Forbes just released its ranking of the richest individuals in the world.  Topping the list is Frenchman Bernard Arnault of LVHM, the fashion and cosmetics empire, with a net wealth of $211 billion.  Yet if we focus simply the  ten wealthiest in the world, seven of them are located in the US, with a combined wealth of $786 billion.  The ten richest Americans, including the likes of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos,  Larry Ellison, and Michael  Bloomberg,  total $1 trillion dollars.  And this list does not even include the Waltons who own the Walmart empire or the  Koch family.  Of the twenty-five richest individuals in the world seventeen are American. More

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