $3.6 B 65 Cary, North Carolina software George Lucas George Lucas $3.3 B 69 San Anselmo, California Star Wars (FINALLY...we see George!) 120 Steven Rales Steven Rales $3.3 B 62 Washington, District of Columbia manufacturing 120 Jeffrey Skoll Jeffrey Skoll $3.3 B 48 Woodside, California Ebay 120 Steven Udvar-Hazy Steven Udvar-Hazy $3.3 B 67 Beverly Hills, California aircraft leasing 125 Edward Lampert Edward Lampert $3.2 B 50 Miami Beach, Florida hedge funds 125 Karen Pritzker Karen Pritzker $3.2 B 55 Branford, Connecticut hotels, investments 125 Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg $3.2 B 66 Pacific Palisades, California movies 128 Ron Burkle Ron Burkle $3.1 B 60 London, United Kingdom supermarkets, investments 128 Ken Griffin Ken Griffin $3.1 B 44 Chicago, Illinois hedge funds 128 Haim Saban Haim Saban $3.1 B 68 Beverly Hills, California television Donald Trump Donald Trump $3.1 B 67 New York, New York Television, Real Estate (FINALLY...we see "The Donald", Obama's left hand man!) 132 John Arnold John Arnold $3 B 39 Houston, Texas hedge funds 132 John Catsimatidis John Catsimatidis $3 B 65 New York, New York oil, real estate, supermarkets 132 Charles Dolan & family Charles Dolan & family $3 B 86 Oyster Bay, New York cable television 132 Archie Aldis Emmerson Archie Aldis Emmerson $3 B 84 Redding, California timberland, lumber mills 132 Tamara Gustavson Tamara Gustavson $3 B 51 Malibu, California self storage 132 Pauline MacMillan Keinath Pauline MacMillan Keinath $3 B 79 St. Louis, Missouri Cargill Inc. 132 Whitney MacMillan Whitney MacMillan $3 B 84 Minneapolis, Minnesota Cargill Inc. 132 Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer $3 B 51 Rancho Santa Fe, California Cargill Inc. 132 Terrence Pegula Terrence Pegula $3 B 62 Boca Raton, Florida natural gas Jerry Speyer Jerry Speyer $3 B 73 New York, New York real estate 142 Riley Bechtel Riley Bechtel $2.9 B 61 San Francisco, California engineering, construction 142 Stephen Bechtel, Jr. Stephen Bechtel, Jr. $2.9 B 88 San Francisco, California engineering, construction 142 Doris Fisher Doris Fisher $2.9 B 82 San Francisco, California Gap 142 Victor Fung & family Victor Fung & family $2.9 B 67 Hong Kong trading company 142 Diane Hendricks Diane Hendricks $2.9 B 66 Afton, Wisconsin roofing 142 Kirk Kerkorian Kirk Kerkorian $2.9 B 96 Beverly Hills, California casinos, investments 142 David Shaw David Shaw $2.9 B 62 New York, New York hedge funds 142 Alfred Taubman Alfred Taubman $2.9 B 89 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan real estate 150 James Jannard James Jannard $2.8 B 64 San Juan Islands, Washington sunglasses Robert Bass Robert Bass $2.7 B 65 Fort Worth, Texas oil, investments 151 Edward DeBartolo, Jr. Edward DeBartolo, Jr. $2.7 B 66 Tampa, Florida shopping centers 151 Stanley Druckenmiller Stanley Druckenmiller $2.7 B 60 New York, New York hedge funds 151 Israel Englander Israel Englander $2.7 B 65 New York, New York hedge funds 151 Michael & Marian Ilitch & family Michael & Marian Ilitch & family $2.7 B 84 Bingham Farms, Michigan pizza 151 Martha Ingram & family Martha Ingram & family $2.7 B 78 Nashville, Tennessee book distribution, transportation 151 Jeremy Jacobs, Sr. Jeremy Jacobs, Sr. $2.7 B 73 East Aurora, New York sports concessions 151 H. Fisk Johnson H. Fisk Johnson $2.7 B 55 