GWOP News: Richest People in America: Forbes 400

pictured above, Microsoft founder Bill Gates
The software king is not the world’s richest man, but that’s because he is the most generous person on the planet: To date he has cut checks totaling $28 billion. (Even so, Gates is still America’s richest person, topping The Forbes 400 for the 17th straight year.) Most of his donations have passed through his Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Full Story after the jump.
1. Bill Gates $54 Billion age 54
2. Warren Buffett $45 Billion age 79
3. Larry Ellision $27 Billion age 66
4. Christy Walton $24 Billion age 55
5. Charles Koch $21.5 Billion age 74