14 Washington State Billionaires Make Forbes' 2018 List
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14 Washington State Billionaires Make Forbes' 2018 List
SEATTLE, WA -- Jeff Bezos is at the top of Forbes' billionaires list for 2018, dethroning fellow Seattle-area billionaire Bill Gates, who has lost the top spot for only the sixth time since 1995. Among the elite club of billionaires on the 32nd annual list, 11 others have ties to Washington state.
The 2018 list has 2,208 members from 72 countries. With 585 Americans on the list, the United States leads the way with the most number of billionaires in the world, followed by China with 373 billionaires. The U.S. also had 18 newcomers featured on the 2018 list.
According to Forbes, Bezos is the first centi-billionaire at the top of the list, meaning he has a fortune of over a $100 billion. Forbes explains just how much wealth these billionaires have, being worth a combined $9.1 trillion. The top 20 people on the list alone are worth $1.2 trillion, 13 percent of the total fortune of all billionaires worldwide.
Here are the other Washington state billionaires who made the Forbes list for 2018:
Bill Gates, 62, the founder of Microsoft Corporation, is worth $90 billion. He is ranked second the list.
Steve Ballmer, 61, the former chief executive officer of Microsoft and current owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, is worth $38.4 billion. He is ranked 22nd on the list.
Paul Allen, 65, the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, is worth $21.7 billion. He is ranked 44th on the list.
Gabe Newell, 55, the founder and president of video game company Valve Corporation, is worth $5.5 billion. He is ranked 334th on the list.
James Jannard, 68, the founder of founder of Oakley, Inc., is worth $4.1 billion. He is ranked 527th on the list.
Ken Fisher, 67, founder and chairman of Fisher Investments, is worth $2.9 billion. He is ranked 606th on the list.
Chuck Bundrant, 76, founder of Trident Seafoods, is worth $2.9 billion. He is ranked 822nd on the list.
Howard Schultz, 64, chairman of Starbucks, is worth $2.7 billion. He is ranked 887th on the list.
Charles Simonyi, 69, former executive at Microsoft Corporation, is worth $2.5 billion. He is ranked 956th on the list.
Craig McCaw, 68, founder of McCaw Cellular and Clearwire Corporation, is worth $1.7 billion. He is ranked 1,394th on the list.
Anne Gittinger, 82, granddaughter of Nordstrom co-founder John W. Nordstrom, is worth $1.3 billion. She is ranked 1,756th on the list.
Bruce Nordstrom, 84, former chairman of the retailer, Nordstrom, Inc., is worth $1.3 billion. He is ranked 1,756th on the list.
Martin Selig, 80, property developer, is worth $1 billion. He is ranked 2,124th on the list.
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