Racine, Wisconsin SC Johnson & Sons 151 Imogene Powers Johnson Imogene Powers Johnson $2.7 B 83 Racine, Wisconsin SC Johnson & Sons 151 S. Curtis Johnson S. Curtis Johnson $2.7 B 58 Racine, Wisconsin SC Johnson & Sons Helen Johnson-Leipold Helen Johnson-Leipold $2.7 B 56 Racine, Wisconsin SC Johnson & Sons 151 Winnie Johnson-Marquart Winnie Johnson-Marquart $2.7 B 54 Virginia Beach, Virginia SC Johnson & Sons 151 Jerry Jones Jerry Jones $2.7 B 70 Dallas, Texas Dallas Cowboys 151 Bernard Marcus Bernard Marcus $2.7 B 84 Atlanta, Georgia Home Depot 151 Dustin Moskovitz Dustin Moskovitz $2.7 B 29 San Francisco, California Facebook 151 David Rockefeller, Sr. David Rockefeller, Sr. $2.7 B 98 Sleepy Hollow, New York Standard Oil, banking (Relative infested New York with UN...eternal curse!) 151 Warren Stephens Warren Stephens $2.7 B 56 Little Rock, Arkansas investment banking 151 Joan Tisch Joan Tisch $2.7 B 87 New York, New York diversified 151 Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey $2.7 B 59 N/A television (FINALLY!...we see "The Operah"!) 170 David Bonderman David Bonderman $2.6 B 70 Fort Worth, Texas leveraged buyouts Robert Holding Robert Holding $2.6 B - N/A oil, resorts 170 Amos Hostetter, Jr. Amos Hostetter, Jr. $2.6 B 76 Boston, Massachusetts cable television 170 Herbert Kohler, Jr. & family Herbert Kohler, Jr. & family $2.6 B 74 Kohler, Wisconsin plumbing fixtures 170 James Leprino James Leprino $2.6 B 75 Indian Hills, Colorado cheese 170 Rodney Lewis Rodney Lewis $2.6 B 59 San Antonio, Texas natural gas 170 Julian Robertson, Jr. Julian Robertson, Jr. $2.6 B 81 New York, New York hedge funds 170 David Sun David Sun $2.6 B 61 Irvine, California computer hardware 170 John Tu John Tu $2.6 B 72 Rolling Hills, California computer hardware 179 Peter Buck Peter Buck $2.5 B 82 Danbury, Connecticut Subway Restaurants 179 Fred DeLuca Fred DeLuca $2.5 B 65 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Subway Restaurants John Doerr John Doerr $2.5 B 62 Woodside, California venture capital 179 Tom Gores Tom Gores $2.5 B 49 Beverly Hills, California private equity 179 Timothy Headington Timothy Headington $2.5 B 63 Dallas, Texas oil & gas, investments 179 Shahid Khan Shahid Khan $2.5 B 63 Naples, Florida auto parts 179 Anthony Pritzker Anthony Pritzker $2.5 B 52 Los Angeles, California hotels, investments 179 Jay Robert (J.B.) Pritzker Jay Robert (J.B.) Pritzker $2.5 B 48 Chicago, Illinois hotels, investments 179 Phillip Ruffin Phillip Ruffin $2.5 B 78 Las Vegas, Nevada casinos, real estate 179 Ronda Stryker Ronda Stryker $2.5 B 59 Portage, Michigan medical technology 179 Steve Wynn Steve Wynn $2.5 B 71 Las Vegas, Nevada casinos, hotels 190 Austen Cargill, II. Austen Cargill, II. $2.4 B 62 Livingston, Montana Cargill Inc. James Cargill, II. James Cargill, II. $2.4 B 64 Birchwood, Wisconsin Cargill Inc. 190 Jack Dangermond Jack Dangermond $2.4 B 68 Redlands, California mapping software 190 Ray Dolby Ray Dolby $2.4 B 80 San Francisco, California Dolby Laboratories 190 Phillip Frost Phillip Frost $2.4 B 76 Miami Beach, Florida pharmaceuticals 190 H. Wayne Huizenga H. Wayne Huizenga $2.4 B 75 Fort Lauderdale, Florida investments 190 Randal Kirk Randal Kirk $2.4 B 59 Belspring, Virginia pharmaceuticals (No...NOT that Captain Kirk!) 190 Marianne Liebmann Marianne Liebmann $2.4 B 60 Bozeman, Montana Cargill, Inc. 190 Mary Alice Dorrance Malone Mary Alice Dorrance Malone $2.4 B 63 Coatesville, Pennsylvania Campbell Soup 190 David Murdock David Murdock $2.4 B 90 Los Angeles, California Dole, real estate 190 Elon Musk Elon Musk $2.4 B 42 Los Angeles, California Tesla Motors(HMM...