forbes richest people

    By Forbes

    | 12:00PM 9/21/2011
    The nation's wealthiest are worth a combined $1.53 trillion, according to Forbes. And while there are many familiar faces on this year's list of the richest Americans, a younger group of entrepreneurs are marching their way up the ranks.

    By Eric Wahlgren

    | 7:40PM 9/30/2009
    Bill Gates got a little poorer last year, but when you're worth $50 billion, who's counting? Well, Forbes is, of course, and despite the $7-billion decline in his fortune, Microsoft's (MSFT) co-founder remains America's richest citizen, according to the magazine's annual list of the nation's...