Forbes: Bloomberg 8th Richest American, Richest New Yorker

Mayor Bloomberg can count himself amongst the top echelons of the extremely, extremely rich, as Forbes's list of the 400 Richest Americans places him in the #8 position. The magazine cites his purchase of a 20% stake in his company, Bloomberg LP, as how they value his net worth to be $20 billion. The next richest New Yorker is David Koch, at #9 with $19 billion. Some others: Rupert Murdoch is #47 ($6.8 billion), Ralph Lauren is #76 ($4.7 billion), and Donald Trump is #134 with a net worth of $3 billion. John Catsimatidis, net worth $2.1 billion, is one of the self-made billionaires interviewed; he answers the question "What is the best bar on the planet?" with "Any bar in New York."

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By Jen Chung in News on September 18, 2008 6:21 PM

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nivek

#4

Go on any trading floor, and look for the most common word written on the computers, and look at what software they're running, or where they're getting all their pricing info...

blablanyc

Bloomberg is a smart guy. Established a lucrative business. Made some great deals and broke some laws along the way.

babyhitler

He's worth MORE than Rupert Murdoch? Murdoch's got the entire fox conglomerate and more and Bloomberg's only got bloombergnews. Is something else up?