$5000 Volt or $5000 Tesla...Gimmie Tesla!) Robert Kraft Robert Kraft $2.3 B 72 Brookline, Massachusetts New England Patriots (NOT Tea Party Patriots...they are not rich!) 206 Michael Milken Michael Milken $2.3 B 67 Los Angeles, California investments 206 Daniel Och Daniel Och $2.3 B 52 Scarsdale, New York hedge funds 206 Isaac Perlmutter Isaac Perlmutter $2.3 B 70 Palm Beach, Florida Marvel 206 Richard Rainwater Richard Rainwater $2.3 B 69 Fort Worth, Texas real estate, energy, insurance 206 Wilbur Ross, Jr. Wilbur Ross, Jr. $2.3 B 75 Palm Beach, Florida investments 206 Kelcy Warren Kelcy Warren $2.3 B 57 Dallas, Texas pipelines 218 Marc Benioff Marc Benioff $2.2 B 48 San Francisco, California business software 218 Leon G. Cooperman Leon G. Cooperman $2.2 B 70 Short Hills, New Jersey hedge funds 218 Jeff Greene Jeff Greene $2.2 B 58 Palm Beach, Florida real estate, investments Henry Hillman Henry Hillman $2.2 B 94 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania investments 218 Min Kao Min Kao $2.2 B 64 Leawood, Kansas navigation equipment 218 George Lindemann & family George Lindemann & family $2.2 B 77 Palm Beach, Florida investments 218 Tor Peterson Tor Peterson $2.2 B 49 Zug, Switzerland Glencore International 218 Thomas Pritzker Thomas Pritzker $2.2 B 63 Chicago, Illinois hotels, investments 218 Stewart and Lynda Resnick Stewart and Lynda Resnick $2.2 B - Beverly Hills, California agriculture, water 218 Herbert Simon Herbert Simon $2.2 B 78 Indianapolis, Indiana real estate 218 William Wrigley, Jr. William Wrigley, Jr. $2.2 B 49 North Palm Beach, Florida chewing gum 229 Neil Bluhm Neil Bluhm $2.1 B 75 Chicago, Illinois real estate 229 James Coulter James Coulter $2.1 B 53 San Francisco, California leveraged buyouts Jim Davis & family Jim Davis & family $2.1 B 70 Newton, Massachusetts New Balance 229 David Duffield David Duffield $2.1 B 72 Blackhawk, California Business Software 229 Reid Hoffman Reid Hoffman $2.1 B 46 Palo Alto, California LinkedIn 229 Stanley Hubbard Stanley Hubbard $2.1 B 80 St. Paul, Minnesota DirecTV 229 Peter Kellogg Peter Kellogg $2.1 B 71 Short Hills, New Jersey investments 229 Walter Scott, Jr. Walter Scott, Jr. $2.1 B 82 Omaha, Nebraska construction, telecom 229 Albert Ueltschi Albert Ueltschi $2.1 B 96 N/A FlightSafety 229 Anita Zucker Anita Zucker $2.1 B 61 Charleston, South Carolina chemicals 239 Herbert Allen, Jr. & family Herbert Allen, Jr. & family $2 B 73 New York, New York investment banking 239 Edward Bass Edward Bass $2 B 68 Fort Worth, Texas oil, investments John Arrillaga John Arrillaga $1.9 B 76 Portola Valley, California real estate 250 William Conway, Jr. William Conway, Jr. $1.9 B 64 McLean, Virginia leveraged buyouts 250 Phoebe Hearst Cooke Phoebe Hearst Cooke $1.9 B 86 San Francisco, California Hearst Corp 250 Daniel D'Aniello Daniel D'Aniello $1.9 B 66 Vienna, Virginia leveraged buyouts 250 Bennett Dorrance Bennett Dorrance $1.9 B 67 Paradise Valley, Arizona Campbell Soup 250 Daniel Gilbert Daniel Gilbert $1.9 B 51 Franklin, Michigan Quicken Loans 250 Alec Gores Alec Gores $1.9 B 60 Beverly Hills, California private equity (No wonder Al Gore inspired for Global Warming Fraud Looting!) 