# This list will make you feel poor... top 19 richest people in America **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 21, 2007, 6:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-list-will-make-you-feel-poor-top-19-richest-people-in-america/35733 "2007-09-21T06:02:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 6:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-list-will-make-you-feel-poor-top-19-richest-people-in-america/35733/1 "2007-09-21T06:02:30Z")
[http://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/article/103490/special-package](http://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/article/103490/special-package) 1. William Gates III 2. Warren Buffett 3. Sheldon Adelson 4. Lawrence Ellison 5. Sergey Brin 6. Larry Page 7. Kirk Kerkorian 8. Michael Dell 9. Charles Koch 10. David Koch 11. Paul Allen 12. Jim Walton 12. Christy Walton & Family 13. S. Robson Walton 14. Alice Walton 15. Steven Ballmer 16. Abigail Johnson 17. Carl Icahn 18. Jack Crawford Taylor & Family 19. Forrest Mars Jr. 20. John F. Mars 21. Jacqueline Mars ---
**Author:** ![Johnnylude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2acd7d/32.png) [@Johnnylude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johnnylude)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-list-will-make-you-feel-poor-top-19-richest-people-in-america/35733/2 "2007-09-21T06:21:43Z")
Steve Wynne didnt crack the top 19 and Kirk Kerkorian & Sheldon Adleson did? The Mars family is loaded. I drive by one of their houses in Nova and its HUUGGGGEEE!! who would have ever thought candy bars would make sooo much money! ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-list-will-make-you-feel-poor-top-19-richest-people-in-america/35733/3 "2007-09-21T06:24:27Z")
Who would have ever thought that selling Chinese crap would make you the richest family? Oh wait it is America, it makes total sense. Step 1 Buy Chinese crap. Step 2 Bitch about how you can’t get a good job. Step 3 Congratulations are now officially an American. ---
**Author:** ![JCuz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jcuz/32/7338_2.png) [@JCuz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JCuz)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 6:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-list-will-make-you-feel-poor-top-19-richest-people-in-america/35733/4 "2007-09-21T06:33:05Z")
whatever, I am the 270,000,000th richest american so they aint got shit on me ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-list-will-make-you-feel-poor-top-19-richest-people-in-america/35733/5 "2007-09-21T07:12:44Z")
It’s amazing the stories of how many of these people either quit school or never attended and made it happen, that is what I love about America. Right place, right time, right idea. Dollar and a dream. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-list-will-make-you-feel-poor-top-19-richest-people-in-america/35733/6 "2007-09-21T07:26:35Z")
Street smarts \> school ---
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-list-will-make-you-feel-poor-top-19-richest-people-in-america/35733/7 "2007-09-21T07:26:41Z")
What would all of you do with over a billion dollars? I can’t figure out what I would do. I guess I would have a lot of nice cars/boats/other toys and just live in a huge mansion with all of my friends and family over. What ever is left, figure out something good(charitable) to do with it. ---
**Author:** ![VANDIT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vandit/32/4977_2.png) [@VANDIT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/VANDIT)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-list-will-make-you-feel-poor-top-19-richest-people-in-america/35733/8 "2007-09-21T07:38:03Z")
[quote=“Carnut,post:5,topic:35733"”] It’s amazing the stories of how many of these people either quit school or never attended and made it happen, that is what I love about America. Right place, right time, right idea. Dollar and a dream. [/quote] your exactly right… thats actually the first thing i saw is that most if not all those people on the list dropped out of college/never attended. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-list-will-make-you-feel-poor-top-19-richest-people-in-america/35733/9 "2007-09-21T07:45:47Z")
Warrent Buffet: Filed first tax return at age 13, claiming $35 deduction for bicycle. :lol: ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-list-will-make-you-feel-poor-top-19-richest-people-in-america/35733/10 "2007-09-21T07:49:49Z")
I like Paul Allen’s story. He got stupid rich via founding Microsoft and has been having fun tossing it around ever since. [http://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/article/103537/Richest-Americans-11](http://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/article/103537/Richest-Americans-11) 4/22 are Wal-Mart heirs. :bloated: 9/22 inherited their businesses/fortunes ---
**Author:** ![AFhockey31](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/afhockey31/32/5086_2.png) [@AFhockey31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AFhockey31)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-list-will-make-you-feel-poor-top-19-richest-people-in-america/35733/11 "2007-09-21T07:51:57Z")
kinda makes you sick to see how some of these people made BILLIONS off of ideas that are so simple [http://www.forbes.com/2007/03/06/inventions-billionaires-rich\_07billionaires\_cz\_lk\_0308inventions\_slide.html](http://www.forbes.com/2007/03/06/inventions-billionaires-rich_07billionaires_cz_lk_0308inventions_slide.html) ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-list-will-make-you-feel-poor-top-19-richest-people-in-america/35733/12 "2007-09-21T08:00:09Z")
Naw they’ve earned it. Any idiot can come up with a good idea. It takes someone flipping brilliant to turn that idea into a billion dollar business. Bill Gates isn’t filthy wealthy because the code he wrote for the Tandy was so great, he’s rich because he’s a brilliant business man. ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-list-will-make-you-feel-poor-top-19-richest-people-in-america/35733/13 "2007-09-21T08:18:10Z")
[quote=“BluBalls”"] [http://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/article/103490/special-package](http://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/article/103490/special-package) 1. ZOMGVTEK 2. William Gates III 3. Warren Buffett 4. Sheldon Adelson 5. Lawrence Ellison 6. Sergey Brin 7. Larry Page 8. Kirk Kerkorian 9. Michael Dell 10. Charles Koch 11. David Koch 12. Paul Allen 12. Jim Walton 13. Christy Walton & Family 14. S. Robson Walton 15. Alice Walton 16. Steven Ballmer 17. Abigail Johnson 18. Carl Icahn 19. Jack Crawford Taylor & Family 20. Forrest Mars Jr. 21. John F. Mars 22. Jacqueline Mars [/quote] Fixed… ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-list-will-make-you-feel-poor-top-19-richest-people-in-america/35733/14 "2007-09-21T09:42:05Z")
[quote=“Penfold,post:7,topic:35733"”] What would all of you do with over a billion dollars? [/quote] obligatory coke/hookers repsonse ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-list-will-make-you-feel-poor-top-19-richest-people-in-america/35733/15 "2007-09-21T09:58:42Z")
two things- 1. purchase a lifetime supply of white athletic socks. after each day, i would simply throw the used pair away. 2. i would start every day by snorting a line of coke off of the inner thing of a high school aged female cheerleader. ---
**Author:** ![AFhockey31](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/afhockey31/32/5086_2.png) [@AFhockey31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AFhockey31)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 10:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-list-will-make-you-feel-poor-top-19-richest-people-in-america/35733/16 "2007-09-21T10:01:20Z")
[quote=“Jam,post:15,topic:35733"”] 1. i would start every day by snorting a line of coke off of the inner thing of a high school aged female cheerleader. [/quote] inner thing ?? you sure you want a FEMALE cheerleader?? ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-list-will-make-you-feel-poor-top-19-richest-people-in-america/35733/17 "2007-09-21T10:39:01Z")
My CEO is worth 1.14 Billion. craziness ---
**Author:** ![VANDIT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vandit/32/4977_2.png) [@VANDIT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/VANDIT)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-list-will-make-you-feel-poor-top-19-richest-people-in-america/35733/18 "2007-09-21T10:50:38Z")
im about a billion dollars in debt!.. does that count?? ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-list-will-make-you-feel-poor-top-19-richest-people-in-america/35733/19 "2007-09-21T10:55:42Z")
They really should do a list of the top 20 poorest people in America also.