Amerikaning Forbes iqtisodiy jurnali Amerika qo'shma shtatlarining eng boy 400 ta milliarderi ro'yxatini e'lon qildi (17.09.2008). Bu ro'yxatni ko'p yillardan beri Microsoft korporatsiyasi tashkilotchisi 52 yoshli Bill Geyts boshqarib bormoqda. Uning mablag'i 57 milliard $ deya baholanmoqda.
O'tgan yildagidek, bu yil ham ikkinchi o'rinni Berkshire Hathaway investitsiya kompaniyasi rahbari 78 yoshli Uorren Baffet band etgan. Uning mablag'i 50 mlrd. $ ni tashkil etgan.
Oracle Corporationning 64 yoshli rahbari Lorens Ellison esa 27 milliard $ mablag'i bilan 3-o'rinda turibdi.
Amerikaning 400 ta millarderlari ro'yxatida 42 nafar ayol-milliarderlar mavjud. Ro'yxatdan taniqli teleboshlovchi ayol Opra Uinfri ham 2,7 mlrd $ mablag'i bilan o'rin egallagan. Forbes ro'yxatiga kirgan milliarder xonimlarning o'rtacha mablag'i 4,2 mlrd. $ ni tashkil etadi.
Forbes jurnaliga ko'ra, ushbu ro'yxatga tushish uchun, milliarder kamida 1,3 mlrd $ mablag'ga ega bo'lishi kerak.
Tadqiqotlarga ko'ra, AQShning eng boylari ro'yxatiga kirganlarning atigi 19 %i meros evaziga boyigan bo'lsa, qolgan 81 % milliaderlar katta mablag'ni o'zlari ishlab topganlar.
AQShning eng boy kishilari - Forbes 2008
| N | Ismi | Mablag'i ($mlrd) | Yoshi | Yashash joyi | Daromad manbasi |
| 1 | William Gates III | 57.0 | 52 | Medina, WA | Microsoft |
| 2 | Warren Buffett | 50.0 | 78 | Omaha, NE | Berkshire Hathaway |
| 3 | Lawrence Ellison | 27.0 | 64 | Redwood City, CA | Oracle |
| 4 | Jim Walton | 23.4 | 60 | Bentonville, AR | Wal-Mart |
| 5 | S Robson Walton | 23.3 | 64 | Bentonville, AR | Wal-Mart |
| 6 | Alice Walton | 23.2 | 59 | Fort Worth, TX | Wal-Mart |
| 6 | Christy Walton va oilasi | 23.2 | 53 | Jackson, WY | Wal-Mart meros |
| 8 | Michael Bloomberg | 20.0 | 66 | New York, NY | Bloomberg |
| 9 | Charles Koch | 19.0 | 72 | Wichita, KS | ishlab chiqarish, energiya |
| 9 | David Koch | 19.0 | 68 | New York, NY | ishlab chiqarish, energiya |
| 11 | Michael Dell | 17.3 | 43 | Austin, TX | Dell |
| 12 | Paul Allen | 16.0 | 55 | Seattle, WA | Microsoft, investitsiya |
| 13 | Sergey Brin | 15.9 | 35 | Palo Alto, CA | |
| 14 | Larry Page | 15.8 | 35 | San Francisco, CA | |
| 15 | Sheldon Adelson | 15.0 | 75 | Las Vegas, NV | Kazino, mehmonxonalar |
| 15 | Steven Ballmer | 15.0 | 52 | Hunts Point, WA | Microsoft |
| 15 | Abigail Johnson | 15.0 | 46 | Boston, MA | Fidelity |
| 18 | Jack Taylor va oilasi | 14.0 | 86 | St Louis, MO | Enterprise Rent-A-Car |
| 19 | Anne Cox Chambers | 13.0 | 88 | Atlanta, GA | Cox Enterprises |
| 20 | Donald Bren | 12.0 | 76 | Newport Beach, CA | Ko'chmas mulk |
| 20 | Carl Icahn | 12.0 | 72 | New York, NY | Aksiyalar |
| 20 | George Kaiser | 12.0 | 66 | Tulsa, OK | Neft va gaz, Bank |
| 20 | Forrest Mars Jr | 12.0 | 77 | McLean, VA | Shirinliklar |
| 20 | Jacqueline Mars | 12.0 | 68 | Bedminster, NJ | Shirinliklar |
| 20 | John Mars | 12.0 | 72 | Arlington, VA | Shirinliklar |
