$1 Billion no Longer Enough to make Rich List

posted by   joseph (309)   14 months ago (www.msnbc.msn.com)

One billion dollars is no longer enough. The price of admission to this, the 25th anniversary edition of the Forbes 400, is $1.3 billion, up $300 million from last year. The collective net worth of Americas plutocrats rose $290 billion to $1.54 trillion.

Wall Street led the charge, despite this summers market jitters. Nearly half of the 45 new members made their fortunes in he