Bill Gates is (Once Again) Forbes' Richest Person in America

unnamedForbes has released its annual Richest Americans list, and for the 21st straight time, Bill Gates claims the number one spot with a net worth of $81 billion. Gates is followed by a bunch of other obscenely wealthy old white dudes (Warren Buffett, $67 billion; Larry Ellison, $50 billion; David and Charles Koch, $42 billion each).

There are some women on the Forbes 400 list — 47, to be exact. That’s down from 48 last year.

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