250 Austin Hearst Austin Hearst $1.9 B 61 New York, New York Hearst Corp 250 David Hearst, Jr. David Hearst, Jr. $1.9 B 68 Los Angeles, California Hearst Corp 250 B. Wayne Hughes B. Wayne Hughes $1.9 B 80 Lexington, Kentucky self storage Michael Jaharis Michael Jaharis $1.9 B 85 New York, New York pharmaceuticals 250 Brad Kelley Brad Kelley $1.9 B 56 Franklin, Tennessee tobacco 250 Richard Marriott Richard Marriott $1.9 B 74 Potomac, Maryland hotels 250 Clayton Mathile Clayton Mathile $1.9 B 72 Brookville, Ohio pet food 250 Michael Moritz Michael Moritz $1.9 B 58 San Francisco, California venture capital 250 Jean (Gigi) Pritzker Jean (Gigi) Pritzker $1.9 B 51 Chicago, Illinois hotels, investments 250 David Rubenstein David Rubenstein $1.9 B 64 Bethesda, Maryland leveraged buyouts 250 Clemmie Spangler, Jr. Clemmie Spangler, Jr. $1.9 B 81 Charlotte, North Carolina investments 250 Donald Sterling Donald Sterling $1.9 B 77 Beverly Hills, California Real Estate 250 Romesh T. Wadhwani Romesh T. Wadhwani $1.9 B 66 Palo Alto, California Software S. Daniel Abraham S. Daniel Abraham $1.8 B 89 Palm Beach, Florida Slim-Fast (S is for what Abe is richer than...) 271 Sid Bass Sid Bass $1.8 B 70 Fort Worth, Texas oil, investments 271 Barry Diller Barry Diller $1.8 B 71 New York, New York IAC/InterActiveCorp 271 Ken Fisher Ken Fisher $1.8 B 62 Woodside, California Money management 271 Drayton McLane, Jr. Drayton McLane, Jr. $1.8 B 77 Temple, Texas Wal-Mart, logistics 271 Robert McNair Robert McNair $1.8 B 76 Houston, Texas energy, sports 271 John Pritzker John Pritzker $1.8 B 60 San Francisco, California hotels, investments 271 Penny Pritzker Penny Pritzker $1.8 B 54 Chicago, Illinois hotels, investments 271 Leandro Rizzuto Leandro Rizzuto $1.8 B 75 Sheridan, Wyoming consumer products 271 Henry Samueli Henry Samueli $1.8 B 58 Newport Beach, California semiconductors Thomas Siebel Thomas Siebel $1.8 B 60 Woodside, California business software 271 Frederick Smith Frederick Smith $1.8 B 69 Memphis, Tennessee FedEx 271 Dean White Dean White $1.8 B 90 Crown Point, Indiana billboards, hotels 284 Gerald J. Ford Gerald J. Ford $1.75 B 69 Dallas, Texas banking 285 Steve Case Steve Case $1.7 B 55 McLean, Virginia AOL (Where's my disk so I can join up?) 285 Glenn Dubin Glenn Dubin $1.7 B 56 New York, New York hedge funds 285 Judy Faulkner Judy Faulkner $1.7 B 69 Madison, Wisconsin health IT 285 Robert Fisher Robert Fisher $1.7 B 60 San Francisco, California Gap (Galloping American People) 285 William Fisher William Fisher $1.7 B 56 San Francisco, California Gap 285 Thomas Friedkin Thomas Friedkin $1.7 B 78 Houston, Texas Toyota distribution Tom Golisano Tom Golisano $1.6 B 71 Naples, Florida Payroll Services 298 Joshua Harris Joshua Harris $1.6 B 48 New York, New York private equity 298 Johnelle Hunt Johnelle Hunt $1.6 B 81 Fayetteville, Arkansas trucking 298 Jim Justice, II. Jim Justice, II. $1.6 B 62 Lewisburg, West Virginia coal (Lifeline of W.VA) 298 Kenneth Langone Kenneth Langone $1.6 B 77 Sands Point, New York investments 298 Gary Magness Gary Magness $1.6 B 59 Denver, Colorado cable, investments 298 Bill Marriott, Jr. Bill Marriott, Jr. $1.6 B 81 Potomac, Maryland hotels 298 