Forbes publishes US billionaires list: Gates tops top

According to Forbes magazine, Bill Gates is the richest man in the United States, Sina Science and technology news Beijing time, September 30 morning. Forbes published a list of 400 American billionaires in Monday. According to the list, Gates ' net wealth amounted to $81 billion trillion, which grew by 9 billion dollars over the past year, partly because of the rise in shares he co-founded and the value of other investments. But what Forbes most admired about Gates was his contribution to philanthropy, noting that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has contributed 30 billion dollars since 2000, has played a role in eliminating smallpox, controlling polio and reforming the American education system. "Now, he is targeting the most deadly animals on earth: mosquitoes," Forbes said. Malaria cases have decreased by 25% since 2000, but there are still 200 million cases in the global case. Gates is investing huge sums of money, hoping to turn that figure into 0. "Larry Ellison, founder and incumbent CEO of other tech giants, ranked third, with net wealth of $48.1 billion trillion," Ellison. Mr. Ellison announced his resignation as CEO of Oracle in Thursday, focusing on his chief technology officer and executive chairman. Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder and current CEO of Facebook, then became the fastest-rising man in the US rich list, with a net wealth of 34.7 billion dollars in 11th place, with a $15 billion increase compared to last year, Facebook's share price performance was disappointing after its IPO in 2012, but it bounced back. Facebook has been busy investing in product development and mergers and acquisitions this year. In February, Facebook bought the communications application WhatsApp at a price of $19 billion for cash plus equities, and in March Facebook bought the Oculus Rift, the head-wearing virtual reality monitor, at $2 billion. While some analysts have challenged Facebook's merger deals, the company's share price is still out of the mire, with the current share price rising by about one times from its IPO prices. As a result, Zuckerberg is now the third-richest millionaire in the US. Other tech figures on the list include: Google CEO Larry Page, who ranked 12th in total net wealth of $31.7 billion, followed by Sergey Sergey Brin, ranked 13th with 31.2 billion dollars in assets, and former Microsoft CEO Ballmer ( Steve Ballmer has a total net wealth of $22.3 billion, and Dell chairman and CEO Michael Dell has 17500 million dollars in net wealth, and Microsoft co-founder Allen Paul Allen also made a list of 17.1 billion dollars worth. (Tangfeng)