Microsoft Founder and philanthropist Bill Gates took the top spot for the 21st year in a row on Forbes 400 richest Americans list with a net worth of $81 billion. Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire
Hathaway ranks second with a net worth of $67 billion, and Oracle CEO
Larry Ellison is in third place with a $50 billion fortune. But in
addition to these long-time heavyweights, 27 new names grace this year’s
list, and Abram Brown, associate editor at Forbes, describes nearly all the newcomers as “self-made, entrepreneurial capitalists.”
A standout member among the new-editions to this very elite
club is 30-year old college dropout Elizabeth Holmes. Holmes reportedly
“labored in secret” for almost a decade while developing a revolutionary
new blood-testing technology. In 2003 she took her findings to the
public and founded Theranos-- the company announced partnerships with
Walgreens and other major drugstores to bring a new type of blood
testing to consumers. 
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