Linda Pritzker Linda Pritzker $1.6 B 59 St. Ignatius, Montana hotels, investments 298 Stewart Rahr Stewart Rahr $1.6 B 67 New York, New York drug distribution 298 Kavitark Ram Shriram Kavitark Ram Shriram $1.6 B 56 Menlo Park, California Venture capital, Google Ron Baron Ron Baron $1.5 B 70 New York, New York money management (no Pizza) 311 Manoj Bhargava Manoj Bhargava $1.5 B 60 Farmington Hills, Michigan 5-Hour Energy 311 Arthur Blank Arthur Blank $1.5 B 70 Atlanta, Georgia Home Depot 311 Chase Coleman, III. Chase Coleman, III. $1.5 B 38 New York, New York hedge fund 311 Ray Davis Ray Davis $1.5 B 71 Dallas, Texas pipelines 311 John Henry John Henry $1.5 B 63 Boca Raton, Florida sports 311 James Irsay James Irsay $1.5 B 54 Carmel, Indiana Indianapolis Colts 311 Irwin Jacobs Irwin Jacobs $1.5 B 79 La Jolla, California Qualcomm 311 Joe Jamail, Jr. Joe Jamail, Jr. $1.5 B 87 Houston, Texas lawsuits 311 Thomas Kaplan Thomas Kaplan $1.5 B 50 New York, New York Investment Richard Hayne Richard Hayne $1.4 B 66 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Urban Outfitters 328 Bruce Karsh Bruce Karsh $1.4 B 57 Los Angeles, California private equity 328 Vinod Khosla Vinod Khosla $1.4 B 58 Portola Valley, California venture capital 328 Alexander Knaster Alexander Knaster $1.4 B 54 London, United Kingdom oil, telecom, banking 328 Howard Marks Howard Marks $1.4 B 67 Los Angeles, California money management 328 Gary Michelson Gary Michelson $1.4 B 64 Los Angeles, California medical patents 328 Henry Ross Perot, Jr. Henry Ross Perot, Jr. $1.4 B 54 Dallas, Texas computer services, real estate 328 Michael Price Michael Price $1.4 B 61 Far Hills, New Jersey investments 328 Pat Stryker Pat Stryker $1.4 B 57 Fort Collins, Colorado medical technology 328 Peter Thiel Peter Thiel $1.4 B 45 San Francisco, California Paypal, Facebook Wilma Tisch Wilma Tisch $1.4 B 86 New York, New York diversified 328 Dan Wilks Dan Wilks $1.4 B 57 Cisco, Texas natural gas 328 Farris Wilks Farris Wilks $1.4 B 61 Cisco, Texas natural gas 328 Elaine Wynn Elaine Wynn $1.4 B 70 Las Vegas, Nevada casinos, hotels 345 Christopher Goldsbury Christopher Goldsbury $1.35 B 70 San Antonio, Texas salsa 345 Kevin Plank Kevin Plank $1.35 B 41 Lutherville, Maryland Under Armour 347 Louis Bacon Louis Bacon $1.3 B 55 Long Island, New York hedge funds (Does he know Kevin? NAAAAA!) 347 Gary Burrell Gary Burrell $1.3 B 76 Spring Hill, Kansas navigation equipment 347 Robert Friedland Robert Friedland $1.3 B 63 Singapore, Singapore mining 347 Alan Gerry Alan Gerry $1.3 B 83 Liberty, New York cable television Marc Lasry Marc Lasry $1.3 B 52 New York, New York hedge funds 347 Daniel Loeb Daniel Loeb $1.3 B 51 New York, New York Hedge Funds 347 Billy Joe (Red) McCombs Billy Joe (Red) McCombs $1.3 B 85 San Antonio, Texas real estate, oil, cars 347 Henry Nicholas, III. Henry Nicholas, III. $1.3 B 53 Newport Coast, California semiconductors 347 Sean Parker Sean Parker $1.3 B 33 New York, New York Facebook 347 Richard Scaife Richard Scaife $1.3 B 81 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania investments 347 Thomas Secunda Thomas Secunda $1.3 B 59 Croton-on-Hudson, New York Bloomberg 347 Thomas Steyer Thomas Steyer $1.3 B 56 San Francisco, California hedge funds 359 Evgeny (Eugene) Shvidler Evgeny (Eugene) Shvidler $1.25 B 49 London, United