Bill Gates the richest person for 24 consecutive times

Bill Gates is the richest man in the United States for the 24th year in a row. Wealth has been added by $8 billion compared with 2015, up to $8 billion. Second place is Jeff Bezos, who reaches an asset of up to $81.5 billion, 14.5 more than last year.

Third place again ranks Warren Buffett, up from 65.5 billion to $78 billion.

According to economic magazine “Forbes”, has been another record year for the richest of the United States. The 400's wealth in the ranking has been higher by almost 18% compared to 2016, up from $1.7 billion to $2 billion. The total wealth of Americans in the rankings has increased from 2,400 billion to $2,700 billion, and average wealth has increased from $6 billion to $6.7 billion. All people in the top ten rankings are richer than last year, with at least 1 billion.

Among the 400 richest, there are 22 young people, among whom Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings, and Rocco Commisso, born in Calabria, founder of Mediacom, telecommunications company and owner of New York Cosmo, Brooklyn football team.

Among the 400 in the ranking, only 51 have a lower asset compared to last year: “colpon” the largest president Donald Trump suffered, with 600 million of the $3.1 billion he owns reduced.