1. John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) $ 200 billion
2. Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) $ 110 billion
3. Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) $ 100 billion
4. John Jacob Astor (1763-1848) $ 85 billion
5. William Gates III $ 60 billion
6. Lawrence J. Ellison $ 55 billion
7. King Fahd Bin Abdul Azziz Alsaud $ 30 billion
8. Warren Buffett $ 28 billion
9. Paul Allen $ 25 billion
10. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan $ 23 billion
Newsletter, June 2008 page 2