Kingdom oil & gas, investments 360 Edmund Ansin Edmund Ansin $1.2 B 77 Miami Beach, Florida television Tom Benson Tom Benson $1.2 B 86 New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans Saints 360 John Brown John Brown $1.2 B 78 Portage, Michigan Stryker Corp. 360 Leon Charney Leon Charney $1.2 B 72 New York, New York Real estate 360 Richard Chilton Jr Richard Chilton Jr $1.2 B 55 Darien, Connecticut hedge funds 360 James Clark James Clark $1.2 B 69 Palm Beach, Florida Netscape 360 Christopher Cline Christopher Cline $1.2 B 55 North Palm Beach, Florida coal 360 David Einhorn David Einhorn $1.2 B 44 Westchester County, New York Hedge Fund 360 David Filo David Filo $1.2 B 47 Palo Alto, California Yahoo 360 Jimmy Haslam Jimmy Haslam $1.2 B 59 Knoxville, Tennessee retail 360 Sidney Kimmel Sidney Kimmel $1.2 B 85 New York, New York retail Stephen Mandel, Jr. Stephen Mandel, Jr. $1.2 B 57 Greenwich, Connecticut hedge funds 360 C. Dean Metropoulos C. Dean Metropoulos $1.2 B 67 Greenwich, Connecticut investments 360 Bruce Nordstrom Bruce Nordstrom $1.2 B 79 Seattle, Washington Retailing 360 Nelson Peltz Nelson Peltz $1.2 B 71 Bedford, New York investments 360 Jorge Perez Jorge Perez $1.2 B 64 Miami, Florida condos 360 Peter Peterson Peter Peterson $1.2 B 87 New York, New York Blackstone Group (Who is Ray Peterson?) 360 T. Boone Pickens T. Boone Pickens $1.2 B 85 Dallas, Texas oil & gas, investments (Wind power...) 360 Patrick Ryan Patrick Ryan $1.2 B 76 Winnetka, Illinois insurance 360 Bernard Saul, II. Bernard Saul, II. $1.2 B 81 Chevy Chase, Maryland banking, real estate 360 Mark Stevens Mark Stevens $1.2 B 53 Atherton, California venture capital Jon Stryker Jon Stryker $1.2 B 55 Kalamazoo, Michigan medical technology 360 Henry Swieca Henry Swieca $1.2 B 56 New York, New York hedge funds 360 Kenny Troutt Kenny Troutt $1.2 B 65 Dallas, Texas telecommunications 360 Todd Wagner Todd Wagner $1.2 B 53 Dallas, Texas online media 360 Charlotte Colket Weber Charlotte Colket Weber $1.2 B 70 Hobe Sound, Florida Campbell Soup 360 Graham Weston Graham Weston $1.2 B 49 New Braunfels, Texas web hosting 360 Jerry Yang Jerry Yang $1.2 B 44 Los Altos Hills, California Yahoo 388 Kenneth Adams, Jr. Kenneth Adams, Jr. $1.15 B 90 Houston, Texas Oil 388 Alexander Rovt Alexander Rovt $1.15 B 61 New York, New York fertilizer, real estate 388 Peter Sperling Peter Sperling $1.15 B 53 Phoenix, Arizona education (Probably U of Phoenix...) Neal Patterson Neal Patterson $1.12 B 63 Loch Lloyd, Missouri health IT 392 Jack Dorsey Jack Dorsey $1.1 B 36 San Francisco, California technology startups 392 Mario Gabelli Mario Gabelli $1.1 B 71 Greenwich, Connecticut money management 392 George Joseph George Joseph $1.1 B 91 Los Angeles, California insurance 392 Peter Lewis Peter Lewis $1.1 B 79 Coconut Grove, Florida insurance 392 William Macaulay William Macaulay $1.1 B 68 Greenwich, Connecticut energy investments 392 Arturo Moreno Arturo Moreno $1.1 B 67 Phoenix, Arizona billboards 392 Paul Singer Paul Singer $1.1 B 68 New York, New York hedge funds 392 Dan Snyder Dan Snyder $1.1 B 48 Potomac, Maryland Washington Redskins 392 Denise York Denise York $1.1 B 62 Youngstown, Ohio real estate (See Mittens Romney is over-rated and over-hated!!! But best "give up-give in" campaign so far...better actor than McCain! Romney 4th rate actor)