Losers Still Winners on Forbes List

I've got the latest Forbes Magazine in front of me. The headline on the cover is: Billionaire Bust - Who's Surviving the Crash? Who's Getting Clobbered? I guess Bill Gates and Warren Buffet are showing losses (approximately 15 & 25 billion, respectively.) And just as a pick me up since you're so overwhelmed with sadness for these two gentlemen, I thought it would be fun to give you some of the others on the famous "Forbes Fortune 500" list as it now stands along with their wealth. According to Forbes magazine, there are currently 359 billionaires in the United States. Here are just a few of them with their rankings (I can't seem to figure out why I don't see any of you here):

1. Bill Gates..............................................40.0 billion

2. Warren Buffett.....................................37.0 billion

11. Jim Walton..........................................17.8 billion

12. Alice Walton........................................17.6 billion

12. Christy Walton & family.......................17.6 billion

12. S Robson Walton................................17.6 billion

17. Michael Bloomberg.............................16.0 billion

29. George Soros.......................................11.0 billion

110. Henry Ross Perot................................4.5 billion

132. Rupert Murdoch.................................4.0 billion

164. Charles Schwab...................................3.5 billion

205. George Lucas......................................3.0 billion

205. Steven Spielberg.................................3.0 billion

234. Oprah Winfrey....................................2.7 billion

305. David Rockefeller Sr..........................2.2 billion

334. T Boone Pickens.................................2.0 billion

376. Robert E (Ted) Turner........................1.9 billion

430. William Randolph Hearst III...............1.7 billion

450. Donald Trump.....................................1.6 billion

559. George Steinbrenner III........................1.3 billion